KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Marion Co.

GEORGE W. BEALL was born December 17, 1825, and is a son of Washington and
Mary (Carter) Beall, to whom four sons and three daughters were born, of
whom George W. is the sixth. Washington Beall was born February 9, 1790,
and was brought to Kentucky when a lad by his parents, who were large land
and slave owners. He died in 1866. He was a son of Nathan Beall, who
married Sarah Beall, both natives of Maryland, who with four sons and seven
daughters immigrated to Kentucky in 1798--the only members of the Beall
family known to have settled here. The Indian depredations in the interior
caused Nathan to hesitate about going there, but he finally went to
Jefferson (now Marion) County, and settled on Rolling Fork, where he
entered 600 acres of bottom land, and was a large slave-holder for that
day. George W. still has the grindstone which his grandfather brought with
him, manufactured in 1780. The Bealls are of Irish origin, and were of the
Church of England. Mrs. Mary Beall was born in Culpepper County, Va., and
is a daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Shelton) Carter, who immigrated and
settled on Rolling Fork between 1800 and 1810. Joseph Carter, who served
in the war for independence, lived to be nearly one hundred years old, and
had numerous grandchildren in the Confederate Army, and some in the Federal
Army. George W. Beall was born in Marion County on the farm on which he
now resides, on Rolling Fork, and received a good common English education.
He was married in May, 1852, to Minerva F. Stiles, of Nelson County, a
daughter of Lewis and Rebecca (Willett) Stiles, who were born respectively
in New Jersey and Nelson County, Ky. Lewis Stiles migrated to Kentucky in
1809. He was a distiller, was also engaged in farming on Rolling Fork,
served as justice and sheriff in Nelson County, and furnished a substitute
in the war of 1812. He was a son of David and Elizabeth (Kitchell) Stiles
of New Jersey, who migrated to Kentucky and settled on Rolling Fork in
1810, one year after the son, who had preceded to look for a location.
David was a son of Joseph Stiles, who married a Miss Gardner. He was born
in Vermont and was of German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Beall had born to them
two children: Lizzie Laura (deceased) and Mattie. After his marriage Mr.
Beall located on a farm of 290 acres, adjoining his birthplace. In 1872 he
located on the old homestead of 285 acres, mostly cleared and improved with
a fine frame residence. Mr. Beall is the owner of 2,000 acres on Rolling
Fork, divided in several farms, with fine buildings. He has also been
engaged in distilling nearly all his life. In 1865 he with two others
built the largest distillery in the State, and ran it for six years, when
he sold out to Newcomb, Buchanan & Co. Mr. Beall is also owner of twelve
lots in Perry City, Kas., and four lots in Hodgenville, Ky. With the
exception of 280 acres, he has accumulated his large fortune by his own
industry and economy. He is a leading member of the Masonic fraternity;
was a member of the Grange; in politics is a Democrat, and cast his first
presidential vote for Lewis Cass in 1848; with his wife he is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.