Eva Louisa Bean

Brief Life History of Eva Louisa

When Eva Louisa Bean was born on 29 March 1833, in Illinois, United States, her father, John Henry Bean, was 31 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Awalt, was 33. She married Solomon Perry Martin on 30 November 1852, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Spadra Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Spadra, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1870. She died on 24 May 1904, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Perry Martin
1820–1864
Eva Louisa Bean
1833–1904
Marriage: 30 November 1852
John Thomas Martin
1853–1939
Elizabeth Georgiana Martin
1855–1927
Matilda Ethel Martin
1857–1917
William B Martin
1859–1903
Mary Ellen Martin
1863–1905

Sources (22)

  • Louisa Martin in household of S J Martin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Arkansas, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
  • Eva Louisa Bean Martin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place

By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.

English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.

English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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EVA LOUISA (BEAN) MARTIN

!NAME: Eva Louisa "Louisa" Bean !NAME: Eva Louisa Bean - (AFN: HS6X-20) and (AFN: 1LJQ-3G), same people. Source L.D.S., Ancestral File. --------- !CENSUS: 1850 Johnson County, Arkansas census …

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