Caroline Katherine (Lewis) Beals (1829 - 1895)

Born 29 Mar 1829 in Blount County, Tennessee

Wife of Abner Ellis — married 6 Jun 1848 (to 1883) in Greene County, Tennessee

Wife of Nathan Beals — married 1891 (to 1893) in Kansas

Died 24 Apr 1895 at age 66 in Hamilton County, Kansas

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Biography

Caroline Katherine Lewis was born March 29, 1829 in Blount County, Tennessee, daughter of Henry Hakney Lewis and Keziah Parkins. On June 6, 1848, she married Abner Ellis, Sr. (1828-1883) at New Hope Monthly Meeting Rheatown, Greene County, Tennessee; they had ten known children.

After Abner's death, Caroline and most of her children moved to a large Quaker community at Emporia, Kansas. Her mother, Keziah (Parkins) Lewis Beals, had already moved there in 1875. On July 28, 1891, Caroline married widower Nathan Beals (1824-1893), son of Jacob Beals and his first wife, Sarah Ellis. Keziah became Jacob’s third wife when they married January 1, 1848, also making her Nathan’s stepmother.

Caroline was widowed, again when Nathan Beals died in 1893. He was buried beside his first wife, Lydia (1827-1889), at Fruitland Cemetery, Lyons County, Kansas. After Nathan's death, Caroline Lewis Ellis Beals lived the last four years of her life with her son, William Jay Ellis, in Coolidge, Hamilton County, Kansas where she passed away April 24, 1895 and was buried at Cooldige Cemetery.

Children of Caroline and Abner Ellis:

• William Jay Ellis 1849-1921; m. Emma Caroline Day (1849-1920)

• (Thomas) Henry Ellis 1850-1918; 1m. 1870 Emily Ellen Marshall (1852-1996); 2m. Omega Loretta Leonard, later Miller (1874-1970)

• Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Ellis 1852-1918; m. Charles Clifton “C.C.” Dukes (1858-1935)

• Eliza Jane Ellis 1853-1907; m. Andrew McCoy (1843-1904) OR Louisa Jane Ellis 1855-

• Jacob B. Ellis 1855-1928; 1m. 1876 Alpha Cordelia Cooper (1852-1919), div. 1903; 2m. 1903 Mary Butts

• Abner B. Ellis 1860-1946; m. Nancy Willamette Litz (1870-1962)

• John Ellis 1862-

• Amanda Adeline Ellis 1864-

• Rhoda Narcissa Ellis 1867-

• Edward Cope Ellis 1870-1951; m. 1902 Emma C. Friskey (1878-1954) OR Marmaduke Ellis 1870-

OBITUARY

THE COOLIDGE ENTERPRISE, Coolidge, Kansas

Mrs. Caroline Bales was born in Blount Co. Tn. and was 66 years old. She was a consistent member of the Friends Church. She came to this County about 3 years ago and has been living with her son, William Ellis, Sr. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas at the church in this city in the presence of a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives. The remains were interred in the Coolidge Cemetery yesterday afternoon.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27080285/caroline-katherine-beals: accessed 19 November 2023), memorial page for Caroline Katherine Lewis Beals (29 Mar 1829–24 Apr 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27080285, citing Coolidge Cemetery, Coolidge, Hamilton County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Hazel Ashens (contributor 47467413).