Person:Elam Beals (1)

In the 1860 census for Middlefork, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E. H. 'Burles' is 23, farmer born Indiana; with Amelia 21 Ohio; Delilah 5; Demastus 3; and Priscilla 1 -- all born IL-- and Wm 'Bails' 15 IN. {p. 382 / 940 roll 233 HeritageQuest}

 In the 1870 census for Middlefork, Vermilion Co., Illinois, 'Elean' H. Beals is 35 farmer from Indiana; with Amelia 31 Ohio; Delilah J. 14; Demetrius 13; Sherman 4; Cora C. 2; Levine 3 months -- all born Illinois; [father] John Beals 68 'retired farmer' from Ohio; with Martha 64 born Virginia. {p. 25 / 262 roll 285 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1880 census for Rankin, Vermilion Co., Illinois, Eleam H. Beales is 44, assessor from Indiana (father OH, mother Virginia); with wife Amelia, 39 IN (parents Ohio); and children Sherman 13 IL and Cora 11 IL -- both with father IN, mother OH. {p. 230D}
 There are marriage records for William Sherman Beals and Anna Lida Cummins in 1898; and Cora C. Beals and Thomas J. Sutton in 1895, both in Vermilion Co.
 In the 1900 census for Butler, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E. H. Beals is 68 born May 1832 in Ohio (parents Scotland), auctioneer, married 47 years; with wife Amelia 66 born Dec 1833 in Ohio (parents same), with 5 of 11 children living.  Also in the household, separated family, are [son-in-law?] Tom Sutton 38 IL 'breakman RR'; with wife Cora 32 IL and children Ruth 2 and Erma 1; and niece Fay Sutton 12. {ed 57, sh 3a, p. 22, roll 348 HeritageQuest} Their son Sherman is also in Butler, with wife and son.
 In the 1910 census for Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, William S. Beals, 42? IL, is living with his wife and children, and brother Demetrios 53 IL.
 According to the death certificates of Demetrius Gilman Beals (1857-1924), his parents were Elam Henry Beals and Amelia Parker.  William S. Beals died 1956. {Arizona Birth and Death Records, <http://genealogy.az.gov/index.htm>}