BEACH, Moses M. 1836-1917

BEACH

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/5/2020 at 17:14:50

M. M. Beach

M. M. Beach of Lewiston, Idaho, passed away at his suite of rooms in the hotel at Lewiston, Idaho, Thursday, October 4, and was buried Saturday morning at ten o'clock, from the home of his son, Clyde. Three or four months ago he was smitten with a stroke of paralysis, which left him an invalid. A second stroke followed one week before his death. From that time on he lived in a state of unconsciousness, out of which he passed quietly from awakening.

Mr. Beach was one of the first men to come into this community, having started a harness shop, in the year 1866, on Main street in a little building next to where the Clark Beach's jewelry store now stands. Later, in the eighties, he occupied one store of a double building for a harness shop, while Mr. John Rath carried on his banking business in the other. This building was erected at that time. It is the building now occupied by Carstens Brothers, who remodeled it when they came in possession. East of it, on the corner, stood the old general store of E. J. Higgins, which later gave place to the erection of the better building occupied at present by the Rath State Exchange Bank.

Mr. Beach worked at his trade here until about 1900 when he sold out to the Knock & Thielke Harness Co. This partnership afterward dissolved, Mr. Henry Knock having sold his interest to Mr. Henry Thielke, who then took sole ownership, and has now, perhaps, one of the very best harness shops in the state. Mr. Knock removed, then, to California.

Mr. Beach, having sold out, now removed to Wellsburg, where he opened up a business which he carried on about two years, then sold out, removing to Lewiston, Idaho, where two of his sons were located.

His son, Clyde, being sick at the time of his death, his wife, and Mr. Beach's son, Hal, and family were the only near relatives who were present at the funeral.

Mr. Beach was for many years an active factor in the life of the community, and is well remembered by the older members of the community who met him in a business or social way.

--Ackley World Journal (Ackley, Iowa), 11 October 1917, pg 1