Francis Augustus Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Francis Augustus Beals is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Nephew of James Francis Beals;son of Samuel Beals Grandson of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	8 Nov 1853	Knox PA
Marriage	15 Mar 1877	Curllsville, Monroe Twp., Clarion Co. PA	To Permelia "Millie" Farmer Zellers
Death	23 May 1943	Clarion County, PA
Burial		Zion Union cem. Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 3                 Generation 4                                    
                                                
                          +-- Samuel Beals  
                          |   (1831-1907)   
 Francis Augustus Beals --+                  
 (1853-1943)              |                       
                          +-- Catherine C. Marsh
                              (1829-1880)

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Children

(Children with Permilia Farmer Zellers) :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Lillian Mae Beals	F	28 Oct 1877	Clarion Co. PA	Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr. (8 Nov. 1872-27 June 1947)
Harrison "Harry" Chester Beals	M	29 Mar 1879	Clarion Co. PA	Effie Arletta King
Blanche Viola Beals	F	26 Sept 1880	Clarion Co. PA	Merle Jones
Grace Hiawatha Beals	F	26 Sept 1880	Clarion Co. PA	Bert Mong
Jefferson Emanuel Beals	M	1 Dec 1881	Clarion Co. PA	Bessie P. unknown	died Fort Worth TX
William Samuel Beals	M	4 Jan 1885	Clarion Co. PA	Bertha Elizabeth Steers	died Breckenridge TX
Clara Louise Beals	F	28 Sept 1886	Clarion Co. PA	Jesse C. McClellan	died Oklahoma

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Knox, Clarion County, PA	born 1853
Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	by 1860
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1870
Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., PA	by 1880	after marriage

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of Francis A Beals, Permelia Farmer Zellers Beals, and son Harry C.Beals, at Zion Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA

Francis Augustus Beals

Lillian Mae Beals, daughter of Francis A. Beals

Lillian Mae Beals was the wife of Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr. 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.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1860 United States Federal Census, Salem T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg. 3, lines 23-26 lists Samuel Beal, 29, farmer, value of real estate 3000, personal estate 350; Catharine age 31; Francis age 7 male, in school; Henrietta age 2 female. All born PA. Date of census 27 June 1860.
2	1870 United States Federal Census, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg. 21, lines 12-20 lists Samuel Beals age 38, farmer, value of real estate 1800, personal estate 888, citizen of US; Catharine age 40 keeping house; children Frances age 16 F; Louisa age 12 F; Ama age 10 F; Kurtz age 6 M; Isabella age 4 F; Clara age 2 F; Catharine Marsh age 73 F.
3	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.
7	Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals from Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association lists Frank Beals married 1st to Millie Zellers.	See transcript
8	Samuel Beals Obituary, from clipping without source; transcribed by Duane Beals 2007. Samuel Beals aged 75yrs, died in Beaver Twp. on 30 Jan. Born in Lehigh Co. 5 Sept. 1841 (sic; 1831). Children Frank, Kurtz, Mrs. James Laughner, Mrs. J. W. Buckalew, Mrs. Frank Hartsell, Mrs. C. P. Reed, Slyde, Jacob, Maybel, Alta & Margie; stepson Warren Baker; sister Mrs Anna Biery; brothers James, William, Levi & Hiram. Interment in Knox Cemetery. (Residences given.) He died in 1907 per Duane Beals.	(Complete transcription)
9	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.
10	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file.
11	Gravestone transcription, Zion Union Cemetery, June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. BEALS, Francis A. 1853-1943; Permelia, his wife 1852-1923; Harry C., their son, 1879-1917
12	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.