. Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. Our subject next purchased eighty acres offarming land here and continued his agriculturalduties, sowing, planting and reaping year by year,from 1862 until 1870, when he finally settled inSaline County, and purchased an excellent farm ofthree hundred acres. Here his wife passed away,in 1875. Mr. Beeler sold and traded off a portionof this property, retaining
. Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. Our subject next purchased eighty acres offarming land here and continued his agriculturalduties, sowing, planting and reaping year by year,from 1862 until 1870, when he finally settled inSaline County, and purchased an excellent farm ofthree hundred acres. Here his wife passed away,in 1875. Mr. Beeler sold and traded off a portionof this property, retaining two hundred acres, allfinely improved and under a high state of culti-vation. In 1874, Mr. Beeler married Miss Susan- THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOB, LENOX ANT1 T1LDEN WJUNDATJ»N8 K I -Z&&&8&. John M-Neel PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 403 nah Riker. The familj are well known and oc-cupy a position of usefulness and honor in thecommunity where they have resided continuouslyfor nearly a score of years. Our subject is a mem-ber of the Presbyterian Church and is one of thevalued Elders and most liberal supporters of thatreligious organization. In political affiliations, Mr. Beeler is a Democrat,is public-spirited, and in common with all goodcitizens desires the appointment of the man bestadapted to fill the official position with honor andintegrity. Mr. Beeler has never aspired to polit-ical office, but when he was made a Director in theSchool Board he gave his earnest and intelligentefforts in behalf of educational advancement andwas ever faithful in the discharge of the dutiesintrusted to his care. Asa useful, law-abiding andworthy citizen, our subject is interested in all mat-ters pertaining to the public good, and is ready toaid in the establishment of any enterprise of
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