William BEAL & Phoebe DOWDY

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William BEAL
Phoebe DOWDY

Husband: William BEAL
Birth: 1829/30, NC
Death apparently: 1870-80, Chatham Co., NC
Occupation: farmer
Father: Asa BEAL
Mother: Chloe MORAN

Marriage: 27 Jan 1853, Chatham Co., NC

Wife: Phoebe DOWDY
Birth: 1830/1, NC
Death: aft. 1880 census
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Thomas DOWDY (1797- )
Mother: Mary "Polly" __?__ (1805- )

Children — born in Chatham Co., NC:

1. Mary Jane BEAL, b. 1853-54
2. Martha Ann "Annie" BEAL, b. 1856/7
3. Margaret Frances BEAL, b. 1859
4. Mittia / Mittie / Mettie William BEAL, b. 1861/2
5. Robert Lee BEAL, b. 1864/5
6. Thomas Alexander BEAL, b. 1866/7

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): William BEAL (æ 20, b. NC) is living in Chatham Co., NC (p. 369B), with his parents, Asa BEAL (æ 55, b. NC) & Chloe (æ 56, b. NC), plus siblings. They are listed next to Phebe DOWDY (æ 19, b. NC), who is living with her parents, Thomas DOWDY (æ 53, b. NC) & Polly (æ 45, b. NC), plus a sibling.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #61 of 84): Pittsboro P.O., Middle Division, Chatham Co., NC, Roll M653_892, p. 107A/213, PN 61, 502/454, enumerated 13 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Wm Beal 30 M Farmer 100 NC

Pheby " 30 F "

Mary J " 6 F "

Martha A " 4 F "

Margaret F " ?/12 F "

Listed between William's father, Asa BEAL, and Phoebe's father, Thomas DOWDY (æ 60, b. NC).

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 24): Grove P.O., Hickory Mountain Twp., Chatham Co., SC, Roll M593_1129, p. 96B, PN 22, 186/186, enumerated 15 Sep 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Beal William 40 M W Farmer 800 North Carolina

____ Phebie 40 F W Keeping House "

____ Jane 17 F W at Home "

____ Annie 14 F W at Home "

____ Frances 11 F W at Home "

____ William 8 M W at Home "

____ Lee 5 M W at Home "

____ Alexander 3 M W at Home "

Listed between William's widowed mother, Catherine (sic) (MORAN) BEAL, and Phoebe's widowed father, Thomas DOWDY (æ 65, b. NC). "Mettie William" is female.

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 40 — indexed "Hields"): Hickory Mt. Twp., Chatham Co., NC, Roll 957, p. 113C, PN 3, SD 2, ED 27, enumerated 2/3 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 15 22 23 24 25 26

27 27 Fields Alvis W M 55 / Farming / / NC NC NC

"    Julian W F 60 Wife / Keeping House / " " "

"    Susan W F 25 [unreadable] / Hired " " "

"    Everlener W F 2 Child / at Home " " "

"____Clora W F 86 Mother in Law W Boarding Rheumatism NC NC NC

28 28 "____Pheba W F 50 Daughter W Keeping House " " "

"    Mary J W F 26 Daughter / at Home / / " " "

"    Margaret W F 21 " / " / / " " "

"    Mittia W W F 17 " / " / / " " "

"    Robert L W M 14 Sone / Farming / / " " "

"    Thomas A W M 11 Sone / " / / " " "

Everyone from "Clora" on down is surnamed BEAL, not FIELDS, much less HIELDS. Julian (BEAL) FIELDS is Phoebe's sister-in-law, daughter of Phoebe's mother-in-law, Chloe (MORAN) BEAL, who is on the line above Phoebe. This enumerator's handwriting was unbelieveably sloppy, not to mention his errors.

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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