Hiram Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Hiram Beals 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	31 July 1840	Venango Co. PA
Marriage	calc. ~1866		To Sarah Wagner Edinger
Death	1925	St. Petersburg, Clarion County, PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment - Indirect Line

    Generation 5      Generation 6
 
                    +-- Jacob Beals
                    |   (1806-1890)  
       Hiram Beals--+ 
                    |
                    +-- Elizabeth Brey
                        (1808-1899)
                          

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Children

Children with Sarah Wagner Edinger:

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Elizabeth Beals	F	1867		James Wearn Toy
Alice Beals	F	1869
Sarah Ann Beals	F	25 June 1871	St. Petersburg, Clarion County, PA	William G. Freeman
Frances Pearl Beals	F	1Nov 1873	Richland Twp,Clarion County, PA	John E. Ashbaugh
Harry Samuel Beals	M	1875		Daisy Cordula Altman
William J. Beals	M	1878
Leroy Beals	M		9 Sept 1880
Ralph Vernette Beals	M	15 Oct 1884		May Selda
Charles N. Beals	M	Sept 1887

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Venango Co. Pa	forn 1840
Clarion County, PA	arrived 1841
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1850
Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1870
St. Petersburg, Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1880
Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1900

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	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.
2	1870 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA, Date of census 30 Aug 1870. Page 5, line 4-7 lists Hiram Beals, age 28, white male, occupation (Hewokster?), real estate value $400, personal estate value $300, born PA, U.S. citizen; Sarah Beals age 25 keeping house; children Mary E. age 2, and Alice age 1. Apparently they live adjacent to Hiram's parents. The previous residence, on Page 4, line 40, and Page 5, lines 1-3 lists Jacob Beals, 65, married to Elizabeth Beals, 62. They live with two children: son Levi Beals, 24, and son James Beals, 22. Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Beals cannot write. Everyone was born in PA. Jacob Beals has no occupation listed, Elizabeth Beals is keeping house, Levi's occupation is Works at Carpentry, and James is a laborer.
3	1880 United States Federal Census, St. Petersburg, Clarion Co. PA, Pg 5, line 16-23. Date of census 11 June 1880. Hiram Beals age 39, butcher; wife Sarah E. Beals, keeping house. Children: Mary E. age 13, Alice A. age 11, Annie age 9, Samuel H. age 5, William age 2. All born in PA
4	1900 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Clarion Co. Pa, District 25, Sheet 2. Date of census 5 June 1900. Lines 25-29. Hiram Beals born July 1840, age 59, married 34 yrs, grocery store clerk, owns house free of mortgage. Sara, wife, born May 1845, age 55, married 34 yrs, had 9 children, 8 living. Children: Leroy, son, born Sept 1880, age 19, day laborer; Ralph, son, born Oct 1884, age 15, at school; (Charles N. ?) (Poor legibility), son, born Sept 1887, age 12, at school. All, and all parents, born in PA. All read, write and speak English.
5	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
6	Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion Counties), 1898 by Beers, p. 1408. 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 farmer 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."	complete transcription
7	Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson) 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals Chambers, and of her aunt Mary P. Kline Fillgrove. " Hiram Beals born 21 July 1840, died 1925, married (Sarah Wagner Edinger of Lehigh County possibly) born 1845, died 1939. Had 2 sons, wealthy."
8	Personal correspondence of Duane Shannon Beals, grandson of James Sinas Beals; Beals family FTM file. Hiram Beals born 31 July 1840, Venango Co. Pa; died 1925 St. Petersburg PA. Married Sarah Wagner Eddinger, born May 1845 Lehigh Co. Pa, died 1939 St. Petersburg PA. Includes the above eight children, their dates & spouses.
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A
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. Both came to Clarion Co. in 1841 with parents Jacob and Elizabeth (Bry) Beals.	(See complete text)
11	Cemetery Association Record ,Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association Jacob Beals, 1806-1899, as married to Elizabeth Brey, 1808-1899. Son Hiram Beals married Sarah Eddinger.

Source Notes

The 1900 census reports the family had 9 children, 8 surviving. Of the six not listed in 1900, two do not have spouses on our record. Either William or Alice did not survive childhood.