Thomas Beals, 1800-1881
Charles Henry Pope. A History of the Dorchester Pope Family. 1634-1888. (Boston: The Author, 1888), 161-162
Mary Pope, b. Feb 25, 1801; m. Feb. 27, 1825, Thomas Beals, of Dorchester, b. May 19, 1800, son of Jaboc and Hanna (Bird) Beals. She died April 28, 1843. He married, second, Sept. 5, 1844, a cousin of his first wife, Sarah Blake Ford, dau. of Charles and Lois (Pierce)Ford, b. Sept. 15, 1805, d. July 1, 1884. He died Jan. 10, 1881.
Thomas Beals, born May 19, 1800, died Jan. 10, 1881. He was son of Hannah (Bird) and Jacob Beals. … Mr. Beals was music engraver and printer, the first to do very extensive work in this department in the city of Boston. He was in business by himself some years, then had full charge of the publishing department of the widely celebrated firm of Oliver Ditson & Co. Was a member of one of the first bands organized in Boston for the playing of classic music. He had critical taste, especially in regard to instrumental music.
children of Thomas and Mary (Pope) Beals:
- Mary Beals, b. Dec. 13, 1825, resides in Dorchester.
- Thomas Henry Beals …
- John Pierce Beals, b. Dec. 14, 1828, m. Dec. 14, 1852, Harriet Rebecca Hawes, of Dorchester, dau. of Benajmin and Mary Hawes. …
- Elizabeth Pope Beals …
- Amelia Beals, b. Sept 5, 1834, m. June 12, 1856, Edward R. Hemmenway, son of Benjamin Hemmenway, of Boston, b. in Boston, March 14, 1836, d. June 21, 1856. He was a young man of fine qualities and large promise, but came to an untimely death by falling from the roof of a building where business had called him. Mrs. Amelia (Beals) Hemmenway with her sister, Mary Beals, resides it he house their father occupied in Dorchester …
- Eliza Beals …
- Sarah Elizabeth Beals, b. July 19, 1839, m. Richard Clapp Humphreys, March 5, 1863. He was son of Henry and Sarah Blake (Clapp) Humphreys, b. in Dorchester, June 10, 1836. … child of Thomas and Sarah Blake (Ford) Beals:
- Frederic Beals, b. Sept. 11 1845, di. April 20, 1869. He became a winning young man, an efficient person in the store with his father and gave promise of great usefulness. His early death was much lamented.