The Shelbyville Republican
March 2, 1876
DIED
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BEALE. --- In Shelbyville, Ind., Feb. 24th, 1876, Eliza L. Beale, wife of H. L. Beale in the 64th, of her age.
Mrs. B. was born in Vermont, Oct. 3rd, 1812. When quite young she settled in Oxford, Ohio. She was married to H. L. Beale in 1839. In 1833 she attached herself to the Presbyterian church in Oxford O. The verdict of all who knew her is that [sic] she lived a consistent
christian life. By her kindly words and acts and carefully guarding against wounding the feelings of others, she shed almost a halo around her. A friend to the poor, a kind and sympathetic attendant upon the sick, the cheer of the home circle, she will be sadly missed. Like her master, she "went about doing good," until sickness prevented. For the last five years she
has been an invalid, most of this time she was a great sufferer. Her sufferings were borne
with unsurpassed patience. She conversed frequently and freely of the change that awaited
her, always saying the "Lord's will be done." All that a loving and affectionate family and skilled physician could do, was done, but it was of no avail, and on the morning of the 24th, the
messenger of death came and her spirit, disengaged from the crumbling ruins of mortality, on
wings of hope fled to that love-lit clime all radiant with gold and glowing with saphire. She has
fallen "asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep." May the spirit
of peace cheer and comfort the berieved [sic] family, and when the last sad scene of life is
passed, may they, a happy house-hold, enter into joys too pure to die.
Submitted by Phyllis Miller
Fleming
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