Born in Hendricks County, Indiana, March 4, 1833. Mr. Bereman came with his parents, by wagon to Iowa. They arrived in Mt. Pleasant July 31, 1845. He attended school there and then entered Knox College, at Galesburg, Illinois, and completed his education commenced reading law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. When the war broke out he enlisted in the 1st Regt. I. V. C., Co. E. and was elected 2d Lieutenant. In June, 1863, he was commissioned Captain Co. E. and in January 1865, was promoted to Major. Mr. Bereman was in the service till the close of the war then returned to Mt. Pleasant. He bought out the Mt. Pleasant Home Journal and conducted that for one year then engaged in the practice of his profession. In the fall of 1865, he was elected to the State Legislature, Clerk of the District Court in the fall of 1866, and re-elected in 1868, and elected District Attorney in November, 1878. Mr. Bereman was a member and Recorder of the City Council and Secretary of the School Board. He married Miss Anna E. Paxson from Columbiana County, Ohio. May 17, 1860, and they have three children.