• General Notes

  Cause of Death:<CAUS> Cerebral Thrombosis
  REFN: 148
  John W. Bean & wife, Hattie,  farmed near Genoa Bluffs, Iowa Co., IA,
  where their children were born.  They later moved to a farm one mile
  south of Ladora, Iowa, and then into town where he was the first in town
  to own a Ford Model T back in the early days of autos. In 1919, they sold
  their home to their son, Ira, and moved to Des Moines, IA.  Hattie died
  of a stroke in 1919 at age 60.  John remarried, to Sarah Lou Underhill,
  and returned to farming about a mile northwest of Ladora, Iowa.  Both
  John and Hattie are buried in Ladora Cemetery.
  "LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
  IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN:
  I, John W. Bean, of Ladora, Iowa County, Iowa, being of sound mind
  and disposing memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this my last
  Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or
  Testamentary Instruments by me at any time heretofore made, that is to
  say:
  I direct that the Executor hereinafter named in this my last Will
  and Testament, shall sell all of my property, both real and personal, and
  divide the proceeds therefrom as follows, to-wit:
  One-third to my wife, Louie Bean, in lieu of her statutory
  distributive   share;
  One-third to my daughter, Lola Simmons; and
  One-third to my son, Ira E. Bean.
  I hereby nominate Ray Smith, of Ladora, Iowa County, Iowa, as
  Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and request that he not be
  required to furnish bond.
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name at Marengo,
  Iowa County, Iowa, this 30th day of December, A.D., 1940.
  John W. Bean"
  Probate proceedings show that his surviving spouse was sometimes known as
  Louie Bean and also as Sarah L. Bean.
  John W. Bean died seized of N 1/2 SE 1/4 & N 1/2 S 1/2 SE 1/4 of Sec. 2,
  Twp. 80 N, Range 12 West of the 5th P.M., 120A, which ended up being sold
  to his daughter, Lola Simmons.  His wife, Louie, rejected to take under
  provisions of will and wanted her distributive share.
  Obituary in Pioneer Republican, November 25, 1943:
  DEATH CALLS HOME JOHN WM. BEAN, 82
  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church
  in Ladora for John William Bean, 82, who died at a Marengo, hospital
  Friday following a short illness.  The Rev. F.B. Hebron had charge of the
  services.  Burial was in the Ladora cemetery. 
  Mr. Bean was born the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac N. Bean on May 19,
  1861 at Blue Springs, MO.  On Jan. 11, 1883 he was united in marriage to
  Harriett Southard Fuller at Genoa Bluff.  She passed away about 24 years
  ago.  He was later married to Sarah Lou Underhill.
  Mr. Bean moved from Genoa Bluff to a farm south of Ladora, later
  retiring and moving into Ladora, and then to Des Moines.  He was living
  on a farm northwest of Ladora at the time of his demise.
  Surviving besides his wife is one daughter Mrs. Lloyd Simmons of
  Marengo and a son Ira Bean of Newton.  One son, Charles, died seven years
  ago and a daughter and a son, Etta and Earl, died in infancy.  Mr. Bean
  was the last of his family, one brother preceding him in death.
  Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Bert Bean of
  Des Moines, Mrs and Mrs. Jean Stilson of Montezuma, Mr and Mrs Ira Bean
  of Newton and Carl Bean of Mason City. 

Details of John William's family with Harriet Southard Fuller

Details of John William's family with Sara Louise Underhill