<p>Pioneer and member of the Washington Territory legislature.
</p><p>Handwritten on verso: George W. Beam.  Came from Sangamon County Ill. to Missouri.  Crossed the Plains 1854.  Died Whidbys Island May 5, 1866.  Was Capt. of Co. I.  A member of the Legislature of 1863-1864
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<p>George Wesley Beam, born 1833 in Illinois,  His mother was Rosanna Ebey, and he married Almira Neff Wright (1843-1909) the daughter of his cousin Mary Ebey. Almira and George farmed Jacob Ebey’s old claim and also rented land. He was a Captain of I. Company, Northern Rangers, and a member of the State Legislature from 1863-1864. 

Four years after George’s death in 1866, Almira moved to San Francisco with her children Arthur, Mary, and Edith. Arthur made a fair amount of money as a realtor in Hayward. Almira eventually married a San Francisco banker, Abraham Enos. Edith also married a banker, John Allan Park of San Leandro.  </p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Beam, George Wesley; Legislators--Washington (State)--Portraits; Pioneers--Washington (State)--Portraits</li></ul>
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