El
Dorado County
Biographies
JOSEPH C. BEACH
Joseph
C. Beach, who is descended from one of the pioneer families of El Dorado
County, is the proprietor of the S. D. Beach Company, which operates an
extensive box factory, sawmill, and lumber yard at Placerville, being now the
managing head of the large business interests which were established by his
father. As a citizen he takes a keen
interest in all affairs which he deems of benefit to his community, and is one
who enjoys a high degree of personal popularity. Joseph C. Beach was born in Placerville, July 7, 1883, a son of
S. D. and Lelia (Taylor) Beach. The
father, a native of New York State, was twenty-one years of age when he came to
El Dorado County. He first engaged in
mining at Smithflat, and after three years built a small planing mill, which
was the start of his subsequent extensive business, known as one of the most
important of its kind in northern California.
He was a great civic worker and leader, and was very active in the
Chamber of Commerce. He also served on
the city board of trustees. His death
occurred in December, 1927. His wife
crossed the plains with her parents in the early days, and here lived until
March 23, 1928. S. D. and Lelia Beach
are the parents of five children.
Joseph
C. Beach was educated in the grade and high schools of Placerville, then
entered business in the employ of his father.
For twelve years he operated the box factory and planing mill for the
Michigan California Lumber Company but at the time of his father’s death, he
took over the management of the latter’s business interests, and is now
conducting the same with much credit to himself. The S. D. Beach Company owns a lumber yard,
box factory, and planing mill, carries every line of building material, and
during the busy season employs about fifty people.
Mr.
Beach is a Republican, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the
Lions Club of Placerville. He was
married to Miss Mary Purcell, who was born in El Dorado County, and they are
the parents of five children, namely:
Thelma, Adela, Set, Billy, and Stanley.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 238-239. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's El Dorado
County Biographies