|
|
GEORGE. E BEAUMONT, merchant, Mount Alton, was born in Rocky Hill, Hartford Co., Conn., January 17, 1845, a
son of Charles and Mary (Pratt) Beaumont, natives of that State. His father was a harness maker and saddler. and
in 1847 moved his family to Illinois, but returned to Connecticut in 1857. He was a Republican and a member of
the Presbyterian Church: he died in Connecticut. and his widow is still living. George E. Beaumont received an
ordinary education, and at the age of fourteen years left home and shipped as a cabin boy on a coasting vessel
running on the Connecticut and Hudson rivers. In 1862 he shipped aboard a transport carxying a cargo of hay and
oats for the Union soldiers. In 1863 he went to Philadelphia and obtained a position as inspector of oil, afterward
was located at Pittsburgh and Oil City in the same capacity. In 1881 he came to McKean county, and for three years
acted as gauger for the United Pipe Line Company; since then he has been engaged in the mercantile business at
Mount Alton. In 1867 he married Miss Emma L. Ward, daughter of Egbert S. Ward, of Pittsburgh, and they have four
children: William, Schuyler Colfax, George E., Jr., and Fannie Ellison. Mr. Beaumont is a member of the Knights
of St. John of Malta; in politics he is a Republican. He has served one term as township auditor, and has also
acted as school director, being now on his second term; he is also postmaster at Mount Alton, having been commissioned
August 6, 1889. Mrs. Beaumont is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
Privacy Policy for
OnlineBiographies
|
NAVIGATION
McKean County, PA Biographies
Online
Biographies
Pennsylvania
Biographies
Pennsylvania
Histories
New York
Histories
New York
Biographies
|