Jacob Beals, Jr.

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Jacob Beals, Jr. is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of James Francis Beals Son of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	13 Feb. 1836	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Marriage	about 1859? based on infant grave 1860		To Clara A. Miller	son's date
Death	9 Mar. 1877	Salem, Clarion County, PA
Burial		Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Clarion County, PA

Ancestry chart segment - Indirect Line

                             Generation 5      Generation 6
 
                                              +-- Jacob Beals
                                              |   (1806-1890)  
                        +-- Jacob Beals, Jr.--+ 
                        |   (1833-1877)       |
                        +                      +-- Elizabeth Brey
                        |                          (1808-1899)
                        +-- Clara A. Miller
                           (1808-1899)

Sources:

Children

Children with Clara A. Miller:

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
infant son	M	calc.16 May 1860	Clarion County, PA	none	died 21 May 1860 aged 5 days; gravestone Emanuel Luth. Cem
Mary A. Beals	F	calc. 21 Mar. 1861	Clarion County, PA	none	died 17 Feb. 1865 aged 4 yr. 10 mos. 27 da.; buried Emanuel Luth.Cem.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lehigh County, PA	15 Feb.1836 - <Feb.1839
Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA	1839 - 1841 w/parents		1840 census
Clarion County, PA	arrived 1841 w/parents		Sam&Ben Bio
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA	1850
Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA	1870-1877

Photos

Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, 1991

Photo of Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. Pa, as it appeared at twilight in 1991. Only the front 2 or 3 rows were maintained. The remainder featured broken stones, sunken graves, and was abandoned to undergrowth. The gravestone of Jacob Beals, Jr. can be seen at center left. Photo Sept. 1991 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams

Gravestone of Jacob Beals, Jr.

Jacob Beals Born Feb 13 1836 Died Mar. 9 1877

By 2006 the neglected area had been reclaimed, with white wooden crosses marking graves without stones. Photos of gravestone and inscription taken Oct 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams

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, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, pg 2. Date of census 18 June 1860. Lines 17-19 list Jacob Beal age 24, farmer, real estate value $3000, personal estate $200; wife Clara A. age 20; daughter Mary age 1 month. All born PA.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg. 21, lines 28-30 lists Jacob Beals age 33, farmer, value of real estate 4000, personal estate 917, citizen of US; Clara age 28 keeping house; Oliver (sic) C. Bower age 8 male.
4	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
5	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
6	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A
7	Cemetery Association Record 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.

Source Notes

• The 1870 census erroneously lists Oliver C. Bower, male, for Olive Samantha Bower, female (step daughter).
• The Clarion County Cemeteries transcription project of 1986, available through the Clarion County Historical Society shows a gravestone at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver City, transcribed as "Beals, Isaac, Son of S. & C. Beals." It notes that the grave is near that of Catherine Beals. This child is not noted in any other source that we are aware of. In two trips to this cemetery by E. W. Williams (1991 when stones were less weathered, & 2006 after much undergrowth was cleared away), transcriptions were made of a small stone that reads "Infant son of J & C Beals, died May 21 1860 aged 5 days." This is believed to be a child of Jacob Beals, Jr. and wife Clara. It is wondered if the previous transcriber ( possibly a Girl Scout project for the Historical Society) mistook "Infant Son" for "Isaac Son". The "J" & "C" are faint, easily misread, and the date could be 1850 or 1860. Neither of these dates works well for a child of Samuel & Catherine; they weren't married until 1852, and they had another child born in 1860.

• Margaret Kahle, Emlenton PA, notes a second gravestone transcription from Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver City, as " Mary A. Beals died 17 Feb. 1865, age 4 yr., 10 mo., 27 da." , and lists her as a child of Jacob & Clara Beals. However, her birth date calculates to be about 21 March 1860. If this child, and the infant son listed above, are both children of Jacob & Clara Beals, they had to be twins, with the son's birth month being miss-transcribed as May rather than Mar. (The source of Margaret Kahle's notes (ie. when transcribed or by whom)is unknown).

• Information on Mary A. Beals, daughter of Jacob & Clara, from research & transcription of Margaret Kahle, Emlenton, PA; forwarded by Duane Beals 2007. Margaret Kahle transcribes the gravestone for the infant son of Jacob & Clara Beals as "Infant son of J. & C. Beals died May 2, 1850 age 5 days", rather than May 12, 1850.

Research Wishlist

1860 census record: In Beaver Twp., Jacob Beals, Jr. and his wife Clara.