Moses Sperry Beach (October 5, 1822 – July 25, 1892) was an American newspaper editor and politician from New York. His papers were the Boston Daily Times and the New York Sun.
Life
Beach was born on October 5, 1822 in
Springfield, Massachusetts
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. He was the son of
Moses Yale Beach
Moses Yale Beach (January 7, 1800 – July 18, 1868) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who started the Associated Press, and is credited with originating print syndication. His fortune, as of 1846, amounted to ...
, proprietor of ''
The Sun'', and Nancy Day. His brother was ''
Scientific American
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'' proprietor
Alfred Ely Beach
Alfred Ely Beach (September 1, 1826 – January 1, 1896) was an American inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is most known for his design of New York City's earliest subway predecessor, the Beach Pne ...
.
His paternal grandmother was descended from the founder of
Yale College
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, and his maternal grandmother was descended from Pilgrim
William Brewster.
Beach attended
Monson Academy __NOTOC__
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, where he was taught by his uncle Rev. Alfred Ely.
He left the school after several years due to his failing eyesight. In 1840, he spent a year in France learning French at an institution near Paris. He worked with his father in ''The Sun'' until 1845, when he bought half of the Boston ''Daily Times''.
In October 1845, Beach and his brother Alfred joined their father in a partnership of ''The Sun''. In 1848, the brothers bought out their father and took control of the newspaper. In 1852, he became the sole proprietor, with a brief gap from 1860 to 1861 when he was ill and the President of
National Rifle Association
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,
William C. Church, owned the paper instead. Beach owned the paper until 1868, when he sold it to
Charles A. Dana,
Assistant Secretary of War
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under
Abraham Lincoln
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and Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant
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. He has also patented several inventions related to printing and
stereotyping
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. He travelled to Europe in 1867, making an appearance in
Mark Twain's ''
Innocents Abroad
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''. He lived in
Brooklyn
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from 1851 to 1888, at which point he retired to
Peekskill
Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across fr ...
.
Beach served in the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
as a
Democrat
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, representing the Kings County 2nd District, in
1858
Events
January–March
* January –
**Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president.
**William I of Prussia becomes regent f ...
.
In 1845, Beach married Chloe Buckingham. They had two sons and three daughters,
including artist
Emma Beach Thayer. He was treasurer of the Working Woman's Protective Union for the first 30 years of its existence. He was a deacon of the
Plymouth Church, superintendent of its Sunday school, and a close friend of its pastor,
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the Abolitionism, abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery ...
.
Beach died at home of a stroke on July 25, 1892. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery.
References
External links
*
The Political Graveyard'
Moses S. Beachat ''
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1822 births
1892 deaths
People from Springfield, Massachusetts
Wilbraham & Monson Academy alumni
19th-century American newspaper editors
Editors of New York City newspapers
Editors of Massachusetts newspapers
19th-century American inventors
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Politicians from Brooklyn
People from Peekskill, New York
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Burials in New York (state)