Beels, William Gould
(1830-1908)




Birth: May 4, 1830, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
Death: February 12, 1908, Norfolk, Madison County, NE
Parents: Abner S. and Jane (Shepherd) Beels
Spouse: Cynthia Ann Hull, married June 8, 1854
Second Spouse: Sarah Frances Hull, married March 10, 1861
Known Children: Roderick A., Cora Ann, Edward Ellsworth, Clara May, Frank Hull
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Other Occupations: farming, lumber, cooper, hotel owner, preacher
Individual Number: 3597


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1860 Unknown itinerant-wagon Ripley County























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Parents: Abner S. and Jane (Shepherd) Beels
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OriginalNotes: John Shepherd Family History Web Page (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shepherdfamily/wgb158.html#cmbh163), January 15, 2002, p. 158 William Gould Beels: lived in Parma Twp. Near Cleveland; Sheboygan, Wisc.; Rising Sun, Ind. (1851) where he hired out on a flat-boat going to New Orleans; settled in Dillsborough, IN in Spring 1852 employed in coopering for several years; married there to sisters. In 1862 joined 90 day regiment in Civil War (Ripley Co., 183rd Ind. Reg. Volunteers) and was appointed captain. Returned to farming until 1865 when he again participated in Civil War. Mustered out August 1865. Moved to Iowa in 1866. July 1874 moved to Nebraska. 1887 moved to Iowa for 5 years, returned to Norfolk, Nebraska.
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OriginalSource: John Shepherd Family History Web Page (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shepherdfamily/wgb158.html#cmbh163), 

In the fall of the same year, 1851, he went to Rising Sun, Ind., where he hired out on a flat boat going to New Orleans. In the following spring he located in Dillsborough, Ind., where he engaged in coopering for several years. He was married June 8, 1854, to Cynthia Ann Hull, who was born February 26, 1833, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and came with her parents to Ripley County, Ind. She died January 15, 1859, leaving an infant daughter, Cora Ann Beels. 

After the death of his wife, Mr. Beels traveled about the country for some time with a picture car taking daguerreotype pictures which were then very fashionable. On March 10, 1861, he married Sarah Frances Hull, a younger sister of his first wife. [Continued career as farmer.]
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