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==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
'''Harrison Chester "Harry" Beals''' is not in my direct ancestry. He is 3 steps removed in the following ways:
* Great-grandson  of [[Jacob Beals]] and [[Elizabeth Brey]]
* Son of [[Francis Augustus Beals]] & Permillia Farmer Zellers; Grandson of [[Samuel Beals]] & Catherine Marsh.
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!  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
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| '''Birth'''  || 29 March 1879 || Beaver Twp., Clarion Co.  PA || || <sup class="reference">[5] </sup>
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| ''' Marriage''' ||    ||  PA || To [[Effie Arletta King]] (b.13 Feb 1880 - d.24 Apr 1963), dau. Charles W. King & Amanda McMurdy     ||<sup class="reference"> [4][5] [7]</sup>

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| '''Death''' ||1916/1917 ||     PA || || <sup class="reference">[5][6] </sup>
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| '''Burial''' || ||Zion Union Cemetery <br>Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA || ||<sup class="reference"> [5]  </sup>
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= Ancestry chart segment =

    Generation 2                          Generation 3                   Generation 4''                                    
                                                 
                                                                     +-- [[Samuel Beals]]  
                                                                     |   (1831-1907)   
                                      +--  [[Francis Augustus Beals]]  --+                  
                                      |    (1853-1943)               |                       
    Harrison Chester "Harry" Beals -- +                              +-- Catherine C. Marsh
    (1879-1916)                       |                                  (1829-1880)
                                      + -- Permilia "Millie" Farmer Zellers
                                   
Sources: 
<sup class="reference">[4][5][6] </sup>

=Children=
(Children with Effie King) 
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! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources

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| Norman King Beals|| M ||9 Apr 1902  || Ohio||m. 23 June 1929 to Alice G. DeSilva (b.19 Dec 1907 Lisbon Portugal - d. 13 Dec 1997 PA) ||died 30 Jan 1986; buried Zion Union Cem., Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA|| <sup class="reference">[3][5][8][9][11]  </sup>
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|Leora P. Beals|| F ||11 Aug 1905  || Ohio||Elmer Everett McMurdy (b. 27 Mar 1900-d. Feb 1976) ||died 11 Jan 1988; buried Zion Union Cem., Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA || <sup class="reference">[3][5][10]  </sup>
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| Myrna Beals|| F ||6 July 1907  || Emlenton, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA||Bruce Thompson McGinnis (b. 1908-d. 1946 Emlenton PA) ||died 11 June 1997, Emlenton PA || <sup class="reference"> [3][5] </sup>
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| Gertrude Arletta Beals|| F ||  || Emlenton, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA||Robert Guy Beals (b. 28 Oct 1905-d. ????); son of John Howard Beals & Florence M. Shirey; g.son of[[ William Beals]] & Susan Kline.  <br>(Gertrude A. & Robert G. Beals were 2nd cousins once removed.)  ||died May 1997 || <sup class="reference"> [3][5] </sup>


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=Places of Residence=
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! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
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| Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA || born 1879|| || <sup class="reference">[5]  </sup>
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| Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., PA || 1880 ||with parents || <sup class="reference"> [1] </sup>
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| Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA || 1900-1910 ||with parents1900; married with family 1910 || <sup class="reference"> [2][3] </sup>
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= Photo Gallery =

Parents:<br>
[[Image:Francis Augustus Beals .jpg|170px|left|thumb|Francis Augustus Beals]][[Image:Parmelia Zellers Beals.jpg|130px|left|thumb|Millie Farmer Zellers]]<br style="clear:both;"/>Siblings: <br>
[[Image:Children of Frank A Beals-Clara L, Blanche V, Jefferson E, Grace H, Wm Saml, Harry C, Lillian M.jpg|320px|left|thumb|7 children of Frank & Millie Beals; Harry Beals at front left]]
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= Sources =
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!'''1'''
| '''1880 United States Federal Census''', Ashland T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg. 16. Date of census 17 June 1880. <br>Lines 43-47: Francis A. Beals, age 26, married, farmer; (Ma)illia, age 27, wife; Lily May, age 2, dau.; '''Harrison''' at 1, son; A. J. Adams, age 28, cousin, married, laborer.  All, & all parents, born in PA.
|[[Image:1880 census pa clarion ashland pg 16.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''2'''
| ''' 1900 United States federal Census''', District 162, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 14, 15.  Census dated 16, 18 June 1900.<br>Lines 98-100, page 14, 1-5, page 15:  Frank A. Beals, head, 56,  b.  Nov 1853, married, 23 years, day laborer, rents home; Millie, wife, 47, b. Sept 1852, married, 23 yrs, 7 children born, 7 living; '''Harry''', son, 21, b. Mar 1879, pumper, oil well; Grace, dau, 19, b. Sept 1880; Blanche, dau, 19, b. Sept, 1880; Jefferson E., son, 18, b. Dec 1881, pumper, oil well; William, son, 15, b. June 1885, farm laborer; Clara, dau, 13, b. Sept 1886.  William and Clara attended school.  All can read, write and speak English.  All and all parents b. PA.
| [[Image:1900 census pa venango richland dist 162 pg 14.jpg|50px|center]] [[Image:1900 census pa venango richland dist 162 pg 15.jpg|50px|center]]
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!'''3'''
| ''' 1910 United States federal Census''',Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 141, Pg. 19 on Ancestry.com.  Date of census:  3rd - 4th May, 1910.<br>Lines 14-19:  Beals, Harry,age 31, married 8 yrs, farmer, general farm, owns farm free of mortgage. He & both parents born in PA.  Effie, wife, age 30, married 8 yrs, has 4 children, all living; she & both parents born in PA.  Norman, son, age 7, born PA, in school.  Leora, daughter, age 4, born Ohio.  Merna, dau., age 2, born PA.  Gertrude, dau., age 1/2, born Illinois.
|[[Image:1910 census pa venango richland dist 141 pg 19.jpg|50px|center]]
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!'''4'''
|'''Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson)''', granddaughter of [[James Francis Beals]]; 2nd cousin once removed, of Harry C. Beals;  researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals Chambers.
*Frank Beals was a grandson of Jake Beals, & possibly the son of Samuel Beals.  Frank Beals' children were Grace Beals; Blanche Beals m. Merrle Jones; Lilly Beals m. a Shannon; Harry Beals; Jeff Beals; Bill Beals.   Harry Beals m. Effie King; their children were Leora, Myrna, Norman,& Gertrude.
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!'''5'''
|'''Personal correspondence of Duane Beals''' (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. 
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!'''6'''
|'''Gravestone transcription, Zion Union Cemetery''', June 2007 by [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|E.Wilson Williams]]  
* BEALS, Francis A. 1853-1943; Permelia, his wife 1852-1923; Harry C., their son, 1879-1917
 
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!'''7'''
|'''Obituary Effie King Beals, Franklin News Herald''', 25 Apr. 1963 pg.2, c 3; transcribed from obituary files, Franklin Library, Venango Co. PA in 2006 by E. W. Williams.<br>"BEALS, MRS. EFFIE KING, 83, Emlenton RD 1, died Wed. Apr. 24, daughter of Charles W. and Amanda McMurdy King; wid. '''Harry Chester Beals'''. Funeral 2 May 1963."
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!'''8'''
|'''Obituary Esther R. Beals, Franklin News Herald''', 9 May 1945 pg.2, c.3.  Transcribed from obit. file, Franklin Library, Venango Co. PA in 2006 by E. W. Williams.<br>"BEALS, Esther R., week old daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Norman K. Beals died Tue. in Franklin Hospital where she was born 1 May.  Butial today in Zion cemetery near Emlenton."<br>(Norman King Beals was son of Harry Chester Beals and Effie King).
| [[Image:King, Effie (Beals) obit.jpg|50px|center]]
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!'''9'''
|'''Obituary Dr. Norman K. Beals, News Herald''', 31 Jan 1986. From obit abstracts file, Franklin Library, Venango Co. PA.<br>BEAKS, Dr. Norman K., age 82, of Franklin, died Thurs. in his home in Miller Park.  Born Apr 9, 1903 in Ohio, son of '''Harry''' and Effie King Beals. Married Alice DeSilva June 23, 1929. Survived by wife and children. (Long biographical writeup). Zion Union cemetery near Emlenton.
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! '''10'''
| '''Obituary of Betty Onuffer''', from Nancy Walls, source not given, possible Oil City Derrick, copy was truncated.<br>Betty (McMurdy) Onuffer age 75 died 8pm 28 Oct 2002 following lengthy illness.  Born 17 Dec 1926 in Salem Twp, Clarion Co., PA, dau. of Elmer McMurdy and Leona Beals.  Survived by husband James Onuffer, son James Onuffer Jr. (and wife Lora) of Berkeley, CA, daughters: Nancy Denny of Butler and Pauline Rankin (and husband{truncated}.  Possible list of grandchildren is truncated.  She is also survived by sister Jeanne Hindman of Emlenton, brother Charles McMurdy (and wife Ruth) of Franklin.  She was preceded in death by her parents.  Interment in Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp, Venango Co., PA.  Mrs. Onuffer was a homemaker.
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! '''11'''
| '''Obituary of Rev. Alice S. DeSilva Beals''', from the collection of Peg KAhle, original source not given.<br>The Rev. Alice S. Beals, 89, of 621 Plummer Ave., Miller Park died 4:10 pm Sat. 13 Dec 1997 at her home.  Born 19 Dec 1907 in Lisbon, Portugal, dau. of Joseph and Palmeria Gonsalves DeSilva.  MArried 23 June 1929 to  Dr. Norman K. Beals Sr. died  30 Jan 1986.  They came to Franklin (PA) in Nov. 1935.  She was one of the first women ordained by the American Baptist Church.  She preached in many Baptist churchs in northwestern PA and in New England.  Was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church for 12 years and then served as chaplain at the Franklin Hospital.  She was named Franklin Woman of the Year, and was known for her radio program "Reflections for Living".  Survived by: six children:  Dr. Norman K. Beals, Jr. of Orange, CA; the Rev. David R. Beals of Cincinnati, OH; Daniel P. Beals of Battle Creek, MI; Mrs. John (KAthleen Hope) Miller of Goldsboro, NC; Dr. Paul V. Beals of Maryland; and Stephen C. Beals of Franklin; 20 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; and a sister:  Mrs. Willis (Ester Irene) Wolford of Franklin.  Preceded in death by her husband and parents, a daughter: Esther Beals; a brother: Alfonse DeSilva; and two sisters: Celeste Raposa and Elizabeth DeSilva.  Services at Huff Funeral Home 1 pm Tuesday, son Rev. David R. Beals, presiding.  Interment at Zion Union Cemetery.
| [[Image:DeSilva, Alice S. (Beals) obit.jpg|50px|center]]
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