Individual Details

Ulysses Grant Beals

(8 Oct 1864 - 21 Dec 1952)



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.

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.

Events

Birth8 Oct 1864Bremer County, Iowa
Death21 Dec 1952San Bernardino County, California

Families

FatherSeth W. Beals (1840 - 1909)
MotherSarah E. ADAMSON (1846 - 1907)
SiblingMattie M. Beals (1871 - 1952)
SiblingBertha A. Beals (1873 - 1962)
SiblingHoward D. Beals (1877 - 1958)
SiblingLula E. Beals (1881 - )
SiblingMaudie R. Beals (1887 - 1890)