Orange County FlArchives Biographies.....Beeman, Harry Leland 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 31, 2008, 11:12 pm Author: B. F. Johnson Harry Leland Beeman Harry Leland Beeman, proprietor of the San Juan Hotel, one of the leading tourists hostelries in Florida, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, on the eleventh day of January, 1864. His ancestry were English, and were among the early settlers in New York. Of that well known and prosperous family Edwin E. Beeman, the father of Harry Leland, was descended. Edwin E. Beeman married Mary Beeman, and attained to an enviable prominence as a physician. Harry Leland Beeman received all the benefits of a common school education and whilst he did not enter college, he was well prepared for a business career upon which he entered at an early age. His first venture into the world of trade was with a well known drug firm, where he clerked for sometime becoming afterwards a partner in a manufacturing drug business, that entailed upon him a great deal of responsibility and energy of thought and time. Thus his life was spent at Cleveland, Ohio, until his twenty-third year when he determined upon a change of residence, which located him in the South. His next enterprise was put in operation at Orlando, Fla., in the way of an orange growing business, which was established in 1887. Later on having succeeded well, Mr. Beeman engaged in the hotel business, which since 1894 he has conducted under the name of the San Juan Hotel, at Orlando, Fla. Mr. Beeman was married several years ago to Miss Marie St. Cyr, daughter of Paschal and Mary E. St. Cyr, of St. Louis, Mo. One son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Beeman, Edwin Paschal. Mr. Beeman is a Democrat and a prominent secret order man. He is a member of the Masons, Knights Templar, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He is a reader of current events and is well posted on matters of general import. He believes in the great potentialities of Florida and that all the State needs is a more consistent and comprehensive development of hernatural and agricultural resources, and of bringing her climatic advantages more persistently before the Northerner. Mr. Beeman is a man who has won his popularity and position by that personal magnetism and strength of purpose that is a rare and desirable combination of power for a man to possess. He has reached a degree of prominence that is an example for others who are striving to the same end, and it has been solely by his deciding upon a course to follow, and following it unfalteringly. Additional Comments: Extracted from: FLORIDA EDITION MAKERS OF AMERICA AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY AN ABLE CORPS OF WRITERS VOL. III. Published under the patronage of The Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville, Florida ADVISORY BOARD: HON. W. D. BLOXHAM COL. FRANK HARRIS HON. R. W. DAVIS SEN. H. H. McCREARY HON. F. P. FLEMING W. F. STOVALL C. A. CHOATE, SECRETARY 1909 A. B. CALDWELL ATLANTA, GA. COPYRIGHT 1909 B. F. JOHNSON File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/orange/bios/beeman8gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb