Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Beallis, Charles 1869 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com April 29, 2006, 4:33 pm Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914 Beallis, Charles - Within recent years a new feature in the business world has been the providing of wholesome amusement at reasonable prices, and some of the most progressive men in the country have engaged in it, developing it to mammoth proportions. One of these is Charles Beallis, owner of the picture show of South Wilmington, this county, the only one in the place. It has been in operation for five years and the steady patronage given it demonstrates that the people appreciate the opportunities offered them. Mr. Beallis was born at Mokena, Ill., in 1869, a son of Charles and Helen (Easel) Beallis, natives of Germany. The father was a sailor who came to the United States in 1866, where he joined his brother and afterward followed carpenter work. He died at Joliet, Ill., in 1906, the mother surviving him until 1911, and both are buried at Joliet. They had six children: Bertha, who is deceased; Mrs. Anna Huffman; Mrs. Gertrude Rearly; Joe, who is of Joliet; August and Charles. Charles Beallis was only three years old when the family moved to Joliet from his birthplace and he was brought up in the former city, and there attended the public schools. When he was sixteen years old he began working as a fireman on the Chicago & Alton Railroad and at twenty was an engineer on the same road. He served as such for eleven years, and then, coming to South Wilmington, was a stationary engineer and electrician. In 1907 he opened the picture show here, and has made it a good investment, and now is the owner of the building in which it is located. In 1897 Mr. Beallis married Helen Gultz, born in Germany, August 24, 1877, but was brought to this country when seven years old. Mr. Beallis belongs to the German Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican, but has not sought office, his time being taken up fully with business affairs. page 763 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/beallis693nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb