Zephaniah W. BEALL was born in Pennsylvainia on May 10, 1796, and married Eunice SPINK and moved to Wayne County, Ohio. Then, in 1858, he moved to Mount Ayr, Iowa. He died in [March 9] 1871 and she died in [November 12] 1864. They were the parents of three sons: Albert G., Cyrus S., and Ithamar.

NOTE: Zephaniah W. and Eunice (SPINK) BEALL were interrred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Albert G., known as Bert BEALL, was born near Shreve, Ohio, April 23, 1822. He came to Mount Ayr in 1855 when there was but one log cabin in town - that of Barton B. DUNNING. Bert was elected treasurer and recorder for 1857-58-59. Then, in 1860-61, was county superintendent. He also taught at the first school in the first frame schoolhouse in 1860-61, then again in 1864-65.

While Bert was treasurer and recorder there was a great cyclone which struck Mount Ayr on June 8, 1858. It blew the log court house down and blew the papers and everything to the four winds of heaven.

Bert went back to Ohio in 1858, and married Lois FUNK of Wayne County, Ohio, and came back to Mount Ayr, where he filled county offices and taught school unil 1871 when he moved to his farm in Poe Township and died September 30, 1893.

NOTE: Lois F. (FUNK) BEALL was born November 3, 1837, and died November 4, 1911. Lois and Bert were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Bert and Lois (FUNK) BEALL had two children, Corwin K., and Eunice May.

Corwin K. (C. K.) BEALL was born February 14, 1860. He married Ada L. CRITCHFIELD October 20, 1886. They moved to his farm in Poe Township. One child was born to them but lived only a short time. Corwin died at the aged of 33 years on September 6, 1893. Ada [born January 11, 1894] died January 8, 1936. [Corwin and Ada were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.]

Eunice May BEALL was born July 2, 1864, and married Wilbur B. INGRAM, March 1, 1886. They were the parents of one son, Andrew A., born in March, 1889, and she died in a few days after he was born [March 8, interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr]. Andrew was raised by his Grandmother [Lois (FUNK)] BEALL until his father married again, then he took him from his grandmother to live with him. Andrew married May MOORE, June 26, 1912, and they have one daughter Mary Elizabeth, born February 23, 1914, and they live at Indianola, Iowa, where Mary Elizabeth attends [Simpson] college. Mrs. A. G. BEALL, Andrew's grandmother, died in 1916 (sic, 1911).

NOTE: Wilbur B. INGRAM died October 13, 1932, with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Cyrus S. BEALL was born near Shreve, Ohio, in 1824, and came to Ringgold County, Iowa with his parents in 1858. He built a log cabin on his farm in Poe Township. One thing out of the ordinary, he built a log cabin and built a stockade eight or ten feet high of slabs around his house. No one at this time knows whether it was a protection agains wind or Indians. The only opening in this stockade was on the back side.

Mr. BEALL married Minerva Jane RICE who died August 25, 1870 [aged 29 years and 26 days, interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, IA]. Two children were born to this union: Mary D., and William E.

Mary D. BEALL was born in September of 1864, and married Eugene NORRIS in 1885. They now [1937] live in Oregon and have no children.

William E. BEALL [born in 1866] married Flora GLEASON in 1888. He died December 27, 1935 [interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa], leaving his wife and three children: Earl of California, William Burr [born 1897, interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr], and Addie at home.

Cyrus S. BEALL married Maggie BROWN EPPERLY after his first wife died, and one son, Grant, was born them to them in 1873. Grant married Ida TWAY. They moved to Montana in 1901. They had three children. Grant died in July, 1935. Cyrus S. BEALL died in May, [7] 1874 [aged 48 years 5 months and 23 days, interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa].

Ithmar Spink BEALL was born June 30, 1828, near Shreve, Ohio, and came to Ringgold County September, 1856. He taught school a few years in Mount Ayr. Then on June 17, 1858, married Charlotte SWAN, a school teacher in Mount Ayr. Three children were born to them: Eunice, Randolph Sry, and Walter Hamlin.

NOTE: Ith S. BEALL died at the age of 47 years, 8 months and 22 days on March 22, 1876. Charlotte (SWAN) BEALL died at the age of 86 years and 2 days on June 20, 1918. Ith and Charlotte were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Eunice BEALL was born April 23, 1862; married William W. MOFFATT on November 24, 1903. No children were born to them.

NOTE: Eunice died January 6, 1945, Mount Ayr, Iowa. William Wallace MOFFATT was born on July 27, 1860, and died December 25, 1943. They were interrred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Randolph Sry BEALL was born February 13, 1864. He married Martha STAHL August 25, 1904. She died in 1935. They had no children.

NOTE: Martha (STAHL) BEALL was born August 11, 1862, and died January 8, 1934. Randolph Sry BEALL died June 2, 1946. They were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

Walter Hamlin BEALL was born October 20, 1871; married Maude TALLEY June 30, 1897. They moved to West Union, Iowa, in 1907, where he is an editor of the paper. Walter and his wife had no children, but raised a boy, now grown, living in California. Walter's wife died in 1916 (sic) and he married Blanche MARTIN in 1922. They have no children.

NOTE: Maude (TALLEY) BEALL was born September 14, 1873, and died August 16, 1915. Walter died May 3, 1944. Maude and Walter were interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.

NOTE: Blanche (MARTIN) BEALL was born in 1888, and died in March of 1978. Blanche was interred at Riverside Cemetery, Charles City in Floyd County, Iowa.

  SOURCE:
LESAN, Mrs. B. M. Early History of Ringgold County: 1844 - 1937 Pp. Blair Pub. House. Lamoni IA. 1937.

Transcription & notes by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2010