FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: BEEKEY, Isaac S. (published 1880)
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History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties,  Ohio
Pub. by Williams Bros.,  1880

ISAAC S. BEEKEY,

county commissioner,  was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania,  September
28,  1825.  By the death of his father,  which occurred five years
later,  Isaac was cast upon the world.  He found a home with a farmer, 
and here he acquired such education as could be obtained by an
attendance at district school two months in the year.  At the age of
seventeen,  he began to learn the "art preservative,"  after serving one
year,  his employer closed out the establishment,  and the boy was again
left to his own resources.  Believing that the West afforded superior
advantages,  to one without means,  he started for Ohio,  in April
1845,  and on foot,  in due time,  reached Columbus,  his present place
of residence.  Finding no employment,  as a printer,  he learned the
carpenters trade,  and has since followed the vocation of contractor and
builder,  by aid of which he has accumulated a comfortable competency. 
In politics,  Mr. Beekey has always been a decided Democrat,  and his
fidelity to the party has been rewarded by frequent elections to
important and responsible positions.  His first appearance in public
life was in April,  1866,  when he was elected to the city council, 
from the fourth ward.  Two years later he was re-elected,  and at the
expiration of this term he was made real estate appraiser for the
fourth,  fifth and sixth wards.  In April 1873,   he was again elected
to the city council,  from the fourth ward,  and the following year was
made president of the city council.  In October 1874,  he was elected to
his present position,  and re-elected in 1877.  Mr. Beekey has always
been an active and faithful official,  whose acts are characterized by
firmness and integrity,  both in private and public transactions.  He
was united in marriage on April 23,  1857,  to Miss Catharine,  daughter
of Charles and Catharine Obitz,  by whom two children were born,  Ida
and Mary.


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