Brief Life History of Philip Kemper
When Philip Kemper Beal was born on 20 November 1831, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Daniel P Beal, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Walleser, was 27. He married Cleona Adaloch Hills in 1865, in Wagon Landing, Polk, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. He died on 26 October 1910, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Philip Beal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Phillip Beal, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Phillip Beal, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: St. Croix, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
1852
Historical Boundaries 1852: Island, Washington Territory, United States 1854: Whatcom, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Whatcom, Washington, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Beale , from Old French bel(e) ‘fair, lovely’ (see Beau ), either a nickname for a handsome man or a metronymic from this word used as a female personal name.
English (northern): habitational name from any of the places so named in Northumberland and Yorkshire. The former of these (Behil in early records) is named with Old English bēo ‘bee’ + hyll ‘hill’; the latter (Begale in Domesday Book) with Old English bēag ‘ring’, here probably used in the sense ‘river bend’, or an unattested personal name Bēaga derived from this word + halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Beagle 2). An additional source may be Beald, a farm in Cambridgeshire, recorded as Bele super Dedhil, c. 1195. In Lincolnshire, the surname is perhaps from a word or name for a farm derived from Scandinavian bøli ‘farm’.
French (Béal): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill race, from the Lyonnaise dialect term béal, bezale, bedale (of Gaulish origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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