J. Harold Beels

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR J. Harold Beels is not in my direct ancestry. He is of the Beels family of Salem Twp., Clarion County, PA. We expect this family is connected to our direct line Beals family (see Jacob Beals page) but this has not been established. Descendants of J. Harold Beels connect by marriage to our Kline line, and intermarry with the Heeter branch of our Wilson line.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	9 Aug. 1901
Marriage	25 Oct 1928 , by Rev. J. Richard Boot	home of William & Mila Hays	To Evelyn Marie Hays
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 4                       Generation 3                    Generation 4                   
                                                          +-- David Beels (1827)                   
                                                          |   (~1827-1908)                                     
                        +--  John Howard Beels (adopted)--+                         
                        |    (1856-1935)                  |                               
                        |                                 +-- Margaret Campbell
+-- J. Harold Beels ----+                                     (1830-????)
|                       |                                     
|                       | 
|                       +-- Laura Rossman  
|
+ 
|                                                
|                       +-- William Hays
|                       |
|                       |
+-- Evelyn Marie Hays --+
    (1907-1997)         |
                        |
                        +-- Mila Cordray
Sources:

Children

( with Evelyn Marie Hays)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Donna Mae Beels	F			Eugene Kline Best
William Howard Beels	M
Eleanor Ann Beels	F	26 May 1933			d. 29 Nov 1933
Shirley Jane Beels	F
Glenn Lee Beels	M	25 Nov 1937	Beels Hill, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Doris Marie Best	d. 1 Oct 2009

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA , Beels hill farm

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
8	60th Anniversary Harold Beels, news clipping unattributed, from scrapbook of Donna Mae Beels (Best). Mr. & Mrs. Harold Beels of RD 1, Emlenton PA will be honored on their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday Oct 16, 1988 at the Salem Community building, Lamartine PA. Hosting will be their children: Mrs. Eugene Best (Donna) of RD 1 Emlenton; William of Sewickley PA; Mrs. Wilmer Heath (Shirley) of Lamartine; and Glenn of Eldred, PA. the couple have 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Marie Hays Beels, daughter of William and Mila Cordray Hays, and Harold Beels, son of Howard and Laura Rossman Beels, were married Oct. 25, 1928, in the home of the bride's parents by Rev. J. Richard Boot. Mr. & Mrs. Beels have lived on the family homestead all their married life.
9	Donna Mae Beels (Best) interviews, June 2007 and June 2008, by E. W. Williams. Information included family members' names in various generations; photo portrait copies; a visit to Beels Hill farm in 2008; location of Beels graves at Nickleville Presbyterian; a scrap book of obituaries, etc.; and access to Rossman and Hays family histories.
10	Beels Ancestry, an unattributed typewritten family genealogy, possibly prepared by Glenn L. Beels. (It lists Howard Beels as "Glenn's grandfather".)This genealogy was in the family history scrapbook of Donna Mae Beels (Best), sister of Glenn Beels.	Beels Ancestry
11	Obituary Glenn L. Beels, The Derrick (Oil City PA) Sat. Oct. 3, 2009, pg. 18, col. 1. glenn L. Beels, 72 of Emlenton (Lamartine) died 1 Oct 2009 at UPMC Northwest of cancer. Born 24 Nov 1936 on Beels Hill, son of late Harold & Marie Beels. Married on 14 Dec 1957 to Doris Marie Best, Callensburg Methodist Church; she survives. Employed by Knox Glass, Quaker State (Emlenton, Farmers Valley, & Newell W. Va.), Member Salem Lutheran Ch. in Lamartine; Edenburg Masonic Lodge 522 of Knox; Venango Lodge of Perfections & New Castle Consistory. Survivors: wife of 51 yrs. Doris Marie; 3 daughters Karen Ann (Mrs. William) Heeter of Princeton W. Va.; Amy Lynne (Mrs. Rodney) Jackson of Carlisle; Gwen Marie Hunt of Pittsburgh. Lists 3 grandchildren & 1 great grandchild. Sisters Shirely (Mrs. William) Heath & Donna Mae (Mrs. Eugene) Best of Emlenton; brother William Beels & wife Ida of Slippery Rock. Preceded in death by infant sister Eleanor Ann. Funeral at Salem Lutheran Ch, Rev. Karen Parsh this church, & Rev. Chris Lewis of Bethany Crossroads E. C. Church. Burial Salem Lutheran Cemetery.
12	Clarion News, May 5, 1994 Beels genealogy and history in article about the barn fire on the Beels homestead.