Biography of William A. Beach
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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WILLIAM A. BEACH. WILLIAM A. BEACH was a lawyer of great ability and national reputation. He was prominently engaged in several
of the most important cases that have ever been tried in the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Beach was born at
Ballston Spa, this county, a son of Miles and Cynthia (Warren) Beach. He read law in the office of Judge Warren,
his mother's brother, and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He practiced in this county for several years, and then
removed to Troy where he practiced about twenty years, subsequently removing to New York city.
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