1805 .
SAMUEL BELLAMY BEACH died in Oneonta, Otsego Co,,
N. Y., July 31, 1866, in the 86th year of his age, having been
confined to his house for more than a year previous.
He came to college from Whitestown, N. Y*, and pursued
the profession of the law. In 1824 he published, at Utica,
NT Y., a poem of 109 pages, 12mo., entitled " Escalala, an
American Tale."
In 1837, after the election of Van Buren to the Presidency,
he was appointed to a clerkship in the Post Office Department
at Washington, in which department he remained for most of
the time until after President Lincoln's election.
He was long a resident of Oneonta, and identified with many
public improvements there. He was the original projector of
the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad.
His widow, Mrs. Martha M. Beach, died in June, 1867.
Several children survive
