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at other points on the battle fields of
Gettysburg,
Antietam,
Lookout Mountain, Chicamaugua and in the vicinity of
Richmond, all of which are an honor and credit to the
State of New York.”
Comrade Beckwith was also a member of the
National Democratic Conventions which nominated for
President Grover Cleveland,
W. J. Bryan and
Alton B. Parker.
He was a member of the
State Democratic Committee for twenty-five years and when he retired he was the oldest by service of any member of it. He has been by occupation a contractor, and been engaged in some important works, as for instance, the
Washington Aquaduct Tunnel and the
New York Aquaduct Tunnel from
Croton to shaft 12 B on the
Jay Gould estate near
Tarrytown, Westchester County and in many other places, where with partner,
John V. Quackenbush, were engaged in the construction of the four-tracking of the
N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. and in the construction of the West Shore, or N. Y. &
Buffalo R. R. and many other contracts for the
State of New York and the city of
Boston.
In civil life he has been Supervisor,
President of the village of
Herkimer and recently has been busy in public works. “Now, having reached the allotted age of man and being tired, I have retired from active service, having done my share, I think.
But as long as there is anything for me to do of service to my country and people, and I am able, I will undertake it.”
Captain Davidson, after serving in the U. S. C. T., 30th Regiment and earning a medal of honor, became editor of the Otsego Republican and afterwards was made Commander of the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y.
Dennis A. Dewey in the spring of 1864 went before General Casey's board and was examined for a commission in the U. S. C. T. He passed
