Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Beebe, Benjamin F. 1830 - 
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Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882)

BENJAMIN F. BEEBE.—The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this
work, was born in Frankfort, Herkimer county, New York, September 3, 1830, and
there received a common school education and resided until fifteen years of age.
When eighteen he served an apprenticeship at the wheelwright's trade in the town
of Washington Mills, in which he continued four years. His next location was in
the employ of James Gould & Co., in Albany; here he remained eight years. After
a short sojourn in Greene county, we next find him in the employ of the
well-known firm of Amos Rogers & Co., machinists, Oneida county; he remained
with them until their failure in 1862. June 3, 1863, he started via Panama for
California, arriving in San Francisco on the 29th of the same month. After a
short stay in the metropolis he came to Contra Costa county, and first found
employment in Pacheco, where he worked until 1865. He then engaged in farming,
and November, 1868, bought his present homestead, one-fourth of a mile from
Concord, where he built his pleasant residence, and, after a successful life, is
now one of Contra Costa's most respected citizens. Was united in marriage in
Walnut Creek, June 10, 1869, to Miss Fannie C. Kuble, a native of Buffalo, N. Y.
By this union they have one child living and one deceased. Bemjamin F., (now
deceased); Carrie F., born February 8, 1872.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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