John Beardsley (November 9, 1783 – May 11, 1857) was an American farmer, merchant, banker and politician from

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Life

He was born on November 9, 1783, in

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, the son of Eliakim Beardsley (1744–1798) and Esther (Sherman) Beardsley (1748–1822). On December 16, 1804, he married Alice Booth (1786–1877), and they had twelve children. In 1808, the family removed to that part of the Town of

Scipio, New York Scipio is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. Scipio is centrally located in the southern half of the county, south of Auburn. History Scipio was part of the Central New York Military T ...

, which was in 1823 separated as the Town of

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. From 1820 to 1823, he was an associate judge of the Cayuga County Court. He was a member of the

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(Cayuga Co.) in

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and

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. In 1836, he removed to Auburn, and was President of the Cayuga County Bank until 1843. He was a member of the

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(7th D.) from 1836 to 1839, sitting in the 59th, 60th, 61st and

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s. From 1843 to 1845, he was Agent of

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. He died on May 11, 1857, in

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; and was buried at the

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there. His son Nelson Beardsley (1807–1894), law partner of

William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senate, United States Senat ...

from 1831 to 1842,''The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors''
by Robert Taylor Swaine (Vol. 1, pg. 61; 1948; reprinted ) was married to Frances Powers (1815–1854), daughter of State Senator James Powers. His son Roswell Beardsley (1809–1902) was for 74 years Postmaster of North Lansing, appointed by

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on June 28, 1828, and died in office as the oldest postmaster in the United States.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beardsley, John 1783 births 1857 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Southbury, Connecticut Politicians from Auburn, New York Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Scipio, New York 19th-century American politicians