From “Bean Family U.S.A.”
1309"In 1842, John Bean & wife Elizabeth Awalt, came to Clarksville, Ark. from Ill. His birth was thought to have been about 1809. He was the son of Walter Bean, who was buried in Gallatin Co., Ill. but lived in his younger days in Tennessee. Here are the children of John Bean as known by his descendents in larksville:
Eva Bean m. Sol P. Martin
Matilda Bean m. Luke Woodward - These boys likely brothers
Jane Bean m. Abe Woodward
Geo. Bean m. Arr Ann Mabray - These Mabray girls are thought
Michael Bean m. Emaline Mabray - to have been sisters
John Bean m. Eliza Smith
Thomas J. Bean m. Elizabeth Chronister
Polly Bean m. James Carlisle, Polly half-sister to others."