Nelson J. Beach

Beach became a land surveyor, and was engaged on the survey of a highway through the wilderness, projected to run from Crown Point on Lake Champlain to Carthage, Jefferson County, New York.

An Act, passed on March 29, 1828, by the New York State Legislature, allowed Nelson J.

He was one of the first three Canal Commissioners elected in 1847 under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the two-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1849.

Afterwards he took charge of the abandoned Ogdensburg, Clayton and Rome Railroad and closed up its affairs.

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him Assessor of Internal Revenue for the counties of Jefferson, Lewis and Herkimer.