Abraham Beery1

M, b. 14 June 1787, d. 24 March 1876
     Abraham was born on Thursday, 14 June 1787 in Botetonart County, Virginia. He was the son of Jacob Beery & a Miss Dillard. He was often referred to as Red Abe. He immigrated to Ohio in 1805 with his father. Once there, he began to help clear the large tract of land that had been purchased by Nicolas Beery a couple of years earlier. Nicolas was his uncle and was to become a father-in-law after his marriage to Susan. Abraham married Susan Beery, daughter of Nicholas Beery II and Mary Elizabeth Keller, on 6 November 1809 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. After their marriage the couple settled on a farm given to them by Susan's father. They remained on this farm for the remainder of their lives. Abe & Susan had children: Joshua [11/06/1810], Daniel [1/29/1812], Elizabeth [8/21/1813], Jonas [4/21/1815], Jacob [10/16/1816], Abraham B. [7/16/1818], Mary [9/20/1820], George [4/17/1822-died young], John K. [2/06/1824] & Susan [3/25/1829]. Abraham's wife, Susan, died on 27 December 1839 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township leaving him a widower. When his children married, he gave each of them an 80 acre farm which he purchased from the federal government at the cost of $1.25 an acre. He married second a Margaret who died in 1848 and married third Elizabeth [Lefler] Grove. She was a midwife and a great help to Abe in dealing with problems caused by Parkinson's Disease. 1850, Abraham was listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Bremen, Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. Enumerated in this household were Abraham Beery [62 Virginia].2 Abraham departed this life on Friday, 24 March 1876 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township at age 88 years, 9 months and 10 days. He was buried there in the burial ground on the family farm.

Family

Susan Beery b. 4 Oct 1786, d. 27 Dec 1839

Citations

  1. [S51] Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Nicholas Beery Born 1707. Immigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1727, pages 30-31 - *At a late date it has been ascertained that the foregoing "Red" Abraham Beery's father, Jacob Beery, was a son of Nicholas Beery No, 1, and a brother to Nicholas No. 2. This Jacob Beery's wife was a Dillard and lived at Roanoke, Va., and had the following children who were so miscellaneously and differently reported to me by different persons, the information has been so indefinite that the above is the best I can gather.---J. H. W.
    children of Jacob: Abraham "Red Abe"; Joshua [went to Tennessee]; John [went to Ohio]; Magdalena [m. Kinzie]; Susannah [m. Miller]; Hannah [m. Miller]; Martha [m. Jacob Blosser, whose children are Martha, (m. Oliver Grove), Katharine (m. Samuel Good), Nicholas, Andrew, Jacob and Noah Blosser of Bremen, Ohio.] All above said to be Dunkards.
  2. [S674] 1850 United States Federal Census: Fairfield County, Ohio - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.