Autobiography of George Washington Bean, a Utah pioneer of 1847, and his family records

George Washington Bean was born 1 April 1831, at Mendon, Illinois, the son of James and Elizabeth Lewis Bean. His family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in 1841. As a sixteen year old pioneer, he entered Salt Lake Valley in 1847. He moved to Provo, Utah, in 1849. He married Elizabeth Baum (d. 1916), daughter of Jacob and Agnes Harris Baum, in 1853. They had ten children. He married Emily Haws (1836-1908), daughter of John and Martha Master Haws, in 1856. They had seven children. He married Mary Jane Wall (1841-1891), daughter of William Madison and Nancy Haws Wall, in 1856. They had thirteen children. The family moved to Richfield, Utah, in 1879. He was a missonary to the Indians and a stake patriarch. He died 9 December 1897, in Richfield. Descendants lived in Utah, California, Oregon, Idaho and elsewhere.