James Sinas Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR James Sinas Beals is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 step removed in the following ways: Grandson of Jacob Beals; Son of William Beals Nephew of James Francis Beals

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1861	Clarion Co., PA
Marriage	18 Mar 1890		To Florence Burgham (1869-1951), born London Ontario Canada
Death	1940	Emlenton PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment - Indirect Line

    Generation 4           Generation 5      Generation 6
 
                                          +-- Jacob Beals
                                          |   (1806-1890)  
                       +-- William Beals--+ 
                       |    (1839-1913)   |
                       |                  +-- Elizabeth Brey
   James Sinas Beals --+                      (1808-1899)
    (1861-1940)        |     
                       |         
                       +-- Susan Kline
                           (1843-????)

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Children

Children with Florence Burgham:

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
William J. Beals	M	11 May 1891(d.10 Nov 1974)	Foxburg, Clarion County, PA	Emma G.
Aida Vivianne Beals	F	17 June 1893 (d.16 June 1990)	Foxburg, Clarion County, PA	Ira Harrison Sweesy
Walter Benjamin Beals	M	1901 (d.2 Jan 1971)	Foxburg,Clarion County, PA	Edith Geraldine Shannon
Dorothy Burgham Beals	F	27 Aug 1911 (d.12 June 1980)	Foxburg, Clarion County, PA	Lawrence Emerson Dittman

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Foxburg, Clarion County, PA

Photos

Joseph H. Burgham, father of Florence Burgham (Beals)

Lucy Biddle, mother of Florence Burgham (Beals)

Group photo of Florence Burgham (Beals') & James Sinas Beals' family members
Left to right: Fred Truman (holding dog), Eva Burgham Truman, Walter Beals, Millie Burgham, Aida Beals Sweesy Layne, Dorothy Beals Dittman, Edith Shannon Beals, Evelyn Sweesy Mullen.
Eva Burgham Truman (wife of Fred Truman) and Millie Burgham are sisters of Florence Burgham Beals. Aida Beals Sweesy Layne, Walter Beals (husband of Edith Shannon Beals), and Dorothy Burgham Beals Dittman are children of James Sinas Beals and Florence Burgham. Evelyn Sweesy Mullen is daughter of Aida Meals Sweesy Mullen.

Lillian Mae Beals (Shannon)

Lillian Mae Beals was the wife of Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr. She was the daughter of Francis Augustus "Frank" Beals, son of Samuel Beals. Her daughter, Edith Geraldine Shannon, married Walter Benjamin Beals, son of James Sinas Beals, son of William Beals.

Thus the lines of two sons of Jacob Beals (William and Samuel) descend & meet in her daughter and son-in-law, Edith Shannon and Walter Benjamin Beals.

Childhood portrait of Walter Benjamin Beals, son of James Sinas Beals & Florence Burgham

Calling card of J. Sinas Beals, from the collection of Elizabeth Anna Frederick

Gravestone of Walter Beals (son of James Sinas Beals) & Edith Shannon at Emlenton Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA

Gravestone of Dorothy Burgham Beals (dau of James Sinas Beals) & Lawrence Emerson Dittman, Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Infant daughter of Dorothy & Lawrence Dittman, at Salem Ref. UCC

David Lee Dittman, infant son of Dorothy B. & Lawrence E. Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC

Gravestone of Dorothy Belle Dittman, dau. of Dorothy B. & Lawrence E. Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC

Gravestone of Robert E. Dittman, plot of Lawrence & Dorothy Dittman, Salem Ref. UCC Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1870 United States Federal Census, Richland T. Clarion Co. PA, Pg 4, lines 15-19 lists William Beals age 30, laborer, value of real estate 400, personal estate 200, cannot write, citizen of US; Susan age 26 keeping house; children: James S. age 10, Annie E. age 8, Samuel age 2.
2	1880 United States Federal Census, District 64, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA, pg 62 Census dated 14 Jun 1900. Line 12 lists S Beals, 20, pumps oil, b. PA (also parents).
3	1900 United States Federal Census, District 25, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, pg 5A Census dated 9 Jun 1900. James S Beals, 39, married 10 years, farmer (oil and gas Co), owns farm, born PA (as were parents); Florence, 31, mar. 10 yrs' imigrated 1870, citizen 30 years, b. Canada (English), parents b. England; William S., 9, in school; Ada, 6, in school. Children b. PA, father PA, mother Canada, All can read, write and speak English.
4	1910 United States Federal Census, District 28, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, pg 1A lines 48-50 and 1B lines 1-2. Census dated 15 Apr 1910. James S Beals, 48, married 20 years,farmer (Oil Co), owns farm, born PA (as were parents); Florence, 40, mar. 20 yrs, 3 children, all living, b. Canada (English), parents b. England; William S., 18, barber; Ada, 16, in school; Walter B., 8, in school. Children b. PA, father PA, mother Canada, All can read, write and speak English.
5	Gravestone Transcriptions, Salem Reformed UCC Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA, transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. *"DITTMAN Lawrence E. 1909-1978, Dorothy B. 1911-1980" *"Baby Girl Dittman 1854" *"David Lee Dittman 1959" *"In God's Care, Dorothy Belle Dittman, June 24, 1947 - Aug 1, 1993" *"Robert E. Dittman, May 22, 1934-July 21, 1998" *"DITTMAN Emanuel P. 1869-1957, Cora B. 1869-1939" (Emanuel Peter Dittman & Cora Sheffer, parents of Lawrence Emerson Dittman).
6	Correspondence of Duane Beals, grandson of James Sinas Beals; extensive Beals research on FTM file.
7	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Source Notes

Search of 1920 and 1930 census for both James and Florence gave no results.

Research Wishlist

• Needs census records