This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rdjtaj_1 Surnames: Beard Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.stanislaus/6551/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bio ----- HERBERT LEWIS BEARD.- A representative of a pioneer family who does justice to an honored name is Herbert Lewis Beard, the fourth child and second son of T. K. and Grace Adah (Lewis) Beard, of Modesto, and a member of the third generation of Beards in Stanislaus County. He bought the Eardly place of 265 acres two miles north of Waterford, in 1908, which he has since made his headquarters for his farming operations. Mr. Beard was born near Kiona, in the Yakima Valley, Wash., on April 26, 1885, and came to Stanislaus County with his parents in about 1887. At eighteen he started in business for himself; and coming to Waterford, he put in a wheat and barley crop. Now he farms 3,000 acres, leasing largely from his father, which is principally devoted to raising barley. He is an excellent farmer, unafraid of work and keenly alive to progress, so that the saying, "He who at the plow would thrive, himself must either hold or drive," well applies to him ; he is industrious, thrifty and success- ful. Naturally, he belongs to the Farm Bureau. HISTORY OF STANISLAUS COUNTY 937 In 1909, Mr. Beard was married to Miss Minerva E.Hairgrove, a native of Illinois and a daughter of Charles and Mar)' (Fulton) Hairgrove. Her father died in Illinois, and in 1908 she came out to California with her mother, who still lives in Modesto. Mr. and Mrs. Beard have one child, Dorothy L., who attends the grammar school. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beard are highly regarded for their own sakes and for what they represent. ====================== 1921 Biography and History of Stanislaus County, California With by GEORGE H. TINKHAM -- http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofstanisl00tink/history... ====================== Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.