BIO:  Daniel BEARD, Highland Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 452

DANIEL BEARD, farmer, P. O. Gettysburg, was born in Adams County, Penn., July 8, 
1822, and is a son of George and Sarah (Minta) Beard, natives of Pennsylvania.  
His father, a farmer, died in 1843, and after his death the family moved to 
Freedom Township, where they resided for several years.  Daniel went to Illinois 
and located in McLean County, where he lived for two years, and in 1861 he moved 
to where he now resides, where he owns thirty-three acres of good land.  In 1861 
he was drafted into Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Regiment, and served 
under Capt. McGinly for nine months, during which time he participated in 
several skirmishes.  He married, November 11, 1847, Barbara Kelly, who bore him 
eight children, three now living:  Charles E., Virginia and Henry Foster.  Mrs. 
Beard died March 29, 1882, and April 6, 1886, Mr. Beard married Catherine 
Haldeman.  Mr. Beard is a member of the Lutheran and Mrs. Beard of the 
Presbyterian Church.