Tuscola-Livingston-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Beach, Homer A. 1825 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HOMER A. BEACH. Besides being the owner of a valuable tract of land in
Millington Township, Tuscola Country, our subject is proprietor of the general
store in the village and not only does a thriving business in his own interest,
but makes a convenient market and purchasing place for the agricultural class in
this region. Mr. Beach is a son of Aaron and Betsey (Hutchinson) Beach. The
former was a native of the old Bay State, but in his young manhood went to New
York where he met and married our subject's mother, who was a native of that
State. They became the parents of four sons and one daughter. They came to
Michigan at an early day and settled in Livingston County on a farm and there
lived until their decease. He was a shoemaker by trade and although taking a
lively interest in the political issues of the day, never aspired to public
office. He died in 1887 at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died when our
subject was about six years of age.

  Mr. H. A. Beach was born May 28, 1825, in Wayne County, N. Y. He came with his
parents to Livingston County, this State, making his home under the paternal
roof until of age. He learned the carpenter's trade and after following it for a
short time went to work at farming and carried on the two callings together for
some time. Our subject was married in Oakland County, this State, in April,
1853, to Miss Sarah Donaldson, a native of Hickville, Oakland County. This lady
died in 1855 and in December, 1858, Mr. Beach was married to Miss Lucinda
Ferguson, a native of New York. By this union they became the parents of five
children, four of whom are living at the present time, there being two sons and
two daughters. Chester A., is in partnership with his father in the store; Frank
resides in Millington Township; Stella lives in Port Austin; Fanny is still at
home with her parents.

  Mr. Beach came to Tuscola County, October 19, 1853, and settled on a farm of
one hundred and sixty acres on sections 18 and 19, of Government land; he was
the second settler in the township. He followed farming and lumbering as a
business until about 1871, when he engaged in  mercantile pursuits, having
opened the second store in the village. The place was then very new, stumps
being the most conspicuous feature, among which wolves prowled at night and deer
were not infrequently seen. He now owns three hundred and five acres which is
well improved, there being good buildings upon the place and the broad acres
being under an excellent state of cultivation. The building that our subject now
occupies as a store is 24x80 feet in dimensions. He here carries a well-assorted
general stock of boots and shoes, dry-goods, furniture and groceries and does a
large business. Mr. Beach is a Republican in politics, but has no aspirations to
be an office-holder.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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