BIO: Isaac BEISH, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 573 & 574.
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  ISAAC BEISH, who is one of the best known residents of Boggs township, where 
he has lived since he was three years old, is also one of the most substantial, 
being the owner of 235 acres of valuable land here.  He was born in Bradford 
county, Pa., May 7, 1844, and is a son of John and Rachel (Lyons) Beish.
  John Beish was a very enterprising business man and was well enough educated 
to be a successful school teacher for a number of years and to administer in the 
office of a justice of the peace, in Clearfield county, for thirty years.  He 
also was a lumberman, a farmer, and proprietor of a hotel.  He married Rachel 
Lyons and they had the following children born to them:  Orrila, Isaac, J. J., 
Emma, and Mary.  Emma married Harry Butler, and Mary married John Bumbarger.
  Isaac Beish obtained his education in the country schools, in reading, and in 
association with others, and is a well informed man and one whose judgment is 
relied on by his fellow citizens.  They have elected him, on the Democratic 
ticket, to numerous township offices and at present he is serving as school 
director and as tax collector, and has also been township supervisor.  His 
business interests have always been along the lines of farming and lumbering.
  In 1867 Mr. Beish was married to Miss Ellen Jane Bennehoof, who died in 1900, 
her burial being in the Bigler cemetery, in Bradford township.  To Mr. and Mrs. 
Beish the following children were born:  John; Isaac; Lenora, who is deceased; 
Emma, who is the wife of Ellsworth Ruffner; Lavina, who is the wife of James 
Twoey; William; Clara, who is the wife of Harvey Knepp; and Howard and Rhoda.  
Mr. Beish is interested in several fraternal organizations, belonging to the 
Knights of Pythias and the Jr. O. U. A. M., and is also a member of the Grange.