Benjamin and Jeanette Beall
From the Margaret Hartman files at the Campbell County
Historical Society
Benjamin Beall, one of the early settlers of Campbell Co, was born about 1765 and was a surveyor. He died in Mentor, the latter part of 1808 (will probated Feb l 1809). He was married to Jeannette Hamilton Kennedy, daughter of William and Mary Kennedy, 4 Aug 1789 in Mercer Co Kentucky. Benjamin with his wife Jeannette, and their children came to Campbell County in 1796 showing up on the 1797 tax list. He and his father-in-law surveyed many thousands of acres of land in northern and eastern Kentucky. The area in which he lived in Campbell County he called Beallmont, and later it became part of what is now Mentor.
He was commissioned an ensign in the 21st. State Militia in Campbell County on January 19, 1801. In 1807 he was commissioned by Governor Greenup as one of the Judges of the Circuit. He is said to have come to Kentucky from Maryland. His wife died shortly after he did in 1811 (Jeannette will probated Mar 1812). After their deaths it became necessary for the children to sell much of their parents' property in order to settle the debts, a series of deeds in the Campbell County, Ky. Court House attest to this fact. It is believed that they were buried at the family farm in Mentor.
Children of Benjamin Beall and Jeanette
Hamilton Kennedy
1. William Kennedy Beall b-1790 in Mercer Co Kentucky; m-Melinda W Harris 20 Mar
1812 died 24 Dec 1815 from wounds received at the Battle of New Orleans in the
War of 1812; was asst. Quartermaster in Gen. Hull's Army. Taken prisoner by the
British; after release joined army under Gen. Andrew Jackson. no children
2. Sarah Beall; born 1791 in Mercer Co KY; m-Dr. David L Carney of Cincinnati Ohio, 2 Dec 1807;
Dr. Carney b-23 Aug 1799; died 1 Aug 1856.
3. Samuel Josiah Beall b-1793 in Mercer Co KY; d. 9 Aug 1831 m. Elizabeth Ann Kennedy on Mar 16 1824,
daughter of James and Elizabeth (Warren) Kennedy (Jeanette's half-brother)
4. Mary Jeanette Beall d-12 Mar 1812
5. Nancy M Beall b-1798 in Beallmont KY; m-1st James G Lindsey, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Harris) on 6 May 1815;
James was born in 1790 and died in 13 Aug 1833 in California KY and was buried
in the family cemetery. He was a sheriff, and
a member of the State Legislature 1832-33; m-2nd Zachariah Hedger 26
Nov 1835; Zachariah b-3 Nov 1799; d-3 Nov 1842 and buried on the James G Lindsey
family cemetery. Nancy died in 1856
6. Benjamin Duke Beall Jr. b-1801 in Beallmont; m. Maria Thomas, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Kercheval) Thomas;
died in Alexandria at the home of his daughter Mary Jeanette Beall Miles after
1860.
7. George Muter Beall b-1796 at Beallmont KY; d-8 Jan 1830 unmarried; will
probated 6 Jan 1830
8. Elizabeth Kennedy Beall b-1803 in Beallmont KY;
m-John Beagle 22 Dec 1834 in Campbell County
9. Edwin Jeremiah Beall; b-1805 in Beallmont KY; d-16 Mar 1837; m-Lydia Smith in 1828, daughter of
Archibald M & Rebecca D (Lindsey) Smith
10. James Alexander Hamilton Beall b-1809 in Beallmont KY; m-Sally L Kercheval 19 May 1832
in Campbell Co
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Children of Nancy M Beall and James Gardner Lindsey
1. Thomas Lindsey; died young in California Ky.
2. Rebecca Lindsey; 1817-1905
3. Jeannette H Lindsey; 1819-1870 m-Edward P Ball, son of Thomas and Mildred (Downman)
Ball 7 Jan 1841
4. Mary Lindsey; 1820-29 Sep 1869 m-William Craddock Young, had son James T who died 9
Jan 1867 13y 11m 11d
5. Ann Eliza Lindsey; m Nathan Hamilton Laycock
6. Ellen Lindsey; m ___Doherty
7. James Gardner Lindsey; m Mary M Selby
8. Sarah E Lindsey b-1833 in California.
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Child of Nancy Beall and Zachariah Hedger
1. Duke Beall Hedger b-1838 in California; m-Helen M Carnes 10 Sep 1861
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Children of Sarah Kennedy Beall and Dr. David L Carney
1. Sarah B Carney; b-1809 Campbell Co; d-4 Oct 1855
in Campbell Co; m-William Griffiths
Jennings 31 May 1848 William was born 28 Mar 1824 Versailles, Indiana and died
3 May 1856 in Thomasville Ga.
2. William H Carney; b-1811 Campbell Co
2. Julia Carney; b-Campbell Co; m 1st-___Sallee no children; 2nd- D___ Deputy, had children Harry,
Sally, Lee and David
3.Jeannette Margaret Carney; b-1814; m-James M Young 15 Nov 1834-had children Lloyd and Molly
4. Benjamin Carney b-Campbell Co
5. James Taylor Findley Carney; b-1824 in Campbell Co; m Eliza J Dorman b-1835
in Campbell Co
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Children of James Taylor Findley Carney and Eliza J Dorman
1. Sarah Sophia Kate Carney; b-1855 in Flagg
Spring; m-Joseph Wright
2. M M Carney (female) b-1856 in Flagg Spring; d-21 Aug 1857 in Flagg Spring
2. James Findley Carney; b-1858 in Flagg Spring; m-Charlotte Smith-had Goldie and Kate
3. Florence Miles Carney; b-7 Aug 1860 in Flagg Spring; d-Apr 1948 in Pikeville
Kentucky; buried Oakland Cemetery
m-Jonathan Keene Sprague 27 Apr 1880
4. Julia Carney; m-Samuel R Randall; children Ethel, Leone, Pansy
5. Alice Carney; m-Ivo Morrison; children Estelle who m-James Gibson
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Children of Sarah Sophia Carney and Joseph Wright
1. Carrie Wright
2. Marion Wright; m-Edna Ross had Donald
3. Christine Wright; m-Frank Smith, son of Boone Smith and Margaret (Baker)
4. Grace Wright
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Children of Florence Miles Carney and Jonathan Keene
1. Bessie Keene
2. Zola Florine Keene; born 1887 m-Miles Beamer Baker 28 June 1906; Miles born 18 May
1880, son of Thomas
Jefferson Baker and Minerva Rosetta Bryan
3. Arnold Keene; m Loretta Youtsey, daughter of Albert, had Marian and Robert
4. Gladys Keene; m-Rev E L Howerton, had Ellis Paul who lived in Pikeville
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Benjamin Duke Beall was one of the outstanding citizens of early Campbell County days. He was married to Maria Thomas, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Kercheval) Thomas of Mason Co. Ky. He was clerk of the Campbell County Circuit Court for some time, and his signature can be seen on many documents in the court house at Alexandria. He built his home for his family on the main street in Alexandria. He and his wife gave the property to the trustees for the German Lutheran Church in Alexandria on January 24, 1850.
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Children of Benjamin Duke Beall and Maria Thomas
1. Sarah Kercheval Beall; m. Richard Tarvin Baker Apr 21 1846 in
Campbell Co. He was born Sep 13, 1816 the son of Samuel Bennett &
Elizabeth (Armstrong) Baker of Pond Creek area. He died 1891 in
Alexandria. He was an outstanding lawyer in the state legislature.
They did not have any children.
2. Mary Jeannette Beall; born 5 Dec 1828 in the Beall home on the main street in
Alexandria, next door to the Richard Tarvin Baker home; m-Samuel Thomas Miles 12 Nov 1846 d-7 Nov 1907
in Cincinnati and buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.
3. Benjamin Duke Beall Jr. b-5 April 1825 in Alexandria; d-2 May 1902 in Wichita
Kansas; br-Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita; m-1st Sarah Jane Griffey, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Baker) Griffey. Sarah was born 6 May 1829 and died 4 Dec 1854.
They married 11 Nov 1843; m-2nd Dorinda Griffey 4 Oct 1855. Dora was born Jan
1825 in Campbell Co and died in Wichita.
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Children of Benjamin Duke Beall Jr. and Sarah Jane Griffey
1. Edwin Beall b-1847 in California Ky.
2. Elizabeth Beall b-1849 in California Ky.
3. Duke Beall b-1852 in Alexandria; d-8 Feb 1896 in Phoenix Arizona
4. Mary Alice Beall b-3 July 1854 in Alexandria; d-May 1910 in Wichita Kansas; m-Jay Frank Shearman
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Children of Mary Alice Beall and Jay Frank Shearman
1. Benjamin F Shearman b-Mar 1883 in Wichita;
m-Alice
2. Robert F Shearman b-16 Jan 1881 in Wichita; d-2 July 1936 in Dallas Texas
3. Jessie Curtis Shearman b-24 Aug 1887 in Wichita Kansas; d-15 May 1946 in
Wichita; br-Maple Grove Cemetery
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Children of Benjamin Duke Beall Jr. and Dorinda Griffey
1. Maria Thomas Beall b-1856 in Alexandria; d-1929
in Kansas
2. Frances Inez Beall b-1858 in Alexandria; d-1904; m-Dr. William A Jordan
3. Laura Rebecca Beall b-1 Dec 1863 in Alexandria; d-27 May 1939 m-Hugh V Gavigan
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Children of Samuel Josiah Beall and
Elizabeth Ann Kennedy
1.
Eliza Jane
Beall b-1 Feb 1825 in Alexandria; d-17 Jan 1884 m-Dr. Hugh Knox Rachford 1 June 1848,
son of Hugh and Sarah (Kercheval) Rachford
2. Benjamin James Beall; born 1828