Iowa

David C. Beaman was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on November 22, 1838, the son of Rev. Gamaliel C. and Amelia (Crichton) Beaman. His father, who was a native of Massachusetts, was a son of David Beaman, a selectman of his town; in youth he was given excellent educational advantages and prepared for college at Amherst Academy, later graduating from Union College, in Schenectady, New York, and 1831 completing the theological course at Andover. [Brother to James L. Beaman]