Louis C. Beane Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net Surname: BEANE Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 891 LOUIS C. BEANE, a farmer and dairyman, owning 180 acres of land in the town of Newington, was born in this town, September 18, 1871, a son of Henry and Margaret (Newhall) Beane. The father of our subject, who came from Milton, Mass" was a farmer, and was a son of Ruel Beane. He died in 1900, at the time of his death being super- intendent of the Rockingham County farm. His wife, who was a native of Washington, Me., is still living and resides in Newington. Their children were: Sarah, wife of Charles Hayes, of Portsmouth, a farmer; Jessie, residing at home with her mother; Louis C., the subject of this sketch; Abbie. wife of R. C. Margeson, a furniture dealer of Ports- mollth; Norman H. ; Anne L., librarian of the Newington Library, who resides at home; Margaret, wife of Lewis Harrison of Newington ; and Katherine, a teacher in the Portsmouth high school. Louis C. Beane was educated in the common schools and began working on the farm at an early age. He came to his present farm about six years ago and is here engaged in general farming and dairy- ing. He has about sixty head of Holstein cattle and sends about 450 quarts of milk daily to the Portsmouth market. He employs from six to eight hands, and in addition to operating his own farm of 180 acres, also works the homestead on which his mother lives, which consists of seventy acres. At times he has also done more or less lumbering. Energetic and enterprising, he has prospered and is now regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of Newington. Mr. Beane was married August 18, 1897. to Abbie A. Rol1ins, who was born in Newington, a daughter of Wil1iam and Emma (Smith) Rol1ins, who were also agricultural people. He and his wife are the parents of four children, Doris, Norman, Randolph and Paul. Mr. Beane is a Republican in politics and takes an active part in local affairs. He has served efficiently as selectman, as a member of the school board Page 892 and as representative to the general court. He is affiliated fraternally with the Masons, having advanced as far as the Commandery, and with Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He and his family attend the Congregational Church. ********************************************************************** * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * *The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.