I am seeking information on a Jesse Beals who reportedly married a Mary Ann Bowen who was born in Rhode Island. Jesse Beals' birthplace has been recorded as Rhode Island, New York, and Ohio. It appears they met and married in Ohio, then moved to Knox County Illinois in the 1850's. They may have been early members of the Universalist Church in Galesburg, with that denomination having Bowen adherents in Ohio. Jesse had died by 1870, but Mary Ann lived in Galesburg for a number of years after that.

Am seeking additional information on the parents and birthplaces of both Jesse Beals and Mary Ann Bowen.

Thank you,

Calvin Bandstra
calvinbandstra@iowatelecom.net