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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Genealogy Memoirs
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Illustrated -
Vol. II
The Lewis Publishing Company
CHICAGO - NEW
YORK
1906
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HON. JAMES S. BEACOM,
ex-state treasurer and a prominent attorney of Greensburg,
was born Dec. 9, 1853, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania,
son of Henry Conley and his wife, Mary A. (Spear)
Beacom. Of his ancestors it is found that John
Beacom came from Ireland to the United States, settling
in Westmoreland county, where he was paying taxes in 1810.
He was the great-grandfather of James S. Beacom.
Among his children were John, Jeremiah, Johnston and
James, the last named being the subject's grandfather,
who died early in life, leaving two sons, Henry Conley
and James.
Henry Conley Beacom, father of James S. Beacom,
was born in May, 1830, and died Nov. 18, 1904, leaving a
widow, Mary A., and five children: James S.
Beacom; Angeline, married Thomas F. Hamilton,
superintendent of the Gautier Steel works, of Johnston, Pa.;
Henry Conley Beacom, a farmer in the Gautier Steel
works, of Johnston, Pa.; Henry Conley Beacom, a
farmer in Iowa; John Wesley Beacom, of Long Branch,
Cal.; and Eva, wife of Edgar Hays, cashier of
the Union Savings Bank, of Pittsburg, Pa. The father
of this family became a member of the Pittsburg conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1865, and was a
minister until his death. Prior to his ministry he
taught school. His wife, Mary A. (Spear) Beacom,
is living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
James S. Beacom obtained in the public schools
his primary education, later attending Elderton Academy, and
Washington and Jefferson College, from which he graduated in
the class of 1880. He was admitted to the bar in
Westmoreland county, in 1884, and has since that date
practiced most of the time. Politically Mr. Beacom
is a staunch Republican, and has been a faithful party
worker, engaging in several hotly contested campaigns.
His was a loyal supporter of Hon. Matthew S. Quay,
United States senator. He was a member of the house of
representatives of the legislature of Pennsylvania in the
sessions of 1887 and 1901. From May, 1898 to May,
1900, he was state treasurer, in which position he effected
some radical changes in the management of that important
office, leaving its finances in better shape than for many
previous years. In the famous Silver campaign of 1896,
in which William McKinley was nominated for president
at the Republican national convention at St. Louis, he was
one of the delegates at large. In his religious
connection he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and for many years has been a member of the board of
trustees. Mr. Beacom was married, July 17,
1888, to Mary H. Zimmers, of Blairsville,
Pennsylvania, who was a graduate of the Blairsville Female
Seminary. She is the daughter of Jacob and
Elizabeth Zimmers. Her father was for many years
station agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Beacom
have children: Robert Zimmers Beacom, Dorothy, Elizabeth
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JOHN BRADLEY,
of Latrobe, son of Patrick and Julia Bradley, natives
of Ireland, from whence they came to the United States and
settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, at a very
early day, was born in Blairsville, Westmoreland county,
Feb. 11, 1877. He acquired the education afforded by
the public schools of that vicinity, which he attended until
he attained the age of nineteen years, and for a number of
years thereafter was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
HE then became an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, retaining his position ten months, after which he
secured employment in the Saxman Mines, which continued for
three years, and in 1898 he came to Latrobe. For some
time he was employed on the Stemler farm, but at the
present time (1905) is acting as traveling salesman for
M. R. Moore. Mr. Bradley is unmarried. |
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