Son of Dr. A. R. Beall, born Georgia, and Miss Alford, born Alabama. Married first to Sarah Elizabeth Butts on April 3, 1861 in Rusk County, Texas.

Children of John and Sarah Elizabeth:
Mattie Lenora Beall
Sarah Elizabeth Beall

Married second to Anna Butts on September 2, 1869 in Rusk County, Texas.

Children of John and Anna:
Augustus Judson Beall
John Alphonso Beall Jr
Anna Ray Beall
Mary Lucinda Beall
Lilla Beall
Jennings Alford Beall
Florence Pearl Beall
Jessie Veleta Beall
Achsah Kathleen Beall
Gertrude Helen Beall
Augustus Romaldus Beall
Vivian Ione Beall
Thomas Butts Beall
Gladys Hortense Beall

He was 86 years old, married, and a resident of Overton, Texas when he died. Informant was John A Beall, Jr., Jacksonville. Burton Crim, Henderson, Texas, was in charge of arrangements.
(Texas death certificate# 29802)
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John Alphonso Beall; Company D 14th, Texas Cavalry
John “Fon” Beall was born on December 25, 1835 to Mary Ann Alford and Dr. Augustus Romaldus Beall Sr. in Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia. He was the middle born of three boys. John can trace his earliest American ancestor to his 4th Great Grandfather Alexander Beall Jr (1649-1744) who came to Prince George, Maryland from St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland around 1660. John also had military history in his family. His Great Grandfather Thaddeus Beall Sr (1747-1808) was a Patriot during the Revolutionary War as a 2nd Lieutenant-Captain in the 1st Maryland Battalion as well as a Brigade Major on the staff of Brigadier General Rezin Beall. John’s Grandfather Thaddeus Beall Jr fought during the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Edward’s Burgess’s Company.
Unfortunately for John, his father was killed in a hunting accident in 1838. By 1850, his mother had taken the three boys to Chambers County, Alabama. They travelled with another family, the Butts, who had been close friends and neighbors. Here John was a student. In 1851, John’s mother moved the family again. This time to a farm in Rusk County, Texas near present day Overton. He lived here the rest of his life. John worked as a clerk in a local town. On April 3, 1861, at age 25, he married the 15-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Butts.
John, age 26, enlisted on February 15, 1862 with Company D, 14th Texas Cavalry at Camp Likens. Joining him in Company D was his elder brother James Thaddeus Coon Beall (1833-1872). James was dismissed that June due to his lack of hearing. John’s first fight came at Farmington, Mississippi on May 28. On June 24, 1862 he was promoted to 3rd Lieutenant and then to 2nd Lieutenant shortly thereafter. He then fought at Richmond, Murfreesboro, moved to winter camp at Shelbyville, and Jackson. In August he was given a leave by General Johnston, most likely due to illness. The 14th suffered through a lot illness in the summer of 1863. He returned to fight at Chickamauga. In October he received a commission from Brigadier General Matthew D Ector to be the Acting Ordnance Officer for his brigade. On January 23, 1864 he was officially given the title in General Order No. 6. He held this position for the remainder of the war. John surrendered on May 26, 1865 with one of the last Confederate forces under General Edmund Kirby Smith at New Orleans.
John returned home where he continued to work as a farmer and clerk. He had two daughters in 1866 and 1868. Unfortunately, his wife Sarah died on April 12, 1868 due to complications from the second childbirth. She was 22. One year later, on September 6, 1869, he married the 17-year-old Mary Roxanna “Anna” Butts. They had sixteen children together; five boys and eleven girls. One of his sons, Augustus Romaldus Beall (1891-1945), fought in World War 1 as a Private in the 166th Infantry, 42nd Division. By 1870 John was working a retail work foreman. During this time he began to grow his own farm and retail business. Living in his home with his family was his mother, a black cook, black waiting boy, and an elderly black woman. From the mid 1870s to the mid 1900s John became a very successful businessman having a large farm, worked as a cotton merchant, a dry goods merchant, as well as a retail merchant having two successful retail stores in Jamestown and Overton. He retired by 1910. On November 7, 1913, after 44 years of marriage, Anna died at the age of 61. John Beall died almost nine years later on October 31, 1922 from nephritis which led to kidney failure. He is buried Overton City Cemetery next to Anna.
John did have a successful military grandson. John Allen “Tiger” Beall III (1912-2000) had a very long and prominent military career. He was a 1935 graduate of West Point, promoted 2nd Lieutenant after graduation, promoted Captain and given command of Company C 94th Anti-Tank Battalion (894th Tank Destroyer Battalion) in 1940, promoted Major in 1942, sent to Europe to fight in World War 2 in 1943, promoted Lieutenant Colonel 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion in 1944, promoted Colonel in 1951, made Chief of Staff of the 45th Infantry Division during the Korean War, made Chief of Staff of the 3rd Corps at Fort Hood in 1961, promoted Brigadier General of US troops on the Ryukus Islands in 1960, and promoted Major General in 1962. He retired in 1968 after a 33-year military career and awarded the US Distinguished Service Medal. He was awarded a Silver Start and the Legion of Merit Award for his actions during WW2.

Brothers in Arms:
James Thaddeus Coon Beall (1833-1872)
Company D, 14th Texas Cavalry (1862)
-enlisted; February 15, 1862
-discharged due to disability (lack of hearing); June, 1862
(bio submitted by Ty DeWitt)