S. Y. BEACH
SEYMOUR: Paper Manufacturer
Sharon Yale Beach is a descendant of the Rev. Benjamin Beach, an influential clergyman of New Haven county. His father, Giles Beach, was born in North Haven, where the subject of this sketch was also born, May 21, 1809. On his mother’s side he is a descendant of Captain Jonathan Dayton, who was a justice of the peace and an officer in the revolutionary war. An interesting fact in connection with the military service of Captain Dayton is that his four sons were members of the company which he commanded. The wife of Captain Dayton was Mary Yale, the latter name appearing in Mr. Beach’s. Mr. Beach has four sons, who with himself compose the S. Y. Beach Paper Company of Seymour. The oldest of the sons, Mr. G. W. Beach, is also the superintendent of the Naugatuck division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad system. The second, A. Y. Beach, is engaged in the coal and grocery trade. The third, Sharon D. Beach, is the manager of the paper company, while the fourth, Theodore B. Beach, is the railroad station agent at Seymour. The first wife of Mr. Beach, who died February 18, 1871, was Miss Adeline Sperry of Orange, sister of the late Dr. Isaac J. Sperry of Hartford. The second wife, who is now living, was Miss Julia L. Hine of Orange. There is also one daughter in the family. Mr. Beach has made his own fortune in the world. He began life on a North Haven farm and was afterward a clerk in a grocery store. Subsequently he spent about twelve years in a cotton factory at Humphreysville, now Seymour, and there began the manufacture of paper. In the latter industry he met with decided success. When the Ansonia Baptist church was organized, Mr. Beach was chosen its first deacon, and the office is still retained by him at the earnest solicitation of the people. He was the superintendent of the Bible-school until he was seventy years of age. Deacon Beach has been a member of the Baptist church for more than sixty years. He was a democrat originally, but abandoned the party on account of the extension of slavery and united with the republicans. At present he is an active supporter of the prohibition party. He has held the offices of selectman, justice of the peace, and chairman of the board of education. During the war he was chairman of the republican town committee of Seymour and called the first meeting in the town favoring President Lincoln. He also presided at the last meeting in the town held in consequence of the struggle. His life has been one closely identified with public interests.
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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