Ith S. BEALL

BEALL, SWAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/22/2009 at 04:51:30

from Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa

Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1887, p. 290

ITH S. BEALL

Ith S. BEALL, deceased, was the youngest son of Zephaniah W. and Eunice BEALL, and was born in Ohio, the date of his birth being June 30, 1828. His early life was passed on the home farm in Ohio, and in his youth he acquired a fair knowlege of the common branches by attending the district schools.

At the age on nineteen years he began teaching school, a profession he followed several years. He came to Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, in the fall of 1856, and taught the first school at that place, where he was engaged for one year.

[From Educational History of Ringgold County - It was common practice to hire a male teacher for the winter term when the older boys attended class, and a female teacher for the spring and summer terms. At the Mount Ayr school, Ith BEALL taught the winter term classes while Charlotte SWAN taught the spring and summer terms.]

He was married June 17, 1858, to Charlotte W. SWAN, a native of the State of Maine, the second daughter of Isaac and Lydia B. SWAN. She came to Mount Ayr in June, 1857, with her parents, her father becoming one of the most enterprising citizens of that place. He died in Ringgold County,Iowa, in 1868. To Mr. and Mrs. BEALL were born four children, of whom three are yet living - Eunice, Randolph S. and Walter H. A daughter, Delia, died aged five years.

About the fall of 1857 Mr. BEALL was appointed Deputy Recorder, which position he filled for two years. He was then appointed deputy clerk for a term of two years, and at the expiration of his term of office he was re-elected, serving in all a period of four years, when he resigned and engaged in the real-estate business, and was largely engaged in that pursuit until his death, which occurred March 22, 1876, and while in the real-estate business he did a great deal of writing in the clerk's office. He was one of the active and public spirited citizens of his county and was always interested in any enterprise for the advancement of the same. He was a member in good standing of the Masonic fraternity.

He established the Ringgold Record and was its editor for one year.

The family residence in Mount Ayr was burned in December, 1880, and in March, 1881, the family removed to their farm on section 17, Poe Township, which contains 200 acres of choice land, where they have since made their home.

NOTE: Ithamer "Ith" S. BEAL died at the age of forty-seven on March 22, 1876. Charlotte W. (SWAN) BEALL died at the age of 86 on June 20, 1918. Ith and Charlotte were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa.

Randolph Sry BEALL was born February 13, 1864, and died June 2, 1946 with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa. Walter Hamlin BEALL was born October 20, 1871, and died May 3, 1944 with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery,Mount Ayr, Iowa.

SOURCES:
Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa, p. 290, 1887.

Educational History of Ringgold County

WPA Graves Survey

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009