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Beckwith, Josiah Gale, 1838-1911

 Person

Biography

Josiah Gale Beckwith, a son of Josiah Beckwith (1803-1871) was born on Jan. 14, 1838 in Litchfield. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy for two years until resigning in 1855. He attended Union College, leaving in 1860, and also attended the Yale University Medical School in 1861 and 1862. In 1862, he volunteered with a local military company, but appears not to have served in the Civil War. He was at the Knight Hospital in New Haven for a time starting in 1862. He practiced medicine at Charlton, N. Y. from 1866 through 1869 and then returned to Litchfield. After his father's death in 1871, he took over the family drug store. He married Anne Bonfield Alsop (Allsopp) of Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 16, 1873. They had four children. Beckwith died on June 9, 1911.

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Beckwith family papers

1988-01-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-01-0
Scope and Contents The Beckwith family papers (1988-01-0) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, military records, diaries, photographs, and other records. A small group of papers predates those of the Beckwith family. At present, only materials created prior to 1840, a limited selection of post-1840 materials, and those that relate to Josiah Beckwith (1803-1871) have been processed. They are arranged in three series. Series 1, Papers (1767-1892), contains a collection of primarily...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1988
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society

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