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- EZRA G. BEACH was born in Clymer township, Tioga county, June 21, 1855, a son of Jefferson B. and Catherine (DOUGLAS) BEACH. He was educated in the common schools of his township, and on attaining his majority went into the lumber woods jobbing for tanneries, principally for H. H. Crary & Company, of Westfield. He has also been largely connected with lumber operations, and has given employment to a large number of woodsmen. He has followed this business successfully for about twenty-four years, until the forests in his vicinity have been stripped of their best timber.
On July 6, 1888, Mr. BEACH married Louisa PUTMAN, a daughter of William and Harriet (CAMPBELL) PUTMAN, of Sunderlinville, Potter county, who has borne him two children, viz: Mabel, who died February 26, 1891, and Grace May, who died April 24, 1893. In 1894 Mr. BEACH located on the old William Furman farm, on Pine creek, which has since been his home. He is a member of Middlebury Lodge, No. 844, I. O. O. F., of Keeneyville; also of Gaines Encampment, No. 314, of Gaines. In politics, he is a Republican.
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