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in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
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William was a farmer
William Sanford Beal was born on 6 May 1876 in North Carolina, United States.[1] He was the son of William F. Beal and Julia Catherine (Culbreth) Beal.
His father died in 1878, so he never appeared in a census record with him, but he was recorded in census records with his mother and his siblings. For an unknown reason, he was recorded as "Sephus" on the 1880 United States Census. At that time he was 3 years old. He, his mother, and his siblings were living in the household of his maternal grandfather, Henry Culbreth, in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
1880 United States Census, Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[2]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Henry Culbreth
M
White
75
Married
Head
Laborer
North Carolina
Sarah Culbreth
F
White
66
Married
Wife
Keeping House
North Carolina
Henry C. Culbreth
M
White
32
Single
Son
Farmer
North Carolina
Columbia Culbreth
F
White
22
Single
Daughter
Laborer
North Carolina
Cate Beal
F
White
40
Widowed
Daughter
North Carolina
Charles Beal
M
White
10
Single
Grandson
North Carolina
Addie Beal
F
White
7
Single
Granddaughter
North Carolina
Richard Beal
M
White
5
Single
Grandson
North Carolina
Sephus Beal
M
White
3
Single
Grandson
North Carolina
1900 United States Census, Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina: Sanford Beal was 13 years old and living in the household of his mother, Catherine Beal, along with three of his siblings. Sanford was working as a farm laborer.[3]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Catherine Beal
F
White
60
Widowed
Head
Farmer
North Carolina
Charles Beal
M
White
28
Single
Son
Farm Laborer
North Carolina
Attie Beal
F
White
26
Single
Daughter
North Carolina
Sanford Beal
M
White
22
Single
Son
Farm Laborer
North Carolina
Claud Beal
M
White
4
Single
Son
North Carolina
W. S. Beal was married to Lillie Raynor on 20 April 1907 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.[4] They were the parents of at least six children who they reared in Cedar Creek Township where William S. Beal farmed for a living.
1910 United States Census, Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[5]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
William S Beal
M
White
30
Married
Head
Farmer
North Carolina
Lillie Beal
F
White
19
Married
Wife
North Carolina
William K Beal
M
White
2
Single
Son
North Carolina
1920 United States Census, Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[6]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Sanford Beal
M
White
42
Married
Head
Farmer
North Carolina
Lillie Beal
F
White
31
Married
Wife
North Carolina
William K Beal
M
White
12
Single
Son
North Carolina
Ruth K Beal
F
White
10
Single
Daughter
North Carolina
Raymon Beal
M
White
7
Single
Son
North Carolina
Baimbrige Beal
M
White
5
Single
Son
North Carolina
Maggie M Beal
F
White
3
Single
Daughter
North Carolina
1930 United States Census, Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[7]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
William S Beal
M
White
54
Married
Head
Farmer
North Carolina
Lily Beal
F
White
40
Married
Wife
North Carolina
Ruth Beal
F
White
20
Single
Daughter
North Carolina
Ramon Beal
M
White
18
Single
Son
Laborer
North Carolina
Bainbridge Beal
M
White
16
Single
Son
North Carolina
May Beal
F
White
14
Single
Daughter
North Carolina
1940 United States Census, Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[8]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
W Sanford Beal
M
White
64
Married
Head
Laborer
North Carolina
Lillie Beal
F
White
59
Married
Wife
North Carolina
1950 United States Census, Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina:[9]
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
William S Beale
M
White
75
Married
Head
North Carolina
Lily Beale
F
White
58
Married
Wife
North Carolina
William Sanford Beal passed away on 25 Feb 1961 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. He was buried in Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.[10]
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"U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" Registration State: North Carolina; Registration County: Cumberland County Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #16541041 (accessed 10 March 2024) Name: William Sanford Beal; Race: White; Birth Date: 6 May 1877; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Residence Place: Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA; Physical Build: Medium; Height: Medium; Hair Color: Red; Eye Color: Brown; Relative: Lilly Beal.
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"United States Census, 1880" citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00052; Digital film/folder number: 005161760; FHL microfilm: 1254960; Image number: 206; Sheet number: 413; Sheet letter: D; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: C76371-5 FamilySearch Record: MC62-MRR (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBL-GVF Sephus Beal (3), single grandchild, in household of Henry Culbreth (75) in Cedar Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina, United States.
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"United States Census, 1900" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 80; Digital film/folder number: 004117816; FHL microfilm: 1241191; Image number: 138; Sheet number: 15; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00750-3 FamilySearch Record: MSYW-752 (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D1N2-K4 Sanford Beal (22), single son, in household of Catherine Beal (60) in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTF-WT8 : 4 November 2017), W S Beal and Lillie Raynor, 20 Apr 1907; citing Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,689,350.
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"United States Census, 1910" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004973111; FHL microfilm: 1375118; Image number: 169; Sheet number: 5; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03552-1 FamilySearch Record: MLSN-3G6 (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RKW-9JSG William S Beal (30), married head of household in Cedar Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"United States Census, 1920" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 27; Digital film/folder number: 004966789; FHL microfilm: 1821293; Image number: 772; Sheet number: 1; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N02072-4 FamilySearch Record: MZKP-X86 (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RXY-ZKT Sanford Beal (42), married head of household in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"United States Census, 1930" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Line: 56; Digital film/folder number: 004952286; FHL microfilm: 2341418; Image number: 225; Sheet number: 14; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03837-7 FamilySearch Record: X3SX-X33 (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRZY-9MH William S Beal (54), married head of household in Cedar Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"United States Census, 1940" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 55; Digital film/folder number: 005460226; Image number: 515; Sheet number: 15; Sheet letter: B FamilySearch Record: KWS7-VTX (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89MB-14YZ W Sanford Beal (64), married head of household in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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"United States 1950 Census" citing Page: 3; Line: 21; Digital film/folder number: 108931429; Image number: 5 FamilySearch Record: 6FM9-CXL3 (accessed 10 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QHN-PQHW-NSRT-6 William S Beale (75), married head of household in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68915011/william-sanford-beal: accessed 24 November 2022), memorial page for William Sanford Beal (6 May 1876–25 Feb 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #68915011, citing Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Vonna (contributor 46495112).
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPQ4-24Q : 10 February 2018), William Sanford Beal in entry for Raymond Daniel Beal, 15 Mar 1968; citing Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, v 10B cn 10611, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,983,197.
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG2P-Q5Y : 10 February 2018), William Sanford Beale in entry for Bambridge Jesse Beale, 25 Aug 1981; citing Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, v 29B cn 29951, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,731.
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"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT1-SBD : 22 December 2016), W S Beal in entry for Luther E Wallace and Maggie Mae Beal, 12 Mar 1934; citing Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 540,281.
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"North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZTF-ZHV : 12 February 2020), William Sanford Beal in entry for Infant Beal, Infant, 1917.
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