Rash's Surname Index
Notes for George Mancreed BEALE
George Beale and Emily Truxton were married in Philadelphia 4 May 1819, the Rt Rev William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania and Rector of Christ Church officiating. George Beale was born in 1792 in Hampton VA, son of George Beale Sr of Norfolk VA and of Washington DC by his first wife Mary Dixon. He was appointed Purser, US Navy on 24 July 1813. He was decorated in 1820 with a Congressional Silver Medal for "Galantry, good conduct, and services in the decisive and splendid victory gained on Lake Champlain on the 11th of Sept 1814 over a British Squadron of superior force." Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Lake Erie (Roosevelt's History of the U. S. Navy in the War of 1812). He died intestate 4 April 1835 in his 44th year at his "Bloomingdale" estate in Washington [DC] and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery with marker. Beale, George Jr. d 4 Apr 1835 R32/59 The National Intelligencer, April 6 1835 - on Saturday evening, George Beale, Esq. late a Purser in the Navy of the United States, after a severe and lingering illness. His friends and the Army and Navy officers now in the city, are requested to attend his funeral tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock from his late residence near the city.
1816- Tingey writes ? George Beale III has bought a farm adjoining (Navy Yard-DC), he & GB II are making arrangements for a large crop of corn ."
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