SAMUEL
BEIL, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born in Northampton
County, Penn., July 14, 1823, and is a son of John and Rosanna
(Frankenfield) Beil, natives of Pennsylvania. In 1828 they crossed the
mountains to Mercer County, and settled in what is now the southeast
corner of West Salem Township. John Beil served in the War of 1812. He
was twice married, his first wife dying before he came to this county,
and leaving three children: David, Sally and Susan, who came to Mercer
with their father, and here spent their lives. His second wife, Rosanna
Frankenfleld, reared four children: Samuel, William H. Clarissa and
Lydia, deceased. The parents both died in this county, in the Lutheran
faith. Our subject grew up in West Salem Township, and learned the
carpenter trade, which he followed about forty years. In the meantime
he bought his present farm, upon which he has resided for over thirty
years. Mr. Beil was married in December, 1845, to Mary Ann, daughter of
George Mowry, of Hempfield Township, and has reared three children:
Edwin W., Reuben G. and Sarah E. The family belong to the Lutheran
Church, and politically Mr. Beil is an unswerving Democrat.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, pgs. 1167-1168
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