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They had the following children:
+2 M i. John BEAL Sr was born in 1760. He died in 1836.
3 M ii. Daniel BEAL was born in 1765.
4 M iii.Joshua BEAL.
5 M iv. Benjamin "Bradley" BEAL was born in 1755. He died in 1782 in NC.
6 M v. Brittan BEAL was born in 1805.
7 F vi. Mary BEAL
8 F vii. Patsy BEAL
9 F viii. Ann BEAL
10 F ix. Lydia BEAL
11 F x. Jenny BEAL
They had the following children:
+ 12 M i. Elisha H BEAL was born on 17 Dec 1818.
13 M ii. Thomas BEAL was born on 4 Nov 1807 in Chatham Co, NC. He died on 8 Feb 1884 in Chatham Co, NC. He was buried in Meroney's Methodist Church Chatham Co, NC. Thomas married Julia Ann TYSOR in 1827 in Chatham Co, NC.
14 M iii. John BEAL was born in 1810. He died in 1844.
+15 M iv. Asa BEAL was born in 1795. He died in 1866.
They had the following children:
+16 M i. Elisha E BEAL was born in 1862. He died Unknown, Escaped from Prison.
+17 F ii. Rebecca J BEAL was born in 1841.
+ 18 M iii. John F BEAL was born in 1843.
+ 19 M iv. Atlas G BEAL was born in 1846. He died in Mar 1894.
20 F v. Martha E BEAL was born in 1848 in Chatham Co, NC. Martha married Brown BURKE.
21 F vi. Mary Ann BEAL was born on 18 Apr 1850 in Chatham Co, NC. She died on 16 Oct 1873 in Cumnock, NC. She was buried in Community Cemetery, Cummock, SC.
22 F vii. Sarah Catherine BEAL was born in 1853 in Chatham Co, NC.
Sarah married Doc STONE.
23 F viii. Ann BEAL was born in 1859 in Chatham Co, NC.
They had the following children:
24 F i. Abigial BEAL was born in 1824.
25 M ii. John William BEAL was born in 1830. John married Phoebe DOWDY on 27 Jan 1853 in Chatham Co, NC.
26 M iii. Robert BEAL was born in 1838. Robert married MOODY on 19 Dec 1858 in Chatham Co, NC.
27 F iv. Eliza BEAL was born in 1838.
28 M v. Aaron BEAL was born in 1843. Aaron married Apphia F JOHNSON on 28 Aug 1853 in Chatham Co, NC.
29 F vi. Julia Ann BEAL. Julia married Alvis FIELDS on 15 Mar 1849 in Chatham Co, NC.
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Elisha E "Pomp" Beal was my(Lesa T Gosnell) Great-Great-Grandfather. I do NOT have a problem putting this information on the internet. Several people didn't want to post this information on the county pages so I am posting it here. Thanks to Don Rielly I have this information.
Thursday, January 30, 1896- The Chatham Record Boiler Explosion. A white man, named Elisha Beal, has been brought here to jail, to await trial at our next court, upon the charge of having maliciously caused the fatal explosion of the steam at Mr. Matthew Gilmour's cotton gin, near Egypt.
It is alleged that he was the former engineer and because another man had been put in his place he fixed the engine so as to cause it to explode. It is said that if the explosion had occurred a few minutes later five persons would have been killed. It was bad enough as it was, killing Mr. (?) Gibson and Mr Miles Gunter.
Thursday, February 13, 1896 - The Chatham Record Superior Court. State against Elisha Beal, indicted for murder. The defendant in this cause is charged with having maliciously caused the explosion of the steam engine at Mr. Matthew Gilmore's cotton gin near Egypt. He was arraigned on Tuesday and the trial was set for today, and it was ( ) be very interesting.
Thursday, February 20, 1896- Chatham Record Superior Court. The case against Elisha Beal was continued until next court on account of the absence of important witnesses for the defendant. In this case the defendant is indicted for murder, for having maliciously fixed the steam engine at Gilmore's gin so as to cause the explosion which killed two men.
Thursday May 14 1896- The Chatham Record Superior Court. The case against Elisha Beal was begun on Thursday and was not finished until late Saturday afternoon when the jury retired and, after consulting together until nearly midnight, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The judge then sentenced the prisoner to (?) but an appeal was taken to Supreme Court which cannot be heard until about the first of November. ( ? ) ballot the jurors were evenly divided, there being six for acquittal and six for manslaughter.
This was a ( ? ) the defendant being charged with the ( ? ) of Walter ( ? ) who was killed last January in the explosion of the boiler in Mr. Matthew Gilmore's cotton gin, near Cumnock. Beal had been the fireman and two days before the explosion he had been discharged and another put in his place and it was alleged that he had maliciously tampered with the engine and ( ? ) to cause the explosion in revenge for having been discharged. The prisoner was defended by ( Cabot ) ? and P. H. Calvert who had been assigned to that duty by the judge, as the prisoner was too poor to ( ? ) an attorney, and they performed their duty ( assiduously ? ) . This was Mr Calvert's first case in Court and his ( ? ) was highly complimented.
Thursday November 12, 1896- The Chatham Record Beal's Case. The Supreme Court, on last Tuesday, affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court in the case of the state against Elisha Beal, and he will now have to serve his sentence of ten years imprisonment in the penetentiary. It will be remembered that he was tried and convicted last May for having maliciously caused the explosion of the boiler at Gilmore's gin, last January, which killed Mr. James Gilmour and Mr. Walter Gunter. He appealed to the Supreme Court and that tribunal has now affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court.
Note: The following are newspaper articles which follow the case of an Elisha Beal who was convicted of manslaughter in 1896, and sentenced to a 10 year term in the North Carolina State Penetentiary in Raleigh. The next paragraph is an excerpt from a letter I received from the North Carolina State Archives re the prison record of Elisha Beal. His age 36, shows him to be the son of my 2nd great grandfather, Elisha Beal and his wife Lydia Barber Beal.
The entry in the North Carolina State Prison Descriptive Register May 1896- July 1917, Volume 11 includes this information: Number 11746; Nativity, NC; Last Residence Chatham, Education, None; Occupation, Laborer; Age, 36; Sex, male; Color, White; Social Relation, Married; Height, 5'81/2', Weight, 150; Color of Eyes, Brown. Color of Hair, Gray; Where Tried. Chatham; Expiration of Sentence, 8 December 1906; When Sentenced 8 December 1896; Term of Sentence, 10 Years; Offense, Manslaughter; # of Imprisonments, 1; Remarks, Baldheaded.
They had the following children:
32 F i. Rose A MILLS was born in 1879 in Chatham Co, NC.
33 F ii. Lucy BEAL was born in 1865 in NC. Lucy married (1)Daniel PALMER on 24 Sep 1892 in Chatham Co, NC. Daniel was born in Canada. Lucy married (2) Pat RILEY on 2 Nov 1896 in Chatham Co, NC.
He had the following children:
34 M i. Robert L BEAL was born3 in 1874 in NC.
35 M ii. David B BEAL was born4 in 1873 in NC.
They had the following children:
19A F i. Sarah E Beal born 16 Jan 1874 and died 5 Feb 1963, Sampson CO, NC. Married Simpson Naylor.
Sarah's Death Certificate.
19B F ii. Mary E BEAL was born in Nov 1885.
19C F iii. Callemba BEAL was born in Feb 1887.
19D F iv. Etta BEAL was born in Nov 1891.
19E M v. Jasper BEAL was born in Dec 1893.
George and Bertha had the following children:
+ 40 F i. Sadie Cornelius BEAL was born on 9 Oct 1912. She died on 29 Sep 1984.
+ 41 F ii. Ottie Lee BEAL was born on 1 Jul 1915. She died on 16 Dec 1985.
42 F iii. Hazel Marie "Nellie" BEAL was born on 23 Jul 1918 in Whitmire SC. She died on 30 Jan 1984 in Cleveland Co, NC. She was buried at Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC. Hazel married Robert Ivey NEWTON. Robert was born on 10 Feb 1920. He died on 2 Feb 1996 in Catawba Co, NC. He was buried at Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC.
Hazel Marie "Nellie" Newton, 65 Rt. 1 Casar, the St. Paul Community, died today at her residence following a period of declining health. A housewife and former resident of 1724 Fifth Ave. SW, Hickory, she was born July 23, 1918, in Whitmire, SC, a daughter of G.W. and Bertha Lee Troutman Beal. Surviving are her husband Robert Ivey Newton; a brother Ira Beal of Hickory and three sisters, Mrs. Ted (Sadie) Truesdale of Vale and Ottie Lewis and Mrs. Doyle (Ruth) Fox of Hickory. The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Gerald Weeks at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethany Lutheran Church, where she was a member. Burial will be in Catawba Memorial Park. The family will be at Bass-Smith Funeral Home from 7 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, and at other times at Mrs. Newton's residence.
No children.
+ 43 M iv. Living BEAL was born on 18 Aug 1920. Married Mary Ollie Juanita Fox. Juanita was born 24 Jan 1925 and died 31 Dec 1968.
buried at Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC. Juanita Beal Obit.
Juanita's Death Certificate.
Juanita and her Mother Arrie Allen Fox. Photo provided by Jenny Gerami Markham.
+ 44 F v. Living BEAL was born in 1922. Married Doyle Fox
They had the following children:
45 F i. Living Beal
46 M ii. Living Beal
47 M iii. Living Beal
48 F iv. Living Beal
49 M v. George Edmond BEAL was born on 29 Feb 1936 in NC. He died on 8 Aug 1996 in Wyoming. The cause of death was Cancer.
50 M vi. Living Beal.
Bobby BEAL was born on 22 Jul 1930 in Forsyth Co, NC. He died on 7 Sep 1930 in Forsyth Co, NC. The cause of death was Malnutrition. He was buried on 10 Sep 1930 in Woodlawn Cemetry, Forsyth Co, NC.
Hill Rites to Be Conducted Today Funeral Services for Charles Rubel Hill, 26 of this city, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident here early Sunday morning, will be conducted today at 2 p.m. form the home and at 3 p.m. from Sprague Street Church of Christ, Rev. J. E. Franklin and Rev. G. W. C. Stoney will be in charge: Interment will follow in Union Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Oldham, James Franklin, Green Journey, Bill Doty, Lawrence Williams and Mr. Misenheimer.
Charles and Sadie had the following child:
+ 51 M i. Tommy Gray TRUESDALE was born on 11 Feb 1932. He died on 16 Dec 2001.
Lloyd and Sadie had one son:
+ 52 M ii. Gary Daniel TRUESDALE born 28 May 1940, Catawba Co, NC and died 15 Jan 2006,Lincoln Co, NC and is buried at Trinity Lutheran Church, Vale, NC.
Ottie was named after the Automobile. Her older sister Sadie was 3 yrs old when Ottie was born and the Dr asked Sadie what she wanted to name her sister and she was pointing at the Dr's Automobile and trying to say automobile and they thought she was saying Ottie Beal.
They had the following children:
41A. Darrell Stephen Lewis born 19 Sep 1935 and died 18 Sep 1996, Catawba Co, NC.
41B. M i. Buddy Carroll LEWIS was born in 1937 in Catawba Co, NC. He died on 3 Aug 2003 in Catawba Co, NC. He was buried at Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC.Have Obit from Newspaper.
41C. Living Male Lewis.
41D. Living Male Lewis.
41E. Living Female Lewis.
43. Living BEAL (George Washington, Elisha E, Elisha H, John, Thomas) was born on 18 Aug 1920 in Highpoint, Guilford Co NC. Living Beal married Juanita Ollie Mary FOX daughter of Landon Nelson FOX and Arric ALLEN. Juanita was born in 1925. She died on 31 Dec 1968 in Catawba Co, NC. She was buried on 1 Jan 1969 at Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC.
Juanita's Death Certficate.
They had the four children.