In 1790, the family removed to a farm in an area which became part of the Town of Richfield, Otsego County, in 1792.
In 1839, he removed to Oswego and became President of the Commercial Bank there, but the bank—in the wake of the Panic of 1837—went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1841.
After a big fire destroyed his farm, he sold the lands and removed to New York City in 1846.
There he resumed the practice of law, and ran in 1847 for the New York Supreme Court, but was defeated.
The president of the Orleans County Historical Association, Al Capurso, believes that Beardsley Creek was named after him.