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GEORGE W. BEALE, farmer, Natrona, son of Washington and Rosanna (McCune) Beale, was born in Harrison township, Allegheny county, Pa., in 1855, on the farm he now owns. His grandfather, Washington Beale, was one of the first settlers in that portion of the country, and he with three other brothers laid out the first streets in Philadelphia. Washington Beale located in Harrison township, and reared a family of ten children: Margaret, Priscilla, Nancy, Alexander, Thomas, Washington, James, Sarah, Hannah and Mrs. Boyd. Washington, father of G. W., was born on the place now owned by Samuel Alter, in Harrison township, March 1, 1821; he married, and reared a family of seven children: Joseph G., Jane E., the late Mrs. David H. Harrison; May J., now Mrs. W. R. Logan; James B., Margaret M., now Mrs. J. R. Anderson; George W. and Sarah A., who died July 10, 1881. Mr. Beale died April 6, 1885, his wife having died July 10, 1881. George W., in 1887, married Zelia E., daughter of Alfred Harrison, of Shadyside, and located on the farm he now owns, where he is engaged in farming and dealing in stock, his father having been the first importer of heavy draft horses in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Beale have one child, Mattie E. Beale, and are members of the Presbyterian Church of Freeport.