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dry salters and commission merchants,
now importers and dealers in aniline
dyes and other chemicals, being m- of
the oldest firm-' in this line in New F.ng-
land. Mr. Beach continued activelj en-
t'd in tin's business until a short time
before his death, which occurred June 17.
o. He was a man of large business
capacity, and early wen recognition
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>f I fart-
ford. For more than fifty years he was a
director of the Phoenix Fire Insurance
Company, and served for many years as
a director of the Phoenix National Bank,
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
d Carpet Company,
Company, the I
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection cc
Insurance Company, of which he was one
of the founders, Holyoke Power Company.
Hartford Machine Screw Company,
Illinois Central Railroad, the Watkinson
Farm School, St. Margaret's Diocesan
School for Girls, the Society of Donations
and Bequests, and he was the first treas-
urer for the Society for the Increase of
the Ministry. He was a member of the
London Society of Arts, was one of the
founders of the American Jersey Cattle
Club, and a member of the Hartford Club
and the Hartford Golf Club.
One of the principal hobbies of Mr.
Beach was the breeding of registered
stock. His stock farm in West Hartford
was widely known as a model of its kind.
He imported Welsh sheep and bred Jer-
sey cattle. His dairy was a model in its
day, equipped with the most modern devices,
and with every possible measure
taken to insure the most hygenic condi-
tions. It is hardly necessary to say that
a man of such mentality, high character
and varied interests took an active inter-
est in public affairs, though the lure of
public office held no attraction for him.
He wrote many articles for the newspapers
covering a wide range of subjects,
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such as the tariff and other manufacturing
problems, dairying, stock raising, and
other kindred SUbjei
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1830,
Mr. Beach married, October 8,
inces Lyman, daughter of 'I In. ma- and
Lyman (Waterhouse) Belknap,
who was horn March _ 1 .
and died
December 20, [902. Mr. and Mrs. Beach
the parents of the following chil-
dren: 1. Harriet Bradley, became the
wife of William W. Huntington. 2. Fran-
Antoinette. 3. Thomas Belknap. 4
[ith. 5. Mary Elizabeth. 6. Charles
Edward, married Catherine Harriet G
ing, daughter of Frederic Charles and
Julia (Berk ins) Coffing.
WHIPPLE, Benedict N.,
Physician, Snrgeon, C. N. G.
Dr. Whipple, after completing medical
college study and two years of later hos-
pital work, chose his native Bristol as a
location, and since December, 1908, his
professional skill has been at the service
of his friends and acquaintances of a life.
His success as a medical practitioner has
been most satisfactory to him and to his
friends, his clientele being numerous and
influential.
( I ) Dr. Whipple is a grandson of Daniel
Whipple, who came from County
Longford, an inland county of Ireland in
Leinster, settling in Providence, Rhode
Island. He enlisted in the Union army
from Rhode Island, and in one of the bat-
tles of the Civil War gave his life for
his adopted country.
(II) James D. Whipple, son of Daniel
Whipple, was born in Providence, Rhode
Island, and in 1S70 came to Bristol, Connecticut,
where he died in 1914. He was
for many years caretaker of the city hall,
and a man highly esteemed. He married
Elizabeth Crowley, of New York City.
(III) Benedict X. Whipple, son of