Flora Ann Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Flora Anna Beals is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of James Francis Beals Daughter of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	April 1829	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Marriage			To Nathan Biery
Death	after 1880	expect Clarion County, PA
Burial		expect Clarion County, PA

Ancestry chart segment - Indirect Line

    Generation 5          Generation 6
 
                      +-- Jacob Beals
                      |   (1806-1890)  
+-- Flora Ann Beals --+ 
|   (1829-????)       |
|                     +-- Elizabeth Brey
|                         (1808-1899)
+-- Nathan Biery 
    (????-????) 

Sources:

Children

No Children

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lehigh County, PA	1829-1839
Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA	1839 - 1841 w/parents
Beaver Twp.,Clarion County, PA	arrived 1841 w/parents	1841- 1850
Salem Twp.,Clarion County, PA	by 1860-after 1870	expect marriage to death

Places of Residence

From the 1865 Pomeroy map of Clarion County, segment of Salem Twp. just north of the border with Richland Twp. shows the farms of Jacob Beals, Nathan Biery (husband of Flora Ann Beals), and Benjamin Beals. This map indicates that the Jacob Beals farm lay in Salem Twp., rather than Richland. In fact portions of it lay in both townships.|200px|left]]

The 1877 Caldwell Atlas map of Salem Twp. still shows the Biery farm, although that of Benjamin Beals is no longer indicated. The Jacob Beals farm was shown in Richland Twp. in 1877.
To view the complete 1877 Caldwell Atlas map of Salem Twp., click here.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA, Page 60, line 11 lists Jacob Beals as the head of a household containing 2 males between 0 and 5 years of age [probably Jacob Beals, Jr., and William Beals], 2 males between 5 and 10 [probably Samuel Beals and Benjamin Beals], one male between 30 and 40 [probably Jacob Beals], one female between 10 and 15 [probably Flora A. Beals], and one female between 20 and 30 [probably Elizabeth Beals]. This census page is not dated.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, Beaver, Clarion Co., PA, Page 33, lines 5-14 lists Jacob Beals, 44, married to Elizabeth Beals, 40. They live with their eight children: daughter Flora A. Beals, 21; son Samuel Beals, 19; son Benjamin Beals, 17; son Jacob Beals, 15; son William Beals, 12; son Hiram Beals, 10; son Levi Beals, 7; and son James Beals, [age illegible]. The elder Jacob Beals, Samuel Beals, Benjamin Beals, and Jacob Beals, Jr. are all farmers. Everyone was born in PA. Elizabeth Beals cannot read and write. Samuel, Benjamin, Jacob Jr., William, and Hiram all attended school in the year. This census is dated 24 Sep 1850.
3	1860 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. Pa., pg 17, ln 18-19. Date of census 4 July 1860. nathan Beary age 42, laborer, value of real estate $100, balue of personal estate $150, born PA. Flora Beary age 31, born PA.
4	1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. Pa., pg. 16,ln 8-9, date of census 18 Aug. 1870. Nathan Beary age 52, Farmer, white male, value of real estate $300, value personal estate $200, born PA, male citizen of U.S.; Flora A. Beary age 42, white female, born PA, can't write. (But apparently can read).
5	1880 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 14. Census dated 1 June 1880. Lines 27-29: Nathan S. Beary, 62, farmer, b. PA, parents b. PA; Flora A., 51, housewife, b. PA, parents b. PA; Cathron, 8, child, at home, b. Germany, parents b. Germany. Cathron can not write. Note: for the child Cathron age 8, the surname Beary is implied; her status as "child" is at variance with the usual status of "son" or "daughter" for children of the head of household. If she were adopted the census taker may therefore have used a different designation. Otherwise, if she were actually related, the generational age difference suggests she might be the child of a cousin of Nathan's.
6	Will for Jacob Beals, Jr..names [foster dau.]Olive Samantha Bower; wife Clara A. Beals; mother and father Jacob and Elizabeth Beals; brothers Benjamin, William, Hiram, Levi F., and James F.; sister Flora Ann Biery; Executors Levi F. Beals and George F. Kribbs. Signed[his mark] 4 Jan. 1877; probated 19 Mar. 1877
7	Hiram Beals biography Hiram Beals, an honored veteran of the Civil war and a leading citizen of Richland township, Clarion county, was born July 31, 1840, in Venango county, Penn., and is a son of Jacob Beals, a native of Berks county, of German descent. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Bry, was born in Lehigh county, and was a daughter of Michael Bry. In 1839 the parents took up their residence in Venango county, where the father died at the age of eighty-three years, but the mother is still living at the advanced age of ninety. He was a famer by occupation, a Democrat in politics and a Lutheran in religious belief. The mother is also a consistent member of the Church. Their family numbered eight children, namely: Flora Anna; Samuel; Benjamin; Jacob;, who was a Union soldier during the Rebellion; William; Hiram; Levi; and James. (See complete article). From Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion Counties), 1898 by Beers, p. 1408.	complete transcription
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A
9	Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals from Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association lists Jacob Beals, 1806-1899, as married to Elizabeth Brey, 1808-1899. It lists their descendants down as far as four generations in some places. Some of those descendants are my anscestors, including son James Beals, daughter-in-law Olive Bower, grandson Elgie Beals and grandaughter-in-law Winnie Kline.	See transcript
10	History of Clarion County 1887 by A. J. Davis, p.iii Biographies of Benjamin Beals and of Samuel Beals. both residents of Knox p.o. area, Beaver Twp., both born in Lehigh County PA (Benjamin on 15 Feb 1833; Samuel on 5 Sept 1831). Both came to Clarion Co. in 1841 with parents Jacob and Elizabeth (Bry) Beals. Benjamin married in March 1864 to Mary K. Himes, dau. of William Himes; two children living: Edwin J. and Mary E. Beals. Samuel married on 25 Dec 1852 to Catherine C. Marsh; seven children & birth dates listed. Samuel married second on 18 Jan. 1881 to Lizzie Leavy, dau. of Jacob and Lizzie (Mong) Leavy. three children & birth dates listed.	(See complete text)
11	Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson) researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals Chambers, and of her aunt Mary P. Kline Fillgrove. Flora Anna Beals, daughter of Jacob Beals, married Nathan Biery; no children.
12	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. Flora Ann Beals born Apr. 1829 in Lehigh Co.; married Nathan S. Biery (1818-1899); no children.

Source Notes

• No primary source has been found for Flora Ann Beals' birth in Lehigh County. However, her mother and two of her siblings are listed as born there in county history biographies, and in Samuel Beals' marriage record. The family is stated to have come west to Venango County in 1839, which would be some ten years after Flora's birth. See Jacob Beals' page.
• In the 1900 census, a Henry Beary is in Knox, Twp, Clarion Co with a birthplace in Germany, Perhaps there is a connection between the Cathron in the 1880 census and this Henry. There is no indication in the 1900 census for either Flora or NAthan Biery/Beary.