Sent by Linda Schyma. The records of Annis and Mayme Bales (Beals) as given us by Annis 7 Nov. 1992. He was married at the home of the brides sister and brother in law, Sarah M. Dearing and Harvey Henry. Marriage performed by Rev. S. D. Bell.
He was buried next to his father.
Born 7 1/2 miles N.E. of Humphrey, MO. Resided at Humphrey, Sullen Co., Mo. Her family removed to north of Cambridge, NE in 1898, returned to Humphreys, MO in 1900. Then went to McCrachekn, Ness Co., Kansas in 1902, to Sugar City, Crowley Co., Colorado in 1915. Morris L. Bales died May 11, 1945, burial at Lake View Cemetery, Sugar City, Colorado.
Personal records of Annis and Mayme Beals of Linneus, MO. Officiating Clergyman, Brother T. L. Jeffers. Ira was born at the home of his grandmother, Eunice Cahterine (McGee) Dearing, went to north of Cambridge, NE with his family in 1898.
burial twelve miles norht of this prairie town; (Denny Cemetery)
From personal records of Annis and Mayme Bales, we were given their
records personnally for keeping in trust, 7 Nov. 1992. Mayme had passed away
and Annis was not feeling well and is so desirous for the records of her most
dear family be preserved. There was such great love and dedication to their
family and such an apparent love and goodness, such faith and trust in our Lord and Saviour, if all could only strive to be as kind and loving as these our world would be a paradise already.
Mayme never married.
Her memorial service was held at the First Baptist Church in Linneus,
officiated over by Brother Jimmy Williams, buried in the Elmwood Cem., Linneus, Mo.
Mayme worked for the telephone company from 1932 to 1942.
Mayme and Annis first car was a 1938 Ford which they bought in 1948. They
were very happy to have their car. They traveled to Kansas City and
Independence to visit Arthur and Ruby, Verill and Nellie. They visited
relatives all over Missouri and went to Branson, and into Arkansas. They went to Colo. to see Uncle Will at Sugar City. They had relatives in Colo. Springs.
Mayme and Annis also owned a blue Chev., Yellow Pontiac, and White
Oldsmobile. Annis bought a new blue Plymouth car 2 Sep 1988.SUMMARY 1950
I have always been interested and wanted to learn of my people, the
Beals-Bales familes, but it was not until after the death of my father, Morris Luther Bales, on May 11, 1945, at Sugar City, in Crowley Co., Colorado, did I fully realize the need of obtaining material on this pioneer family and compiling the collected material into an interesting and valuable Beals-Bales book. Now, in my father's generation, there is one survivor, his single brother, Lewis William Beals, age sixty-nine years, also of Sugar City, Colorado. My Uncle and the only relative that I have to ask for assistance in obtaining the family facts and for hte noteworthy family recollections of his time and those of his father and perhaps of much earlier years.
In the fall of 1947, my sister, Annis Lorrain Bales and myself, Mayme L.
Bales, residents of Linneus, in Linn Co., Missouri, visited our uncleee L. W.
Beals. Then it was that we were privaleged to see all the old "Treasures" now
in possession of another caretaker, our Uncle. These are listed elsewhere in
this book of records. In looking throough one of the leather bound books, "The Works of Flavius Josephus, The Warrior and Jewish Historian", 1834 edition, I found written on it's inner page this inscription, the handwriting being that of my Great-Great-Great mother, Catherine Beals."A PRESENT FROM CATHERINE BEALS TO HER SON, DANIEL BEALS"
No doubt this lovely lady used the traditional old quill pen to inscribee this bit of treasured data. Little did she dream that some day a
Great-Great-Granddaughter would be grateful to her for having presented this
old editio to her son, Daniel, (Married Levina Hiatt) my Great Grandfather.
Catherine Beals inscrition means so very much to me, this being the ealriest
Ancestrial Record that I have been able to find. So little, yet such a
priceless find to one interested in obtaining and recording the history of ones people, especially so, since this was the first knowledge I had as to the name of my Great-Great Grandmother Beals. At this time, the name of her husband is unknown to me. Surely, it must have been difficult for her to read the above mentioned book, the print being very small. Among the collection of Keepsakes will be found other old books that once graced the book shelves of this Pioneer Beals Home. In the small leather covered album are seveeral old picuters, unidentified. I am confident Catherine and her husband's picture are among them. How I wish I knew who each one represents.
The old book with the above signature, provides me with the authentic
spelling of our family name, BEALS. As you continue to read these records, you will note taht many deviated from the original spelling, to Bales, in later genrerations.
Come 1950, and I still had not made much progress in obtaining family data, but the little obtained was recorded and I begun to follwo leads that I found among father's records and those funished me by my Uncle L. W. Beals and others, one being my aunt, Mrs. Mary Louisa (Dearing) Bales, of PUrdin, in Linn Co., Missouri, wife of the late William Riley Bales, a Grandosn of Mr. Beals of Catherine. At his time I only know of two children born to my Great-Great Grandparents, Amer Jackson Beals and Daniel Beals, the latter being my Great Grandfather. (m. Levina Hiatt), and now I am devoting some time in quest of data on these brothers and their families, hoping to find that they have other brothers and sisters. I need a good lead which I haven't found at this writing.Now five years have elapsed. Perhaps it will interest you to know the lead I did follow in 1955, which was the means of my contacting Descendants of Amer Jackson Beals. Here is the "Tale" which I will relate briefly, beginning on next page:
In April, 1955, my sister, Annis Bales, drove me to Browning, Mo., to see
my Doctor. As the noon hour approached, she had to leave me at the office
since I had not yet seen the Doctor, in order that she be at her place of
employment at twelve noon, the Post Office. She was to return for me soemtime during the afternoon. Having a cousin living in Browning, Albret May, I was to wait there. This I did, but they were away on vacation so all I coiuld do was sit on their porch and await the arrival of my sister. During this stay, I made the acquaintance of their neighbor, Mrs. Frankie Cowdis. During our conversation, I made inquiry of Mrs. Crowdis concerning the family of Cassius M. Clay Bales, who once resided in and near Browning, Missouri. She promised to obtain from a friend the name and address of a son of Clay Bales. This she did. (Clay, a son of Amer Jackson Matilda H. (Nolin) Beals. On April 22, 1955, I received a card from Mrs. Crowdis, giving me the name and address of Ernest Bales, at 323 W. 11th St., Fairbury, Nebraska. This card on another page. Due to illness, it was not until March, 1956, that I wrote to Ernest, receiving his reply on March 25, 1956. See letter, the information received being very informative and so appreciated. It was as though a door had swung open and there before me were many paths leading me in all directions to the kins people I was seeking before me were many paths leading m in all directions to the kinspeople I was seeeking and to kindspeople that I did not know existed until now. To identify Ernest, he is a Grandson of Amer Jackson and Matilda H. (Nolin) Quick-Beals, 2nd wife. How pleased and surprised when I read the part
stating that that his father, Clay Bales, had a half-brother who died several
years ago in McCook, Nebraska, and that the descendants of this amn, Thamas
Higgenbotham Bales, still lived in McCook, Nebraska. Only those who devote
time to learning of their people, knonw the great joy that was mine as I
realized the above lead was the means of helping me to attian a goal. On other pages you will find correspondence, one a copy of a letter written September 20, 1956, to the "Tom Bales Family." Would it be delivered with no address to those I was seeking? Well, it was delivered to the addressee's son, Clarence Cecil Bales, 306 E. 13th St., McCook, Neb., a grandson of Amer Jackson and Harriett (Higgenbotham) Beals, 1st wife. On September 24, 1956, Clarence Cecil and Polly (Burgess) Bales, of McCook, replied to my letter, which pleased me greatly. I am keeping all of their letters which contain much family data, this being the source of all data recorded here on Amer Jackson Beals first marriage and his descendants, by Harriett. C. C. Bales being one of them. I am most grateful for the path that led me to their door, this Beals-Bales family who contributed generously of the family data known to them.
The descendants of Amer Jackson Beals and Daniel Beals deviated from the
original spelling of our name, Beals to Bales. (Sons of Mr. Beals &
Catherine). Since the death of my Grandfather Levi Beals, Feb. 12, 1937, at
Sugar City, Colorado, in Crowley Co. (Caniel's son), there is only in my
immediate family, one, who continued with teh Beals spelling, and that was his son, Lewis William Beals, a single gent. My father, Morris Luther Bales (Son of Levi), using the latter spelling, of which I regret, and will always wonder why he did so. Unclee William being a sinble amn, therefore, we have no one in my family to carry on the original BEALS spelling.
It is important that this family record be kept by each coming generation, as surely there will be those in the future who will be grateful to me for having made it possible, with the assitance of others, for them to know something of their Ancestors. In case these records should become lost, there is no way to gete all this material again, as those of our immedfiate family who were helpful, have passed away. It is with Reverence for the dear ones of long ago and the dear ones of today, that I've endeavored to obrain and record the BEALS-BEALS family history. Every moment spent in making the many contacts has been time that brought me much pleasure and hope that to coming generations, this bit of data will help instill in their minds that we are a stalwart Pioneer Family. BE PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE.
Our Immigrant Ancestors were John and Mary (Clayton) Beals. Our family
line being from their son, Jacob, 1st and Mary (Brooksby) Beals. (their 3rd
child)
Mayme Louisa Bales
Linneus, Missouri, Linn County
December, 19561964 Summery
This July, 1964, as I assemble pages into this family book, my mind
wanders back t the beginning of this quest of mine, to obtain Ancestral data.
It is very gratifying to have acquired this much knowledge on our people. But without the assistance of those lised on the Credit page, on a preceeding page, our family book would not have materialized. I will always be grateful to each one that contributed any part of the data recorded here.
Mayme L. Bales
Linneus, MissouriNOTE from Mrs. Crowdis, see preceeding note concerning this contact.
Dear Miss Bales:
4-22-1955
Here is the address of a person you asked about. I was told he would know about all of the family.
Earnes Bales
323 West 11th St.
Fairbury, Neb.
Hope it is what you want. Frankie Crowdis, Browning, Mo.
(Mayme wrote: I will always be grateful to Mrs. Crowdis for getting this address for me. In this waty, I began the quest for data on the Amer Jackson Beals-Bales line, by both his marriages.)
I, with my wife Tanya, sons Jacob and Larry Daniel, along with my mother,
Ruby Hiatt Anderson, were blessed to have been able to spend our first day with Annis in Linneus, Linn Co., Mo. the 7th day of Nov. 1992. She was such alovely lady, so full of love and energy. She truly loved her family and
constantly spoke of her beloved sister Mayme whom she sorely missed. She had
so many family heirlooms, handed down for generations, laborously labeled and
cared for. Everything she has contains a wonderful story and seemed to carry a spirit across the veil even as she spoke of each item of her parents,
grandparents, brothers and sister and other family members. Everything had
such a sense of love and respect, and at her tender age of 86, was all that our Lord could ever desire any of us in this life to be. I could never express enough my impression of this dear lady who has done so much to preserve a sense of love and continuity of family. Annis and her sister labored for years to put together a family history so wonderful and careingly, it is truly a labor of love which we are so honored to be able to share in these records, as much as possible.
Annis never married. She graduated from Purdin High School at Purdin, Mo. in 1925. She wrote, as special honors, nothing special, just happy that I could finish High School. There were several different schools through those years, in both Kansas and Missouri.
Annis worked in the post office 16 Feb. 1942 to 27 May 1971. Retired after 29 years of service. Linneus, MO. She was a member of the Rebecca Lodge, the Royal Neighbor Lodge and the Church Mission Group. Also the Social Study Club of Linneus, Mo.
I returned to visit and took a copy of records which we had thus far
compiled, Friday, the 13 Nov. 1992. At that time she gave me for further
protection, her collection of bibles and books which had been handed down
through her families to her.
She was so delighted to visit with my daughters Stepahnie, Sarah and
Susannah who enjoyed her so much and loved to hear her tell about herself and
her brothers and sister. There is so much yet to be told of this beautful and kind lady who sparkles with goodness and love, what an example she is to all who know her. At least she has touched the lives of my family and left an everlasting impression of goodness upon them, and a desire to continue her
memory and work which she and her sister have so long pursued.From Linda K. Oaks 7/7/2002
I found Annis, she is in a rest home. She has Alzheimer. Ronald is paying all her bills and making sure she has good care. I have nto found Ronald. I left him a message. I will still try to find him on my own. They said htey would call him and give him my address and phone # and email address. I hope htey do. We will have to see. My Mother In Law had Alzheimer and she claimed a lot of things that were not true. She would get people mixed up in her mind. If Ronald is paying everything and is taking care of her it may have een all in Annis mind. I just don't know.She is at St. Frances Health Center in Marcelline, MO. I want to go up home this fall and I will go to see her and my other two aunts up there. My aunts are on my dad's side of the family. They put Annis on the phone but I could nto understand what she said and she was not wanting to talk on the phone. It will be better when I can go up. She is 96 years old. I was around Annis and Mayme when I was younger, you just don't think about them getting old. When Grandpa and Grandma were alive there were always family get togethers. They stopped when Grandma Blackburn died. Every one gone there own ways. Annis and Mayme were always there. It is so sad we don't still do it. Almost every year one is gone now. It made my heart sad to hear Annis, it just did not sound like her.
I have full memory of them both and it is hard to think of her like this. When I bring a picture of her to mind. Linda
(361.) JACOB WORLEY (71.) (10.) (2.) (1.):
b. c1803, Stokes Co., NC.; m. PHEBE ___; b. c1803, NC.CH: (1022.) Andrew; (1023.) Charles J.; (1024.) Stephen; (1025.) Samuel; (1026.) William M. C. (Others?).
Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
18-9mo-1824 - Jacob Worley, Jr., disowned for disunity. (R57).1850 Census, Paint Twp., Highland Co., Ohio: Jacob Worley, 47, Farmer, NC.; Phebe, 47, NC.; Andrew, 21, Farmer, Ohio; Charles J., 18; Stephen, 14; Samuel, 10; William M. C., 8.
(360.) STEPHEN WORLEY (71.) (10.) (2.) (1.):
b. c1804, Ohio; m. LYDIA ___; b. c1818, Ohio (2nd wife ?).CH: (1027.) Mary E.; (1028.) Emily; (1029.) Miller; (1030.) Elvia. (Others?).
Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
18-3mo-1826 - Stephen Worley disowned for disunity. (R57).1850 Census, Paint Twp., Highland Co., Ohio: Stephen Worley, 46, Farmer and Miller, Ohio; Lydia, 32; Mary E., !2; Emily, 8; Miller, 5; Elvia, 3; Ann, 25; Lucinda, 22; (are these last two by a first wife? -- editor.) ; F. Miller Cox, 34, Cabinetmaker; Petry Rollins, 26, Black, Farmer.
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