Beale family

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Biographical Note

Thomas Truxtun (1755-1822)

1755, Feb. 17 Born, near Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. 1794 Appointed captain, U.S. Navy 1802 Resigned from U.S. Navy 1816 1819 Sheriff, Philadelphia, Pa. 1822, May 5 Died, Philadelphia, Pa.

Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893)

1822, Feb. 22 Born, Washington, D.C. 1842 1851 Naval officer, U.S. Navy 1849 Married Mary Edwards 1851 Resigned from U.S. Navy 1853 1856 Appointed superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada 1861 Appointed surveyor general of California and Nevada 1872 Purchased the Decatur House, Washington, D.C. 1876 Appointed minister to Austria-Hungary 1893, Apr. 22 Died, Washington, D.C.

Truxtun Beale (1856-1936)

1856, Mar. 6 Born, San Francisco, Calif. 1891 Appointed ambassador to Persia 1892 Appointed ambassador to Greece, Romania, and Serbia. 1894 Married Harriet S. Blaine (divorced 1896) 1903 Married Marie Oge 1936, June 2 Died, Annapolis, Md.

Marie Oge Beale (1880-1956)

1880 Born, California 1903 Married Truxtun Beale 1956 Bequeathed Decatur House to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C. 1956, June 12 Died, Zurich, Switzerland

From the guide to the Beale Family Papers from the Decatur House, 1794-1957, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Diplomatic and consular service, American

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  • Romania (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Iran (as recorded)
  • Greece (as recorded)

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