George W. BEALS was born in Sep 1871 in Ponca, Dixon County, Nebraska, son of Chester George BEALS and Rebecca Ann THAYER. George lived in White River, Rio Blanco County, Colorado during the 1900 census and in West Newcastle, Garfield County, Colorado during the 1910 census.

George married Hattie May LYKE daughter of Martin Delaus LYKE and Emma SHALLON or SHELTON in 1898. They were divorced in 1920 in Garfield County, Colorado [The divorce index on line gives surname as Bealz] and Hattie married again to George DUNPHY who was born about 1876 in Canada. Hattie was born in Aug 1877 in New York. She was living in Red Cliff, Eagle, Colorado.

George and Hattie BEALS had the following children, all born in Colorado:

i. George William BEALS born on 28 Aug 1898

ii. Leonard BEALS born about 1900/1

iii. Elaine May BEALS born on 24 Apr 1906 in New Castle, Garfield, Colorado. She died on 29 Aug 1929 in Red Cliff, Eagle, Colorado. She married Charles GILMER in 1925.

iv. Esther G. BEALS born on 13 Mar 1911, died in Aug 1978, married Mr. GLEIFORST.

v. Nina H. BEALS was born in 1916 in Colorado.

The Eagle Valley Enterprise, Eagle, Colorado Friday 8 Apr 1921:
The three young daughters of Mrs. Hattie Beals, wife of "Happy Jack" Beals, will have a hearing in the county court one day this week, on information of citizens of Red Cliff charging parental delinquency on the part of the mother, with a demand that the children be placed in a state home for protection. The girls are five, eleven and fifteen years of age. It is charged that the mother is not a fit person to raise the children and is bringing them up in improper surroundings. The father was sent to the penitentiary several years ago for an unspeakable crime committed while the family lived in Eagle. Since being released from the penitentiary, Beals has not rejoined his family which has been living in Red Cliff [Eagle County, Colorado].

The Colorado State Penitentiary Index
www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/pen/index.htm
lists George W. Beals as Inmate Number 10203