Northumberland-Perry-Cumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Bealor, John W. 1854 - living in 1899

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DR. JOHN W. BEALOR, a successful practitioner of Shamokin, Coal township, who

has reached the pinnacle of fame in his profession, is the distinguished subject

of this personal history. He was born March 19, 1854, in Perry County, Pa., and

is a son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Weibley) Bealor, and grandson of John

Beator of Berks County, whose sole vocation was farming, and who removed to

Perry County with his father, Mark Bealor, great-grandfather of our subject.



  Mark Bealor was formerly a resident of Germany, but immigrated to America and

located in Berks County, afterward in Perry County, where he spent the remainder

of his life in agricultural pursuits. He is credited with having rendered

valuable service to our country in the Mexican War.



  Benjamin F. Bealor, father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pa., and

the greater part of his life was spent in pursuing the same occupation followed

by his father and grandfather before him, but his health failed and caused him

to quit farming and remove to Virginia in the hope of benefiting his health by

the change. This change, however, did not restore his health, and later on he

returned to Philadelphia, where he lived a retired life until the autumn of

1897, when he laid down the burden of life and entered into eternal rest. He was

a firm believer in the doctrines of the Reformed Church and took an active

interest in all church affairs, serving as a deacon of the church for a number

of years. He advocated the principles of Democracy and took an active part in

local politics; was deeply interested in all work of his party, and served as

overseer of the poor for two terms.



  Our subject is one of a family of twelve children, seven girls and five boys;

he was educated in the public schools and in the Bloomfield Academy, from which

he graduated in 1873. He then began the study of medicine under G. A.

Richardson, as preceptor, in Newport, Perry County, after which he entered the

College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, from which he graduated with

high honors in 1876, and at once proceeded to Elliottsburg, Perry County, where

he opened an office and entered into the practice of his profession. He soon was

enjoying a lucrative practice, which he continued for four years, when he

removed to Shamokin, where he is engaged in active and successful practice. In

connection with his office he owns a large drug-store and handles not only his

own- drugs, but sells pure drugs to the public and fills prescriptions for other

less fortunate physicians. His years of medicinal and surgical experience have

made him cool, collected and practical in treating critical cases, and have

given him an enviable record as one of the leading physicians of the town.



  Dr. Bealor was united in marriage with Mary C. Albert and six children have

been added to their home, namely: Benjamin; Florence E.; Quilla E.; Henry Mark;

Helen Mary; and John Watt, who died when only two years old. Our subject is a

valued member of the Northumberland Medical Society; also belongs to Washington

Camp, No. 178, P. O. S. of America, and to the Benevolent and Protective Order

of Elks.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)











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