Joseph Grant Beale (1839 - 1915)

Born 26 Mar 1839 in Leechburg, Plum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 21 May 1915 at age 76 in Leechburg, Plum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1839. He was the son of Washingon Beale and Rosanna McCune. He passed away in 1915.

US Congress Public Biography: BEALE, Joseph Grant, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allegheny County, near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., March 26, 1839; attended the common schools; was graduated from Caton Academy, Turtle Creek, Pa., and from Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Pa.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Friend Rifles for three months, and later served as captain of Company C, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, for three years; was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., until released on parole; studied law; served as major in the Pennsylvania State Militia; discontinuing the study of law, he engaged in the coal business in the suburbs of Pittsburgh; moved to Leechburg, Armstrong County, in the spring of 1868 and actively engaged in the iron and steel business; president of the Leechburg Banking Co.; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Leechburg, Pa., May 21, 1915; interment in Evergreen Cemetery. [1]

• Fact: Residence (1850) East Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Fawn Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Allegheny, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Leechburg, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Burial Leechburg, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 March 2022, 02:45), entry for Joseph Grant Beale (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K81X-LKM ); contributed by various users.
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 740)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #12748896

See also:

• “Major Joseph G. Beale”, article in Robert Walter Smith, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, Illinois, USA: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), pages 605–606. Image at Archive.org.
• Wikipedia Article: [2]
• United States House of Representatives website: [3]
• Congress Bioguide: [4]
• Political Graveyard: [5]
• PA Roots Biography: [6]
• Info Please Biography: [7]