Sent by Linda Schyma.
William Riley Bales was the fifth child born to Daniel and Levina Hiatt
Beals. In 1866, William Riley age two years, with his parents, brother, Levi
and his aunt Matilda H. Nolin Quick Beals and her three children, Florence
Quick, Henry Quick and Cassius M. Clay Beals, migrated from Randolph Co., Ind, settling in the vicinity of Scottsville, a settlement located south of
Humphrey, Missouri, and not far from Milan, the county Seat of Sullivan County. This group of settlers connect closely with Grundy Co., Mo. Sonn after arriving in Mo. in 1866, William Riley's mother Levina Hiatt Beals, died and her burial thought to be at the Old Lindley Cem, northeast of Laredo, Grundy Co., Mo. William Riley was two years of age at this sad time, and his aunt Matilda and her three children continued to make their home with Daniel Beals and his two sons as they had prior to Levina's death, not only caring for her own three children but giving tender care to the now motherless sons of widower Daniel Beals. This good man, Daniel Beals, married Matilda Noal Quick Beals, his sister-in-law, May 24, 1869 in Sullivan Co., Mo.
On Jan 4, 1891 Sullivan Co., Mo., William Riley Bales was married to Mary
Louisa Dearing. She was the eight child born to Jacob Madison and Eunice
Catherine McGee Dearing, the parents natives of Tennessee and North Carolina.
Ten children were born to the Dearing family at the farm home located 7 1/2
miles Northeast of Humphreys, Missouri, Sullivan County. The young bride was
fair of complection, blue eyes and her hair was of golden hue. They were the
parents of three children.
On July 14, 1898, William Riley Bales, brother of Levi, a widower and Otis Smith, a nephew of Riley's wife, left the vicinity of Humphreys, Laredo and Osgood, their destination being twelve to fiftenn miles north of Cambridge, Neb. where they arrived July 30, 1898 making the trek with a team of horses and covered wagon. A record of this trip was kept by Levi Beals. (In August 1898 Morris Luther Bales, Son of Louisa Dearing Beals, and his wife, Coara Esther, Dearing Bales, sister of Louisa Dearing Bales, with their baby son, Ira Clarence age eleven months, also departed by covered wagon for Cambridge, Neb.) In Oct 18989, Mary Louisa Dearing Bales Riley's wife, and the three children, departed from Humphreys, Sullivan Co., Missouri, traveling by train to join her husband, Riley, who had located there in July, twelve to fifteen miles north of Cambridge, Neb. This family of five lived with his blind father and stepmother, Daniel and Matilda H. Nolin Quick Beals, for several months, helping car for his parents. Matilda was not in good health, spending a great deal of time with her daughter and son-in-law, Florence Quick and Elisha Holloway, who lived nearby. While living on the Beals homestead, William Riley and his brother Levi farmed part of the prairie land. The Morris Luther Bales family lived nearby and when his wife, Cora, became ill, this family of three were moved into the sod house with blind Daniel Beals. Really a house full of relatives. This group of relatives endured many hardships, including sickness and death.
Coara Dearing Beals took sick Dec, 1898. She and Luther's son, Ira
Clarence Bales, died 25 Dec 1898, burial in lot No 36 Denny Cemetery and Riley's son, Wm. Regan Bales, died 26 Dec 1898, burial in lost No 24, Denny Cemetery, located near the Daniel Beals homestead north of Cambridge. Measles and rising in the head caused their deaths. Eunice was very ill with spinalmengitus at the time of this sadness.From the records of Annis and Mayme Bales, William Riley Bales memorial
service was held at the Methodist Church, officiated by Brother E. M. Hines.
Sent by Linda Schyma. D/o Jacob Madison Dearing and Eunice Catherine
McGee. Had 2 children live to adulthood and one die in infancy.
Memorial Services held at the Methodist Church, officiated by Robert N.
Santry and Larry Linville, buried in the Purdin Cem., Purdin, Mo.
Sent by Linda Schyma. Cause of death Measles and rising in head. Also
from personal records of Annis and Mayme Bales (Beals).
All the children of Jacob and Eunice were born 7 1/2 miles N.E. of
Humphreys, Mo.
List of possessions in possession of Annis Bales:
1. Hammer (Wedge shaped)
2. Planer Knife with handles, given to Verill.
3. Tea leaf pattern - cups and saucers, (their first dishes) given to Verill.
4. China Sugar Bowl (flowered)
5. Glass Tumbler.
6. Rolling Pin (glass) given to Roland and Virginia.
7. Clear tall glass, berry dish with lid given to Cora in 1914 when the mother was 80 years old. 9-7-1914.
8. Trinklets We have typed record of the dished in lock box at home and one in Bank lock home.
9. China doll that belonged to mother Cora, Peggy, given to Mayme when 5 years old.
10. Wooden doll, Jacob her father carved it when Cora was 5 years old.
11. The copper Luster pitcher given to mother by a Aunt of Grandfather Dearing and a whiskey bottle with a long neck, given on a trip to Tenn. in 1880.
12. To Cora from her sister and brothers, Aunt Frances, Jelly dish clear glass, 3 stands.
13. Aunt Nan Low cut glass bowl with lid.
14. Aunt Sarah, salt dishes brought when she went to be a housekeeper.
15. Uncle Burt, Iron stone plate, one of their first set of dishes.
Sent by Linda Schyma. S/o James Balckburn and Ellen Hale.
Sent by Linda Schyma.
Sent by Linda Schyma. S/o William Oaks and Catherine Ann Belcher.