JOSEPH BEELER: [2]
son of Isaac Beeler and Jane Hughes
Born: 1 March 1826 Montgomery Co., IN
Died: 20 July 1894 Brazilton, Crawford Co., KS
Burial: Brazilton Cemetery Crawford Co., KS
Married: 25 February 1855 Dover, Lee Co., IA Bk. 2, page 64
MARGARET GARDNER
daughter of Jess Gardner and Mary Jane Mc Cleen
Born: 27 July 1836 Washington Co., PA (1833 by 1900 census)
Died: 17 August 1929 Thompson Falls, Sanders Co., MT
Burial: Thompson Falls, Sanders Co., MT
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARGARET:
1. Mary Jane Beeler + John Erler
2. Sarah Louise Beeler + John L. Hardesty
3. Nancy Ella Beeler + Mark Zacariah Mc Keel
4. Francis Siegel Beeler + Sarah Rebecca Brown (Sadie)
5. Ida Bell Beeler
b. 1 October 1865 Dover, Lee Co., IA
d. 22 May 1894 Kansas City, MO
burial: Spangler Cemetery Crawford Co., KS
6. Pearl Etta Beeler + Lovell T. Brenizer
b. March 1868 - b. May 1865
d. October 1939 Jackson Co., MO - d. 30 April 1931 Carroll Co., MO
m. 28 April 1894
children:
Ethel K. Brenizer
b. Jan. 1896 MO
Charles Lester Brenizer + Anna Josephine nee unknown
b. 25 Jan. 1898 MO
- b. 5 Dec. 1898
d. 15 Aug. 1988
- d. 24 Jul. 1964
burial: Fayetteville National Cemetery AR
WWI draft card copy on hand
7. Genevra Beeler
b. 17 March 1870 Crawford Co., KS
d. 21 January 1881 Crawford Co., KS
8. Jesse Beeler + Lula Francis Adams
9. Dora Beeler
b. 4 November 1874 Crawford Co., KS
d. 27 September 1875 Crawford Co., KS
10. Theodore A. Beeler + Florence Isabelle Hedges
11. Joseph Beeler
b. 24 August 1879 Crawford Co., KS
d. 12 April 1972 Caney, KS
SOURCES:
1850 Ft. Madison, Lee Co., IA Federal Census
Enumeration date: 21 October 1850 Page 378, line 42
Dwelling - Family 1343-1343
Joseph is living with his parents.
1850 Lee Co., IA Federal Census
Enumeration date: 15 October 1850 Page: 468B, line 29
Dwelling - Family 1230 - 1236
Margaret is living in the home of her mother Mary Gardiner.
1856 Iowa State Census Lee Co. page 344
Dwelling - Family 76 - 81
Name
Age Sex Mar Ia Bp Occ Misc
BEELER, Joseph 30 m
m 20 IN Farmer v-o
......, Margaret 19
f m 10 PA
......, Nancy J.
1 f
1 IA
Gardiner, Cornelius 15 m -
10 PA
........, Mary
52 f w
12 VA
Ia: years living in IA
1860 Harrison Twp., Lee Co., IA Federal Census
Enumeration date: 25 June 1860 Page: 284, line 2
Dwelling - Family 366 - 352
Living next door to his father.
1870 Crawford Twp., Crawford Co., KS Federal Census
Enumeration date: 1 July 1870 Page: 366, line 4
Dwelling - Family 212 - 194
1880 Crawford Twp., Crawford Co., KS Federal Census
Enumeration District: 54 Page: 34B, line 40
Enumeration date: 8 June 1880
Dwelling - Family 130 - 137
1900 Walnut Twp., Crawford Co., KS Federal Census
ED: 92, sheet 5, line 1
Enumeration date: 1 June 1900 Page: 76A
Dwelling - Family 85 - 85
Margaret is listed as widow, her date of birth is listed as July 1833. Jesse H.
age 27, single is living with his mother.
1910 Margaret not found yet
1920 Thompson Falls, Sanders Co., MT Federal Census
ED: 192, sheet 2, line 22
Enumeration date: 6 January 1920 Page: 272A
Dwelling - Family 36 - 36
Margaret Bealer is living with Nancy E. Mc Keel, listed as niece,
aged 14, single. Just above Margaret is a person whose first name is illegible
Wheeler, Mother aged 83, widowed. I think the census taker switched the data of
these two females.
Obituaries:
Obituary of Joseph Bealer abstracted from Girard Press...KS
Obituary of Margaret Bealer abstracted from Walnut Eagle...KS
Obituary of Margaret Bealer abstracted from Sanders County Independent
Ledger...MT
Obituary of Joseph Bealer son of Joseph Bealer and Margaret Gardner Bealer
Caney, KS
SANDERS COUNT INDEPENDENT LEDGER
Thompson Falls, Montana "The City of Prospects"
Volume 32 Thompson Falls, Montana Wednesday, August 21, 1929 Price $3 year
AGED CITIZEN OF THOMPSON FALLS PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Margaret Bealer, mother of Nettie Mc Keel and perhaps the oldest woman in
Sanders County, 93 years of age, passed away Saturday morning at Mrs. Mc Keel's
home. Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. Church Sunday afternoon
by the Rev. Ralph Carleton.
MARGARET BEALER
Mrs. Margaret Bealer was born July 27, 1836 in Washington County Pennsylvania.
When a child she left with her parents and settled in Lee County, Iowa. She was
married to Joseph Bealer, February 25, 1855. They moved to Crawford County,
Kansas in 1869 where she lived until 1918, when she moved to Thompson Falls, and
where she has since made her home. Mrs. Bealer was a member of the Baptist
Church with which she united when a girl of 15 years of age. She passed away
Saturday at 2:20 AM at the age of 93 years. Funeral services were held in
the M. E. Church at 4 o'clock PM Sunday. She leaves three sons and two
daughters. Mr. J. S. Bealer of Walnut (?), Kansas; Mr. Jess Bealer of Ord......(?),
Colorado; Mr. Joe Bealer of Cherry Ridge, Montana; Mrs. Pearl Bremzer of Kansas
City, Missouri; Mrs. Nettie Mc Keel of Thompson Falls, Montana. This paper
and the entire community extend to Mrs. Mc Keel their sympathy for the loss of
her mother and compliment her on the wonderful care she gave her mother during
her many years of old age.
Updated 7 January 2008
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