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William Barnett Beales


William Barnett Beales

Elizabeth Beales

Beales Headstone

Born: 21 MAY 1813 at Cambridge, England
Died: 6 OCT 1888
Buried: Fort Calhoun Cemetery, Fort Calhoun, Washington County, NE
Son of Benjamin and Jessie Beales.

Married: 1835 to Elizabeth Austen

Born: 22 MAY 1803 at Cambridge, England
Died: 24 DEC 1890
Buried: Fort Calhoun Cemetery

Children:

  • Robert B., b. 1846 at IL, d. 8 DEC 1921, bur. Fort Calhoun Cemetery m. Priscilla A. Hall, b. 8 AUG 1854, d. 7 JUN 1901, bur. Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
  • Austin William., b. 11 JUL 1836, d. 20 JAN 1912, bur Fort Calhoun Cemetery (was a Corporal, 2nd Neb. Calvary), m. Hanna M. Daughter, Sarah married Fred Frahm.
  • Benjamin R., b. abt. 1845, d. unknown, bur. unknown
  • 1 unknown


  • From Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:

    W. B. BEALES, farmer, Section 26, post office Fort Calhoun, was born May 21, 1816, in the town of Cambridge, England. He came to Chicago with his parents in 1839, and settled on a farm in Will County, Ill. In 1850 he went to California, Oregon and other mining countries; he returned to Illinois in 1854; came to Nebraska in 1856, where he has since resided. He owns 300 acres of land. He has been County Commissioner two terms. He was married in 1835 to Elizabeth Austen, of England. They had four children--three living--two sons and one daughter.

    Source: Ruth Moss, Washington County Genealogical Society

     


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