ISAAC BEALS
1836-1905
ISAAC BEALS, a much respected citizen of
Avon
and the superintendent of
Highland Park
, was born in
East Stoughton
,
Mass.
,
December 17, 1836
, son of Isaac and Submit (Monk) Beals. His
grandfather was Eleazer Beals, of
Randolph
, which town was the birthplace of his father, his mother being a native of
Stoughton
. Isaac Beals, father of the subject of this sketch, served as a soldier
in the War of 1812, and afterward settled in
East Stoughton
. He was the first one in
Stoughton
to engage in the manufacture of boots and shoes for commercial purposes.
Isaac Beals, Jr., was reared and educated in his native town, and at the
age of twenty he began work in a boot manufactory He later engaged in business
for himself under the firm name of Isaac Beals & Co., and carried on
a flourishing enterprise, both in this town and in
Brockton
, for a number of years. He did much to develop the boot and shoe manufacturing
industry of both places, and his business ability and progressive tendencies
proved very beneficial to the community. As a publicspirited citizen, he has
taken an active interest in promoting improvements in the direction of Public
works. He was instrumental in securing the extension of the Brockton Street
Rail way through
Avon
, and as superintendent of
Highland Park
he has done much to increase the beauty of this fine public reservation. In
politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Beals married married [at
West Bridgewater December 31, 1865by Rev. Cephas Pasco] Marcia A. (Burrell),
of this town, by whom he has two children Alice G., wife of Frank
Mellendy; and Wallace M.[born in
Stoughton in 1881].
Source: Biographical Review - Volume XXV - Containing life sketches of
leading citizens of
Norfolk
County
Massachusetts
. (Boston, Mass., Biographical Review Publishing Co., 1898), pg. 497.
Massachusetts Vital
Records (1865 Marriages) 181:247, 307.
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