Jack the Ripper Beard

His actual name was John William Beard, who married one of the earliest Queets settlers, Rose Wartman.

John Wm. Beard b.abt 1862 - d.July 21 1943 Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington
Rose Wartman

6 children
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1.Harley A Beard

2.Bessie Beard

3.Elmer Beard
b. 1902 d. 1984 Twin Firs Cemetery
Belfair, Mason County, Washington, USA
m.Oda Leota Beard
b. Mar. 31, 1903 d. Apr. 5, 2000 Twin Firs Cemetery
Belfair, Mason County, Washington

4.Robert Beard

5.Lester Beard
b. Jul. 13, 1907 d. Dec. 11, 1965 Twin Firs Cemetery
Belfair, Mason County, Washington, USA

6.John W Beard Jr.
b. Dec. 30, 1909 d. Oct. 11, 1961 Twin Firs Cemetery
Belfair, Mason County, Washington, USA

Eugenia "Jean" Beard
b. Dec. 11, 1915 d. Aug. 27, 1991 Twin Firs Cemetery
Belfair, Mason County, Washington, USA

The Beard family does not show in the area (Belfair) until the 1910 census, when John W., Sr. is
described as being a 49-year-old originally from Virginia, but all of his children, the oldest at 12,
having been born in Washington.

Historic Dike #45MS159
The dike is said to have been built by John W. Beard, Sr. between 1910 and 1920 using horse
drawn wagons.

The Klingel Dike was constructed to reclaim estuarine salt marsh for agricultural land. It was
built in the 1950s by Elmer Beard, using a drag line machine. Elmer
Beard was the son of John Beard, who built dike 45MS159.