Bio of BECKWITH, George C. (b.1885), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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GEORGE C. BECKWITH - Vol II, pg 37-38
George C. Beckwith is prominent in the business circles of Minneapolis as
president and treasurer of the George C. Beckwith Company, wholesale
distributors of Victrola Talking Machines for the Northwest. He was born at
Oakland, California, October 29, 1885, a son of George C. and Ann Grace (Seaton)
Beckwith. His father was a native of Nova Scotia, but moved to Boston,
Massachusetts, early in life, where he operated a fleet of sailing vessels
engaged in foreign commerce for many years. Disposing of his interests in that
line he removed to Colorado, where he engaged in cattle raising on a large
scale. Here he met and married Ann Grace Seaton, who, with her parents, had
moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Denver, when she was a girl. After retiring
from the cattle business Mr. Beckwith moved with his family to Oakland,
California, where he resided until his death. In 1890 Mrs. Beckwith and her son
became residents of Minneapolis, where both are at present living.
George C. Beckwith was educated in the grade and high schools of Minneapolis and
then entered Haverford Preparatory School and later the University of Minnesota,
where for a time he studied law, but he has never practiced. He entered the
business world as an officer of the Consumers Malting Company of this city,
being identified with this concern for several years. In 1912 he became a
partner in the firm of P. T. Bohen & Company, general insurance underwriters,
with whom he remained three years. Recognizing the great field for the talking
machine, he entered that business in 1915 by organizing the Beckwith-O'Neill
Talking Machine Company, of which he became president and treasurer and was a
dominant factor in its continued success. They are the wholesale distributors of
the Victor company and their trade, which covers the northwestern states, is
constantly growing and developing and is today one of the important commercial
industries of this city. On January 1, 1923, the firm name was changed to the
George C. Beckwith Company, Mr. Beckwith retaining the office of president and
treasurer.
On the 24th of April, 1911, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Beckwith to Miss
Helen Alice Shevlin, a daughter of the late Thomas H. and Alice (Hall) Shevlin,
one of Minnesota's most famous lumber kings, of whom extended mention is made
elsewhere in this work. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith three children
have been born: Ann, Helen and Phyllis.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Episcopal church and Mr.
Beckwith is a popular member of the Minneapolis, Lafayette, Minnetonka, Woodhill
Country and Automobile clubs.