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- REV. CHARLES H. BEALE, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lansing, Ingham County, is a man of high attainments. Of a finely and delicately balanced nature, spiritually and morally, he has always taken the highest stand. A man of fine education and good address, he is fitted as an (378) orator to perfect the good work that his example as a Christian sets before his people. Besides engaging in pastoral work he is Secretary of the Beacon Publishing Company, is editor of the paper entitled The Beacon, which is a journal devoted to the interests and growth of the Congregational churches in the State of Michigan.
Our subject was born in Patchogue, L. I., N. Y. August 20, 1854. His father was Prof. David B. Beale, also a native of the same place with our subject, as was his wife. The Beales came from England about 1700. Our subject's paternal grandfather, William Beale, was a farmer in Long Island and there died in 1855. Prof. Beale, our subject's father, was a teacher and was the greater portion of his life employed in educational work. He was Superintendent of a number of schools, but his distinction as an educator was attained at the private academy of which he was President at Northport, L. I. It was called Hillside Seminary. When a young man in the early part of 1862 he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company I, of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth NY Infantry and was in the campaign of the James River, when his health failed. He received his discharge while yet in hospital after two years' service and on returning to his home continued conducting his private school. The last four years of his life he had to retire from active duty, and made his home with our subject. He died July 4, 1876 at a picnic, immediately after his son had delivered an address having strained himself in getting into a wagon to return home. For many years he was an active member of the Congregational Church and officiated as a lay preacher.
Our subject's mother was previous to her marriage, Miss Esther Hallock and born in Smithtown, L. I. She was a daughter of Thomas Hallock, a native of the same locality and was descended from Peter Hallock, said to be the first white settler from Connecticut on Long Island. They trace their ancestry to the founders of the New Haven Colony and back to England. Thomas Hallock was a farmer and a well-informed and able man. Mrs. Beale resides with her sons. Our subject's father had been married previous to his union with the present Mrs. Beale and by that marriage he was the father of six children. The second marriage resulted in the birth of four children, our subject being the second one of these. Two of the brothers of the family served through the Civil War, one having been made a Lieutenant, another enlisting at sixteen and serving throughout the war.
The original of this sketch received the greater part of his education under his father, graduating at the Hillside Academy when eighteen years of age. He then assisted his father in the charge or the school by becoming one of the teachers and afterward was called to the position of Principal of the Bayport school, where he remained for two years. While there he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, having joined that body in 1876 as a probationer and in 1880 uniting with that body in full membership. In 1875 he became pastor at Good Ground, L. I., and remained there for two years. He was the incumbent of his next charge for three years and then went to Rockville Center where he remained for one year. The next year he was pastor of the Carroll Park Church in Brooklyn and in 1882 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church and came to Michigan where he joined the Congregational Association. He organized the church at Cadillac, Mich., and erected an edifice there. In the spring of 1886, he became pastor of the Plymouth Church, Lansing. In 1888 he was one of the number to organize the Beacon Publishing Company which had originally been published in Detroit. Removing the business to Lansing it has since been carried on in this city. He is the Secretary of the company and editor of the organ which has changed its form from a folio to a quarto journal. It is a weekly paper which enjoys a good circulation, having increased from two thousand to thirty-five hundred since he has had charge.
Mr. Beale is a member of the Executive Committee on home missions of the State of Michigan, being Secretary of this committee. In fact every good work that promises to help humanity appeals to his large and generous heart. The Rev. Mr. Beale's first marriage took place at Rowayton, Conn., June 11, 1880, at which time he was united to Miss Mary E. Smith. She died in Rockville (379) Center, leaving to her bereaved husband one child, a son, Arthur S. His second marriage was made with Miss Lucy M. Reeve, who is a native of Long Island and a daughter of the Rev. B. F. Reeve, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage of our subject and his wife was solemnized at Sag Harbor, L. I., in 1887. Mr. Beale is independent in polities, believing it not only right but polite to vote for the man best fitted to fill the office in question rather than a man who is the tool of unscrupulous politicians.
Since coming to Lansing our subject has had a call from the Congregational Church at Madison, Wis., but prefers to remain here, feeling that he has work of the highest importance at Michigan's capital City.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Ingham & Livingston Counties, MichiganREV. CHARLES H. BEALE, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lansing, Ingham County, is a man of high attainments. Of a finely and delicately balanced nature, spiritually and morally, he has always taken the highest stand. A man of fine education and good address, he is fitted as an (378) orator to perfect the good work that his example as a Christian sets before his people. Besides engaging in pastoral work he is Secretary of the Beacon Publishing Company, is editor of the paper entitled The Beacon, which is a journal devoted to the interests and growth of the Congregational churches in the State of Michigan.
Our subject was born in Patchogue, L. I., N. Y. August 20, 1854. His father was Prof. David B. Beale, also a native of the same place with our subject, as was his wife. The Beales came from England about 1700. Our subject's paternal grandfather, William Beale, was a farmer in Long Island and there died in 1855. Prof. Beale, our subject's father, was a teacher and was the greater portion of his life employed in educational work. He was Superintendent of a number of schools, but his distinction as an educator was attained at the private academy of which he was President at Northport, L. I. It was called Hillside Seminary. When a young man in the early part of 1862 he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company I, of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth New York Infantry and was in the campaign of the James River, when his health failed. He received his discharge while yet in hospital after two years' service and on returning to his home continued conducting his private school. The last four years of his life he had to retire from active duty, and made his home with our subject. He died July 4, 1876 at a picnic, immediately after his son had delivered an address having strained himself in getting into a wagon to return home. For many years he was an active member of the Congregational Church and officiated as a lay preacher.
Our subject's mother was previous to her marriage, Miss Esther Hallock and born in Smithtown, L. I. She was a daughter of Thomas Hallock, a native of the same locality and was descended from Peter Hallock, said to be the first white settler from Connecticut on Long Island. They trace their ancestry to the founders of the New Haven Colony and back to England. Thomas Hallock was a farmer and a well-informed and able man. Mrs. Beale resides with her sons. Our subject's father had been married previous to his union with the present Mrs. Beale and by that marriage he was the father of six children. The second marriage resulted in the birth of four children, our subject being the second one of these. Two of the brothers of the family served through the Civil War, one having been made a Lieutenant, another enlisting at sixteen and serving throughout the war.
The original of this sketch received the greater part of his education under his father, graduating at the Hillside Academy when eighteen years of age. He then assisted his father in the charge or the school by becoming one of the teachers and afterward was called to the position of Principal of the Bayport school, where he remained for two years. While there he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, having joined that body in 1876 as a probationer and in 1880 uniting with that body in full membership. In 1875 he became pastor at Good Ground, L. I., and remained there for two years. He was the incumbent of his next charge for three years and then went to Rockville Center where he remained for one year. The next year he was pastor of the Carroll Park Church in Brooklyn and in 1882 he withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church and came to Michigan where he joined the Congregational Association. He organized the church at Cadillac, Mich., and erected an edifice there. In the spring of 1886, he became pastor of the Plymouth Church, Lansing. In 1888 he was one of the number to organize the Beacon Publishing Company which had originally been published in Detroit. Removing the business to Lansing it has since been carried on in this city. He is the Secretary of the company and editor of the organ which has changed its form from a folio to a quarto journal. It is a weekly paper which enjoys a good circulation, having increased from two thousand to thirty-five hundred since he has had charge.
Mr. Beale is a member of the Executive Committee on home missions of the State of Michigan, being Secretary of this committee. In fact every good work that promises to help humanity appeals to his large and generous heart. The Rev. Mr. Beale's first marriage took place at Rowayton, Conn., June 11, 1880, at which time he was united to Miss Mary E. Smith. She died in Rockville (379) Center, leaving to her bereaved husband one child, a son, Arthur S. His second marriage was made with Miss Lucy M. Reeve, who is a native of Long Island and a daughter of the Rev. B. F. Reeve, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage of our subject and his wife was solemnized at Sag Harbor, L. I., in 1887. Mr. Beale is independent in polities, believing it not only right but polite to vote for the man best fitted to fill the office in question rather than a man who is the tool of unscrupulous politicians.
Since coming to Lansing our subject has had a call from the Congregational Church at Madison, Wis., but prefers to remain here, feeling that he has work of the highest importance at Michigan's capital City.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Ingham & Livingston Counties, Michigan
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1854 - 1939 (85 years)