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Honorable I. G. Beal Biography


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HON. I. G. BEAL

Hon. I. G. Beal (deceased) was a native of Nelson County, Ky., born about one mile from Bardstown, April 12, 1817. His parents were both natives of Kentucky. At an early age he commenced attending the St. Joseph College, at Bardstown, Ky., and at the age of fourteen he came out to Missouri, and there purchased land onto which his parents and the family moved. He, however, remained at Bardstown, and finished his education. He commenced the study of law with Hardin or Wyckliffe, probably the latter, and he was admitted to the bar at Bardstown. He then came to the residence of his parents in Missouri. His father died in Ralls County, and his mother afterward removed to Quincy, Ill., but from there she eventually moved to Jefferson County. She died at the residence of her son, in South St. Louis, and is buried there. Mr. Beal came to Southeast Missouri about 1845 to seek a desirable location for his practice, and after a short stay at Perryville he located at Farmington, and commenced practicing his profession. His talents and natural ability soon made him a name known all over Southeast Missouri, and perhaps no lawyer in that portion of the State had such an extensive demand for his services as Mr. Beal. He took an active interest in public affairs, and though he was averse to political preferment, he was put forward by his friends for the position of representative in the Missouri Legislature, of 1860, and received the election at the hands of the citizens of his representative district. His devotion to his profession and to the interests of his clients was the cause of the premature breaking down of his physical health and his death. He died January 18, 1868. He was married October 6, 1850 to Miss Evelin A. Hail, in Farmington, Mo., by Rev. Amos H. Rogers, of the Presbyterian Church. Her father, Thomas Hail [Haile], was a native of South Carolina, and went with his parents to Louisiana when a boy, and there grew to manhood. He came from Louisiana to Missouri, and selected a location on Big River, in St. Francois County. He was married to Miss Margaret Eads, a native of Kentucky, who came to Missouri in 1805, when thirteen years of age. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hail lived along the banks of the Big River, and there reared their family of four sons and two daughters. Mr. Hail was shot during the late war, while on his farm, where his negroes were working. His wife died before the war. To Mr. and Mrs. Beal were born four children, viz.: I. G. or Guy as he is generally known, is now travelling in Colorado; (He was educated at the Christian Brother's College, at St. Louis, and at Fulton Missouri College). Albert Leonard, or Bert, is engaged in the printing business at St. Louis; Laura, wife of N. D. Casey, of Farmington, and Miss Anna.

GOODSPEEDS HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888, Pages 622 & 623.

  


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