Ella May Beals

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(Emlenton, Pennsylvania)
(Her Recipes)

Best friends from high school days included Ann Russell, Becky Hirsh, Lois Rutherford, Ruth McMurdy, & Eleanor Yargar. (per Nancy Elizabeth Beals Walls)

Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 28 Sept 1917 Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, on the farm of her grandfatherJames Francis Beals
& his 3rd wife Lizzie Rhoades (Ashbaugh) 		[6][7]
Marriage 2 Feb 1940 Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA To John Thomas Wilson [6][7]
Death 6 Nov 2009 Florence, AL age 92, Alzheimers disease [5][7]
Burial 10 Nov 2009 Zion Union Cemetery,
Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA 		[5][7] 
 Generation 1               Generation 2         Generation 3
 
                        +-- John Thomas Wilson
                        |   (1917-1985)
 Elizabeth Ann Wilson --+                    +-- James Elgie Beals
 (1943- )               |                    |   (1889-1982)
                        +-- Ella May Beals --+
                            (1917-2009)      |
                                             +-- Winnifred May Kline
                                                 (1888-1966)
  Sources: [6][7]

Children

(2 daughters with John Thomas Wilson)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Elizabeth Ann Wilson F [6][7]
living Wilson F [6][7]

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA b.1917- 1939 with parents [6]
Washington, D.C. b.1939-June 1940 domestic work, employed by Mrs. (Mary Allison) & Mr. Marsh [6]
Early Marriage [6]
Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA June-Oct 1940 living with Wilson & Beals parents, John waiting for more REA work [6]
Cornelius, SC; Lexington & Madison, NC Oct 1940-1941 REA
or private power companies 		[6]
Ellwood City, Lawrence Co. PA late summer 1941 helped a cousin build a house [6]
Monks Corner, SC 1941-42 REA or private power companies;
leased Green Gables Cafe & gas station
for 10 wks, $1000 profit 		[6]
Green Gables Cafe, Monks Corner, SC, April 1942
Smyrna, NashvilleTN
Gallatin TN ("Green River Line"),
Scottsville TN;
Glasgow, Newport KY;
Kingsport TN (Nov 42- Mar 43)		 1942 Bought 1st trailer
worked for REA or private power companies,
Holston Defense in Kingsport; laid off in March 		[6]
Pittsburgh, PA Spring 1943 private employer, not recorded
WWII & Post-war era 1943-1948 [6]
Venango Co. PA 14 Aug 1943 John drafted - 1945 returned, POW Ella lived in their trailer,1st at the Wilson farm, then the Beals farm. [6]
Venango Co. PA 1945-1948 "the apartment", an addition to Beals farmhouse. John worked in Emlenton at Loy Beals' garage. [6]
TVA Locations Dates Landlords Sources
Russelville, AL 4-28 Feb, 1948 Edward Pace [6]
Wilson Dam, AL 28 Feb-8 Apr 1948 Dempsey Terry [6]
West Point, MS 8 Apr-12 Apr 1948 Goat's Texaco Sta. [6]
Mayfield KY 12 Apr - 9 May 1948 Richard Bagwell [6]
Paris TN 17 May-13 June 1948 Dave Oliver [6]
Mayfield KY 12 June-2 July 1948 Mrs. Cleve Sanderson [6]
Mountain City TN 3 July-20 Aug 1948 Alf McQueen [6]
Mt. Pleasant TN 21 Aug - 20 Sept 1948 Mrs. Ethel Simmons [6]
Murfreesboro TN 20 Sept - 23 Oct 1948 Otto Green [6]
Woodbury TN 23 Oct -11 Dec 1948 Joe Stephens [6]
McMinville TN 11 Dec - 17 Jan 1948/49 Roy Newby [6]
Nashville TN 17-21 Jan 1949 Pure Oil Sta. [6]
Chattanooga TN 21-24 Jan 1949 Farniers Trailer Pk , Cherokee Blvd. [6]
Knoxville TN 24 Jan - 2 Mar 1949 King's Grocery, Southerland Ave [6]
Lenoir City TN 2 Mar - 16 Ma6 1949 C. E. Brachett [6]
Elizabethton TN 16 May - 4 June 1949 Mrs. Bowen [6]
Nashville TN 4 June - 25 July 1949 E. G. Davenport [6]
Jackson TN 30 July - 19 Nov 1949 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
Cadiz KY 19 Nov - 29 Jan 1949/50 White Eagle Cafe [6]
Memphis TN 29 Jan - 9 Feb 1950 Harbin's Cabins, Hwy 51 [6]
Tupelo MS 9 Feb - 11 Mar 1950 Rockway Inn, Hwy 45 [6]
West Point MS 11 Mar - 1 Apr 1950 Goat's Texaco St. [6]
Tupelo MS 1 Apr - 27 May 1950 Rockway Inn, Cecil Cafe [6]
Corinth MS 27 May - 3 July 1950 Randolph Yancy, 1411 Wick St. [6]
Jackson TN 3 July - 15 July 1950 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
New Johnsonville/Camden TN 15 July - 18 July 1950 J'ville Trailer Pk [6]
Jackson TN 19 July - 24 July 1950 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
Macon MS 24 July - 16 Dec 1950 Mrs. M. B. McLemore [6]
West Point MS 16 Dec - 15 Jan 1950/51 Goat's Texaco Sta. [6]
Somerville TN 15 Jan - 19 May 1951 H. G. Myers tourist home [6]
Memphis TN 19 May - 15 June 1951 J. C. Harbin's, Rt. 51 [6]
Jackson TN 15 June - 24 July 1951 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
Lexington 24 July - 16 Aug 1951 [6]
Jackson TN 16 Aug-7 Sept 1951 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
Benton KY 23 Sept - 23 Feb 1951/52 Herman Kanatzer [6]
Fulton KY
(McKenzie, Martin,) 		23 Feb - 31 May 1952 Star Cafe,
Hwy on state line 		[6]
Benton KY 31 May - 16 Oct 1952 Ben Hunt, Rt.3 (till 16 Sept)
Will Eggner, Mrs. Farmer 		[6]
Jackson TN
(Lexington, Union City) 		16 Oct- 6 June 1952/53 Mrs. W. B. Ranson [6]
Tupelo MS 6 June - 8 July 1953 Rockway Inn [6]
West Point MS 8 July - 1 Sept 1953 T.J. Earnest, Prairie Jct. [6]
Louisville MS 1 Sept - 14 Nov 1953 Millers Trailer Pk, Mrs. Elva Roberts [6]
Pontatoc MS 14 Nov - 2 Jan 1953/54 Houston & Jack ? (illegible),
across from Jerry's Drive In 		[6]
Corinth MS
(& Tiptonville) 		2 Jan - 30 May 1954 Horton Groc. [6]
Waverly TN 30 May - 21 Aug 1954 Wm. "Plunk" Gould [6]
Dickson TN 21 Aug - 27 Oct 1954 Ludy & Lorraine ___ [6]
Bolivar TN 27 Oct - 2 Jan 1954/55 foster Motel,
Elgie & Inez 		[6]
Russellville AL 2 Jan - 23 Feb 1955 Bendix Standard Sta. [6]
Holly Springs MS 23 Feb - 18 Mar 1955 LaFever Holly Courts [6]
Covington TN 18 Mar - 7/8 Apr 1955 Mrs Adams
(with Ruth & Dan Price) 		<[6]/sup>
Sheffield AL 9 Apr - 21 June 1955 Tri-Cities Trailer Ct. [6]
Huntsville AL 21 June - 2 July 1955 Whispering Pines [6]
Benton KY 2 July - 20 July 1955 Mrs. Eggner [6]
Huntsville AL 24 July - 7 Aug 1955 Mrs. Williams,
401 McKinley 		[6]
Russellville AL 7 Aug - 3 Dec 1955 M. H. McMurray Cafe [6]
Athens AL 3 Dec - 10 Mar 1955/56 Old Spinning Wheel Motel,
.Mitchell Wallace 		[6]
Sheffield AL 10 Mar - 21 July 1956 Walter Kelly, 1701 High St. [6]
Scottsboro, AL 22 July 1956 - 1985 W. Willow St. ponds & bait shop; sometime after 1970 they built/reassembled a log house on south side of W. Willow St., just beyond Woodall Lane [7]
Florence, AL 1985-2009 after husband's death, Ella resided in Florence on Willingham Rd (~1986-2001); died at Mitchell Hollingsworth Nursing Center 2009. [7]

Photo Gallery

Ella Beals ca.1919
Ella May Beals, ca. 1920
Loy, Ella, and infant Bertha Beals on steps of Beals farmhouse, Venango Co. PA; summer 1922
Ella Beals, school picture, East Home School, Mariasville PA
80th birthday party for James Francis Beals, 1926. Click image for list of individuals. Bertha Beals is front row, 8th from right; Ella is in 2nd row,at Bertha's right shoulder.


Ella, Bertha, and baby Robert Beals on porch swing, Beals farm, 1927
Ella Beals at right, ca 1926
Bertha, Ella holding Robert Beals, winter of 1926-27
Bertha, Loy, Ella, & Robert Beals approx. 1930
Ella, Bertha, Robert on porch, Loy Beals front, approx. 1930

Bertha, Robert & Ella Beals with great-aunt Barbara Philistia Kline, about 1930-31
Bertha, Robert, Ella Beals, circa 1933-34
Bertha, Robert & Ella Beals circa 1935-36



Family of Elgie & Winnie Beals: Loy with wife Oral Latshaw & children Mary Jane, Larry, Jimmy; Ella with husband John T. Wilson;Winnie & Elgie Beals, Bertha and Robert. Circa 1942
Ella & daughter Betsy, 1945
Families of Ella, Bertha & Robert Beals at Beals farm circa 1957; click on photo for names.
Siblings Loy, Ella, Bertha & Robert Beals,at Beals farm, est. mid-1950's


Sources

1 1920 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 139, Supervisor's District 17, Page 7, lines 16-19 lists Elgie Beals, 30, married to Winnie Beals, 31, and their two children: son Loy Beals, 8, and daughter Ella Beals, 2 years and 4 months. Elgie Beals is listed as being born in PA and able to read, write, and speak English. His occupation is listed as "Farmer General Farm." This census is dated 13 Feb 1920.
1920 census pa venango richland d139 pg7.jpg
2 1930 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 61-40, Supervisor's District 2, Page 6, lines 9-14 lists James E. Beals, 40, married to Winnifred M. Beals, 42, and their four children: son James L. Beals, 18; daughter Ella M. Beals, 12; daughter Bertha I. Beals, 7; and son Robert E. Beals, 3 years and (illegible) months. The family is listed as living on a farm. At the time of their marriage, James E. Beals was 21 and Winnifred M. Beals was 22. James L. Beals, Ella M. Beals, and Bertha I. Beals attended school within the census year. Everyone but Robert E. Beals can read and write, everyone can speak English. Everyone and their parents were born in PA. James E. Beals' occupation is listed as "Farmer." This census page is dated April 15th, 1930.
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5 Obituary Ella Beals Wilson, The Derrick (Oil City PA) 9 Nov 2009.
Ella Beals Wilson, 92, died 6 Nov. 2009 in Florence AL. Born 28 Sept 1917 to Winnie Kline & James Elgie Beals of Venango Co. PA; married 45 years to John Thomas Wilson; resided Scottsboro AL and Florence AL; preceded in death by parents, and 2 brothers James Loy Beals and Robert Elgie Beals; survived by sister Bertha Chambers , 2 daughters and 4 grandchildren. Buried Zion Union Cemetery 9 Nov 2009.
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6 Memoir of Ella May Beals (Wilson) including life on the farm in Venango Co. PA, work in Washington DC before marriage, early married life in the South, WWII training locations & war experiences of husband John Thomas Wilson, residence locations in TN, KY, AL & MS during John Wilson's years with TVA.
7 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, daughter of Ella May Beals (Wilson). Her resources include personal recollection of living on the Beals farm in Venango Co. PA; the TVA locations in TN, KY, AL & MS; and residence in Scottsboro AL. Other sources include letters, photos, genealogical research manuscript and written memoir of her mother, Ella May Beals (Wilson); and interviews with other family members including Ella's siblings Bertha Chambers and Robert Elgie Beals.
8 Obituary Ella Beals Wilson, Florence Times Daily, 8 Nov 2009.
Ella Beals Wilson, 92, died 6 Nov. 2009 in Florence AL. Born in Venango Co., PA, on 28 Sept 1917 to Winifred Kline & James Elgie Beals. Married 45 years to John Thomas Wilson; resided Scottsboro AL and Florence AL; preceded in death by parents, and 2 brothers James Loy Beals and Robert Elgie Beals; survived by sister Bertha Chambers, 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Buried Old Zion Cemetery 9 Nov 2009.
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9 Social Security Death Indexfor Ella B. Wilson, last residence 35631, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama. She was born on 28 Sep 1917 and died on 6 Nov 2009. Her SSN was issued in Alabama in 1956.
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10 Gravestone at Zion Union Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co., PA reads Ella Beals Wilson, Sept 28. 1917, Nov 6, 2009.
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