JUDITH ANN BROUGHTON married JOHN F. LEWIS
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In reply to:
JACOB BEESON son of HENRY BEESON
Cathy Farrell 6/05/14
A History of Uniontown: The County Seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Author: Hadden, James, 1845-1923, Uniontown, PA
JAMES HADDEN – author of Washington's & Braddock's Expeditions
Akron, Ohio: Printed by the New Werner Co., 1913
Pg. 46
JACOB BEESON was the son of HENRY BEESON, the founder of the town.He was born April 3, 1769.His first wife was LYDIA WHITE to whom he was married November 30, 1790, and by whom he had four sons and one daughters, viz.: HENRY WHITE, JESSE, ISAAC, MARY, RICHARD.His second wife was JUDITH ANN BROUGHTON, to whom he was married November 30, 1806, and by whom he had six children, viz.: JACOB, WILLIAM BROUGHTON, LYDIAN ANN, JOB JOHN, STROTHER McNEAL, and PHEBE S.His first wife died February 27, 1801, and his second wife died at Niles, Michigan, in 1869.
JACOB BEESON is accredited with being the founder of the BEESON store which held the lead in the town for more than a century, it is not at all probable that a 14 year boy founded the store in 1783.The fact that he established his store in this property after purchasing it in 1794, and it was conducted by himself and his descendants, uninterruptedly, until 1897, is a record unprecedented in the history of the town.It appears that JACOB BEESON'S son, HENRY W., succeeded his father in the store in 1818, and that he soon withdrew and the father and another son, ISAAC, continued the business until November 31, 1819, when a dissolution took effect.JACOB BEESON died February 13, 1820.His widow subsequently married a MR. (JOHN F.) LEWIS and later moved to Niles, Michigan, where she died in 1869.
(JUDITH ANN BROUGHTON BEESON LEWIS is buried at BEESON MANSOLEUM, Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan.She was born Sept. 8, 1784 Hardy Co., WV and died March 26, 1869 Niles, Berrien Co., Mich.)