Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bean, Wilson W.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Nockamixon Township


   WILSON W. BEAN merchant and manufacturer, P.O. 
Nockamixon, was born in this township in 1853.  His father, 
Henry, was born in Richland township, this county, in 1813 
and died in 1882.  His first wife was Sarah, daughter of 
John Hager.  Nine children were born to this union, of whom 
Wilson was the eighth.  The mother died in 1856.  The father 
was again married in 1861 to Sarah Fritz, who had four 
children.  Henry Bean was a shoemaker and followed that 
business up to the time of his death, doing a wholesale 
trade, the goods being mostly sold in this county.  Wilson 
W. learned the trade of his father and keeps an average of 
fifteen men employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes.  
He married Ida, daughter of Josiah Rufe, of this township.  
She has borne him two children:  Bertha Estella and Chester 
Clarence.  Mr. Bean has recently built a handsome new 
residence near his old home.  He is a member of the Lutheran 
church and superintendent of the Sabbath school.  In 
politics he is a democrat.