Biography

05/29/1831 - 05/12/1895


BEANS, Joshua, a Representative from Bucks County; born, May 29, 1831 in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pa.; attended, Poughkeepsie Law School, NY; farmer; school teacher; lawyer (1858-1895); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1868, 1869 and 1870 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1871 term; auditor, Bucks County; died, May 12, 1895 in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Buckingham Friends Cemetery, Lahaska, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.


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