The Samuel Quinton Beall Family - Family Histories

      Samuel Quinton Beall, Sr., and wife, T. E. (Talbot) Beall, with their three children, Eva, Samuel Quinton, Jr., and John, came to Texas from Georgia after the Civil War, settling in the Stephenville area in Erath County. J. W. and Emily T. Harris came to Texas with their family from Tennessee and settled in the Lipan community in Hood County.

     Samuel Quinton, Jr., married Mollie Bryant Harris, November 25, 1890 in Weatherford. They came to Coleman County in 1890 and purchased a farm ten miles northwest of Coleman in the Silver Valley community November 21, 1899. Samuel and Mollie Beall had eight children, all born in Coleman County, and attended both church and school at Silver Valley. Their eight children were:

     (I) Quinton, born August 31, 1891. He died August 1, 1892, and is buried in the Coleman Cemetery.

   (2) Eva Camilla was born May 16, 1895. She married Spurgeon Thompson (see Moses Thompson) February 27, 1916. They had one daughter, Juanita. Eva Camilla died July 12, 1954 and is buried in the Silver Valley Cemetery.

     (3) Anna Laura was born September 9, 1897. She married Albert Gafford May 7,
1916. One daughter was born to them. Both Anna Laura and her daughter died February 16, 1917, buried in the Silver Valley Cemetery.

     (4) Dillard Burrough was born September 15, 1899. He worked as a Santa Fe Agent at Goldsboro, became a dispatcher in Coleman, and an Agent at Granbury. He was married to Clara Gafford. They had four children: Sammie Jo, Wayman Worth
Evelyn, and Richard Wayland. Dillard Burrough died September 19, 1962.

     (5) Loyd Armstead was born August 28, 1901 in Silver Valley. He was employed by Santa Fe Railway in Lubbock until his retirement January 8, 1965. He served a short time in the army during World War II. Loyd Armstead moved to Coleman after his retirement and died November 30, 1977. He is buried in the Coleman Cemetery.

   (6) John Talbot was born April 10, 1903 in Silver Valley and married Ila Mae Fariss. They had one son, Talbot Wayne. John Talbot died February 12, 1929 from a truck-train accident. He is buried in the Coleman Cemetery.

   (7) Irma Maurine was born March 19, 1906 in Silver Valley. She married R.H. Caver October 9, 1948 and lives in Baytown, Texas.

     (8) Pauline was born April 3, 1910 in Silver Valley and married Marlin Olynn Thompson July 5, 1933 (see Moses Thompson). He was a postal employee and rural mail carrier until his death August 19, 1971. He served in the Navy during World War II and also in the Korean War. Martin is buried in Coleman.

     Samuel Quinton Beall, Jr., farmed as long as he was able in Silver Valley. He died October, 1930 and is buried in the Coleman Cemetery. Mollie B. Beall moved to Coleman in 1934 and lived with her daughter, Pauline, and her husband, Marlin Thompson, until her death February 21, 1955. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Coleman and is buried in the Coleman Cemetery.

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The Sam Beall Family ... Eva, Loyd, Sam, Talbot, Dillard, Mollie, and Anna Laura

Irma and Pauline Beall