JAMES H. BEACH
NEW BRITAIN: Ex-Probate and City Court Judge
Judge Beach was born in Litchfield, Feb. 10, 1819, and was educated at the common schools of that town. For thirty years he followed the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and has lived sixteen years in Litchfield, nine years in Waterbury, twenty-five in Plymouth, and twenty-two in New Britain. He has been constable and deputy sheriff for eighteen years, selectman for two years, justice of the peace for seventeen years, judge of probate six years, and judge of the New Britain city and probate court for four years. In all these public capacities he has won the esteem of the citizens whom he served, and is one of the honored residents of New Britain to-day. He has been an attendant of the Episcopal church for many years, always taking an interest in its affairs. He is a democrat in politics. His wife, who is still living, was Ann M. Coy, and he has had five children, of whom four are now living. Mr. Beach is thoroughly known and respected by a large circle of friends in the central and western part of the state.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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