BEALE, Lindsay D., E. Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged
in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 593-594.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914,
by Century Historical Association.

Beale, Lindsay Dunn, well-known attorney and state senator, was born at Baton Rouge, La., June
17, 1856.  His parents were Robert G. and Ann M. (Dunn) Beale, the former of whom was born
in Virginia and came of an old Virginia family.  When a young man he came to Louisiana, located
at Baton Rouge, became a prominent attorney of that city, and served as judge of the 5th judicial
district court.  He was a veteran of the Mexican war, in which he attained the rank of major. 
Prior to his election to the bench, he had held the office of district attorney.  In politics he
affiliated with the ''Know-Nothing" party.  His death occurred in 1859, at the age of 36, and
although he died comparatively young, he accomplished much in his profession.  The mother was
a native of Louisiana, her father, Maj. Alexander M. Dunn, having come from Mississippi and
located at Baton Rouge, where he was also a leading member of the bar and had much to do with
the making of history in those days.  Lindsay Dunn Beale, the son, passed his youth in the city of
Baton Rouge, where he attended Magruder's collegiate institute.  When his academic education
had been completed, he entered the office of his stepfather, Maj. Andrew S. Herron, and there
devoted himself to the study of law.  Maj. Herron was one of the ablest lawyers of Louisiana at
that time.  In Dec., 1877, Lindsay Dunn Beale was admitted to the bar, and from that time was
associated in practice with Maj. Herron until the death of the latter in 1882, while a member-elect
of the national house of representatives.  After the death of Maj. Herron, Mr. Beale practiced law
without a partner, until 1902, when he became a member of the firm of Laycock & Beale, which
latter association has continued to the present time.  Mr. Beale is affiliated with the democratic
party, and has been active in support of the principles of the political organization with which he is
aligned.  From 1884 to 1888 he served as district attorney, and in 1900 was elected a member of
the Louisiana state senate.  He was reëlected in 1904, was defeated for a third term in 1908, but
again elected in 1912.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Episcopal church.  In Dec., 1881, Sen. Beale
was married to Miss Augusta S. King, a daughter of Judge John E. King, of St. Landry parish, La. 
They are the parents of 9 children.