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The Captain and Dr. Andrew Jackson Beale of Oklahoma
City
History
1831-1909
Andrew Jackson
Beale, a native of
Kentucky and
served in
the Kentucky
legislature.
Dr. A.J. Beale, now for the second time
member
of
the
General
Assembly; in
1860
of the
physicians
of
Cynthianna,
Kentucky. He
was a
Confederate
soldier in
the 9th
Regiment,
Kentucky
Mounted
Infantry
Company
A, as
a
surgeon
leaving
with a
rank of
Captain.
The
Confederate Monument
in Battle Grove
Cemetery was
dedicated
on
May 27,
1869.
Early in
1867 Dr.
A.
J.
Beale
(confederate
surgeon) called
a
meeting at his office
of
Confederate
friends and
sympathizers in
Harrison
county,
where
an
organization
was
effected
looking to
the
erection of a
monument as a
fitting
memorial
to those fallen
heroes,
to be
know
as the
“Cynthiana
Confederate
Memorial
Association.”
The
following
officers
were
elected; A.
J.
Beale,
President;
H. W.
Shawhan,
Newton
Miller,
Henry
Turton,
Vice
Presidents;
Caleb
W.
West,
Secretary;
Frank
M.
Curle,
Treasurer.
He came to
Oklahoma
Territory
to
take
part in
the
Land Run
on
April
22,
1889. On April 19, 1889, three
days prior to the Land Run of
1889,
Sidney Clarke,
William L.
Couch, and
others
formed the
Seminole Town
and
Improvement
Company in
Topeka, Kansas. When the
company charter was
filed
on that
date,
L.
H. Crandell
became
the
corporation's
secretary. The
organization's purpose
included the
purchase
and platting of
townsites to be sold as
lots or
subdivisions
as
well as
establishing
utilities in the
new
towns of the
Unassigned
Lands
of
Oklahoma. In
addition to Clarke,
Couch,
and Crandell,
J.
W. Wilson and
J. A.
Hudson were listed
as
director trustees.
Civil
engineer Charles
Chamberlin, a
member
of
the Seminole company
and the
townsite
location
engineer for
the
Atchison,
Topeka and Santa
Fe
Railway (AT&SF),
completed the first
survey of the
Oklahoma
City townsite prior
to
the land
opening.
Local
provisional
governments
prevailed
in
the
newly
formed
towns
until
the
passage of
the Organic Act on May 2, 1890.
In
Oklahoma City
the
Seminole Town and
Improvement
Company
members
dominated
the
early
provisional
government.
William L.
Couch
was elected mayor,
and
city
ordinances
favoring the
Seminole group
were soon passed.
Following the
resignation of
William L. Couch, Sidney
Clarke became
temporary mayor
until
Andrew
Jackson
Beale was
elected
on
November 27, 1889
running
against
Henry
Overholser
and won
election
by
fourteen
votes..
Beale, a member of
Oklahoma Town
Company, worked to
overturn some of the
early
city
ordinancesUpon
assuming
office,
Mayor
Beale
introduced
an
ordinance requiring
that
the
Mayor and
Council members serve
without
pay. He
also worked
aggressively
to
resolve
questions
of
lot
ownership
and
promised
fair
and
equitable
handling of
lot claims, but in
December
of
1889 the U.S. Attorney
General
issued an order
prohibiting the
City’s provisional
government from
resolving
ownership of lots
until
Congress set
up
a
provisional
government
for
Oklahoma
Territory. Land
disputes were a
constant source of
turmoil during Mayor Beale’s brief
term
(November
27,
1889
- December
30,
1890). Dr.
Beale died
on January 4,
1909
at
the
home
of
his daughter,
Mrs.
Henry Carr of
Cynthianna,
Kentucky.
| Name: |
Andrew Beale |
| Age: |
19 |
| Estimated Birth Year: |
abt 1831 |
| Birth Place: |
Kentucky |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Home in 1850(City,County,State): |
District 38, Mason, Virginia |
| Household Members: |
| Name |
Age |
| Margaret
Beale |
45 |
| William
Beale |
30 |
| James M
Beale |
25 |
| Andrew
Beale |
19 |
| Sarah E
Beale |
17 |
| Sarah E
Hayse |
10
| | |
| Name: |
Andrew Jackson
Beale |
| Residence: |
Harrison |
| Spouse Name: |
Mary Ann Elliott |
| Spouse Age: |
27 |
| Est. Spouse Birth Year: |
abt 1829 |
| Spouse Birth Location: |
Harrison |
| Spouse residence: |
Bourbon |
| Marriage Date: |
10 Jun 1856 |
| Marriage Location: |
Bourbon |
| County of Record: |
Bourbon Volume 3 Page
1 | |
| Name: |
A J Beale |
| Age in 1860: |
29 |
| Birth Year: |
abt 1831 |
| Birthplace: |
Kentucky |
| Home in 1860: |
Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Post Office: |
Cynthiana |
| Household Members: |
| Name |
Age |
| A J
Beale |
29 |
| Mary A
Beale |
29 |
| William E
Beale |
8 |
| Maggie
Beale |
3 |
| Julia
Beale |
2.12 |
| Margaret
Beale |
54 |
| A
Burns |
38 |
| Patrick
Woods |
22
| |
| Name: |
Andrew Jackson Beale |
| Side: |
Confederate |
| Regiment State/Origin: |
Kentucky |
| Regiment Name: |
9 Kentucky Mounted Infantry |
| Regiment Name Expanded: |
9th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry |
| Company: |
D |
| Rank In: |
Second Lieutenant |
| Rank In Expanded: |
Second Lieutenant |
| Rank Out: |
Captain |
| Rank Out Expanded: |
Captain |
| Film Number: |
M377 roll 1 | |
| Name: |
Andrew J Beale |
| Estimated Birth Year: |
abt 1831 |
| Age in 1870: |
39 |
| Birthplace: |
Kentucky |
| Home in 1870: |
Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky |
| Race: |
White |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Post Office: |
Cynthiana |
| Household Members: |
| Name |
Age |
| Andrew J
Beale |
39 |
| Mary A
Beale |
39 |
| Sarah M
Beale |
13 |
| Julia D
Beale |
10 |
| Lallah L
Beale |
4 |
| Jno W
Elliott |
17 |
| Margaret
Beale |
67 |
| Thomas F
Tucker |
13 |
| Jessee
Spragins |
24 |
| Wm G
Kennard |
47 |
| Maggie
Culy |
21 |
| Back
Scott |
18 |
| Thos J
Lee |
11 | | |
| Name: |
Andrew J.
Beale |
| Home in 1880: |
Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky |
| Age: |
49 |
| Estimated Birth Year: |
abt 1831 |
| Birthplace: |
Kentucky |
| Relation to Head of Household: |
Self (Head) |
| Spouse's Name: |
Mary |
| Father's birthplace: |
Virginia |
| Mother's Name: |
Margarett |
| Mother's birthplace: |
Virginia |
| Occupation: |
Phy. |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
| Race: |
White |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Household Members: |
| Name |
Age |
| Andrew J.
Beale |
49 |
| Mary
Beale |
49 |
| Lalla
Beale |
14 |
| Mary
Beale |
7 |
| Cornelius
Reneker |
25 |
| Julia D.
Reneker |
20 |
| Beale M.
Reneker |
1 |
| John P.
Collom |
35 |
| Polk
Myres |
32 |
| Margarett
Beale |
76 |
| Israel B.
Philips |
30 |
| Sylvanus
Philips |
32 |
| John
Jackson |
40 |
| Sophia
Jackson |
33
| | |
| 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census shows Dr. A. J.
Beale |
| Name: |
Andrew Beal |
| Home in 1900: |
Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky |
| Age: |
69 |
| Birth Date: |
Nov 1881 |
| Birthplace: |
Kentucky |
| Race: |
White |
| Ethnicity: |
American |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Relationship to Head of House: |
Head |
| Father's Birthplace: |
Virginia |
| Mother's Birthplace: |
Virginia |
| Spouse's Name: |
Mary |
| Marriage Year: |
1856 |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
| Years Married: |
44 |
| Residence : |
Cynthiana City, Harrison, Kentucky |
| Household Members: |
| Name |
Age |
| Andrew
Beal |
69 |
| Mary
Beal |
70
| | Shows
they
had 7
children
born to their
marriage, but
only
3 still
living. |
OKLAHOMA PIONEER DIES IN KENTUCKY
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Dr. A.
J.
Beale;
Ex-Confederate,
Passes
Away
At
Sister's Home At
Cynthiana
Cynthiana,
Ky., Jan.
4.-Dr.
A.
J.
Beale,
prominent
ex-confederate
soldier,
former
member of
the
Kentucky
legislature
and a
pioneer of
Oklahoma
City, died at
has
daughter's
home here
today,
aged 73
years. Dr.
A. J.
Beale is
well
known
among
the
older citizens of
Oklahoma City as a
home
steader of a
place
near
the
city
waterworks,
just
west of the
Wright
place. His farm
is
now a part of
Oklahoma City and is well
settled.
Dr.
Beale
left
Oklahoma City
about ten years
ago. Mrs.
Henry
Carr of
Pauls
Valley,
the wife of a prominent
lawyer
of that
place, is
a
daughter.
Source:
The
Oklahoman January 5,
1909 Page 8
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
_____
CONDONE DEATH OF
OKLAHOMA CITY'S MAYOR, DR.
BEALE
The committee
appointed by Captain D.
H. Hammons, Camp No.
177, U.C.V., to draft
suitable resolutions of
respect to the late Dr.
A. J. Beale,
Oklahoma
City's first
mayor, who
died at
his
old home
in
Kentucky,
January
4,
has
submitted
its report as
follows:
"Whereas,
It
has pleased
the
Great
Commander
of
the
Universe to
remove
from our
midst
our
comrade, Dr.
A. J.
Beale;
"Therefore,
be it
resolved, by
Captain D.
H.
Hammons
Camp No. 177,
U.C.V.,
Oklahoma
City
that in
the
death
of Comrade
Beale
we have
lost
one,
who whether a
citizen,
soldier,
statesman or
physician was ever
true
to the trusts he
was
called upon to
assume. "As
captain of
Company
A,
ninth
Kentucky
cavalry,
General
Breckinridge's
division,
Confederate
army,
his
record stands
unsurpassed.
As a
member of the
Kentucky
legislature
he
faithfully
performed
his
duty. " He
was a
pioneer of
Oklahoma,
being an
Eighty-niner,
and was elected as the
second mayor of
Oklahoma
City in
the
winter of
1889 on
the
retirement
of
Captain
Couch, the
first
mayor. "As
one of
the
commanders
of
D. H.
Hammons Camp No.
177,Oklahoma City, he
earnestly
promoted
every
plan
that would be
beneficial
ito his
comrades.
As
a physician he
stood
high among
the
medical
fraternity. "As
a
comrade, white
we
mourn
his loss, we
know
that
he as
'passed over
the
river
and is
resting
under the
shade of
the
trees.'
"Having removed
back to
Kentucky some
years
ago
he passed away
at
Chnthiana, Ky., January
4, 1909, at the age of
73. "Resolved,
That the press of
this
city be
requested
to
publish
these
resolutions,
that a copy
be
forwarded
to his
relatives and a copy be
spread upon the
minutes
of this
Camp."
Source:
The Oklahoman January
22,
1909 Page
11
Mrs.
Mary Beale, nee Tucker, wife of Dr.
A. J. Beale, died of
pneumonia at the home on
Main street Sunday morning at the age of 72
years. She was a native of Bourbon County, her
first husband being
Wm. Elliot, She is
survived by her second husband, Dr. A. J. Beale
and three daughters by her second marriage,
they being: Mrs. C. A.
Renaker of Cynthiana,
Mrs. Henry Carr, Falls Valley, Indian
Territory and Mrs. Frank Gray, of Ft. Worth,
TX. She was a member of
the Methodist Church
and a most excellent woman of many happy traits
and qualities which are conducive to happiness
in the home. She was
known as splendid
housekeeper and manager of household affairs. The
funeral services were held at the Methodist
church Tuesday morning
conducted by
Rev.
F. K. Struve and the remains were interred at
Battle Grove cemetery. Among those here to
attend the funeral were:
Mrs. Frank Gray, of
Texas; Mrs. Henry Carr, of Indian Territory;
Mrs. Ewel Renaker and Mrs. M. Simon, of
Winchester; Mrs. Lizzie
Morris a sister of
Mrs. Beale, Mr. Walter Morris and Miss Carrie
Morris of Lexington. (date of death Nov.
3, 1901)
LOTS IN BATTLE GROVE CEMETERY, CYTHIANNA,
KENTUCKY
Beale-Ronaker Lot-Ammerman-Howk Lot.
Cornelius A. Renaker-born 1850; died 1926.
Beale Renaker-Son of C. A. and Julia (Beale) Renaker; born
1878; died
1881.
Andrew Jackson Beale-Born 1831; died 1909.
Mary Anne Tucker Beale Born 1829; died 1901.
(wife of A. J. Beale)
Margaret Beale-Mother of A. J. Beale; born 1806; died
1885.
John William Elliott-Born 1851; died 1886.
Harman Tucker Beale Born 1868; died 1869.
Chas. Bronough Beale-Born 1871; died 1877.
William D. Renaker-Son of C. A. Renaker; born 1853; died 1885.
Sarah Margaret Beale Ridgley-Born 1857; died 1879.(dau of A.J.
Beale)
Source: http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/civil-war/battle-grove.htm http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/1882-history/chapter-08.htm
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Oklahoman, US
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Soceity-1890
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Territorial
Census
William Newton Beale Born
20 May
1842 Died 31 Dec
1930
(Son)
Julia (Beale)
Renaker Born 16 Mar 1860 Died 10 Jan
1938
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