- JASON S. BEACH, farmer; Sec. 24; P.O. Whitewater, Walworth
Co.; born in Greene Co.,
- N.Y., in 1814. Married Miss Eliza A. PARDEE of Cortland Co.,
N.Y., in 1840; came to Wisconsin in 1843, first locating in Walworth
Co., Sec. 19, town of Whitewater, where his only daughter, Emma
M. (now the wife of H. J. ROE) resides. Mr. B. built his present
home in the town of Lima about 1855. His politics are Republican,
and he with his wife are active members of the First Congregational
Church of Whitewater. Mr. B. was elected Deacon about 1850 and
still holds the office. He united with the Congregational Church
of Homer, N.Y., at the age of 18, and with the Whitewater Church
in 1844.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 789.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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