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James Robert Beers 1807 - 1888

James Robert Beers was born on June 2, 1807 in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland United Kingdom. He was in a relationship with Jane (Ferguson) Beers, and had a child Margaret Jane (Beers) McKee. James Beers died at age 81 years old on July 31, 1888 in Butler County, Pennsylvania United States, and was buried on August 5, 1888 in Butler.

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June 2, 1807
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, BT30, United Kingdom
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July 31, 1888
Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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  • Introduction

    James Robert Beers was born on June 2nd, 1807 in Down, Ireland, to Samuel Beers (1770 - 1865) and Eleanor Holcomb (1788 - 1872). He had two brothers, Nathan, born 1813, and Edmund, born 1828. James R. Beers married Jane Ferguson (1913 - 1890) in 1827 in Ireland. They had nine children: Catherine, Samuel, John, Eleanor, James, Margeret, Alex, Robert, and Elizabeth. Two more children, Ellen and Sarah, both died. James immigrated to the United States in 1827, first moving to Missouri and then to Louisiana. Later, he moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and purchased farming land (106 acres). A successful business man, he died in July of 1888 at the age of 81. He is buried in Old Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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    June 2, 1807
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    James was Caucasian, of Northern Irish (Scotch-Irish) heritage on his paternal line. On his maternal line, he went back several generations in the United States in Connecticut. His several times great-grandfather, Thomas Holcombe (1601 - 1657) was born in Wales.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Of Northern Irish heritage, James was born and raised in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1827, first to Missouri, then to Louisiana. He later moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, buying 106 acres of farmland and also buying mining land, where he mined clay and rock.

  • Religious Beliefs

    He belonged to the United Presbyterian church.

  • Professional Career

    James was a farmer, owned mining property - on which he mined fire clay and quarried rock - and he was a prosperous businessman.

  • Personal Life & Family

    James was born to Samuel and Eleanor Beers and had two brothers. His father was born in Northern Ireland and his mother was born in the United States. He married Jane in Ireland and they had nine children. They immigrated to Pennsylvania in the United States where he became a prosperous businessman and landowner. He was a Democrat, filled the office of school director and took an active interest in public affairs.
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    Head and neck cancer.
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    August 5, 1888
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In 1807, in the year that James Robert Beers was born, on February 19th, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was arrested on charges of treason, accused of plotting to grab parts of Louisiana and Mexico in order to create an independent republic. On September 1st, he was acquitted of the charges. Although he was deemed to be guilty of plotting against the U.S., he was not found to be guilty of an "overt act" - which is the Constitutional requirement to be met. Burr's reputation, after the charges and the duel with Alexander Hamilton, was ruined, however.
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In 1814, by the time he was only 7 years old, on December 24th, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, officially ending the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. It took 2 months for the news of the Treaty to reach the United States - in the meantime, the Battle of New Orleans was fought.
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