- WILLIAM H. BEACH, Principal of the High School; was born
in Seneca Falls, Seneca Co.,
- N.Y., Oct. 8, 1835, and came to Wisconsin Sept. 1, 1875,
locating at Beloit. Mr. BEACH received his education at Seneca
Falls Academy and Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. In 1867, he
went to Dubuque, Iowa, and was appointed Principal of the High
School at that place. In 1875, he moved to Beloit and accepted
the position of Principal of the High school, which he still
holds. Mr. BEACH enlisted in the army in May, 1861, in Co. B,
1st N.Y. (Lincoln) Cavalry, Col Reynolds, and was Lieutenant
and Adjutant of the regiment. He was engaged in the battles
of Mechanicsville, White Oak Bridge, White Oak Swamp, Antietam,
Winchester (under Milroy), Piedmont, Lynchburg, Winchester (under
Crook), Morefield (under Averill), Martinsburg (under Crook),
Winchester (under Sheridan), Fisher's Hill (under Sheridan),
Front Royal, Mount Jackson, and also in about forty skirmishes
in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He received
his discharge July 7, 1865. Mr. BEACH married, Dec. 26, 1867,
Sarah M. PETERSON of Canoga, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. BEACH are members
of the Presbyterian Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 734.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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