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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: ^[4][5][6]

Children

(Children with Effie King)

Places of Residence

Photo Gallery

Parents:

Francis Augustus Beals

Millie Farmer Zellers

7 children of Frank & Millie Beals; Harry Beals at front left

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1880 United States Federal Census, Ashland T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg. 16. Date of census 17 June 1880. 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.
2	1900 United States federal Census, District 162, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 14, 15. Census dated 16, 18 June 1900. 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.
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. 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.
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.
5	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file.
6	Gravestone transcription, Zion Union Cemetery, June 2007 by E.Wilson Williams BEALS, Francis A. 1853-1943; Permelia, his wife 1852-1923; Harry C., their son, 1879-1917
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. "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."
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. "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." (Norman King Beals was son of Harry Chester Beals and Effie King).
9	Obituary Dr. Norman K. Beals, News Herald, 31 Jan 1986. From obit abstracts file, Franklin Library, Venango Co. PA. 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.
10	Obituary of Betty Onuffer, from Nancy Walls, source not given, possible Oil City Derrick, copy was truncated. 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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