Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 27 November 2004

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WILLIAM H BEAN,* farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born on Section 25, in Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1840. He is the son of Samuel and Mary (Snavely) Bean, natives of Lebanon Co., Penn.; of German descent. He received his education at the National Normal School of Lebanon, graduating from the Commercial Department of that college in 1866. He has chosen fancy farming as his occupation, and while attending closely to it, he devotes a great deal of his time to the study of the sciences, especially natural history and botany. He is an enthusiast in all matters of science, and being by nature a naturalist and botanist, he has collected a quantity of very fine specimens in both these branches He also raises the finer qualities of fruits and berries, and cultivates rare and valuable plants for his amusement. His exhibit is always one of the great attractions at the fairs annually given by the County Agricultural Society. He taught school for one year, and since 1875 his been Secretary of the Warren County Horticultural Society. He has served also as School Director and Treasurer of his school district He is one of the live, energetic and enterprising young men of the county, and has done much toward the advancement of science in his community. He was married in 1877, to Miss Alice Botkin. a daughter of Rev. Jesse Botkin, a Methodist Episcopal minister of the Cincinnati Conference. She is a graduate of Asbury University, which she attended until 1876. They have had one child—Edith K. Mr. and Mrs. Bean are living with his parents in Lebanon.