First Name:
Maurice
Last Name:
Beal
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
R.
Born:
1893
Died:
1965
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Resigned
Year Started:
1913
Year Departed:
1913
Begin Salary:
480
End Salary:
480
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1918
Year Departed:
1920
Begin Salary:
456
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1920
Year Departed:
1920
Begin Salary:
780
End Salary:
780
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Other
Year Started:
1920
Year Departed:
1921
Begin Salary:
840
End Salary:
840
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Dismissed or Removed
Year Started:
1922
Year Departed:
1923
Begin Salary:
840
Source:
Official Register of the United States
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Entered Date:
May 23, 2018


Son of Keeper Vinal O. Beal. Brother of Keeper Harvard R. Beal.
Dismissed from Mount Desert Rock in 1923 for participating in the illegal landing of alcoholic liquors at the station. He took a one year leave of absence from 1921 to 1922.