Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Beal, L. C. December 26, 1850 - ???? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marta Burns marta43@juno.com August 26, 2024, 10:11 am Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 134 Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley L C Beal, MD, was born in Franklin township, Fayette county, Penna, December 26, 1850. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, and his early education was received at the public schools of his native township. He graduated at the Southwestern Normal School in 1886, and for eleven years was engaged in teaching in the public schools of Fayette and Washington counties, and was in the meantime principal of the West Brownsville and Burgettstown public schools of Washington county; he also conducted a summer normal at Ohio Pyle, Fayette county, for two years. He subsequently graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, and began the practice of medicine at Farmington, Fayette county, Penna, where he continued in successful practice until the 1st of April, 1889, when he removed to Uniontown; and in connection with his professional duties opened a drug store at No 621, Maine street. The only office he ever held was secretary for three years of the School Board of Wharton township, Fayette county, Penna. He is the son of John and Jane Beal, both natives of Fayette county, Penna, and were members of the Flat Wood Baptist church. Additional Comments: Originally submitted 2000. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb