Individual Details

The 1900 census indicated Ulysses had married about 1891, but he was back home living with his parents and no wife was evident.

There is a marriage, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co, AR for Ulysses to Ella Morton, 2 Feb 1894.

from Family History Books, Ancestry.com (Title page missing), p.63
MARRIED
Ulysses G. Beals, son of Seth W. and Sarah E. Beals, born 10 mo., 8th, 1864 in Bremer County, Iowa, married Ella Morton, born 8 mo, 16th day, 1867 in richardson County, Neb., 5 Mo, 2nd, 1894 at for Smith Ark. and were divorced at Omaha Neb., 6 mo., 24th 1907. His second marriage was to Nina Bell Cooper, daughter of John R. and Lydia J. Newman, born 6 mo. 20th, 1865 in Cambridge, Henry County, Ill. Nina Bell Cooper was divorced from Sampson A. Cooper 9 mo. 23rd, 1905 at Sioux City Iowa. Ulysses G. Beals married Nina Bell Cooper 1 mo., 2nd, 1908 at Waverly, Iowa. He had been a traveling salesman for heavy hardware for a firm in Omaha, Neb., for the past twenty years; also a portrait painter of local note.


Married on 2 Jan 1908, Waverly, Bremer Co Iowa, to Nina Bell Cooper, A. H. Jarvis made affadavit. Ulysses was 43 and stated it was his first marriage; lived in Des Moines, occupation "traveler". Ulysses's parents listed as Seth W. Beal and Sarah E. "Adams". Nina lived in Waterloo, was 42, also her first marriage. Nina was the daughter of John Cooper, and Lydia Pinkney. R. H. Jarvis, & J. E. Smith, witnesses; married by O. H. Mitchel, Justice of the Peace.

Nina was b. 20 Jun 1865, Cambridge, Henry Co, IL, died 3 Mar 1954, Fontana, San Bernardino Co CA. Apparently both had been married previously.
FamilySearch shows Nina as having been Nina Bell NEWMAN, daughter of John Newman and Lydia Pinkney. She was married to Sampson Cooper in 1882.

1910 Census. Escalapia Twp, Benton Co, AR, Hh 653
Grant Beals, age 45, married twice, this time for 5 years, b. Iowa, Carpenter
Nina C., wife, 42, married twice, 3 children, b. IL
Scott, son, 18, b. Nebraska, Carpenter [Step-son, I believe]

1920 Census. Des Moines Twp, Boone Co, Iowa, Hh 312
Grant Beals, 55, Traveling Salesman for a Foundry
Nina, wife, 54

1930 Census. San Bernardino City, San Bernardino, CA, Hh 81
Grant and Nina are Boarders in the house of Sheby E. Lee & wife Hatty. Grant, 65, Nina, 64. He is working as a real estate agent.

1940 - Still in San Bernardino, renting at 523 H Street. Grant Beals, age 75, Nina, wife, 74.

Buried Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino Co, CA.

Birth	8 Oct 1864	Bremer County, Iowa
Marriage	2 Apr 1894	Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas - Ella Morton
Divorce	24 Jun 1907	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - Ella Morton
Marriage	2 Jan 1908	Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa - Nina Bell Newman
Death	21 Dec 1952	San Bernardino County, California

Spouse

Ella Morton (1867 - )

Spouse

Nina Bell Newman (1865 - )

Father	Seth W. Beals (1840 - 1909)
Mother	Sarah E. ADAMSON (1846 - 1907)
Sibling	Mattie M. Beals (1871 - 1952)
Sibling	Bertha A. Beals (1873 - 1962)
Sibling	Howard D. Beals (1877 - 1958)
Sibling	Lula E. Beals (1881 - )
Sibling	Maudie R. Beals (1887 - 1890)