James Roswell Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, 1850, Cazenovia, Madison, New York. From 1850 Census. Living with his parents.

• Residence: From Family Search org, 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Name: J. R. Beckwith
Sex: Male
Age: 48
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Birthplace: New York, United States
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Atty. At Law
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship Code: Head
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Event Place (Original): NEW ORLEANS, 3rd Ward, Orleans, LA, United States
Household Identifier: 12066780
Person Number: 0
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 384
Sheet Number and Letter: 384A
Volume: 1
Affiliate Film Number: 0459
Affiliate Line Number: 00037
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
K. W. Beckwith Wife F 38 Ohio, United States

Digital Folder Number: 005160720
Microfilm Number: 1254459
Image Number: 00427

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDX9-XHK : 14 January 2022), J. R. Beckwith, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• Occupation: Atty. At Law, 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. From 1880 Census

• Voter Registration: From Family Search org, 18 Dec 1891, Orleans, Louisiana. Name: J R Beckwith
Birth Date: 1832
Birthplace: N York
Race: White
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 18 Dec 1891
Event Place: Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Digital Folder Number: 008248465
Image Number: 00147

Citing this Record
"Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WDN2-MX6Z : 30 April 2020), J R Beckwith, 1891.

• Residence: From Family Search org, 1910, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Name: James Beckwith
Sex: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Event Place (Original): New Orleans Ward 3, , Louisiana
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 22

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Patrick Jackson M 16 Louisiana
Eugene Lewis M 42 Louisiana
Frank Gensler M 18 Louisiana
Faustine Sutherland F 20 Louisiana
James Sullivan M 23 Canada
Walter Blackshire M 26 Alabama
Samuel Sutherland M 56 England
Charles Case M 31 Louisiana
Jule Poitevant M 25 Mississippi
Eads Poitevant M 30 Mississippi
Charles Jones M 51 Louisiana
Orion Chanfrau M 20 Louisiana
Ernest Wiley M 26 Texas
M Vera Wiley F 20 Alabama
Ernestine Willey F 0 Louisiana
Wyllie Chanfrau F 24 Alabama
James Good M 35 England
Charles Hughes M 44 Ireland
Matthew Sumas M 27 Louisiana
John Ferdinand M 33 Louisiana
James Hobbs M 27 Louisiana
Isabella Danziger F 32 Louisiana
Hunter Glass M 14 Louisiana

Household Identifier: 364
Sheet Number and Letter: 22B
Affiliate Film Number: 520
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 004971633
Microfilm Number: 1374533
Image Number: 00049
Indexing Batch: N03398-2

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY8-X4K : accessed 1 June 2023), James Beckwith in household of Patrick Jackson, New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 22B, family 364, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 520; FHL microfilm 1,374,533.

• Death Notice: Auburn New York Citizen, 9 Aug 1912, Auburn, New York. James R. Beckwith, 79, Dead.

New Orleans, Aug. 9.—James R. Beckwlth, 79 years old, formerly federal district attorney here from which office he was summarily removed by President Grant at the close of the famous "whiskey fraud" case, died here yesterday of bright's disease. He was a native of New York but spent most of his life here.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Aug 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana. James Roswell “JJ” Beckwith
Birth: 23 Dec 1832 Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, USA
Death: 8 Aug 1912 (aged 79)
Burial: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: J.R.Beckwith tomb - Section 104
Memorial #: 31256203
Bio: U.S. Attorney, District of New Orleans, 1869-1877 * New Orleans City Attorney, 1870-1872 * Born in Cazenovia, New York, December 23, 1832 * Fought in the United States Army during the Civil War * Drafted City Charter of New Orleans, 1870 * Chief Counsel for the Associated Branch of Pilots of New Orleans * Counsel for the city of New Orleans in the Myra Clark Gaines case * Established a law library valued at ,000 at the time * Led the prosecution of the Whiskey Ring while working for President Grant * Died on August 8, 1912 * Source: Louisiana Digital Library.org
Contributor: James Crull (47253963)
Family Members
Parents
James Beckwith 1796-1885
Mary Amney Hyde Beckwith 1799-1892
Spouse
Sarah Catherine Watrous Beckwith 1837-1895
Siblings
Elizabeth Beckwith 1827-1902
Calvin Hyde Beckwith 1834-1887
Created by: Sharon & Jackie (46808067)
Added: 9 Nov 2008
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31256203/james-roswell-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31256203/james-roswell-beckwith: accessed 31 May 2023), memorial page for James Roswell “JJ” Beckwith (23 Dec 1832–8 Aug 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31256203, citing Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Sharon & Jackie (contributor 46808067).

James married K W. (K W was born in 1842 in Ohio and died before 1910 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.)