Patience (Phillips) Bales (1808 - abt. 1880)

Born 1808 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA

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Died about 1880 at about age 72 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Patience Shields was born in 1808 in Greene County, Tennessee, daughter of Dyer Phillips and Patience Clay. Around 1829, she married Solomon Beals and they had nine known children. The exact date of her death is not known; it was sometime between September 1870 and June 1880, based on US Census records. Patience was first buried at Eason Cemetery and reinterred at Mount Sinai United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee.

Children of Solomon and Patience Bales: NOTE: It appears that all or most of their children adapted spelling of their surname to BALES.

• Daniel Beals/Bales 1831–1902; 1m. 1852 Sarah Jane Shields (1832-1884); 2m. 1887 Caroline Medley McGee
• William Beals
• John Bales/Bales 1833–1911; m. 1857 Sarah Jane “Sally” Wheeler (1834-1918)
• Hannah Beals
• Elizabeth “Lizzie” Beals 1841-1902; m. 1858 Jacob Waits
• Ruth Beals/Bales 1844–1915; 1m. 1866 William Taylor Moore; 2m. 1884 Daniel K. Justice (1830-1913)
• George Beals
• Sarah Beals m. FNU Armstrong
• Jesse Beals/Bales 1849–1935; m. 1872 Mary Elizabeth Rednour

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 December 2016, 04:59), entry for Patience Phillips(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2MGG-1LJ); contributed by various users.
• Title: "Phillips Ancestors and Descendants", Author: Richard H. Kerr, Publication: 1995
• 2 Sept 1830 deed names her husband as Solomon Beals and Patience as daughter of Dyer Phillips. Greene Co., Tn Deed Book 23, p. 581.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50999664/patience-beals: accessed 18 November 2023), memorial page for Patience Phillips Beals (1808–1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50999664, citing Mount Sinai United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by G. Mounger (contributor 46931367).

• Find-a-grave #50999664