Individual Details

Beacham R. Wishard

(1808 - Aft 1870)



1850 Census. Island Grove, Jasper, Co, IL, Hh 289
Beacham Wishard, 42, b. KY
Mary 43, b. KY
Delilah 20. Wm. 17. John 15. Catherine 11. All b. Indiana
Silas 23, b. KY [younger brother]

1860 Census. Union, Jasper, IL, Hh 76
B. Wishart, 49, b. KY
Catherine 22. Delila, 29. William, 28. All b. Indiana
Hh 75
John M. Wishart, 26., b. IN
Esther Jane 22., b. PA
John Steinburg, 30. Maria Steinburg, 45. Farm hand. Born Ohio

Married Susannah Harper, 1867 - she brought several Harper children to the marriage - the father perhaps William Harper. In 1770 the children were not listed with a separate surname. Her maiden name may have been Badgley. She may also have been married to Edmond Hooker.
1870 Census. Grove, Jasper, IL, Hh 174
Beacham Wishard, 62, b. KY
Susannah, 46, b. IN
Mary 16. William 13. Nancy 11. Born in IN
Elisabeth 7. James 4. Both born IL
Louisa Butterfield, age 56, b. IL

Events

Birth1808Fleming County, Kentucky
Marriage24 Sep 1829Fleming County, Kentucky - Mary "Polly" Burke
Marriage21 Mar 1867Newton, Jasper County, Illinois - Susannah Jane Badgley
DeathAft 1870Jasper County, Illinois

Families

SpouseMary "Polly" Burke (1807 - )
ChildDelilah Wishard (1830 - )
ChildWilliam Wishard (1832 - 1911)
ChildJohn M. Wishard (1834 - 1882)
ChildCatherine Wishard (1839 - )
SpouseSusannah Jane Badgley (1824 - 1900)
FatherWilliam Wishard (1772 - 1830)
MotherElizabeth "Betsy" Rhodes (1784 - 1868)
SiblingSusanna Wishard (1803 - 1876)
SiblingElizabeth Wishard (1805 - 1815)
SiblingSarah Wishard (1805 - 1837)
SiblingHenry Wishard (1812 - 1849)
SiblingPhoebe Wishard (1814 - 1888)
SiblingJoseph Ellis Wishard (1818 - 1904)
SiblingWilliam Harley Wishard (1821 - )
SiblingJohn Walker Wishard (1823 - )
SiblingSilas W. Wishard (1827 - 1875)

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