Richard Lee Tuberville Beale
Born: May 22, 1819
Birth Place: Hickory Hill, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Father: Major Robert Beale 1759 – 1843
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
Mother: Martha Felicia Tuberville 1786 – 1822
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
Wife: Lucy Maria Brown 1820 – 1894
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
Children:
Lt. George William Beale 1842 – 1921
(Buried: Coan Church, Heathsville, Virginia)
Private Robert Hunter Beale 1844 – 1905
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
Richard Channing Beale 1846 – 1889
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas)
Frank Brown Beale 1852 – 1908
(Buried: Upper King & Queen Baptist, Helmet, Virginia)
Thomas Arthur Beale 1855 – 1881
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
John Lee Beale 1860 – 1943
(Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia)
Education:
1837: Graduated from University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia
1847 – 1849: United States Representative from Virginia
1850 – 1851: Member of Virginia State Constitutional Convention
1858 – 1860: Virginia State Senator
Civil War Service:
1861 – 1862: Major of 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862: Led Expedition on the Rappahannock River
1863: Led the 9th Virginia Cavalry in Charge of Fleetwood Hill
1864: Successfully Ambushed Union Cavalry raid by Dahlgren
1864: Led the 9th Virginia Cavalry during the Overland Campaign
1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Cavalry
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1879: Attorney in Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia
1879 – 1881: United States Representative from Virginia
1881 – 1893: Attorney in Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: April 21, 1893
Place of Death: Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Cause of Death: Rheumatic Pains
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hague, Virginia
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