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Edward Bech

Industrialist/Consul

Centurion, 1852–1850s

Born 4 May 1812 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Died 9 July 1873 in Stuttgart, Germany

Buried Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York

Proposed by Henry L. Pierson

Elected 15 May 1852 at age forty

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1855 and 1857.