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.

Benjamin Beals and Samuel Beals

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.

Rueben Kline

There is also the following biography of Rueben Kline, son of direct ancestors John Klein and Anna Fenstermacher:

Kline, Rueben, Kossuth p. o., Ashland, a merchant and farmer in Kossuth, Pa. was born in Lehigh county, Pa., on December 7, 1828, and was a son of John and Anna (Fanstemacher) Kline, who settled in Clarion county, Pa., in 1837, and in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and cleared and improved the farmwhich is now owned and occupied by the late Henry Kline. They had a family of eleven children—Henry, Rueben, Jacob, Maria, Catherine, Eliza, Susan, James, Elizabeth, Sarah and William. Rueben Kline settled in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and was married twice. His first wife was Ann E., a daughter of John and Mary (McCleef) Measley, of Ashland, Pa. They had a family of seven children—John M., George W., Harriet L., Maggie A., Andrew C., Rueben F., and Susan L. His second wife was Harriet, a daughter of John and Mary (Kribbs) Weaver, of Ashland, Pa. They have had a family of children. Mr. Kline has served as constable of Ashland, Pa., for seven years, was justice of the peace for five years, and has been engaged in the mercantile business for ten years.

Micahel Brey

Also, in the Brief Personals section near the back of the book, page iii, is a description of ancestor Michael Brey and his relationship to ancestors Elizabeth Brey and Jacob Beals:

Michael Brey/Brye/Brier; arrived Venango county 1839; he died 1859; his daughter Elizabeth, born 1808 died 1899; she married Jacob Beals who was born 1806 and died 1890.