1883

 

Wednesday, January 24, 1883

Died--Judge George Mather Beckwith, son of Dr. Baruch Beckwith from Lyme, Conn., who settled in Beekmantown in 1810, the first physician there, a descendant of Gen. Beckwith who came with Lords Say and Brook and settled in Saybrook, opposite Lyme; also of Increase Mather it was natural that Judge Beckwith should be identified with the Presbyterian Church, in which he was ordained an elder in 1855.

                  "A sober, earnest man, scrupulous with his fellowman, a warm hearted citizen, and a constant friend"

Wednesday, April 4, 1883

Y. M. C. A. of Burlington incorporated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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