Oral Grethel Latshaw

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Oral Grethel Latshaw is related by her marriage to James Loy Beals, who is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Ella May Beals Son of James Elgie Beals and Winnifred May Kline

Oral Gretchen Latshaw was the oldest child of Lewis (Lou) Latshaw. Her siblings were Vera Latshaw who married Russ McGinnis (their daughter married Jim Davis); Leverne "Red" Latshaw, and Joanne Latshaw who married Bud Confer. After growing up in Scrubgrass Township , Oral married and moved with her husband Loy into the "apartment" built onto his parents' farmhouse. Originally built as the mother-in-law quarters, it later served as a start-out dwelling for several of the Elgie and Winnie Beals children. As soon as Loy established his garage business (before 1944) they lived out their days in their apartment over the garage in downtown Emlenton. Oral enjoyed oil painting, crafts, and made jig-sawed wooden, painted, pull-string animals on wheels for children of relatives. She encouraged "Janey" to join Girl Scouts, and to take art lessons in her high school years. Jimmy & Larry grew up around the garage, loved cars and motors. They would come roaring down the lane to their Grandpa Beals farm, and got his old Model T running. There is a photo of them lounging in one of the old cars. EWW

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1914
Marriage			To James Loy Beals
Death	1980
Burial		Emlenton Cemetery, at rear, to rt. of maintenance bldg.

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 2               Generation 3               Generation 4              Generation 5
                                                                            +-- Benjamin Latshaw
                                                                            |   (1823-1905)
                                                  +-- Amos Shontz Latshaw --+
                                                  |   (1853-1924)           |
                       +-- Lewis Edward Latshaw --+                         +-- Mary Ann Updegraph
                       |   (1891-1939)            |                             (1833-1905)
 Oral Grethel Latshaw--+                          +-- Frances Emma Bell
 (1914-1980 )          |                              (1851-1915)
                       +-- Nettie Frances Hoffman
                           (1983-19??)

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Children

(all children with James Loy Beals

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James Edward Beals	M			1. m(1958) Patricia Ann Storey 2. m.(14 Oct 1976) Rachel Elaine ___	Occupation: trucking industry; heart disease
Larry Raymon Beals	M	30 April 1936	Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA	1) Theora Alexander(Feb 1937- 8 June 2004) of Manchester, GA 2) Caroline J. Perry of Princeton NJ	died 15 Feb 2010
Mary Jane Beals	F	16 Aug 1938		m.(12 Nov 1956) Dennis "Denny" Wolf

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Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Scrubgrass Twp., Venango County	b.1914-m.1934
Richland Twp., Venango Co. Pennsylvania

Photo Gallery

Loy & Oral Beals & children, family reunion at Beals farm, Venango Co. PA, early 1950's

Oral with 3 granddaughters, Deanna Renee Beals, Brenda Lou Beals & Jennifer Lea Beals

Gravestone of J. Loy Beals & Oral G. Latshaw at Emlenton Cemetery, Venango Co. PA

In the photo of Oral Beals with three granddaughters, on the background wall is Oral's oil painting of her daughter Mary Jane "Janey" Beals Wolf.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1920_United_States_Federal_Census, District 143, Scrubgrass Twp,Venango Co, PA, page 13. Census dated 27 Feb 1920. Lines 29-33: Lewis Latshaw, head, 28, rents home, laborer; Nellie, 26; Vera(?), 7, attd school; Orel, 6; Levera(?), 4. All b. PA.
2	1940 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 61-54B, Page 2, dated 18 Apr 1940. Lines 51-54: James L. Beals, 50, living with his wife, Winiford M. Beals, 57, daughter Bertha I. Beals, 17, and son Robert E. Beals, 13. Everyone was born in PA. Everyone lived in the same house in 1935. The street name is listed as "Head 60015". The next home listed is that of James' son, Loy. Lines 55-59: Roy J. Beals, 28, living with his wife, Oral G. Beals, 26, their son James E. Beals, 5, son Ramon L. Beals, and daughter Mary J. Beals, 1. Everyone was born in PA. Roy and Oral lived in the same house in 1935. Roy falls on one of the two lines that gets supplemental questions in the 1940 census: his parents were both born in PA. He is a laborer in a steel mill. Roy and his family live next door to his father's family, see above.
3	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). Oral Latshaw was her sister-in-law.
4	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals (Walls), 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records and library research, and interviews of community members.
5	Gravestone transcription, Emlenton Cemetery, Sept 1991 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. "BEALS James L 1912-1978, Oral G. 1914-1980"
6	Obituary for Larry R. Beals, Broken Arrow Ledger (Oklahoma), 16 Feb 2010. Larry R. Beals was born April 30, 1936 in Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania the son of James Loy and Oral Grethel (Latschaw) Beals. Larry died Monday, February 15, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital South in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 73 years of age. Larry was a 1954 graduate of Emlenton, Pennsylvania High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He married the former Miss Caroline J. Perry on May 5, 1973 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They moved to Broken Arrow 37 years ago from New Jersey. Caroline preceded him in death on January 13, 2008. Larry was co-owner of Integrity Trucking. He is survived by daughters Jennifer (Jason) Hall of Broken Arrow OK, Christine (Eric) Rankin of Tulsa OK, Deanna (Mike) Johnson of Broken Arrow OK and Brenda Beals of Tarzana CA; grandchildren, Daniel Johnson, David Johnson, Katrina Kemp & Natasha Hall ;great-grandson Jace Johnson; sister, Mary Jane Wolfe of Newell WV; and brother James Beals of Jacksonville FL. He was preceded in death by son Donnie Beals and his parents.
7	Obituary for Caroline J. Perry, Broken Arrow Ledger (Oklahoma), 15 Jan 2008. Funeral Services for Caroline J. Beals for Jan. 16, 2008 at Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel in Broken Arrow,OK. Pastor Michael Goldsmith and Rev. David Lermy will officiate. Burial will follow at Park Grove Cemetery. She was born June 3, 1945 in Princeton, NJ, the daughter of Robert and Jenny (Archambo) Perry. Caroline died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at her home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was 62 years of age. She was a graduate of Heightstown, New Jersey High School. She married Larry Beals on May 5, 1973 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She lived in Broken Arrow for 35 years. She was a member of The Assembly at Broken Arrow. She is survived by husband, Larry Beals; daughters, Jennifer (Jason) Hall of Broken Arrow, Christine (Eric) Rankin of Los Angeles, CA, Deanna (Mike) Johnson of Broken Arrow, and Brenda Beals, Tarzana, CA; sisters Alyce Perry of Carbondale, CA & Phyllis Perry of New Jersey; brothers, Robert Perry, Jr. of Heightstown, NJ & Jimmy Perry of Orange City, FL; grandchildren, Daniel Johnson, David Johnson, Katrina Kemp, Natasha Hall. She was preceded in death by brother, Larry Perry.
8	Hall Family Tree, by Jennifer Beals Hall, granddaughter of Oral G. Latshaw and James Loy Beals; daughter of Ramon Larry Beals. See on ancestry.com at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6308824/person/-1311716607
9	Obituary for Oral G. Latshaw Beals in the Butler Eagle, 24 Sep 1980, pg. 4. Original available at Butler Area Public Library [1]. Mrs. Oral G. Beals, age 67, of Emlenton died Saturday at home of natural causes. Her body was found on Monday. Born 23 JAn 1913 in Kennerdell, the dau. of Lewis and Nettie Hoffman LAtshaw. She had resided in Emlenton most of her life. Her husband, James Loy Beals died in 1978. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Jane Wolfe of PArker RD; two sons: JAmes Edward Beals of Jacksonville, FL and LArry Beals of Broken Arrow, OK. A brother: Levier Latshaw in North Carolina; two sisters: Mrs. Russell (Vera) McGinnis and Mrs. Leonard (Joan) Confer, both of Emlenton; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A grandchild preceded her in death. Service at Criswell Funeral Home, Emlenton, Rev. Howard Pentz of Whitehall Campground officiating. Burial at the Emlenton Cemetery.
10	Liz Williams, niece of Jame Loy Beals; frequent visitor in their home. Playmate, livelong friend of Mary Jane Beals Wolf.

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Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Ancestry World Tree Project, "Linda Hondel's Ancestors" including generations of Latshaw ancestors of Oral Grethel Latshaw (wife of James Loy Beals). [2]

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