Lacrosse-Milwaukee-Racine County WI Archives Biographies.....Beckwith, E. M. 1828 - 
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E. M. BECKWITH, commission merchant and dealer in second-hand goods in Borna's 
Block, Third street, was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1828; son of Miner York 
Beckwith, who moved to Michigan in 1836, and died there in 1855, at the age of 
54. E. M. Beckwith learned the ship-carpenter's trade in Milwaukee, Wis., and 
worked at the business till 1873; was in business for himself in Racine, Wis., 
from 1850 to 1860, and in Grand Haven, Mich., from 1860 to 1872. In 1873, he 
was in Duluth, Minn., building dredges for the N. P. R. R. Co. He lived in 
different places in Minnesota till January, 1881, and since then has been in 
business in La Crosse. His first wife was Helen Bowman, of Racine, Wis.; she 
died in 1872, leaving eight children. His second wife was Julia E. Selby, of 
Blue Earth Co., Minn.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 736.

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