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J. B. BEAM, contractor, builder and wholesale dealer in lumber and builders'
supplies, has been a resident of Tyrone, Pa., for twenty-two years and is one
of the representative business men of the borough. He was born in Cooper
Township, Clearfield County, Pa., November 25, 1869, at what is known as
Kylertown, a son of Nathan and Caroline (Miller) Beam.
     Nathan Beam, who is one of Clearfield County's substantial citizens and
successful farmers, was born on a farm in Cooper Township, adjoining the one
he owns, sixty-five years ago. His parents were Daniel and Susan (Cooper)
Beam, pioneers to Clearfield County.  Nathan Beam married Caroline Miller, who
was born in Switzerland, and was brought to America when six years old by her
parents, Joseph and Helena Miller, who settled in Cooper Township, Clearfield
County. To Nathan Beam and wife four children were born, three sons and one
daughter, as follows: Emil, who is a resident of Clearfield County; Edward,
who lives at Pitcairn, Pa.; Osie, whose home is in Texas; and J. B., of Tyrone.
     J. B. Beam is one of the successful men of this borough, who has fairly
and honestly won his way to the front. During early youth he worked on his
father's farm and attended the public schools and in his spare time learned
the carpenter trade. This trade he followed in Clearfield County until 1888,
when he moved to Tyrone, where he worked as a carpenter for several years and
then went into contracting and building. At the present time he stands at the
head of these lines of industry at Tyrone, and for several years past has
averaged from thirty-five to forty residences a year beside a large amount of
repair work. He also operates a planing mill and is engaged in the wholesale
lumber business at Northwood, a suburb of Tyrone. He gives many men
employment and his pay roll amounts to a large figure, all adding to the
general prosperity. Mr. Beam owns real estate in both Northwood and the
borough of Tyrone. In September, 1909, he erected an auditorium at Tyrone,
with dimensions of 120 x 80 feet, which is used for public meetings,
conventions and large assemblies of various kinds, space being afforded also
for amusements like roller skating and basket ball. Mr. Beam is president of
the McConahey Realty Company.
     Mr. Beam was married soon after coming to Tyrone, to Miss Effie
Meredith, a daughter of William and Emma Meredith, of this place. They have
four children: William N., who married Miss Caroline Nelson, daughter of N.
O. Nelson; E. Caroline, Helen M., and J. Leroy. The family resides at
Northwood. They are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Beam is
fraternally identified with the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the
Daughters of America, the Independent Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen
of America, and the Order of the Moose.