The Beard family, a bundle of relations, a knot of roots : the ancestry of Thomas Kennan Beard and his wife Grace Ada Lewis Beard of Stanislaus county, California, with genealogical supplement
No Place: Self Published, 1978. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Tall quarto, pp. 179, rust cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated with historical photographs & documents. -- Contents: Nantucket Heritage - Family Moves South and West - Our Branch Take Root in California; Elihu Burritt Beard, 1825-1901 - Thomas Kennan Beard, 1857-1925 - The Eighth Generation - Our Virginia Heritage; Kennan Line, Berry Line, Cave Line - The Ancestry of Grace Lewis Beard; Lewis Line, Brown Line, James Burney. -- Condition. Near fine. Item #10367
"John Beard immigrated to Nantucket Island from Teingmouth, Devonshire, England, ca. 1710. Elihu B. Beard, a descendant, was born in Union County, Indiana, in 1825, the son of William and Rachel Pierson Beard. He migrated to California in 1850, tried mining for two years, and then settled in Stanislaus County. He married Ann Eliza Kennan in 1856. He died at Modesto, California, in 1901. His son, Thomas Kennan Beard (1857-1925) married Grace Ada Lewis in 1878. They had ten children. The family lived in Modesto, California, where they were community leaders".-worldcat.
Price: $225.00