Source: History of Clarion County Pennsylvania 1887

Full title from title page: History of Clarion Co. Pennsylvania with illustrations 1887, edited by A.J. Davis with Historical Supplement to 1969. Record Press, Rimersburg, PA, Ross B. Atchison. © 1968 by Record Press, Rimersburg, PA.

The book includes brief biographies of Benjamin Beals and Samuel Beals, both sons of direct ancestors Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey. The following text is transcribed from pages iii and iv of the book:

Beals, Benjamin, Knox p.o., Beaver, was born in Lehigh county on February 15, 1833, and came with his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Bry) Beals, to Clarion county in 1841. Mr. Beals is a farmer and owns thirty-seven acres, and is also engaged in the oil producing business. He was married in March, 1864, to Mary M. Himes, a daughter of William Himes, of Lawrence county. They have two children living--Edwin J. and Mary E.

Beals, Samuel, Knox p.o., Beaver, was born in Lehigh county on September 5, 1831, and came with his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Bry) Beals, to Clarion county in 1841. He is a farmer, and now owns and occupies a farm of five hundred and forty acres, part of which is oil producing. He was married on December 25, 1852, to Catherine C. Marsh, of Beaver township. They have had seven children--Frank A,, born Novenber 8, 1853; Henrietta L., born April 10, 1858, now the wife of James Laughner; Emma E., born September 2, 1860, married John Adams; Hiram K., born December 3, 1862; Isabella F. A., born March 6, 1865, married Elmer Buckelow; Clara E., born July 24, 1868; Catherine A., born April 14, 1870. His second wife was Lizzie Leavy, to whom he was married on January 18, 1881. She was a daughter of Jacob and Lizzie (Mong) Leavy. They have had three children--Clydie L., born September 13, 1881; Jacob W., born January 21, 1883; and Mabel I., born January 18, 1884.