- Joseph Grant Beale
Joseph Grant Beale (
March 26 ,1839 –May 21 ,1915 ) was aU.S. Representative from the state ofPennsylvania .Joseph G. Beale was born near
Freeport, Pennsylvania , inAllegheny County, Pennsylvania . He graduated fromCaton Academy inTurtle Creek, Pennsylvania , and from theIron City Commercial College inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania .During the
American Civil War , he enlisted in the Friend Rifles for three months, and later served ascaptain of Company C, Ninth Regiment,Pennsylvania Reserves , for three years. He was taken prisoner and confined inLibby Prison ,Richmond, Virginia , until released on parole.He studied law and served as major in the
Pennsylvania State Militia . Discontinuing the study of law, he engaged in thecoal business in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. In 1868, he moved toLeechburg, Pennsylvania , and actively engaged in theiron andsteel business. He served as president of the Leechburg Banking Co.Beale was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908. He resumed his former business pursuits, and died in Leechburg in 1915. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html The Political Graveyard]
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