The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . a member on his stafE andheld the position of judge advocate. On the elec-tion of Mr. Seward as governor of the state, united in partnership with John Porter,and the f
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . a member on his stafE andheld the position of judge advocate. On the elec-tion of Mr. Seward as governor of the state, united in partnership with John Porter,and the firm did a large business for several years,Mr. Beardsley being appointed also taxing master inchancery under Chancellor Walworth. In 1833 theCayuga County Bank was incorporated, and was one of the original stockholders. Thecrash of 1837 seriously embarrassed the new bank,and changes in the board of directors being de-manded, in 1840 Mr. Nelson Beardsley headed thenew ticket. He was elected and might have beenpresident, but preferred that his father should fillthat position, and was himself made attorney andmanaging director of the bank. In 1843 JohnBeardsley resigned from the presidency to accept themanagement of the state prison at Auburn, andNelson Beardsley was then elected president and bysuccessive elections has continued to fill the oflicenearly fifty years, being the oldest bank president. in the state. His acceptance of this position madenecessary his witlidrawal from general law practice,and thereafter he took no active part in the busi-ness of his firm except in cases where the bank wasinterested. In 1848 Mr. Beardsley was one of theincorporators of the Oswego starch factory underthe new process of Thomas Kiugsford. This busi-ness developed enormously, the capital being in-creased from $50,000 at the outset to $500,000. Inthe meantime the company was under the presidencyof Dr. Willard for more than thirty-five years, butin 1883 Mr. Beardsley, who had bee
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