James W. Beekman

Full Name: James William Beekman

Politician/Trustee

Centurion, 1852–1877

Proposed by
John H. Gourlie

born November 22, 1815
New York (Manhattan), New York

died June 15, 1877
New York (Manhattan), New York

elected March 6, 1852
Age thirty-six

buried Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York

proposer of

seconder of

supporter of

Washington Hunt

Member portrait of James W. Beekman — Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 19

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Archivist’s Notes

Father of James W. Beekman Jr.; father-in-law of William Warner Hoppin

Century Memorial

The Club has lost by death during the year the following members: James W. Beekman, John Winthrop Chanler, Alpheus B. Crosby, Frederick Fawcett, Henry Peters Gray, William P. Lee, Marshall Pepoon, Edward Seymour, J. Butler Wright, Charles E. Milnor, William B. Ogden, and J. V. L. Pruyn. Most of these were old members of the Century, many of them eminent in the community and leaders in their respective walks of life, and several of them among the most loved of our associates.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1878 Century Association Reports

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