Elizabeth Hannah Swearingen Beal

1831 - 1908  (76 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Hannah Swearingen Beal
  Born	8 Aug 1831	Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	1908	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1409	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Bennet S Swearingen, Sr.,   b. 27 May 1805, West Virginia ,   d. 2 Mar 1857  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Sarah Robinson Swearingen,   b. 27 Feb 1806, Virginia ,   d. 23 Mar 1871, Fulton, Fulton County, Illinois  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Beal,   d. 1887
  Married	1855	Illinois
  Children	1. Franklin Butler Beal,   b. 26 Dec 1862, Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois ,   d. 7 Dec 1932, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 69 years)   2. Jennie R Beal Zickefoose,   b. 18 Feb 1865, Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois ,   d. 24 Feb 1915, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 50 years)   3. George Beal,   b. 20 Sep 1869, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Nov 1918, Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska  (Age 49 years) + 4. John Bennett Beal,   b. 4 Dec 1871, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Aug 1940, Boise, Ada County, Idaho  (Age 68 years)   5. Anna S Beal Cox
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2017 12:43:20
  Family ID	F370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Aug 1831 - Virginia Married - 1855 - Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Beal, Elizabeth Grandma Beals Dead Mrs. Elizabeth Beals aged 77 years, and one among the earliest settlers of Rossville, died at the family home in the west past of town last Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock after a week’s illness. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon in the Christian Church. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Hawkins of Topeka, a large concourse of neighbors and friends being present. The interment took place in the city cemetery. Elizabeth Hannah Swearingen was born in Virginia Aug. 8th, 1831 and later moved with her parents to Illinois where in 1855 she was united in marriage to Mr. Beals. To this union 7 children were born 5 of whom are living—Frank, George, John, Mrs. Jennie Zickefoose all of this place, and Mrs. Anna Cox of Reding, Kans. She was the sister of Mrs. Wm. Rankin, Geo. Swearingen of Killduff, Iowa, who is here on a visit, and Bennett Swearingen of Cook Florida. Mrs. Beals came to Rossville with her husband in the year 1867 and has been a resident of the town ever since. The husband died 1887. For the past five years she had been an invalid from the effects of a paraletic stroke. Her last illness was due to heart trouble and the infirmities of old age. She was a member of the Christian Church, lived a devout Christian life and has entered into the blessings and joy that await the kind, faithful, loving old mothers. [Note: Family monument says “Beal”]