John Washington Beery ^{1 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pickaway Township, Shelby County, IL on 15 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 170C, District 193, Dwelling 88, Family 89, Roll 0251
Pickaway Township, Shelby County, Illinois
John Beery..Self..35..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He was buried in 1924 in the Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City, KS.

Find A Grave Memorial #39887255
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John married Rebecca Swartz, daughter of Henry Swartz and Sarah Beery, on 2 September 1869 in Lancaster, OH.^{1 2 3} (Rebecca Swartz was born on 22 February 1847 in , Fairfield County, OH,^{1 3 5 6} died in 1919 in Ashton, KS ^{2 6} and was buried in 1919 in Arkansas City, KS ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pickaway Township, Shelby County, IL on 15 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 170C, District 193, Dwelling 88, Family 89, Roll 0251
Pickaway Township, Shelby County, Illinois
John Beery..Self..35..VA..Farmer
Rebeca Beery..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Thomas Beery..Son..9..OH..At Home
Mary A. Beery..Dau..5..IL..At Home
Laura Beery..Dau..4..IL..At Home
Docea Beery..Dau..9m..IL..Sept
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  Marriage Notes:

John was in the coal and grain business. He left Virginia on 20 Jun 1864, and came to Lancaster County, Ohio. After marriage, they moved to Shelby County, Illinois in Sep 1872, and engaged in farming. In Dec 1892, they came to Sumner County, Kansas, where he was engaged in the grain and coal business. Then they moved to Ashton, in Sumner County, Kansas.
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