Monday, March 5, 2012

Richard H. Beale, Class of 1847

Beale (spelled variantly as Beal) taught school in Franklin, TN after graduating from R-MC.  By 1860,  he is listed in the census as a furniture dealer. He mustered into Co.K of the 19th TX Cavalry on April 10, 1862 as lieutenant and served until the war's end.  He was paroled on June 12, 1865 in Shreveport, LA, with his home still listed as Franklin, TN.

By 1870, he had moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas and was a Justice of the Peace. In 1880, he is listed as an "officer" in the census. Beale died in 1910 and is buried in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery.

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