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BEAL Robert R. 1925-2009 Savannah Ga. to Ohio

Lace_Lynch — 2009-11-01 14:12:03Z

Robert R. Beal passed away on Oct. 23, 2009 at Ohio State East Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Robert was born June 18, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia, a son of Thomas and Josephine Beal. At the age of 10, the family moved to Campbell, Ohio.
He attended the Campbell Public Schools, where he also played football for Campbell Memorial “Red Devils.”
He joined the C.C.C. Camp, where he was stationed in various locations in the United States and was a veteran during World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
“Bob” retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 30-years of service, where he had been the union president and also was a supervisor in management.
Bob, also known as “Bootsie” was involved in various community base organizations such as The Bread Program, The Columbus Cavaliers, where he served as president, and was one of the founders of The Columbus Cavaliers Foundation which is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to high school students.
Robert is survived by his loving wife, the former Doris Mae, whom he married Jan. 11, 1956; a brother, Sgt. Major (Ret.) Floyd D. (Inga) Beal; and a mother-in-law, Ida Mae Hale. He also leaves two children, Robert (Valerie) Beal of Campbell and Geraldine (Rev. Dr. Johnnie) Monroe of Pittsburgh. He has left three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A special thanks to “our” cousin, Geona Cummings, for being there for Bob and family.
Robert was an avid golfer and also loved teaching golf, especially to his granddaughter, Dara T.
Until his illness, Bob was very active at his church, the First English Lutheran Church in Columbus, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law, Leonard Hale.
A service will be held on Nov. 4, 2009 at 10 a.m. at the Diehl-Whittaker Funeral Service, 720 E. Long St., Columbus, OH 43203.

Re: Beal's in Ohio

DebbieFrantz25 — 2009-10-29 03:09:31Z

Does anyone know where the following are buried:

Charles (d. 12 Jan 1888 / Doylestown) and Mary Newcomer Cassel (d. 30 Aug 1896 / Doylestown) are buried?

Also David (d. 14 Mar 1912 / Doylestown) and Elizabeth Cassel Beal (d. 4 Nov 1919 / Cuyahoga Falls)?

Thanks,
George Frantz
gwfrantz@hotmail.com

Re: Beal family from Alabama and Georgia

edna_beal — 2009-10-14 23:12:56Z

No I am sorry, I havent come across a hank Beal in any of my research, but I am happy to help if I do find anything on him he may be a grandchild of my ggg-grandfathers brother William. I havent done any research on him but I will give it a look to see what I can find out. Because all of them were in Georgia and went to Alabama. Thanks edna

beals in MO

58helowife — 2009-10-13 18:21:21Z

are there any Beals here with family from MO? looking for help with my family.

philip leon or phillip lion beal

58helowife — 2009-10-13 18:05:22Z

looking for information on my great great grandfather. he was listed on some records as philip leon beal and some as phillip lion beal.
Birth
September 20, 1859 in Fayette Co., Ill
Death
march 21, 1944 in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, USA

he was married to
Emma Chessour (also could be listed as cheshire)
Birth
Nov. 4, 1869 in Fayette Co., Ill
Death
September 9, 1935 in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, USA

i am looking for philips parents are relatives beyond him. i do have most infromation from him to the present, but would love to find more. also looking for more information regarding emma.

philip leon or phillip lion beal

58helowife — 2009-10-13 18:04:19Z

Re: Beal family from Alabama and Georgia

guerry51 — 2009-10-07 12:59:42Z

I am researching the Beal/ Beal family from Georgia for my fiance. We are planning to get married the Saturday. I am working on her Beall lineage and have discovered that her line begans with a Hank Beal that was born in ALabama but his parents were born in Georgia and returned to Georgia to have a family. Hank Beal was born abt 1887. Can this person connect to your Beals?

Re: Biel's from Uder, Germany

Lucille396 — 2009-10-06 18:17:44Z

My Biels/Beals were in PA in the 1700's--ended up in Bedford and Somerset Cos.They didn't go to Iowa till the late 1800's.

Re: Biel's from Uder, Germany

rossbeal — 2009-10-04 21:51:04Z

Noticed your Biel family came from Uder which is only 2.5 miles from Heiligenstadt which I believe is where my 2nd great grandfather came from. Werner Biel, his wife Theresia (Rust) Biel, along with Daughter Anna and son Andreas immigrated from then Prussia and left Bremen aboard the bark Hermine in 1852. Arrived at New York and settled in Belle Plaine, Iowa about 1854. They had 13 children.Name like many was changed to Beal at some point. Could there be a connection? Thank you
Ross Beal
Fairbanks, Alaska

Re: Dolding geneaology!

HowardKentBassBourne — 2009-10-02 07:53:48Z

Dear Annette
Thanks for your reply,
My Grandfather was Henry (Harry) George Bass b.1903 in Edmonton,London.
Queenie's daughter Doris is in her 80s now and lives in Kent, I hear from her occasionally.
There is one sibling of Queenie's still alive, Stanley, b.1916.
I have a close connection with Australia as my sister lives in Calamvale,Qld, and my brother is in Adelaide, they emigrated in 1974 with my parents, I never went with them, I live in Surrey, not far from Wimbledon.
How is Mark Dolding related to the Kent Dolding's?
Best wishes from Susan

Re: Dolding geneaology!

Annette_Dolding — 2009-10-01 21:44:14Z

Hi Susan
I have checked my notes and can only confirm Bass, not Adelaide. I've checked the BDM and have now updated with the information you supplied. Thanks heaps for the correction. Who is your grandfather?

Beals of Belle Plaine, Iowa and Heiligenstadt, Germany

rossbeal — 2009-10-01 17:05:18Z

My Beal (Biel) family immigrated from Heiligenstadt, Germany in 1852 on the ship Hermine and settled in Belle Plaine, Iowa. They were:
Werner Biel b.Dec. 7 1828 / d.Apr. 22 1901
Wife - Theresa Biel b. Dec. 25 1826 / d. Nov. 14 1899
Son - Andreas (Andrew) b. 1849
Daughter - Anna b. June 27 1850 / d. June 13 1914
Name was changed to Beal sometime after 1852. Looking for information on Beals in Germany (Prussia)

Re: Dolding geneaology!

HowardKentBassBourne — 2009-10-01 10:59:22Z

Dear Annette
I saw that you have the Dolding family on your tree,
Im related to them,
Albert Dolding b.1900 married my Great Aunt Victoria Alice Bass in 1923, she was my Grandfathers sister.
I see that you have her name as Adelaide, she was known to the family as "Queenie", would you know if she had Adelaide as another name?
She was b.1901 in Epping,Essex.
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards from Susan

Re: Beals of Mexico

patrioticlady — 2009-09-29 17:45:27Z

I am a Beal descendant and while I do not have any information on this I would love to hear about how you connect to my Beals- I am sure you must somewhere. Very interesting. He must have been an adventuring entreprenuer.

Beals of Mexico

shawn_m_pierson — 2009-09-28 02:02:26Z

Hello,

I'm trying to get some information on my wife's family tree. Her father's name is Jesus Enrique Beal, and his family is from around Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Supposedly my wife's grandfather or great grandfather was a European immigrant to Mexico that sold jewelry, but that is just hearsay, but that's all we have to go on.

Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated.

Lincoln Co., NC Inquiry

jog49 — 2009-09-13 21:24:34Z

Does anyone have information on a couple married in Lincoln Co., NC, ca. 1800, named Barbara Beal and Carter Guthrie?
This Guthrie line migrated to Lincoln co., NC, ca. 1796, with the Low(e) family from Rockingham Co., NC. Could the Beals have also made that move?

WWII

lpgiii — 2009-09-09 23:33:57Z

Alois, John A., Sergeant, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Schenectady County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Davy Frederick C., Staff Sergeant, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Chenango County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Gavrin, Bernard, Private First Class, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Kings County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Jackson, James R., Private, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Saint Lawrence County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Marchewka, Walter R., Private First Class, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Schenectady County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

McMahon, Earl W., Private First Class, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to Albany County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Ryan, Edward M. Private, Army, 27th Infantry Division, KIA/Missing, Saipan, 1944. Accredited to New York County, New York. Seeking next of kin. Please contact Mr. Ted Darcy at WFI Research Group, PO Box 231, Fall River, MA 02724-0231. E-mail wreck1@localnet.com.

Beal family from Alabama and Georgia

edna_beal — 2009-09-02 02:42:03Z

My gg-grandfather is Martin Van Buren Beal his Wife Margret Elizabet Ford their children are Ella, Joseph Thomas, Mary A. (Polly), John Wesley, Sarah Belle, Sophia Rebecca (Jennie), Lazarus V., and Ladarkis Elizabeth (Aunt Dot) Beal. All the kids were born in Calhoun Co., Alabama except for Joseph Thomas and Ella they were born in Bartow Co. Georgia.
Margret Elizabeth Ford was born in South Carolina and was full blood Cherokee per grandpa Beal. I know next to nothing on her and her family. I have found a census record of her with her parents John and Margret Ford and her 2 brothers Thomas and John Ford.

I have alot of information I am willing to share and want to fill in the blanks of some infor I dont know. Thanks in advance for any help.

Beal Family

Tenkamenin54 — 2009-01-30 16:39:54Z

Hi my name is Gregory Allen Beal, I was born in Cleveland, Ohio and now reside in Miami, Florida. I believe my uncle Dewey Beal was from North Carolina, my grandfather Lee Allen Beal Sr. my father Lee Allen Beal Jr. were from Georgia, I don't know if you consider Savannah south Georgia or not but that is were my dad said his dad was from. they both were in the Army, I was in the Air Force. Anyone having any knowledge of the Beal's in Georgia, Cleveland, Ohio please let me know if we started in North Carolina where there is a large number of Beals

Sallie Beal marriage

glendaromine — 2009-03-19 17:39:32Z

Hello, I found your information about Sallie Beal born 1810 in Lincoln.NC. I have a Sally Beal marriage to Yancey Burk. See below.
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: Yancy Burk
Spouse: Sally Beal
Marriage Date: 18 Oct 1827
Marriage County: Lincoln
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records Lincolnton, NC and FHL # 0873860 item 21
Source: County Court Records at Lincolnton, NC & Family Marriage record found on LDS site.
Could this be your Sally Beal? Yancey is my gg (or more) grandpa. If there is the slightest possibility that our Sallies are the same person, please contact me. We need to share information. Glenda Burke Romine

BEAL David Lee 1950-1952

t42MountOlivet — 2009-07-25 03:01:37Z

BEAL David Lee 1950-1952

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,892 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: BEAL FAMILY PHOTO/TEXT/DOCS PROJECT!!

renaebeal13 — 2009-08-12 16:10:57Z

What line do you come from? I am looking for a connection to Obediah Beal, son of William who came into Maine in the 1600s. Would you happen to be through this line?

Re: Dolding geneaology!

Annette_Dolding — 2009-08-29 03:52:55Z

Hi Phil, I do hope we may have a connection.
Mark Dolding was my great great grandfather. He was born 5 Dec 1824 in Woking, Surrey, England. He was a builder/contractor in London building tenement housing. He married Ann Brown (or Ann Holdforth) about 1850 and had a family of 13 children. Jesse, my great grandfather was the youngest but he spoke very little of the rest of his family. Marks death 26 Sept 1889 Greenwich, Greater London, Kent, London

Beal - 3 Marriages in York, ME

michaeledward64 — 2009-07-17 18:23:32Z

I spent some time in the Old York Historical Society Library yesterday. It is possible there is a 'Beal' in my ancestry.

Looking through the book, The Vital Records of York, Maine, I found three 'Beal' Marriages. The first was reviewed most closely - pgs 221 & 222

Mr. Benjamin Norman of New Vineyard, ME and Miss Hannah Beal of York, ME were married on 30 Jan 1825 by Alexander McIntire.

George Beal married Mary Moore in July 1830.

Jane Beal married Samuel Fitzgerald in July 1830.

I believe Hannah (Beal) Norman might have later married Henry Atkinson. If anyone has information about this, I am very interested.

Re: BEAL FAMILY PHOTO/TEXT/DOCS PROJECT!!

bealmobeal29 — 2009-05-19 04:27:28Z

Hello,

I am a fellow Beal. My father has put together a family tree leading all the way back to when we first arrived here. I have plenty of photo's of old Beal family member. If you have any interest in looking at any of this please feel free to email me.

Maximilian Beal
Junior Commissioner, Maine Commission for Community Service
Legislative Youth Advisory Council, State of Maine
Waterville, ME 04901
207-446-8392

Ed Beal, b. 1848, son of John and Mary Beal of Alton, IL, a carpenter

margerice1 — 2009-06-10 06:16:25Z

I have a copy of “The Heartland: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois”, by Walter Havighurst, copyright 1962, which I would like to get back in the hands of descendants or family members of some of the people he wrote about. One of the sections in the book is about young Ed Beal, of Alton, IL, who was a carpenter for the railroad, and who, prior to President Lincoln’s funeral train arriving in Springfield, was assigned carpentry work in preparation. Please email me at margerice@prodigy.net.

Beal Family Bible - Robert and Margaret Vaughan Beal 1947

sug53 — 2009-01-25 01:27:51Z

I recently came across the wonderful old bible belonging to Byron and Hattie Beal from New York. The front cover of the bible has imprinted "Byron A. and Hattie A. Beal June 21, 1871. There's a nicely handwriten inscription inside and it looks like it was a wedding present. In the family information the following is documented:

Births:

Florence Augusta Beal April 19, 1872
Arthur Washington Beal Febuary 14, 1876
Byron E. Beal Nov 3, 1883
Lester Arnold Beal July 11, 1889

Robert Leonard Beal son of Lester Arnold Beal, Feb. 2, 1917
Margaret Vaughan Beal wife of Robert L. Beal, Born March 19, 1916

Marriages:

Robert L. Beal & Margaret Vaughan Nov 30, 1947

Deaths:

Hattie A. Beal, January 2, 1907

Byron Edward Beal, June 12, 1911 (obituary included)

Florence A. Beal (Willets) January 20, 1952.

I'm interested in helping this Bible find its way home to family. I'll also scan and send information - the handwriting is beautiful!

Sue sug53@earthlink.net

Re: Margaret Merchant McDowell Beal 1st husband

dennym0202 — 2009-07-31 20:31:27Z

Looking for info on Jane Beal McDowell b.1795 d.after 1880
Dunbar, Fayette Co.,Pa. Husband was Andrew McDowell
who died around 1840.

BEAL Susan STANFIELD 1913-1981

t42Parkdale — 2009-04-06 13:57:32Z

BEAL Susan STANFIELD 1913-1981

I photographed this gravestone in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,518 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: 1887 bible with name Abby Beal

abbybeal1 — 2009-06-02 16:04:13Z

I have no idea if this has any correlation or pure coincidence, but that's my name. I was born in 85 though and I was definitely not a Mrs then. I have a great great grandmother named Abby also though.

Re: BEAL FAMILY PHOTO/TEXT/DOCS PROJECT!!

viennalovesgenealogy — 2009-05-20 07:22:25Z

PLEASE REFER TO MY INSTRUCTIONS IN MY ORIGINAL BEAL FAMILY PHOTO/ TEXT/DOCUMENTS POSTING.....THANKS

ie- persons interested are to Email ME---thanks, Vienna

BEAL FAMILY PHOTO/TEXT/DOCS PROJECT!!

viennalovesgenealogy — 2009-05-09 14:24:43Z

Hello Fellow Genealogists!

I am trying to make a collection of Old BEAL photos (with info, as well, to put the photos in "context") as a useful "reference" tool, for us all.

I am collecting/compiling and indexing, any Old BEAL photos (up thru 1960- but prefer earliest possible) in jpeg/gif format-sent as attachment w/email to me -including as much info known about person(s) IN the photo(s)--such as

name/dates birth/death/marriage; from whom they descend (if known); whom they married, or names of children; what they did for livlihood,etc.,etc.

I will complete this project w/in the next 2 1/2-3months-and anyone who submits an image to me---will receive a compiled photo booklet and access to the BEAL Family photo/info website, when it is completed.

Also jpeg/gif images of documents/text are welcome (as again, this adds "context" to the person in photo's life)--such as scanned b/m/d certificates;
military photos; typed pages of family history; sketches of family tree image; gravesite pix; scanned images of pension/military/citizenship/medical rec-ords; yearbook photos; news clippings;or scans of family bible pages,etc.,etc.
Anything that adds to what is known about the person whose photo you are submitting!

Please make the jpeg/gif no larger than about 7x9 inches, preferably around 5x7-ish--definitely No LARGER than 2MB (not quite 8 1/2 x 11 in. size!!)

I hope to make this a really helpful TOOL for all of us BEAL --(and any related lines you wish to submit--such as those we married-in "with" or of those of surnames that married "into" us!).

Thanks ever so much---Vienna George.....

Email me (w/ text info in body of same email to which is sent as attachment the jpeg (or gif) image) to.....

Vienna_Loves_Genealogy@yahoo.com

Many thanks Cousins!!!---Vienna

NOTE: This is foe ALL LINES (& Spellings-as spelling not "set" til 1900s) of this Surname--due fact we may THINK we are NOT related-but go back further and find we come down from either the SAME patriarch or siblings----or two un-related lines intermarry--and then, of course from there on down they ARE related--and also from all originations as many families started out in one country--only to later be in another-but may be the same family after all!!

Alana Beal contact me Please

mybonney — 2009-06-15 02:46:10Z

Alana, I saw on Familysearch.org that you are related to Henry Holcomb married to Martha Medlin. I too am related to them and need information on Henry. Please email me. Bonnie

Re: Ohio Beal family

asberry_tm — 2009-04-07 07:47:24Z

Still reviewing my records, but suspect that your George is a brother to my Isaac(b. 1807). A number of Beals moved to the Iowa area including two sons of Isaac, one of whom is named Perry. Information on George is scant in this area and may be attributable to his relocation in Iowa. Definitely interested in sharing data with you.

Re: Beals in Ohio / PA and Nancy Sparks

asberry_tm — 2009-04-08 23:15:38Z

Thank you for the data, however, I am acutely aware of this publication. This does provide a small glimpse into the various avenues of the second generation Beale siblings. I know very about George specifically. However, I have been to conclude that the listing of children for George and Nancy are in direct correlation to their descendency of birth. Isaac was born in 1807, thus we can conclude that George was born in 1809. If you would like to discuss this in a more structured venue, you can email me direct at:
asberry_tm@yahoo.com
I have engaged in active research of George and Nancy Beale since 1997 and have invested in various sojourns in order to track them down.

Re: Asberry

asberry_tm — 2009-04-08 23:07:18Z

Yes, your presumption is correct. However, to date, there is no record of Nancy having lived there. Sources searched on this query were:
1. Census Reports for the area during the entire 1700s.
2. Tax Records for the region
3. Birth Records
4. Death Records
6. Church Records
7. Cemetery Records
The online reference to the Battle of Trenton during December 1776 and "molding bullets" are actually excerpts from a formal genealogy written by Miss Louise Jones in 1901 as a wedding gift to Perry Beal and his wife on their anniversary.
I have a record of a Capt. John Sparks from the area that is presumably Nancy Spark's father, but not definitively. Nancy Sparks Beale's headstone at Birmingham cemetery, Guernsey County, Ohio lists her d.o.b. after 1776.

Re: Asberry

asberry_tm — 2009-04-08 22:53:00Z

I have visited the Beaver County Public Library's Geneology Department three times and have concluded, as have others, that this family is not connected to George and Nancy Sparks. At least at this point, there has not been a means to make familial connection to these two families.

Re: Asberry

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-08 12:01:45Z

Re New Jersey origin:
The 1850 Hanover, Beaver PA census has an Elizabeth Beal, born 1767 NJ. Probably wife of David Beal Sr.

David Beal 49 Farmer PA
Rachel 50 PA
Samuel 23 Carpenter PA
David A 19 Farmer PA
Alexander M? 15 Farmer PA
William 12 PA
James H 8 PA
Nancy A 18 PA
Sarah 14 PA
Margaret 9 PA
Thomas 6 PA
Rachel 3
Isabella 83 NJ

Re: Asberry

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-08 11:37:04Z

Nancy Sparks (b. Abt. 1766, d. 1854) Nancy Sparks was born Abt. 1766, and died 1854 in Guernsey County, Ohio. She married George Beal on 1790 in Pennsylvania. Nancy Sparks moulded bullets for patriot soldiers during the Battle of Trenton.
Died on her husband's farm in Guernsey County, Ohio at age 72.

I found the above online. If true, the Sparks must have been living in NJ in the 1770s.

Re: Beals in Ohio / PA and Nancy Sparks

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-08 10:38:36Z

Re Isaac the son of George Beal and Nancy Sparks From the
The Ohio Biographies Project
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html
a part of
The U.S. Biographies Project
http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html

Page 388.

William Beal, Dresden, Ohio, a prosperous agriculturist of this region, successfully manages his
farm of 389 acres, and inherits the thrift and energy of his German ancestors. His grandfather,
George Beal, was a farmer of Beaver county, Penn., and was married to Miss Nancy Sparks, who
was the daughter of Capt. Sparks, who served in the Revolution. To them were born these
children: William, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, Deborah, Margaret, Elias, John, Isaac, George and
Nancy. William was in the War of 1812 and John served as common pleas judge of Blackford
county, Ind. Mr. Beal was a deacon in the Baptist church, and man of moderate means. He came to
Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1814, and settled near Birmingham, where he remained until his death,
when about eighty years of age. His son, Isaac Beal, and the father of William Beal was born in
Beaver county, Penn., in 1807, and received but a limited education. Some of his brothers were
quite well educated. Isaac was seven years old when he came with his parents to Guernsey county,
and he grew up in the rough school of pioneer days, working on the farm and attending school
when he could find time from his duties. He was married in Guernsey county, Ohio, October 14,
1830, to Miss Jane Neal, who was born June 12, 1812, and who was the daughter of William and
Mary A. (Sheridan) Neal. William Neal was born in Ireland and came to Maryland, where he
married and settled. He afterward emigrated to Ohio and settled in Belmont county, then in
Harrison, and finally in Guernsey county, where he died in his sixty-sixth year. His companion,
Mary A. Sheridan, who was the aunt of Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan and the cousin of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, died March 1, 1874, in her ninety-fourth year. Their family consisted of thirteen children:
Sarah S., Rachel, John, James, Mary A., William, Jane (wife of Isaac Beal), Elizabeth, Thomas,
Lee, Archibald, Asbery S. and Alexander G. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Beal settled in Guernsey county
after marriage there, their children, sixteen in number, were born: Mary A., Nancy A., Perry,
Sarah, Archibald, Rachel J., William, Elizabeth, Margaret L., Martha S. Thomas, Elias, Bersheba,
Isaac S, George and Lee. Mr. Beal was a man of comfortable circumstances; was the owner of 160
acres of land. He and Mrs. Beal held membership in the Old School Baptist church, and Mr. Beal
was deacon for many years. In politics he was a republican. He had one son, Archibald, in the civil
war. He enlisted in Company K, Eighty-fourth Illinois regiment, and served as sergeant, and was at
the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he was captured by the confederates, but was retaken
by the Union troops the same day, and died January 5, 1863, from exposure. Isaac Beal lived to be
eighty years of age, and died on his farm in Guernsey county, December 26, 1887. He was one of
the old pioneer settlers and cleared up a great deal of wild land. His widow is still living, and is now
in her eightieth year. Their son, William Beal, owes his nativity to Guernsey county, Ohio, where
his birth occurred November 3, 1841, and he was liberally educated in the common schools. His
father, who had but limited educational advantage himself, was determined to send his children to
school, and young William attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the
summer months until twenty-two years of age. He selected as his companion in life Miss Sarah A.
Morgan, who was born December 4, 1845, daughter of Washington and Mary (Lake) Morgan, and
their nuptials were celebrated on December 24, 1863. To them were born three children: Spenser
L., Elroy, and Jane E. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Beal settled on a farm in Cass township, this
county, and sadly afflicted was Mr. Beal while living there. A disease that was epidemic in the
county entered the family, and Elroy died August 17, 1870; Mrs. Beal died on the 20th of the same
month, Spencer L. on the 22d, and Jane E. on the 27th, all within ten days of each other. On
October 2, 1871, Mr. Beal married Miss Charity E. Butler, who was born December 17, 1844,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (McGee) Butler. [See sketch of Joshua Butler.] William Butler
was born in Brook county, Va., July 20, 1810, and was a school teacher for some time, although a
carpenter by trade. For many years he was a preacher in the Old School Baptist church, and
moderator of the association for quite a number of years. He was married to Miss Elizabeth
McGee, January 4, 1838. She was born August 3, 1815. To them were born three children: Honor,
Henry J., and Charity E. He was a self-educated man, a substantial farmer, and a man who was of
great benefit to his community in its early days. He died June 16, 1885. After marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Beal settled on the farm where they now live, and here all their children were born: Isaac T.,
John W. and Perry L. In politics Mr. Beal is a republican, and has held several of the township
offices. He and Mrs. Beal are members of the Old School Baptist church, in which he was clerk for
several years and is now deacon. He is deeply interested in school matters, and is educating his
sons at Dresden. Mr. Beal is a well-informed man, and keeps thoroughly abreast with the times.
This family is widely known and highly respected in Muskingum county.

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio: Chicago, 1892: The
Goodspeed Publishing Co.

Re: Ohio Beal family

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-07 19:07:47Z

Here are my reasons for believing my George 1809 is a brother to Isaac 1807:

Isaac is connected to John: Isaac's bio says he had a brother John who was a judge in Blackford IN; Isaac's bio says Isaac was born in Beaver Co., PA. John's daughter's bio says John was born in Beaver Co., PA. Both John and Isaac owned land in Blackford IN in 1840..I doubt Isaac lived there.

George is connected to John: they were both in Blackford, IN in 1840... George's first child was born in Blackford 1840; both John and George lived in Liberty, Clarke Co. Iowa 1850-1870.. John's wife Ruth was buried in Liberty; John died in Decatur IA.. same town George's son Elias lived in.

Isaac had brothers John and George.
Isaac had a brother Elias; George named his first son Elias.

Isaac lived in Guernsey, Ohio for most of his life; George lived in Guernsey, Ohio in 1850.

All three were born in PA.

Problems with the connection:
Family trees say Isaac's brothers George A. and John were born 1815 and 1818....Indiana/Iowa George and John were born 1809 and 1804, resp. Isaac's mother Nancy was 54 in 1818.. too old to give birth to John. A George A. b 1815 who lived in Ohio said his mother was born in Ireland (1880 census) John's wife Ruth was born 1805.. too young for John b 1818.

In 1880 census George (1809) says his parents were both born PA. In John's daughter's bio, it says John (1804) was the son of a George who was born in England. Isaac Beal(1807) said in the 1880 census that his parents were both born in Maryland!

PS: I think George Beal, 1760, was related to the Beales in Juniata, PA. Some of that family settled in Hanover, Beaver.

Re: Ohio Beal family

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-07 01:23:50Z

Sorry, Clarke Co, Iowa, not Ohio

Re: Ohio Beal family

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-04-03 22:48:32Z

I am researching George Beal b 1809 PA m Mary Ann Mills about 1839 in Harrison OH. They lived in Guernsey Co. OH for maybe a decade before settling in Clarke Co. Ohio. Barb

Re: Beals in Ohio / PA and Nancy Sparks

barbaraRanshaw — 2009-05-01 12:34:19Z

Does anyone know when Nancy Sparks, wife of George Beal, was born?

John Sparks Jr.
Service record.
John Sparks was from the state of New Jersey, county of Salem held the rank of Ensign of the 2nd. New Jersey November 11, 1775; became a 2nd., Lieutenant May 10, 1776, then a 1st., Lieutenant on February 5, 1777; Captain January 1, 1778. Resigned August 31, 1778.
Pension roll.
John Sparks was from the state of New Jersey, county of Salem held the rank of Captain of the New Jersey Line, was placed on the roll July 28, 1818, with an allowance of $240., dollars per year, and had received $1945.80., dollars. Commencement of his pension was April 23, 1818, at the time this was recorded he was 69. In the remarks it states that he died on April 30, 1826.

[Editor's note: In the following documents, which were copied by the Editor from a microfilm copy of the originals, capitalization and punctuation have been modernized for the sake of clarity, but no changes have been made in spelling or content. The file number given to the application papers of John Sparks in The National Archives is 1910. He was granted a pension on 28 July 1818 under an act of Congress dated 18 March 1818. Under this act pensions were granted only to the most needy veterans of the Revolution. John Sparks received $20.00 per month from 23 March 1818 until his death 30 April 1826. Little has been learned regarding John Sparks besides the data in his application. In 1927 Mrs. Sam Bretch of 1005 West 18th St., Oklahoma City, Okla., wrote to the Bureau of Pensions regarding this John Sparks and stated that from other information which she had it appeared that John Sparks had married twice and that he had a daughter named Nancy who married George Beal. Minnie Beal Miller of 611 No. Drake Ave., Fullerton, Calif., gave similar information in 1939. According to data compiled by Mrs. Leonard T. Harris, 72 West 14th Place, Chicago Heights, Ill., Nancy Sparks, daughter of John, was born about 1764 and died in Jan. 1854 in Guernsey County, Ohio, at the home of her son, Isaac Seal. Anyone having additional information on the family of John Sparks is requested to write to the Editor.]
District of New-Jersey, SS.

Salem Inferior Court of Common Pleas, June Term, 1820.

On this 14th day of June 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Salem in the state of New- Jersey, being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping records of its proceedings, and possessing the power of ---?--- and ---?---, John Sparks, aged 63 years, resident in Upper Acreek [?] in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: in Captain Faulkner's company to Canada in 1776 and in the Revolutionary Army under Captain John B. Cummins as first lieutenant, 2d Regiment, commanded by Colonel Israel Shreeve, Jersey line; after the Battle of Germantown promoted to a captain in the same regiment and line; that he has received a pension certificate No. 1910.

BEAL Cora L and Robert L

t42RoseHill — 2009-04-27 10:51:09Z

BEAL Cora L and Robert L

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,261 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

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BEAL Sybil and William Bill

t42RoseHill — 2009-06-09 17:12:23Z

BEAL Sybil and William Bill

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,210 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

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Re: Beal connections in Madison Co., Alabama

wise1ok — 2009-05-03 19:27:07Z

My husband, JOhnny Wilson, is from Cass county, Texas and James Hilmer Beal, son of James Pinkney Beal and Delilah Sisco. James Hilmer is listed as "James G." in a lot of places, but I assure it is James Hilmer. He moved to Marion County, Texas. I have never found parents for James Pinkney Beal, always a dead end. Confused many time with James Peter Pyle as having the same birthday, married on the same day and Delilah Sisco also confused with delia Sanders. My 2-mail is dlw324@comcast.net and we live in Houma, La. Would like to hear from you.

Beal family from Alabama and Georgia

edna_beal — 2009-09-02 02:31:49Z

MY ggg grand father was Robert Beat and his wife Mary White Beal their children, Ukn male, Joseph Simeon, Wesley J., Noah W., Martin Van Buren, Mary A., Armstead Asberry, William Freeman, Margret J., Robert F. and Benjamine Franklin Beal. All the kids were born in Georgia (around Carroll Co.) except for Benjamine and he was born in Clahoun Co. Alabama. Mary the mother was born in North Carolina in 1808 and I have no other information on Robert other than he was their father. All the kids were born from about 1820 to 1854. I have alot of information but would like to fill in some of the blanks.

BEAL, Alta B. (1882)

mttreehugger — 2009-04-16 15:00:25Z

Headstone is located in the Riverside Cemetery: Emmett, Gem Co., ID

Civil War and Charles Beals

kyaskoski — 2009-06-10 13:35:06Z

Hello;

I am trying to find out more about my ggrandfather Charles w Beals.It is said he was born in Rockingham,Vt. and was 22 years of age in 1863.He voluntered for the service of the Union Army on the 25th day of August 1863.and was discharged in Bennington Vt. on July 20th 1865. He married a Sally Bartlett in Shaftsbury Vt.I believe, and had a daughter Antoinette (nettie) Beals who was my Grandmotheri want to find out more about his life before the Army.