Research · Person profile
Mahala Hall Beams
5× great-grandmother of Michael
- Surname line
- Hall / Beams
- Living status
- Deceased
- Evidence
- supported
Events
No dated event is published for this person.
Relationships
Parents
- Levi Hall supported
- On the tree
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- Nancy Hanks Hall supported
- On the tree
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Partners
- William Beams supported
- On the tree
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Children
- Martha Ann Beames confirmed
- On the tree
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Claim ledger
Every exported claim about this person: what it says, how strong its best source is (tier 1 = original record image, 5 = unsourced lead), its review state, and the sources that carry it. Source links open the workings page for that citation.
| Claim | Predicate | Summary | Status | Tier | Review | Sources |
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claim:mahala-hall:name:1 | name | Mahala Hall Beams Martha's death index names Mahala Hall as her mother, the 1850 household places Martha with William and Mahala, and the Wilson/Davis Hanks-Hall reconstruction names Mahala among Nancy Hanks Hall and Levi Hall's children. | supported | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:mahala-hall:living-status:1 | living-status | deceased The nineteenth-century household and generational placement establish that Mahala is deceased. | supported | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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claim:mahala-hall:parent-of:1 | parent-of | parent-of Martha Ann Beames Martha's 1935 Iowa death index names Mahala Hall as her mother, and the 1850 household places Martha with Mahala. | confirmed | 2 · official-transcript | accepted |
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Conflicts and open questions
Question
question:paul-fleenor:parentage(open)Which original record images can independently confirm the newly indexed Fleenor-to-Hanks chain? Authenticated indexes now name Otis Fleenor and Anna Smith as Paul Theodore Fleenor's parents, Dollie Despain and John Henderson Smith as Anna's parents, Martha Beans and Milton Despain as Dollie's parents, and Mahala Hall and William Beams as Martha's parents. Wilson/Davis and Genetic Lincoln research continue the line through Nancy Hanks Hall to Joseph Hanks and Ann Lee. The old Nancy Hanks DeSpain → Dollie route is superseded, not part of this path.
Next: Open and archive the underlying Iowa record images for the four FamilySearch indexes, identify the exact 1850 Beams household schedule, and seek probate, Bible, or civil evidence naming Mahala as Nancy Hanks Hall's daughter. Until those checks are complete, publish the resulting relationship to Abraham Lincoln as likely second cousins six times removed and strongly supported research—not a fully confirmed pedigree.
claim:otis-fleenor:parent-of:1confirmed Otis Oscar Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenorclaim:anna-smith-fleenor:parent-of:1confirmed Anna Velora Smith Fleenor: parent-of Paul T. Fleenorclaim:john-smith:parent-of:1confirmed John Henderson Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenorclaim:dolly-despain-smith:parent-of:1confirmed Dollie Despain Smith: parent-of Anna Velora Smith Fleenorclaim:milton-despain:parent-of:1confirmed Milton Despain: parent-of Dollie Despain Smithclaim:martha-beames:parent-of:1confirmed Martha Ann Beames: parent-of Dollie Despain Smithclaim:william-beams:parent-of:1confirmed William Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beamesclaim:mahala-hall:parent-of:1confirmed Mahala Hall Beams: parent-of Martha Ann Beamesclaim:levi-hall:parent-of:1supported Levi Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beamsclaim:nancy-hanks-hall:parent-of:1supported Nancy Hanks Hall: parent-of Mahala Hall Beamsclaim:joseph-hanks:parent-of:3supported Joseph Hanks: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hallclaim:ann-lee:parent-of:3supported Ann Lee: parent-of Nancy Hanks Hall
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