William Beardmore
William Beardmore, who for the past forty-seven years has
owned and operated a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres of
section 20, Union City township, is known as one of the most
progressive and substantial agriculturists of this part of
Allamakee county, his labors through the years having been
valuable as factors in the general development and advancement of
the state. He was born in England in 1849 and is a son of William
and Sarah Beardmore, also natives of that country. The parents
came to America with their family in 1853 and settled first at
Wheeling, West Virginia, where for a time the father worked as a
forger in a rolling mill. In 1865 they came to Iowa and William
Beardmore, Sr., purchased a farm in Union City township,
operating this property and also conducting a profitable
blacksmith’s shop until his retirement in 1903. Afterward he
lived in Lansing for a short time and then moved to New Albin
where he now resides, having reached the advanced age of
ninety-one years. His wife passed away in 1896 at the age of
seventy-three. To their union were born ten children: William, of
this review; Alfred, of Union City township; Agnes, the deceased
wife of John J. Gilchrist, who has also passed away; Lynn, who
resides in Union City township; twins, who died in infancy; John,
a butcher in Charles City, Iowa; Laura, the deceased wife of
Joseph Sadler of Union City township; Ambrose, who has passed
away; and James Harvey, of Union City township.
William Beardmore was brought to America by his parents in 1853
and accompanied them in 1865 to Iowa where he has since remained
a prosperous and highly esteemed resident. In 1866 he purchased
land of his own in Union City township, buying one hundred and
sixty acres are under high cultivation, abundant harvests
annually rewarding Mr. Beardmore’s careful supervision and
practical methods. In addition to tilling his fields, he is also
extensively interested in stock-raising, breeding and fattening
cattle and hogs and raising horses.
Mr. Beardmore has been twice married. In 1876 he wedded Miss
Eliza A. Sadler, who was born in Allamakee county and who passed
away in 1879, leaving one son, William Edward, a stone mason in
Union City township. In 1883 Mr. Beardmore married Miss Mary
Elizabeth Sadler, a sister of his first wife, both being
daughters of William and Mary Sadler of whom further mention is
made elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Beardmore have ten
children: Harold E., who is connected with the First National
Bank of Butte, Montana; Eben A. And Arthur A., who live at home;
M. Hazel, engaged in teaching; and Stanley C., Charles G., Floyd
A., Leonard J., Joseph J. And Frances D., all of whom live at
home.
Mr. Beadmore gives his political allegiance to the Republican
party and is stanch in his support of its principles and policies
although he never seeks public office. He is, however, now
filling the office of justice of the peace and is proving
conscientious, able and efficient in the discharge of his duties.
He is numbered among the early settlers in this part of Iowa and
has witnessed the greater part of its expansion and development,
assisting in it in a substantial and important way through the
work along lines of agricultural progress which he has
accomplished during the forty-seven years of his active
identification with farming interests.
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by
Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed by Diana Diedrich
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