The following message has been posted on the Chickasaw Queries Board. To read the new posting or to reply to a Query, click on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#72728) Re: R.L. Bean/ who is he? <http://iagenweb.org/boards/chickasaw/queries/index.cgi?rev=72728> AUTHOR: Mike Peterson DATE: 4/21/2005 at 17:57:07 Reply To: (#72722) R.L. Bean/ who is he? Author: lFred Bean Date: 4/21/2005 at 16:26:49 Surnames: BEAN Hi Fred, You may have a lot of this if not all but am sending on what I can find. Ancestry.com has two civil war databases on Richard L. Bean. One has: Name: Richard L Bean , Residence: Nashua, Iowa Enlistment Date: 22 September 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Unit Numbers: 178 178 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 September 1862 at the age of 42 Enlisted in Company C, 6th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 22 September 1862. Received a disability discharge Company C, 6th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 21 April 1863 The other has: Name: Richard L. Bean Company: C Unit: 11 Mississippi Infantry. Rank - Induction: Sergeant Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate Notes: R. L. Bean In addition, ancestry.com has reference to a Richard L. Bean who appears on Tennessee Confederates Pension applications with a widow named Nora. From various records: Richard L. Bean b. 5 Jan 1808 (WPA), Windsor, Vermont, 1804 (1860 Census, Vermont), died 1-16-1869, buried Oak Hill; wife Sarah Cook Bean, b. 1812 (WPA) 1816 (1860 Census), d. 1895. Served in 6th Iowa Cavalry, Company C. Son Richard Rufus served 27th Iowa Infantry, Company G. 1860 census (Bradford, Chickasaw County, Iowa) has he and Sarah with these children: Henry, Levi, Richard, George, Hoolten (?), Samuel, Ellen, Lucinda, Andrew although Andrew may be a son to Lucinda. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Mike Peterson