Harrison County, KY Obituaries
Submitted by Linda Craig
Andrew Jackson Beale, a native of Kentucky and
served in the Kentucky legislature. Dr. A.J. Beale, now for the second time
member of the General Assembly; in 1860 of the physicians of Cynthianna,
Kentucky. He was a Confederate soldier in the 9th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted
Infantry Company A, as a surgeon leaving with a rank of Captain. The
Confederate Monument in Battle Grove Cemetery was dedicated on May 27, 1869.
Early in 1867 Dr. A. J. Beale (confederate surgeon) called a meeting at his
office of Confederate friends and sympathizers in Harrison county, where an
organization was effected looking to the erection of a monument as a fitting
memorial to those fallen heroes, to be know as the “Cynthiana Confederate
Memorial Association.” The following officers were elected; A. J. Beale,
President; H. W. Shawhan, Newton Miller, Henry Turton, Vice Presidents;
Caleb W. West, Secretary; Frank M. Curle, Treasurer. He came to Oklahoma
Territory to take part in the Land Run on April 22, 1889. After William
Couch’s resignation, he ran for Mayor against Henry Overholser and won
election by fourteen votes. Upon assuming office, Mayor Beale introduced an
ordinance requiring that the Mayor and Council members serve without pay. He
also worked aggressively to resolve questions of lot ownership and promised
fair and equitable handling of lot claims, but in December of 1889 the U.S.
Attorney General issued an order prohibiting the City’s provisional
government from resolving ownership of lots until Congress set up a
provisional government for Oklahoma Territory. Land disputes were a constant
source of turmoil during Mayor Beale’s brief term (November 27, 1889 -
December 30, 1890). Dr. Beale died on January 4, 1909 at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Henry Carr of Cynthianna, Kentucky.
OKLAHOMA PIONEER DIES IN KENTUCKY
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Dr. A. J. Beale; Ex-Confederate, Passes Away At Sister's Home At Cynthiana
Cynthiana, Ky., Jan. 4.-Dr. A. J. Beale, prominent ex-confederate soldier,
former member of the Kentucky legislature and a pioneer of Oklahoma City,
died at has daughter's home here today, aged 73 years. Dr. A. J. Beale is
well known among the older citizens of Oklahoma City as a home steader of a
place near the city waterworks, just west of the Wright place. His farm is
now a part of Oklahoma City and is well settled. Dr. Beale left Oklahoma
City about ten years ago. Mrs. Henry Carr of Pauls Valley, the wife of a
prominent lawyer of that place, is a daughter.
[Source: The Oklahoman January 5, 1909 Page 8]
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
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CONDONE DEATH OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S MAYOR, DR. BEALE
The committee appointed by Captain D. H. Hammons, Camp No. 177, U.C.V., to
draft suitable resolutions of respect to the late Dr. A. J. Beale, Oklahoma
City's first mayor, who died at his old home in Kentucky, January 4, has
submitted its report as follows: "Whereas, It has pleased the Great
Commander of the Universe to remove from our midst our comrade, Dr. A. J.
Beale; "Therefore, be it resolved, by Captain D. H. Hammons Camp No. 177,
U.C.V., Oklahoma City that in the death of Comrade Beale we have lost one,
who whether a citizen, soldier, statesman or physician was ever true to the
trusts he was called upon to assume. "As captain of Company A, ninth
Kentucky cavalry, General Breckinridge's division, Confederate army, his
record stands unsurpassed. As a member of the Kentucky legislature he
faithfully performed his duty. " He was a pioneer of Oklahoma, being an
Eighty-niner, and was elected as the second mayor of Oklahoma City in the
winter of 1889 on the retirement of Captain Couch, the first mayor. "As one
of the commanders of D. H. Hammons Camp No. 177,Oklahoma City, he earnestly
promoted every plan that would be beneficial ito his comrades. As a
physician he stood high among the medical fraternity. "As a comrade, white
we mourn his loss, we know that he as 'passed over the river and is resting
under the shade of the trees.' "Having removed back to Kentucky some years
ago he passed away at Chnthiana, Ky., January 4, 1909, at the age of 73.
"Resolved, That the press of this city be requested to publish these
resolutions, that a copy be forwarded to his relatives and a copy be spread
upon the minutes of this Camp."
[Source: The Oklahoman January 22, 1909 Page 11]