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D. Willard Beam, Canadice, was born in Canadice, November 13, 1838. At the age of eighteen years he began the carpenter’s trade, and became a contractor and builder quite extensively for twenty-three years. In 1873 he bought the farm known as the Hazlett farm, containing 120 acres.
In 1880 he bought the farm known as the Thomas Doolittle farm, containing sixty acres. He makes specialties of hops and hay, having been engaged extensively in buying and shipping of hay to the New York and New England markets.
He has a wife and two daughters: E. Allene and Georgia Lillian, and Bernitha, his wife, all members of the Methodist Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been assessor and supervisor of the town in which he lives.
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