Bevier, Orange (b. 27 JAN 1867, d. 14 MAR 1939)

Note: Lived in Brookfield, Missouri, was unmarried, and served as a Private in Co. A, 6th Missouri Infantry in the Spanish-American War. According to family legend, after returning from the war, "he acted strange and was never right. It seemed he got to where they couldn't manage him so they put him in the poor folks place in Linneus, where his Army service pension paid his way until he died." In 1900, he lived with Edgar Josiah and Warren Bevier in Linn County, Marceline Twp., Missouri and he was a broom maker. In 1910, he was a patient living in Ward 2, St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1920, he was listed as an inmate in Locust Tree Township, Linn County, Missouri.

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Note: In 1880, he resided in Benton, Linn County, Missouri and was a farmer, Census of 1900 indicates William's middle initial was L. He resided in Benton, Linn County, Missouri. His mother in law, Frances lived with them.

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Note: He worked for the Burlington Railroad and lived in Brookfield, Missouri. In 1900, he resided in Quincy City, Illinois. In 1910, he lived with wife ,daughter, and mother in Brookfield, Missouri. In 1920, he was listed as a roomer, a widower, and lived in Brookfield, MO. His occupation was bookkeeper at the railroad depot. His wife was living in the same town at a different address, so apparently they were separated.

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Note: The couple had four children. Maybe they all died young. There is the possibility of another marriage of Abram with more children, but the facts are unclear. He is listed as a bottler with C. E. Hines Co. located at Binghamton, New York in their directory of 1888 and 1889.

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Note: He was a farmer and in 1900 lived in Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri. In 1900, he lived in Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri on a farm with two of his children. During the census of 1920, he and his brother, James Russell, lived and worked on a farm owned by another person in Linn County, Baker Township, Missouri.

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Note: Census of 1900 indicates initials of E. J. and living with brother Warren in 1900 in Marceline, Missouri. The census of 1910 finds the family in Idaho, Nez Perce County, Dent Precinct. On his son Warren's application for Social Security in 1936, his name was listed as Edgar Josiah Bevier. Other sources indicate he was named Josiah Edgar Bevier.

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Note: The census of 1910 indicates she was born in Missouri. Another source indicates her middle name is spelled Lorene and her birth was May 12, 1875 in Bucklin, Linn County, Missouri. She resided with her son Warren in Marceline, Kansas in 1920. Her obit states that "she was originally from Independence."

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Note: In 1900, they lived on a farm in Locust Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri. Lived in Brookfield, Missouri in 1910. James Bevier, born in Illinois, was a boarder with her.

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Note: In 1910, he lived alone in Ward 1, Dallas, Gregory County, South Dakota. He lived in a house and had no named occupation.

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Note: He was a clerk in a grocery store and lived with his sister and brother-in-law in 1910 in Ward 2, Brookfield, MO. He was a carpenter and lived with his brother Orlin in 1920. In 1930, he lived alone in Pulaski County, Piney Township, Missouri and was a farmer.

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Note: She may have been called Fannie also.

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Note: She taught school in Portage County, Wisconsin until the advent of the Civil War at which time she enlisted as a nurse. Later, she became a widely read author, one of her books was titled: "The cave on the Yellowstone." During the census of 1870 she lived with G. Josiah Bevier and his family in Brookfield, Missouri. Her name was listed as Nellie in this census. Helen Wilmot Bevier evidently went westward with her son. She married Henry H. Sharman and lived during the census of 1880 in West Gallatin Valley, Gallatin County, Montana. Here date of death is taken from her obit in the Stevens Point Daily News in Wisconsin.

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