CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameStephen Douglas BEAN 
[2310]
[2310]Birth Dateca 1862 [2300]
Birth PlaceIndiana, United States
Census Date13 May 1910 [2303]
Census PlaceNederland, Boulder Co., Colorado
Memo13th Precinct, Pike National Forest Reserve
Census Date2 Feb 1920 [2300]
Census PlaceMt. Harris Precinct, Routt Co., Colorado
OccupationMiner [2303]
OccupationNight watch at coal mine. [2300]
Misc. Notes
He was listed as a widower in the 1910 census. [2303]
Father born in Virginia, mother in Indiana. [2300], [2303]
Father born in Virginia, mother in Indiana. [2300], [2303]
Research
Marriage to Rose not found in Ancestry.com’s Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939.
Possible match in 1900 census of Central City, Gilpin Co., Colorado: Douglas BEAN and wife Minnie. It shows him born in Indiana, Jun. 1860.
Possible match in 1900 census of Central City, Gilpin Co., Colorado: Douglas BEAN and wife Minnie. It shows him born in Indiana, Jun. 1860.
Spouses
Birth PlaceClay City, Clay Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date19 Jul 1870 [2289] Age: <1
Census PlaceClay City, Clay Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date14 Jun 1880 [2298] Age: 10
Census PlaceOlney, Richland Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date1 Jun 1900 [2301] Age: 30
Census PlaceSt. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri, United States
Census Date1910 [2302]
Census PlaceDenver, Denver Co., Colorado, United States
Census Date2 Feb 1920 [2300] Age: 50
Census PlaceMt. Harris Precinct, Routt Co., Colorado
Census PlaceInglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, United States
Memo533 Hyde Park Blvd. (also at this address on 23-JUN-1928)
Census Date18 Apr 1940 [3697] Age: 70
Census PlaceInglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, United States
Memo532 E. Florence Avenue, 1st Ward
Death Date27 Jan 1943 [342], [1498, Memorial# 96834830] Age: 73
Death PlaceLos Angeles Co., California, United States
Burial PlaceInglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, United States [1498, Memorial# 96834830]
MemoInglewood Park Cemetery
Alias/AKARosabel [2289]
FatherJohn Henry KNOST (ca1837-1875)
MotherMary Elizabeth RUTHERFORD (1843-1907)
Misc. Notes
Rose met Joseph W. LYALL in the fall of 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. [2266]
Following her divorce from Stephen BEAN, Rose B. LYALL filed claims and appeals to obtain a pension based on her marriage to Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, who had served in the Civil War (she had previously obtained a pension after the death of Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, but it was canceled when she married Stephen BEAN). Widow’s Claim file (Certificate 437703) reveals that her relationship with Joseph W. LYALL was undocumented, but sufficient to establish that her marriage to GREENSWEIGHT was not legal and therefore her appeal entered on 2-NOV-1929 was rejected 28-MAR-1929. Rose protested that she never married Joseph or lived with him, but apparently that was not sufficient to prove the absense of a Common Law marriage, which apparently was possible in the state of Missouri at the time. Joseph allegedly promised to marry Rose but never did, eventually abandoning her. It is unknown if he knew she was pregnant at the time he left. [2266]
Even though her alleged marriage to Joseph W. LYALL was undocumented, she adopted the surname LYALL until she married Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, to avoid the embarassment of having had a child out of wedlock [2339]. But after Rose & Stephen BEAN were divorced, she returned to the name LYALL for the benefit of her son, as most people knew her as Mrs. LYALL as a result of her own cover story. [2266]
Following her divorce from Stephen BEAN, Rose B. LYALL filed claims and appeals to obtain a pension based on her marriage to Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, who had served in the Civil War (she had previously obtained a pension after the death of Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, but it was canceled when she married Stephen BEAN). Widow’s Claim file (Certificate 437703) reveals that her relationship with Joseph W. LYALL was undocumented, but sufficient to establish that her marriage to GREENSWEIGHT was not legal and therefore her appeal entered on 2-NOV-1929 was rejected 28-MAR-1929. Rose protested that she never married Joseph or lived with him, but apparently that was not sufficient to prove the absense of a Common Law marriage, which apparently was possible in the state of Missouri at the time. Joseph allegedly promised to marry Rose but never did, eventually abandoning her. It is unknown if he knew she was pregnant at the time he left. [2266]
Even though her alleged marriage to Joseph W. LYALL was undocumented, she adopted the surname LYALL until she married Stephen GREENSWEIGHT, to avoid the embarassment of having had a child out of wedlock [2339]. But after Rose & Stephen BEAN were divorced, she returned to the name LYALL for the benefit of her son, as most people knew her as Mrs. LYALL as a result of her own cover story. [2266]
Research
Found in Missouri Courts Database. Details of case unknown.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/judiciary/allcourts/detail.asp?rID=40554
Case number F3724, filed 1895 (after the death of Stephen GREENSWEIGHT)
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/judiciary/allcourts/detail.asp?rID=40554
Case number F3724, filed 1895 (after the death of Stephen GREENSWEIGHT)