Captain, Company L, Diamond’s 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army

Some records identify him as Benjamin J. Beall or Benjamin Junior Beall

Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Benjamin D. and Mariah K. (Thomas) Beall

Born on April 5, 1825 in Campbell County, Kentucky

Married to Sarah Jane Griffey (1824 – 1854) on November 10, 1846, in Campbell County, Kentucky.

1850 Campbell County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 2, house #278-278
Benjamin Beall		        26	     Clerk
Sarah J. Beall		        23
	Edwin Beall	        3
	Elizabeth Beall	        1
	William Keifer	        22
	William Taulor	        17

Elected as Circuit Clerk of Campbell County in 1852

Death of Wife– Sarah Jane (Griffey) Beall died following childbirth on December 3, 1854, in Campbell County, Kentucky.

Married to Dorina “Dora” Griffey (1825 – 1907) on October 4, 1855 in Campbell County, Kentucky.

1860 Campbell County, Kentucky Federal Census
Alexandria
Benjamin Beall		        33
Dorina Beall			33
	Edward Beall		13
	Elizabeth Beall	        11
	Duke Beall		9
	Alice Beall		6
	Maria Beall		4
	Fannie Beall		2
	Rosa Griffey		19
	Arnold Frazo		42

Military Service
10th Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's), Confederate States Army 
Enlisted: 1864, March 1 at Alexandria, Kentucky by Lieutenant F. J. McGrau for a period of three years
Commissioned: Captain on August 18, 1863
Present for Duty: 1864, January and February
Absent: 1864, March 1 to August 31 on detached for service by order of Colonel Henry Giltner
Present for Duty: 1864, September 1
Listed as Deserted: 1864, January 20 at Johnson Ford in East Tennessee
Absent: sick on 1864, December 25
Highest Rank: Captain

Newspaper
The Cincinati Enquirer
April 4, 1865, page 2

Elected and Served as Circuit Clerk of Campbell County for more than 40 years beginning in the 1850s.

Member of the Masonic Lodge, Royal Arch Mason, Council, and Knights Templar.

1870 Campbell County, Kentucky Federal Census
Alexandria, house #49-50
Benjamin Beall		        45
Dora Beall			45
	Lizzie Beall		21
	Duke Beall		18
	Alice Beall		16
	Maria Beall		14
	Fannie Beall		13
	Laura Beall		9

1880 Campbell County, Kentucky Federal Census
Newport, house #52-53
Benjamin Beall		        55	Deputy Court Clerk
Dora Beall			55
	Riah Beall		25
	Fannie Beall		22
	Laura Beall		18

Elected in 1883 as the Police Judge of Columbus in Cherokee County, Kansas, without opposition.

Served as Justice of the Peace in Columbus in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Newspaper
The Columbus Weekly Advocate
June 21, 1888, page 5

Appointed on July 1, 1897, to the office of United States Master Commissioner for Columbus in Cherokee County, Kansas, by Judge C. G. Fester.

1900 Sedgwick County, Kansas Federal Census
Witchita Ward 2, house #78-80
Benjamin D. Beall		75	Born April 1825
Dora Beall			75	Born January 1825	
	Maria T. Beall		30	Born May 1870

Newspaper
The Wichita Beacon
Wichita, Kansas
April 24, 1902, page 6

Died on May 2, 1902, at the home of J. F. Shearman at Wichita in Sedgwick County, Kansas

Obituary
The Wichita Beacon
Wichita, Kansas
May 3, 1902, page 6

Buried in Section I, Lot 15, Grave 5 in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Wichita in Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Death of Wife– Dora (Griffey) Beall died at her home in Wichita in Sedgwick County, Kansas. She was buried beside her husband in Section I, Lot 15, Grave 5, at the Maple Grove Cemetery at Wichita in Sedgwick County, Kansas.

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