Merle E. Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Merle Edward Beals is not in my direct ancestry. He is 3 steps removed in the following ways: Grandson of Samuel Beals, Samuel being a son of our direct ancestors Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	Sept 1886	Beaver Twp., Clarion Co.,Pennsylvania
Marriage			1)Mabel Best(1890-1957) 2)Allie Smathers
Death	1940	PA
Burial		PA

Ancestry chart segment

   Generation 3       Generation 4           Generation 5         
 
                                         
                                                             
                                        +-- Elizabeth Brey 
                                        |   (1808-1899)      
                     +--Samuel Beals ---+                   
                     |  (1831-1890)     |                                                                          
    Merle E. Beals --+                  +-- Jacob Beals                                                                          
    (1886-1940)      |                      (1806-1890)                   
                     +--Elizabeth"Lizzie"Leavy                    
                     
                  

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Children

(Children with ) :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Arleigh Beals	1907		Clarion Co. PA		d.1955
Geraldine V. Beals	1908	Clarion Co. PA	unknown Melhorn	1991	A

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co., PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, Enum. Dist.2, Pg. 11, Date of census 13 June 1900. (Fair legibility). Lines 78-85 list Samuel Beals age 68, born Sep 1831, married 19 yr, farmer owns farm free of mortgage; wife Elizabeth age 44, born Feb 1856, married 19 yr, bore 6 children, all living; son Clyde E. age 18, Sept 1881, single farmer; son Jacob W. age 17, Jan 1883, in school 7 mos; dau. Mabel I. age 16, born Jan 1884; son Merl E. age 12, Nov. 1887, in school 7 mos.; dau Alta D. age 10 Mar 1870, in school 7 mos; dau Margie L. age 6, June 1893, in school 6 mos. All & parents born PA, all read write & speak English. Also on page, lines 63-66, is Merlel's half-brother, Hiram K. Beals b. Nov.1862, age 37, married 13 yrs, farm laborer, rents house. Harriett A., wife, b. Sept 1868, age 31, married 13 yrs, bore 2 children, both living. Mary C., daughter, b. Nov 1887, age 12, at school 8 months in year. Myrtle V., daughter b. Nov 1895, age 4. All, and all parents born in Pennsylvania.
2	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-2023; FTM Beals file.
3	Research of Elizabeth Ann Wilson Williams, comparisons of online websites