Daniel Beels
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| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
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| Birth | ~1792 | expect Penn's Valley, Center Co. PA | see Source Notes section | [5][7] |
| Marriage | 1819 | To Elizabeth Bender/Painter (b. 17 Jan 1797 Westmoreland Co.) |
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| Death | 21 Feb 1878 | Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA | [7] | |
| Burial |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 4 Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7
+-- David Beels
| (~1765-????)
+-- Daniel Beels --+
| (~1792-1878) |
+-- David M. Beels --+ +-- [unknown]
| (1827-1908) |
John Howard Beels --+ +-- Elizabeth Painter/Bender
(1856-1935) | (1797-1869)
+-- Margaret Campbell
(1830-????)
Sources:[7][8]
Children
(children with Elizabeth Painter/Bender)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Beels | F | ~1820 | expect Clarion Co. PA | Peter Exline | died 1890's | [7] |
| David M. Beels | M | ~1827 | expect Clarion Co. PA | Margaret Unknown | died 1908 | [1][7] |
| Elizabeth Beels | F | ~1829 | expect Clarion Co. PA | Unknown Coulter | died 1880's | [1][7] |
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn's Valley, (Center Co.) PA | ~1792 | [5] | |
| Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA , Herman Snyder place, then Beels hill farm |
1806 | [5] |
Photos
Sources
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| 1 | 1850 United States Federal Census Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24. Census dated 5 Aug 1850. Lines 35-39: Daniel Beals, age 50 farmer, $1300 real property; Elizabeth, 53, wife; David, 23, son, farmer, in school; Elizabeth, 21, dau., in school; John Bender, 77, no occupation. All b. PA. |
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| 2 | 1860 United States Federal Census Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 21. Census dated July 4, 1860 Lines 20, 21: Daniel Beals, 60, farmer, $2000 real, 300 personal property; Elizabeth, 64. Both b. PA Age for Daniel inconsistent with other data indicating birth in 1791 (but consistent with 1850 census). |
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| 3 | 1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 18.Census dated 19 Aug 1870. Lines 31-34: David Beals, age 43, farmer, $5000 real, $1000 personal property; Margret, 40, keeping house; J. H. 13, in school; Daniel, 79, father, retired farmer. All b. PA. |
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| 4 | Beels Tax Assessment for Daniel and David Beels, 1842 - 1880, Clarion Co. PA | (Click here for tax record) |
| 5 | History of Clarion County, 1887,by A.J. Davis, p. 608 "Mr. David Beels settled on the farm now called the Herman Snyder place, in 1806. Mr. Beels was a German who smuggled his way on to a ship coming to America, and was not discovered for several days. When the ship arrived at Baltimore the captain sold him for his passage; after serving out his time, he took up a home in Penn's Valley, where he was married. In 1806 he and his family, for they now had two children, emigrated to these parts on a wagon. The family stopped at Sligo, while Mr. Beels sought a location. Finding a fine lay of land, and finding no deed or article to cover it, he soon landed his family upon it, and began improving it. He afterwards was forced to abandon it. He then commenced improving the northwestern corner of the tract now comprising Salem township." | |
| 6 | Clarion News, May 5, 1994 Beels genealogy and history in article about the barn fire on the Beels homestead. |  |
| 7 | Research of Sally Painter Prior, ggg-granddau. of Johannes Bender, whose daughter Elizabeth Painter (Bender in German) married Daniel Beels. Her sources re. Elizabeth Painter include:
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| 8 | Donna Beels Best interview, June 2007 by E. W. Williams. Information included the location of the Herman(Harmon) Snyder farm on which David Beels first settled, and of the Beels Hill farm; location of graves at Nickleville Presbyterian. | |
| 9 | Gravestone, Nickleville Presbyterian Cemetery, transcribed 23 June 2008 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
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| 10 | History of Venango County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, 1890, Brown Runk & Co.,Chicago, p. 585. Richland church was organized in 1823 and included the Presbyterian element that organized Academia Presbyterian church in 1856 (Nickleville Presbyterian). Members in 1856 included Elizabeth Beels and Mary Beels. |
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| 11 | 1880 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 7 Lines 5-8: David Beels, age 53, farmer; Margret, 50, wife, keeping house; John H., 23, (grd?) son, farm labor; Jane, 48, sister, housework. All b. PA (and all parents). Note: David Beels, head of household, is the son of Daniel Beels (this page). |
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| 12 | Obituary David Beals, Oil city SemiWeekly Derrick, 4 Feb 1908 p.8, c4, Nickleville edition. Transcribed from obituary files, Franklin Library, Venango Co. PA by E. W. Williams in 2006. "BEALS, Davie died at his home near Nickleville on Tues. Jan 28. Was a charter member of Nickleville Presbyterian church. Funeral Wed. (Jan. 29). Was 80 yrs. 9 mo. old. Leaves wife, one sister and one adopted son. Mrs. Beals is a sister to Mrs. Ellen Hanniwalt, who died January 23."
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| 13 | 1860 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 12. Census dated 5 June 1880. Lines 5-8: David Beels, 35, farmer, $800 real, $125 personal property; Margret, 30; J. Howard, 4; Sophia Campbell, 55, widow; Ellen Campbell, 18, housekeeper. All b. PA. |
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| 14 | 1880 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 7. Census dated 16 June 1860. Lines 29-33: David Beels, 53, farmer; Margret, wife, 50; John H., 23, "ad. son", farm hand; Jane, sister (sic), 48. All and all parents b. PA. (John Howard was the adopted son of David Beels and Margret Campbell. Jane Campbell was Margret's sister.) |
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| 15 | 1900 United States Federal Census, District 27, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 3. Census dated 4 June 1900. Lines 43-45: David M. Beals, head, 73, b. Apr 1827, married 47 years, farm laborer; Margret, wife, 70, b. Apr 1830, no children; Jane Camfell, sister-in-law, 68, b. Apr 1832, single. All and all parents b. PA. All can read, write and speak English. A family headed by Howard Beals lives next door. |
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Source Notes
- Sally Painter Prior places Daniel Beels' birth in Berks Co. PA. However, we expect that this is due to confusing "Penn Valley" outside Philadelphia, with "Penn's Valley" which is in Center Co. PA. Daniel's father entered the country through Baltimore, not Philadelphia, and is said to have then gone to Penn's Valley.
- David Beels married Margret Campbell (spelled Camfell in 1900 census). In the 1860 census, Margret's widowed mother Sophia and her sister Ellen Campbell are living with David and Margret and sister Jane is living with the Beels family in the 1880 and 1900 census. Ellen Campbell is noted in the 1908 obituary as Ellen Hanniwalt.
Research Notes
Conjecture
- It may be significant that a Daniel Biehl died in Lehigh County & is buried in the Fogelsville Union Cemetery. He was born in 1808, so is of the same generation as our Jacob Beals (b.1806). One could imagine this Daniel, (who possibly lived out his life, and certainly died, in Lehigh County), as possibly having an immigrant father also named Daniel. This older, conjectural Daniel would have been of the generation of the immigrant David Beels, and could have been his brother. If an older Daniel immigrated first and settled in the Lehigh area, his (brother) David could have been trying to follow his lead with the Lehigh County area as his hoped-for destination. Daniel immigrated through the port of Baltimore, (rather than Philadelphia which would make more sense if he were trying to reach Lehigh County), but we know he was a stow-away, and may have taken what opportunity made itself available as to port of entry. David's son, Daniel Beels, could conceivably have been named for such a brother. We have no evidence that David Beels ever resided in Lehigh County. He could have visited there however, and finding land scarce by the early 1800's, proceeded on westward, to Center County, then to the Venango/Clarion counties border area.
This leads to another possibility, that Daniel Biehl of Lehigh County (d. 1868) could have been the brother of our Jacob Beals, who is said to have been born in Berks Co., but presumably married in Lehigh County about 1828-29, resided there until between 1833 and 1836, and then migrated to Clarion Co. by at least 1839. If this were the case, (that an older Daniel Biehl was the father of Jacob Beal and the brother of David Beel), then Jacob Beals (b. 1806) and Daniel Beels (b. 1792) were cousins, and their sons who owned neighboring farms (James Francis Beals and David Beels (b. 18270,) were 2nd cousins. By time period and coincidence of locations this is all possible, but at this point, all is HIGHLY conjectural.
See Tombstone Inscriptions, Fogelsville Union Cemetery, Lehigh Co., PA compiled by St. John's Church, at Lehigh County Historical Soc. Library, Allentown.
- Daniel Biehl, b. 19 Oct. 1808, d. 17 Aug. 1868
- Hannah Biehl nee Resch b. 11 Jan. 1809, d. 31 Mar. 1887.
1860 Census Lehigh Co. PA, Upper Macungie Twp., pg.3, P.O. Fogelsville. Date of Census 25 June 1860. Lines 24-30:
- Daniel Beal, 53, day laborer, $100 personal estate, born PA;
Hannah, wife, 53;
Children: Willoughby (male) 22, day laborer; Edwin 18, day laborer; Adeline 16; Phaow/n (male) 12; Israel 9.
