Albin Beard (1808 - 1862)

Born 28 Feb 1808 in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Ann (Crocker) Beard — married 1 May 1832 (to 16 Sep 1862) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1862 at age 54 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Nelson, New Hampshire One Place Study.

"The Millhouse"

Albin and his twin brother, Albert, were born in Nelson, New Hampshire to Asa Beard and his wife, Lucy (Goodnow) Beard.^[1] They were the second and third of five children born into this prominent family. By 1814 his father had completed building a home for his growing family while also founding The Nelson Cotton and Woolen Company in about 1815.^[2] Here Albin and his family lived..

His father, Asa, was a schoolteacher in Nelson's schools teaching accepted customs of conduct and "right" living in a civil society. Therefore, the boys and their siblings arrived at adulthood as responsible, civic-minded people.

Albin studied the printer's trade, becoming first an apprentice in the offices of the Keene Sentinel, in Keene, New Hampshire, and then after moving to the Boston area, as a journeyman printer for the Columbian Sentinel of Boston, Massachusetts. He also wrote articles he would send to his brother's newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire.^[3] It was here that he met Miss Julia Ann Crocker. They were married on 13 May 1832 in Boston, Massachusetts, and the couple continued to reside in the Boston area.^[4][5] An announcement of their marriage was announced in the local paper.^[6]

Tragically the couple would mourn the death from whooping cough of their firstborn child, Alfred, in April of 1833. He was almost three months old.^[7] Within three years, Julia Amanda, their first daughter, was born there in Boston.

The young family moved to Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1836 where Albin associated himself working at his brother's newspaper, The Telegraph, editing and publishing the paper.^[3]

Was appointed Postmaster of Nashua, New Hampshire^[8]

Mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire from 1858-1859 ^{[9] [10]}

1850 Census:

1. Julia Amanda Beard, daughter, b.in Massachusetts abt. 1836
2. Lucy Jorette Beard, daughter, b. in New Hampshire abt 1841
3. Alfred Beard, son, b. in New Hampshire abt 1843^[11]

A daughter, Eulalie, was born in 1852 in Nashua.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Digital Image: "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch. Asa Beard in the entry for Albin Beard, 28 Feb 1808; citing Packersfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,482.
2. ↑ Online article: "Mill Boardinghouse"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Biographcal Sketch: "History of Nashua, New Hampshire ... "; page 546
4. ↑ Digital Image: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch. Albin Beard, 1832.
5. ↑ Digital Image: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch.Albin Beard and Julia A Crooker, 1832; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011047
6. ↑ Marriage Announcement: CHRISTIAN REGISTER Saturday, Jun 02, 1832. Boston, Massachusetts. Page: 3
7. ↑ Online Memorial: Find A Grave, database and images. Memorial page for Alfred Beard (unknown–22 Apr 1833), Find A Grave: Memorial #116512094, citing South Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Maintained by Jacki Earp, Weymouth, Massachusetts (contributor 47755371)
8. ↑ "U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959"; Volume: Volume 1
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9. ↑ "Nashua's 75 years of progress ..."; page 40
10. ↑ "History of the City of Nashua, New Hampshire ..."; page 590
11. ↑ Digital Image: "United States Census for Nashua, New Hampshire, for the year 1850", database with images, FamilySearch. Albin Beard, Nashville, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ Digital Image: [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WJ-HLW "United States Census of Nashua, New Hampshire, for the year 1860", database with images, FamilySearch. Albin Beard, 1860

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZJ-LJY : 22 December 2020), Albin Beard, Nashville, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).