An old resident of Pomona and well known and well liked in the community where he made his home for so many years, Henry W. Beale was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Philadelphia on October 24, 1860. He was raised and educated in Philadelphia and was a cabinet maker and interior finisher by trade and an expert in his line. For twelve years he did interior finishing work on the fine cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad at their shops in West Philadelphia. His health failing, he decided to seek the less rigorous climate of Southern California and arrived in Pomona in November, 1892. He bought a five-acre fruit ranch on East Phillips Boulevard, and planted it to peaches and apricots, and there he lived, improving the place and increasing its productiveness.
After some years, Mr. Beale thought he wished to return East for a visit, and selling out his ranch he returned to Philadelphia. He only remained three months, however, and then returned to Pomona. For a short time he worked as clerk in the Tarr shoe store; he later established a butter and egg business and for fourteen years followed this line, establishing a route and supplying customers in Pomona and vicinity with fresh butter and eggs, and in his dealings with the public became possessed of many firm friends. During this time he bought a four-acre orange grove on Washington Avenue and later moved his family there from the home he had previously purchased on East Sixth Street. He greatly improved the ranch, piping water for irrigation and bringing it to a high state of cultivation.
The marriage of Mr. Beale, in Philadelphia, united him with Rose J. Weegman, also a native of that city, and one daughter, Jeane Marie, blessed their union, born in Pomona. The family attend the Congregational Church and in fraternal circles Mr. Beale was a member of the Fraternal Brotherhood. His death, December 27, 1918, left a void in the hearts of his many friends in the community, as well as in his devoted family.
History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches
of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
Published in Los Angeles, Cal., by the Historic Record Company
1920
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 10/20/08, Page 567
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