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Henry J. Beal
Henry J. Beal, county attorney of Douglas County, as born in Omaha, April 13, 1886, son of Henry H. and Mary (Paulson) Beal. The father, who was of German ancestry, died at Omaha, in 1918. The mother was born in Bredsted, Germany.
Mr. Beal attended the public school of Omaha, and received the degrees of Master of Oratory and Bachelor of Laws from Creighton University. He also attended Inland Technical School of Chicago.
On February 14, 1908, he was married to Lillian Winkler at Papillion. Mrs. Beal was born at Soukuelle, Wisconsin, of German ancestry.
Mr. Beal has been in the practice of law and prominent in Republican politics for a number of years. He served four years as deputy county attorney of Douglas County and for a number of years has been county attorney. He is the author of Beats Criminal Forms.
He is a member of Kountz Memorial Lutheran Church, the American Bar Association, Ak-Sar-Ben, Woodmen of the World, the Knights and Ladies of Security, Young Men's Christian Association, the Elks, and the Masons. Residence: Omaha.
Charles Edwin Beals
For the past 14 years Charles E. Beals has been prominent in the political and business affairs of Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. He was born at Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, September 14, 1883, the son of Chauncey A. and Eliza C. (Stroup) Beals. His father was born in Indiana, July 22, 1861, and was in the postal service until his retirement several years ago. His mother was born at Carrollton, June 27, 1863.
Mr. Beals attended rural schools and for two years was a student at Baker University at Baldwin, Kansas, where he took part in athletics, as a member of the football, basketball, and baseball teams. For 14 years he was express agent for the Adams Express Company, the American Railway Express Company, and the Railway Express Company, and was in the transportation department of the Santa Fe at Kansas City, and the Burlington at Lincoln. In 1930 he was appointed postmaster at Crete. He is also president of the Farmers and Merchants Gas and Oil Company.
A Republican, Mr. Beals has served his community through various offices, among them: city clerk, six years; mayor, two years; president of the League of Nebraska Municipalities, 192930; chairman of the legislative committee of this league; and secretary-treasurer of the league, 1928-. He is the editor of the Nebraska Municipal Reviews.
Mr. Beals holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. He is 5 member of the Belmont Heights Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln, Nebraska. His sports include tennis and hunting.
On May 13, 1903, he
was married to Clara Edith Griffis at Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas. Mrs.
Beals was born at Baldwin, September 6, 1884; she is descended from a pioneer
Michigan family. Two children were born to them, one of whom is living: Lucille
Edna, born June 27, 1904; and Charles Elton, born August 20, 1913, who died
August 10, 1914. Lucille is a graduate of Crete High School; received her A.
B. degree at Doane College; was awarded the A. M. degree at Northwestern University;
and is now professor and head of the speech department of Tarkio College, Tarkio,
Missouri. Residence: Crete. (Photograph in Album).
James Orville Beaman
James Orville Beaman was born at Savannah, Iowa, September 19, 1854 the son of Alonzo and Elizabeth (Kelly) Beaman. Alonzo Beaman, a farmer and a soldier in the Mexican and Civil Wars, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio December 13, 1825, and died at Bartley, Nebraska, October 19, 1896. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in Boone County, Missouri, August 17, 1829, and died at Savannah, Iowa, August 14, 1859.
Mr. Beaman attended public schools, and in 1882 purchased land in Rock Creek precinct of Saunders County, which he stilt owns. He is now retired after an active life as a farmer. During the period 1895-1930 he served as moderator, director, treasurer and president of various school districts in Nebraska. A Democrat, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature. He is affiliated with the Ceresco Methodist Episcopal Church, is active in the Red Cross, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society.
On March 23, 1879 Mr. Beaman was united in marriage to Mary Ann Ethell, at Ceresco. She was born in Davis County; Iowa, August 18, 1853, and died at Ceresco, on May 1, 1904. Two children were born to them: Grace Ethell, on March 23, 1880; and James Otis, on December 8, 1888. Grace attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Otis, who married Edna Harriett Walter, has three sons: Loran O., 23, a graduate of Ceresco High School; Francis Jennings, 20, a sophomore at the University of Nebraska; and Ivan Fred, 16, a senior in Ceresco High School. Residence: Ceresco. (Photograph in Album).
George William Beamer
George William Beamer, farmer and real estate agent, was born at Netawaka, Kansas, July 10, 1875, son of George William and Alta Luella (Graham) Beamer.
His father, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1850, was a farmer his entire life time. He died at Gordon, Nebraska, August 21, 1921. His grandfather emigrated from Baaron on Rhine, Germany, in the year 1840, and settled near Eric, Pennsylvania. He was married to Jane Smith in 1846. Alta Luella Graham was born in Keokuk, Iowa, March 2, 1856, and died at Jacksonville, Florida, April 1, 1930. Her ancestors were Scotch-Irish.
Mr. Beamer attended common schools to the 10th grade in a pioneer Nebraska school house, and during the years 1894 and 1895, attended high school at Valentine. He has resided in Nebraska 45 years, and is now manager of the Beamer Realty Company. He also has extensive land holdings. A Democrat, he was candidate for county clerk in 1900, defeated by two votes, and a candidate for state representative in 1924, defeated by 26 votes.
His marriage to Minnie Marie Hills was solemnized at Rushville, Nebraska, November 7, 1900. Mrs. Beamer was born at Neligh, January 31, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Beamer have brought up three foster children, and are bringing up their three grandchildren. Mrs. Beamer is the daughter of Steven and Phoebe (Trowbridge) Hills. They were early pioneers of Sheridan County.
For 22 consecutive years Mr. Beamer was director of a country school board. He is chairman of the Civic League of Sheridan County, a member of the Anti-Saloon League, and is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Residence: Gordon. (Photograph on Page 96).
Frank James Bean
A pioneer farmer in Nebraska, Frank James Bean has been a resident of this state for the past 61 years, and still resides on the farm he homesteaded in Gosper County, in 1883. He was born at Avoca, Wisconsin, November 26, 1860, the son of William Sevier Bean and Sophronia (Gear) Bean. His father, who was a miner and farmer, was born in Pike County, Missouri, November 30, 1812, and died at Elwood, Nebraska, August 4, 1896. His mother was born at Alton, Illinois, November 3, 1819, and died at Elwood, July 11, 1912.
Mr. Bean organized the Elwood Coal & Lumber Company in 1907, and served as manager of that company for 16 years. During this time he became manager of the
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