Erastus
Higley
Beale
Born in Shelby, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Lewis Beale
and Eliza L. (Cross) Beale
Brother of
Lewis George Beale, Erastus Higley Beale, Pamelia A. Beale, Myra L. (Beale) Moore, Milley Beale and Homer Blanchard Beale
Husband of
Clarissa Louisa (Hobbs) Beale
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Elma May (Beale) Atkinson and Flora Vira (Beale) Maier
Died
at age 66
in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
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Biography
Private Erastus Beale served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Feb 29 1864
Mustered out: Nov 18 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, Indiana 13th Cavalry Regiment
Enlisted: Feb 29 1864
Mustered out: Nov 18 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, Indiana 13th Cavalry Regiment
Named after his mother’s uncle, Erastus Higley. Cabinet maker by trade [per 1870 census for Shelbyville, Indiana]. Civil war veteran attached to the Indiana 13th Cavalry Regiment, Company I. Enlisted 29 Feb 1864, rank of Private. Survivor of Confederate prisoner of war camp. Mustered out on 18 Nov 1865 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. [Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana]. According to his granddaughter, Lois, he was a tall (6’2”) and strong man, but became deathly ill while in the P.O.W. camp in Mississippi, and she believed the after effects shortened his life. Obituary: “Mr. Beale was a highly respected citizen of this city (Shelbyville), died at his home in Indianapolis…of pneumonia…” Mr. Beale had been a member of the Dumont Post, G.A.R. (Veteran, Grand Army of the Republic) for many years. [The Shelbyville Republican, March 6, 1908]
He married Clarissa Louisa HOBBS, nickname "Clara." Occupation: Florist. [Marriage Records, Decatur County, Indiana 1852-1878, Book J, page 145] His children were: Flora Vera (Beale) Maier (1878-1914); and Elma May (Beale) Atkinson (1869-1945).
Erastus Higley Beale BIRTH 8 Jan 1842 Shelby County, Indiana, USA DEATH 5 Mar 1908 (aged 66) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA PLOT Sec: 47, Lot: 726 MEMORIAL ID 45868936[1]
Sources
- ↑ *Find A Grave: Memorial #45868936
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Anne Massey
Anne Massey
Beale-2769 and Beale-1484 appear to represent the same person because: they are the same. Please merge.
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Pending merges › Erastus Higley Beale (1842-1908)
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