The Republican journal., 1921-11-24
HOLLY M. BEAN.

= onblished last week short sketch
W '.s,rd to Holly NJ. Bean. The Cam
nsrald gives the following additional
a. early life Mr.. Bean was ship car
- and contracted to do carpenter
= m many vessels. He first came to
s3sn to do carpenter work on brig
.,o,ess of construction by John E.
~ in 1869, and in 1870 went with Mr..
,.r to Tenants Harbor to build
...masted schooner, new style of
IN that day, and Mr.. Bean did the
.,.rter work on that vessel. After
-. be began shipbuilding there with
9ev Long, launching nine vessels
beglnning a career that made him
s+ he most successful and best
..au shpbuilders on the Atlantic coast.
rzrurned to Camden in 1873 and in
many with Isaac Coombs built bark
bsrkentine in the yard on Atlantic
.rgs In 1875 Mr.. Bean bought the
h atteywards known as the "Bean
where he afterwards launched so
s,1 great schooners,
W. si MI Bean built 50 vessels in
.~dea and was concerned in building
,s,sss. in all, all but l9 of which he
. fl alone, being probably the largest
,r5er 1uiIt by any one man IN this Sec
The rigs of his Camden built YES
F. s. we're brig, 1 two. masted schooner,
a-hs, II three masters, 20 four-mast-
- z t.ve-masters and l six-master.
re -5st was some So, 500, 600. Some of
/ i. i,-est and most notable vessels built
+ Nr Bean, and their gross tonnage,
,rs the John R. Prescott, 2454 tons;
9ae french Potter, 1898 tons; George
L Wells, 2970 tons; Van Aliens Bough-
o 2l2e tons; Arthur Seitz, 22O7 tons;
/ Carlton Henry, 2421 tons; Margaret
|ashs 2l14 tons; S. J. Goucher, 2547
7s and Helen Seitz, 2547 tons.
,lssr we're all five-masters except the
|gsls which was six master. Mr..
:.sr built the second three-master, the
|soad five master and the first six
-gs, that were ever launched, and his
ssy s1pyard, with one or more towering
r.,se.s on the stocks nearly all of the
rs vas for many years one of the
ga places of the town, as we'll as
gaze II those days, of much of the
|. .g1's prosperity.
Nr Bean sold his yard and retired
5n active business in 1907, but was
|rnz d many ways and indirectly in
ass=l himself in shipping and ship
ucAg affairs as long as his health
gJ- permit.
AE Bean was always much interested
sports of all kinds, particularly in the
su. If horses, and at one time owned
l Inc horse flesh. Through his eff
s amden had for several years one
lie best race-courses in this section.
F. Ass also fond of baseball and other
ban sports and attended the games as
... he was physically able. He was
. -4- .i exceptionally fine physique, and
7ss by nature well equipped mentally to
laa business success, in the way he
I'D Is builder of ships.
Nr Bean first married Miss Emeline
..la Belfast By this marriage he
a5 ra-I children, Emma, now Mrs. Long,
au3-t Z. and Edith L., both deceased,
al Robert L, In addition to his two
Nlg hlldren, he is survived by five
r'-dealdren, Millard B. Long, Mrs.
..-- NJ. Shuman, Mrs. Kathleen Mars
@ Myrtle E. Bean and Robert Ii. Bean,
.a -ae great grandchild, Marian Shu-
ra. his second wife he married Miss
-- Sc huIght of Camden, who died sew
ss years ago.
Tie funeral was held from his late
alzlee Saturday at 2 o'clock D. n.
st,efs were conducted by Rev. H. !.
a- Of the Congregational church, and
~- Masonic funeral ceremony was per-
@'lsa by Amity Lodge, of which the
-.77s1I was for many years member.