Background
Beard, James Thom was born on October 19, 1855 in Brooklyn. Son of Ira and Isabella O. Beard.
Beard, James Thom was born on October 19, 1855 in Brooklyn. Son of Ira and Isabella O. Beard.
Graduate Adelphia Academy, Brooklyn, 1874. Civil Engineer, Engineer of Mines, Columbia School of Mines, 1877.
Assistant engineer Brooklyn Bridge, 1877-1879. Resident division engineer C.,B.& Q.R.R., 1880-1883. United States department mineral surveyor, Colorado, 1883-1885.
Mining engineer Ottumwa Fuel Company, 1885-1891.
Proprietor Iowa Coal Exchange. 1891-1896; associate editor Mines and Minerals and principal School of Mines, International Corresponding School, Scranton.
Pennsylvania, 1896-1911. Senior associate editor Coal Age, New York, 1911.
Secretary Iowa State Mine Examining Board, 1888-1894.
Inventor: Beard-Mackie Sight Indicator for testing gas. Beard deputy safety lamp. Beard-Stine centrifugal mine fan.
Member North Engineering Institute Mining and Mechanics Engineers, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Married Amelia East. Lawson, May 9, 1887. Children: James Thom, Howard Iranæus, Amelia Elizabeth.