Birth record for Francis A from Ashfield vital records is June 20, 1836 making age at death 68y rather than death record 65y and obit 64y
death record indicates burial in Northampton, Mass. but obituary states burial was in Ashfield which is where stone is found.
son of Hiram Beals & Peddy (Dyer) Beals
m. Anna Elizabeth Marsh Belknap
on Jan 27, 1867 in Sturbridge, Mass.
Anna was b. in Sturbridge on Mar 27, 1847
dau of Linus and Elizabeth (Fiske) Belknap
Anna d. NY, NY on Mar 22, 1912
1870 Francis and Anna were living in Omaha, Nebraska
1900 Census Chicopee, Mass.
lists Francis as divorced, living with his brother Leroy and family.
Northampton
Francis A Beals, 64, who died at Greenwich Tuesday, was formerly a lawyer in Northampton. He is survived by a brother Frank H of Florence and two sons, Frank of Chicago and Fred of Denver. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 at the home of Frank H Beals in Florence. Burial will be in Ashfield.
[published Thursday, March 17, 1904, Springfield Republican]
[thanks to FAG 47490909 for census and marriage data source - SAR Appl of Edward Belknap Beale, grandson]
Birth record for Francis A from Ashfield vital records is June 20, 1836 making age at death 68y rather than death record 65y and obit 64y
death record indicates burial in Northampton, Mass. but obituary states burial was in Ashfield which is where stone is found.
son of Hiram Beals & Peddy (Dyer) Beals
m. Anna Elizabeth Marsh Belknap
on Jan 27, 1867 in Sturbridge, Mass.
Anna was b. in Sturbridge on Mar 27, 1847
dau of Linus and Elizabeth (Fiske) Belknap
Anna d. NY, NY on Mar 22, 1912
1870 Francis and Anna were living in Omaha, Nebraska
1900 Census Chicopee, Mass.
lists Francis as divorced, living with his brother Leroy and family.
Northampton
Francis A Beals, 64, who died at Greenwich Tuesday, was formerly a lawyer in Northampton. He is survived by a brother Frank H of Florence and two sons, Frank of Chicago and Fred of Denver. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 at the home of Frank H Beals in Florence. Burial will be in Ashfield.
[published Thursday, March 17, 1904, Springfield Republican]
[thanks to FAG 47490909 for census and marriage data source - SAR Appl of Edward Belknap Beale, grandson]
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