[184-450] JACKSON BEYER, b Dec. 28, 1853; d Sept. 21, 1917; s Adam and Mary (Brunner) Beyer [184-182a]; m Nov. 30, 1876, MARY ELIZABETH QUEAL, b Jan. 22, 1849; d Aug. 4, 1916; dau Atchison and Lucy Oleta (French) Queal. Resided in Des Moines, Iowa.
Children (2): {184-781 ] 1. Lucy J., 6 Apr. 11, 1878; m Ellis R. Engelbeck:
Jackson Beyer was born in Montg. Co., Pa., and after the death of his mother in 1866, he lived on a farm with his grandfather, Frederick Brunner, for three years, after which he went to Iowa and engaged in farming. In 1879 he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, John H. Queal, in the lumber business at Sheldahl, Iowa. In 1884 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where Queal and Company had opened a lumber yard, and he was connected with this company until his death.
Mary Elizabeth Queal Beyer was born at Fly Creek, Otsego Co., N. Y. In 1856 she went to Ohio with her parents. She taught school for some time in Ohio, and in 1871 went with her mother to Ames, Iowa, where she also taught school for several years.
After her marriage to Mr. Beyer they lived on a farm until 1884 when they removed to Des Moines where she resided at the time of her death. Mrs. Beyer was the author of “Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families,” Cedar Rapids, lowa, 1912. [The Editor is indebted to the Jackson Beyer Family for a copy of this book from which he has gleaned valuable data concerning various members of the Beyer family.]
Parents’ family: [184-182a] Adam Beyer and Mary Brunner
Children’s own families: