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Beach Family Papers

Collection, Ms 49

1830 – 1899
Fairfield Museum
The Beaches lived in the Chestnut Hill district of Trumbull, CT. David Beach (1785-1847) was a farmer, school teaccher, and local office holder. His son, John Henry Beach (1839-1919), worked with Swords Lumber Co., Bridgeport, CT., and was later superintendent of Bridgeport Hospital.
This collection is in 1/2 box and contains diaries of:
1. David Beach, written on paper inserted between stitched together Middlebrook Almanacs, 1830-1842 (12).
2. John Henry Beach, written on Middlebrook Almanacs, 1877-1880 (3)
3. John Henry Beach, 1872, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1891. (11)
A private memorandum book belonging to John Henry Beach, Superintendent of the Bridgeport Hospital, 1893-1899.
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