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 1800		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-????)

Sources:

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

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 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.
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

Research Wishlist

• Needs census records