Adam Beach, who is at the head of the only boot and shoe store in Fort Recovery, was born in Germany, January 3, 1859, and is a son of Andreas Beach, who is still a resident of Germany.
Adam Beach was reared and educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1882, when 22 years old, he came to America, landing at New York. He first located in Crestline, Ohio, where he worked for about four years as a shoemaker, in 1885 removing to Fort Recovery, where he opened a repair shop. Two years later he put in a line of shoes, expanding about $200. He kept increasing this stock and at present has the only shoe store in Fort Recovery, having bought out E. T. Hastings' stock of shoes in the fall of 1905 and combined it with his own. Mr. Beach owns his residence property and also owns a storeroom, which is at present occupied by a poultry store.
Mr. Beach has been married twice, his first marriage occurring in 1885 to Margaret Mathias, a daughter of John Mathias. They had one child, Leonora Anna. Mrs. Beach died in 1887. He was again married, in 1888, to Elizabeth Mathias, a sister of his first wife, and they have had three children, namely: Aurelia Marguerite, Arden, and Ruth.
Mr. Beach served as trustee of Gibson township for six years. He has served as treasurer of the Recovery corporation for the past five years. He has also been a member of the Fort Recovery Village Council. Religiously, he is a member and trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church at Fort Recovery.
Found in History of Mercer County, 1907
PG: 740
Adam Beach was reared and educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1882, when 22 years old, he came to America, landing at New York. He first located in Crestline, Ohio, where he worked for about four years as a shoemaker, in 1885 removing to Fort Recovery, where he opened a repair shop. Two years later he put in a line of shoes, expanding about $200. He kept increasing this stock and at present has the only shoe store in Fort Recovery, having bought out E. T. Hastings' stock of shoes in the fall of 1905 and combined it with his own. Mr. Beach owns his residence property and also owns a storeroom, which is at present occupied by a poultry store.
Mr. Beach has been married twice, his first marriage occurring in 1885 to Margaret Mathias, a daughter of John Mathias. They had one child, Leonora Anna. Mrs. Beach died in 1887. He was again married, in 1888, to Elizabeth Mathias, a sister of his first wife, and they have had three children, namely: Aurelia Marguerite, Arden, and Ruth.
Mr. Beach served as trustee of Gibson township for six years. He has served as treasurer of the Recovery corporation for the past five years. He has also been a member of the Fort Recovery Village Council. Religiously, he is a member and trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church at Fort Recovery.
Found in History of Mercer County, 1907
PG: 740
Adam Beach, who is at the head of the only boot and shoe store in Fort Recovery, was born in Germany, January 3, 1859, and is a son of Andreas Beach, who is still a resident of Germany.
Adam Beach was reared and educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1882, when 22 years old, he came to America, landing at New York. He first located in Crestline, Ohio, where he worked for about four years as a shoemaker, in 1885 removing to Fort Recovery, where he opened a repair shop. Two years later he put in a line of shoes, expanding about $200. He kept increasing this stock and at present has the only shoe store in Fort Recovery, having bought out E. T. Hastings' stock of shoes in the fall of 1905 and combined it with his own. Mr. Beach owns his residence property and also owns a storeroom, which is at present occupied by a poultry store.
Mr. Beach has been married twice, his first marriage occurring in 1885 to Margaret Mathias, a daughter of John Mathias. They had one child, Leonora Anna. Mrs. Beach died in 1887. He was again married, in 1888, to Elizabeth Mathias, a sister of his first wife, and they have had three children, namely: Aurelia Marguerite, Arden, and Ruth.
Mr. Beach served as trustee of Gibson township for six years. He has served as treasurer of the Recovery corporation for the past five years. He has also been a member of the Fort Recovery Village Council. Religiously, he is a member and trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church at Fort Recovery.
Found in History of Mercer County, 1907
PG: 740
Adam Beach was reared and educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1882, when 22 years old, he came to America, landing at New York. He first located in Crestline, Ohio, where he worked for about four years as a shoemaker, in 1885 removing to Fort Recovery, where he opened a repair shop. Two years later he put in a line of shoes, expanding about $200. He kept increasing this stock and at present has the only shoe store in Fort Recovery, having bought out E. T. Hastings' stock of shoes in the fall of 1905 and combined it with his own. Mr. Beach owns his residence property and also owns a storeroom, which is at present occupied by a poultry store.
Mr. Beach has been married twice, his first marriage occurring in 1885 to Margaret Mathias, a daughter of John Mathias. They had one child, Leonora Anna. Mrs. Beach died in 1887. He was again married, in 1888, to Elizabeth Mathias, a sister of his first wife, and they have had three children, namely: Aurelia Marguerite, Arden, and Ruth.
Mr. Beach served as trustee of Gibson township for six years. He has served as treasurer of the Recovery corporation for the past five years. He has also been a member of the Fort Recovery Village Council. Religiously, he is a member and trustee of Trinity Lutheran Church at Fort Recovery.
Found in History of Mercer County, 1907
PG: 740
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