| John C. Beedy |
| John C. Beedy, P. O.
Waukon, farmer, sec. 13; owns 80 acres of land, valued at
$40 per acre. He was born in 1835 in Piscataquis Co., Me.
In 1850 he went to Natic, Mass., where he commenced
learning the shoemaker's trade, continuing about a year,
after which he was engaged on the sea in vessels doing a
coast trade up as far as Nova Scotia, during summers, and
at his trade during winters. In 1857 he immigrated to
Iowa and located in Makee Township, this county, and in
1862 came on to his present farm. He married Miss Angie
Gaslin, of Maine, in 1857. She died in 1876, leaving him
with a family of seven children. The children are:
Arthur, Leroy, Edgar, Angie, Cora, Nellie and Albert. He
was again married to Mary Ryan, 1878, by whom he has
three children: Lizzie, John and William. He is a member
of the I.O.O.F. pg 476 |