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Simon Beymer was born in Somerset county, Pa. in 1782, and was
descended from the early German settlers of Eastern Pennsylvania. His
wife Ann Clark was born in the same locality (top of Laurel hill) in
1779, and came of Scotch lineage. In 1805 this couple went to Guernsey
county, Ohio, and founded Beymerstown (now Washington), where Simon
Beymer and his brother Henry were the first settlers. Simon built a
hotel which was called the "Black Bear" in 1805, and lived there till
his death in 1848. He raised a company for the war of 1812, and was
elected captain. After the war he was made general of the militia. His
widow continued to conduct the hotel with the aid of her son John, and
after the death of the latter he was succeeded by another son Conrad.
Mrs. Beymer died in 1874. The family, which included seven sons and two
daughters, associated with the Lutheran Church. The third son George,
married Nancy A. Clark, a native of Washington county, Pa. and settled
on a farm in Perry county, Ohio.
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