Thomas Beale (1822 - 1880)

Born 16 Apr 1822 in Freeport, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Drury) Beale — married 1844 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1880 at age 58 in Tarentum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

A 10 November 1850 letter from Jacob Hunker in Moscosmunes River, California, reported that Alex Beale and Thomas Beale were among Pittsburghers at Dry Creek, California.^[1][2]

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

(S. Klingensmith) In 1863 he married Mary Jane, daughter of Thomas Beale, of Freeport. The latter served his country in the civil war, later made his home in Hites, and died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Klingensmith.

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Ida M. Beale, a native of Freeport, and a daughter of Thomas Beale, prominently identified with the steamboat traffic of the early days.

• Fact: Residence (1860) Census Roseburg Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Census Lookingglass, Douglas, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Census South Slough, Coos, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Burial (1885) Roseburg Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States of America

Research Notes

• There is a Thomas Beale in the 1850 US Census at Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.^[3] There is a Thomas Beal in the 1860 US Census at Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, who was born in Pennsylvania.^[4] A FamilySearch tree assigns the Oregon Thomas to the Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Washington Beale family, but has a different death date and burial location from its Find a Grave record (Find A Grave: Memorial #34076620) than this profile’s Find a Grave record (Find A Grave: Memorial #54309016). Murphy-21646 19:51, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ “Pittsburghers in California”, article in The Daily Morning Post newspaper, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Friday morning 3 January 1851 issue, page 2, column 1. Image at NewspaperArchive.com.
2. ↑ See the watershed map in the Wikipedia article for Cosumnes River.
3. ↑ Thomas Beale household, 1850 United States Census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Freeport, enumerated 19 August 1850, handwritten page 229, stamped page 116, dwelling number 8, visited family number 8; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 749, page 116a. Ancestry Record 8054 #767626. FamilySearch Record: M44X-7BC.
4. ↑ Thomas Beal household, 1860 United States Census, Douglas County, Oregon, population schedule, Roseburg Precinct, enumerated 29 June 1860, page 38, dwelling number 298, visited family number 298; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll M653_1055, page 147; Family History Library Film: 805055. Ancestry Record 7667 #43981454. FamilySearch Record: MDQV-GXY.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 June 2021, 04:03), entry for Thomas J. Beale (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCC6-3N2 ); contributed by various users.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #54309016
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 740, 757)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 436-437)