Ancestry of Jim Beam
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Jim Beam should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Jim Beam
1 James Beauregard ("Jim") Beam, distiller, b. ... , Ky., ... March 1864, d. Nelson Co., Ky., 27 Dec. 1947 [Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000 58:28640]
PARENTS
2 David M ... Beam, b. ... , d. ... 1913  
m.
3 Margaret Philips, b. ... , d. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 David Beam, b. ... 1802, d. ... 1852  
m. ... 19 July 1824
5 Elizabeth Settle, b. ... 1803, d. ...
6 Thomas T ... Philips, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Jacob Beam, b. Bucks Co., Pa., 9 Feb. 1760, d. Washington Co., Ky., ... 1830  
m. ... 20 Sept. 1786
9 Anna Maria Meyers, b. Frederick Co., Md., ... 1765, d. ... [after 1830]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Nicholas Boehm, b. ... , d. ... 1766  
m.
17 Margarethe ... , b. ... , d. ...
18 Yost Myers, b. Frederick Co., Md., ... 1728, d. Lincoln Co., Ky., 17 Sept. 1787  
m.
19 Anna Maria Kemp, b. Frederik Co., Md., ... 1732, d. Lincoln Co., Ky., 24 July 1799
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
36 Adam Myers, b. ... , d. Frederick Co., Md., 23 July 1750  
m.
37 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

1930 Kentucky, Nelson Co., Bardstown, ED 9, sheet 4A, line 7

Beam James B        H     M W 65 M 32    KY KY KY
     Mary M         W     F W 53 M 21    KY KY KY
     T Jerry        S     M W 31 M 24    KY KY KY      General Manager    Rock Quarry
Carothers Mildred   D     F W 28 M 24    KY KY KY
Beam Lucy K         DiL   F W 29 M 22    KY KY KY

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1900 Kentucky, Nelson Co., Bardstown, ED 93, sheet 24A, line 17

Beam James       H    W M Mar 1864 36 M 2        KY KY KY      Distiller
     May         W    W F Aug 1877 22 M 2 1 1    KY KY KY
     Thomas J    S    W M Jul 1899 .. S          KY KY KY

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
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William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com