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NEWELL BEEMAN.

   Newell Beeman, a prominent merchant and man of affairs of Evanston, Wyoming,
was born at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y., in 1844, the son of Thomas and Elvira
(Colwell) Beeman. His father was born in Hackensack, N. J., on January 7, 1804,
going to Phelps when a boy of ten years, where he lived on a farm till 1867,
when he moved to Fenton, Mich., where he died in September, 1884. His politics
were Democratic until 1856 when he joined the new Republican party, and he was
an active member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife, who was born at
Seneca Castle, N. Y., in 1810 and died at Fenton, Mich., in 1893. She was a
homeloving woman and the mother of five children, four of whom survive, one
having died in infancy. Mr. Beeman's paternal grandfather, Josiah Beeman, a
coppersmith by trade, was born in Connecticut but moved to New Jersey when young
and later to Phelps, N. Y., where he died. His wife Sally (Crane) Beeman was a
native of New Jersey. Going to Michigan from New York at the age of 92 years she
died at Williamstown in that state, aged 94 years. The parents of Elmira Colwell
Beeman, mother of Newell Beeman, were Daniel and Thankful (Payne) Colwell.
natives of Rhode Island. Daniel moved to Seneca Castle, N. Y., where he lived
the life of a farmer until his death at the age of 75. Thankful Payne left Rhode
Island with her parents, who settled at Seneca Castle, N. Y., where she was
married with Mr. Beeman and lived to be 87 years old, being a very charming and
refined old lady. Newell Beeman received his early education at the district
school of Phelps, N. Y., and following this he attended the Phelps Union
Classical School and Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, from which
reputable school lie was graduated in 1863. His first employment was in a
hardware store in Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained for a year and then was
engaged in the store of the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., in New York City.
Here he remained three years and then went to Quincy, Ill., and worked for the
hardware company of Chas. E. Allen about four years, during which time he was
quite an extensive traveler. His next change was to St. Louis where he kept
books about a year and then returned to New York to work in the office of Clark,
Wilson & Co., where he remained until 1871, then came to Almy, Wyo., and worked
for the Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Co. for two years, following this employment
he took a trip to Texas, staying about a year and returned to Almy to resume
labor with the company he had left, but this time as superintendent, and so he
continued until 1886. Meanwhile he had engaged in mercantile ventures at Almy
and was interested in a store at Evanston, now known as the Beeman & Cashin
Mercantile Co. The company he represented as superintendent and manager closing
its business in May, 1900, in 1892 Mr. Beeman moved with his family to Salt Lake
City, which city has since been his home. He is a man of business and to
business he gives close attention. In addition to the interests already noted he
has a branch dry goods store at Rock Springs, Wyo., and is interested in the
Commercial National Bank of Salt Lake City, having been a member of its board of
directors for several years. Politically he is a Republican and has held county
offices in Uinta county at various times. Mr. Beeman was first married in July,
1872, at Phelps, N. Y., with Miss Damaris Peck, a native of Phelps and a
daughter of Hiram and Louisa (Wetmore) Peck, her father being a prominent
Democrat, at one time sheriff of Ontario county. N. Y., where he passed his life
and was buried, his death occurring in 1890. His wife was a native of Western
New York, an active member of the Baptist church and a strong temperance worker
who died in 1895 and was buried at Phelps. Mrs. Beeman died in 1877 and is also
buried at Phelps. She was a noted singer and an active worker in the circles of
her Baptist church, being survived by her husband and two daughters, Edna L.,
Mrs. W. H. Dayton of Salt Lake City, and Damaris A., who resides with her
father. Mr. Beeman married his present wife in 1877 at Quincy, Ill., and she was
formerly Miss Anna J. Harvey, born in Quincy, a daughter of Samuel and Annie G.
Harvey. Her father, born in England in 1805, came to the United States when a
young man, settled near Quincy, Ill., and followed farming until his death in
the eighties. His wife, Annie G., was born in Germany and came to this country
when a child with her parents, who also settled at Quincy, Ill., where she is
still living. Mr. Beeman has one child by his present wife: Alice J. Beeman.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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