Edith Geraldine Shannon

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Edith Geraldine Shannon is not in my direct ancestry. She is 4 steps removed in the following ways: Great-great-granddaughter of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	19 Apr 1907	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA
Marriage	15 Aug 1929	Emlenton PA	To Walter Benjamin Beals
Death	17 Oct 2004	Meadville, Crawford, PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 1            Generation 2            Generation 3             Generation 4                                    
                                                
                                                                              +-- Samuel Beals  
                                                                              |   (1831-1907)   
                                                +-- Francis Augustus Beals  --+                  
                                                |    (1853-1943)              |                       
                                                |                             +-- Catherine C. Marsh
                        +-- Lillian Mae Beals --+                                 (1829-1880)
                        | (1877-1967)           |
                        |                       |
                        |                       +-- Permelia "Millie" Farmer Zellers
                        |
Edith Geraldine Shannon +
(1901-1971)             |
                        |
                        |
                        |
                        +-- Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr.
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Edith Geraldine Shannon is age-wise aligned with Generation 2 in our direct line ancestry, 
but is in Generation 1, as counted from Samuel Beals. An extra generation appears between the descendants of
Jacob Beals's older child Samuel Beals and younger child William Beals, from whom Edith's husband descended.

Children

Children with Walter Benjamin Beals :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Patricia Joan Beals	F	4 Oct 1930	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		died 27 Feb 1933, Emlenton PA
Living son Beals	M		Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		2 daughters living
Living son Beals	M		Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		3 daughters living

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources >
Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	1897-1992
Meadville, Crawford, PA	1992-2004

Photo Gallery

Olive & Edith Shannon, & Faye McClellan at the Maurice B. Shannon home, Emlenton

Standing, L to R: Faye McClellan (1916 - 1972), Walter Beals (1901 - 1971), Olive O. Shannon (Gates) (1897 - 2000), Carrie May (Gates) (probably mother of Lawrence Gates), (1865 - 1950), Edith Shannon (Beals) (1907 - 2004), Maurice Baker Shannon (1872 - 1947), Lillian Mae Beals (Shannon) (1877 - 1967), Francis Augustus Beals (1853-1943) Front, L to R: Harry Eugene Gates (1926 - 1964), Duane Beals (1931 - ), Clara Louise Gates(1923 - ), either Amie Lawrie Gates (1895 - 1987) or Ethel Marguerite Gates (1894 - 1978). At the Walt & Edith Beals home, Walnut St., Emlenton PA, ca. 1933.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census, District 112, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 22 April, 1910. Lines 13-16: Maurice Shannon, head, 38, married(1) 14 yrs, mail carrier, rural route; Lilian, wife, 32,, married 4 yrs, 3 children born, 2 living; Olive, dau, 12; Edith, dau., 3. All and parents b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English.
2	1920 United States Federal Census, District 110, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 19/20 Jan 1920. Lines 11-14: Morris Shannon, head, 48, mail carrier, US Mail, owns farm; Lillian, wife, 42, married at age 18; Olive O., dau, 22, bookkeeper, Gas office; Edith G., dau., 12, attended school.. All and parents b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English.
3	1930 United States Federal Census, District 10, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 16. Census dated 14 April 1930. Lines 84-85: Walter B. Beal, head, 28, married at age 27, rents home, $15, owns radio, linesman, telephone line; Edyth G., wife, 22, married at age 22. The name here is Beals, not Beal as listed.
4	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals, son of Edith Geraldine Shannon & Walter Benjamin Beals, 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. See Contributors Per Duane Beals, the Gates family line (in-laws of Olive O. Shannon Gates) is as follows: Carrie May Porterfield (2 Oct 1865-Feb 1950) married Henry Harrison Gates (23 Apr 1852 - Dec 1914). Their 3 children were Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893 in Squaw Valley, Butler Co. PA - 16 Sept 1977 Franklin, PA); Amie Lawrie Gates (12 Oct 1895 Emlenton PA - Feb 1987); Ethel Marguerite Gates (9 June 1894 Emlenton PA - Nov 1978 Bruin PA). Lawrence Emerson Gates married (22 June 1920 in Emlenton PA) to Olive Oretta Shannon. Their three children, all born Emlenton PA: Clara Louise Gates (22 Aug 1923- ); Harry Eugene "Gene" Gates (16 Oct 1926-19 Mar 1964 in Orange TX); Maurice Clarence Gates (15 Oct 1929 - 28 Mar 1932 in Emlenton PA).
5	Social Security Death Index Name: Edith S. Beals Last Residence: 16335 Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States of America Born: 19 Apr 1907 Died: 17 Oct 2004 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1963-1964)
6	Obituary for Edith Geraldine Shannon Beals, from collection of Margaret Kahle, Oil City Derrick, 19 Oct 2004. Edith Geraldine Shannon Beals, age 97, died 17 Oct 2004 at Wesbury United Methodist Retrement Community, Meadville, PA. Born 19 April 1907 in Emlenton, PA; parents Maurice B. Shannon and Lillian Beals. Married 15 Aug 1929 to Walter Benjamin Beals, who died 2 Jan 1971. Surviving are two sons: Duane Shannon Beals (wife Marilyn Gilger Beals) of Kyle Tx and David Lee Beals (wife Eva Jonk Beals) of Tuxedo, NY, five grandchildren: Pamela, Monica, PAtricia, Karen, and Sari; 10 great grandchildren and one niece: Clara Louise GAtes Rhodes of Wesbury in Meadville. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia; a sister Olive Gates and a cousin, Faye McClellan Taylor. Interment is with her husband in Emlenton Cemetery. Mrs. Beals was a graduate of Emlento HS (1923) and Allegheny College in Meadville (education).