Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 359
AMSEY BEEDLE

Amsey BEEDLE, of whom we now write, was born February 11, 1841, in Warren County, Ohio, came to Council Bluffs in 1852, and to Harrison County in August, 1856. His step-father, Alexander E. MCCOY, built the first house in Jeddo, and later on put an addition to it in which he conducted a general store, continuing the same for two years. Mr. BEEDLE was but sixteen years of age at the time of coming to the county, and in the spring of 1857 he embarked in life for himself by working on a farm by the month for George THORPE for two years.

In August, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company C, 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, serving three years. After having faithfully served his country, peace having been declared, he received an honorable discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1865. He then purchased a horse, riding across the State to Harrison County, arriving about September 1st. For five years he worked in Dalley & Co.'s woolen mills at Woodbine, and during the time purchased eighty acres of land on section 13, of Jefferson Township. He lived on the land about one year, sold it and went into a sawmill, located at Six-Mile Creek near Jeddo. He bought the place on which he now lives in 1876. At first he purchased forty acres but has kept adding until he now is the possessor of a half section of Harrison County's valuable land -- two hundred of which are in Jefferson and one hundred and twenty acres in Cass.

Mr. BEEDLE, our subject, was married in 1861, to Mary J. HALL, daughter of Dr. D. M. HALL, who settled in Douglas Township in an early day. He was again married January 1, 1868, to Elizabeth A. KEIRNES, a native of Missouri, born January 1, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. BEEDLE are the parents of seven children as follows: Carry, Laura, George, Bessie, Laverna, Jessie, and Maude.

Mr. BEEDLE is a pensioner under the act of June 27, 1890.

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