Cumberland Evening Times
August 17, 1935
Willam W. Beall, 66, known generally in Cumberland and vicinity as "Doc." died about 3 o'clock this morning at his home 143 West Third street. Beall, for over forty years, possessed a formula for an ointment which he manufactured, it was said from herbs.
It was applied as a plaster and was declared to be helpful in the healing of forms of exterior cancer. As a result, Beall was visited by many people, men and women especially from all parts of the Eastern United States. Beall, it was said, refused to sell the formula for the ointment he prepared or divulge it. On several occasions, he was charged in the courts with practicing or prescribing medicine without a license as a registered and qualified physician. Beall contended he simply sold the ointment to those who called on him. Frlends of Beall always asserted that his remedy had been helpful in many instances.
He was a member of a pioneer family.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Beall, and the following sons and daughters: Willis Beall, and Mrs. W. A. Jordan, Baltimore: Earl and Vernon Beall and Mrs. W. B. Valentine, Cumberland, and Miss Lavinia and Velma Ball at home. He is also survived by two brothers. John and Abel Beall of Gassaway, W. Va.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday from the home with interment in Hill Crest Burial Park.
Cumberland Evening Times
August 17, 1935
Willam W. Beall, 66, known generally in Cumberland and vicinity as "Doc." died about 3 o'clock this morning at his home 143 West Third street. Beall, for over forty years, possessed a formula for an ointment which he manufactured, it was said from herbs.
It was applied as a plaster and was declared to be helpful in the healing of forms of exterior cancer. As a result, Beall was visited by many people, men and women especially from all parts of the Eastern United States. Beall, it was said, refused to sell the formula for the ointment he prepared or divulge it. On several occasions, he was charged in the courts with practicing or prescribing medicine without a license as a registered and qualified physician. Beall contended he simply sold the ointment to those who called on him. Frlends of Beall always asserted that his remedy had been helpful in many instances.
He was a member of a pioneer family.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertha Beall, and the following sons and daughters: Willis Beall, and Mrs. W. A. Jordan, Baltimore: Earl and Vernon Beall and Mrs. W. B. Valentine, Cumberland, and Miss Lavinia and Velma Ball at home. He is also survived by two brothers. John and Abel Beall of Gassaway, W. Va.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday from the home with interment in Hill Crest Burial Park.
Family Members
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Willis Lough Beall
1878–1968
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Henderson Hank Bell
1879–1953
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Mary E Beall
1881–1882
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Fred E Beall
1882–1905
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Abel Miles Beall
1884–1938
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Ella Ethel Beall Boggs
1886–1983
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Catherine Beall Chamberlain
1889–1972
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Bessie Blanche Beall Boggs
1891–1980
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Noah Cecil Bell
1893–1967
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Myrtle Maud Beall Davidson
1895–1991
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Ida Edith Beall Walker
1898–1982
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Blanche Lee Beall Valentine
1910–2003
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Mary Elizabeth Beall Jordan
1914–2014
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Velma Frances "Boots" Beall Himmler
1925–2014
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Vernon E Beall
1927–2020
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