Charles Oscar Beers Papers, . 1857-1862

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Charles Oscar Beers Papers, . 1857-1862

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Charles Oscar Beers (1834-1910) was the co-founder of the North Carolina Lumber Company, Lake Waccamaw, N.C. The collection includes pocket diaries, 1857-1860 and 1862, of Charles Oscar Beers and a biography of Beers (typed photocopy) written by Charles Beers Gault, which includes maps, photographs, and some genealogical material. The diaries for 1857-1860 include discussions of Beers's work surveying for the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad and perhaps other railroads. The 1862 diary chiefly relates to Beers's business ventures at Wades Point, Beaufort County, N.C.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Beers, Charles Oscar, 1834-1910.

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Charles Oscar Beers (1834-1910) was the co-founder of the North Carolina Lumber Company, Lake Waccamaw, N.C. Beers was born in Fairfield, Conn., and moved with his family to Oneida County, N.Y., in 1838. In 1857, he began working for the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. He later started the C. O. Beers and Company lumber works in Wades Point, N.C., and co-founded the North Carolina Lumber Company in 1869. From the guide to the Charles Oscar Beers Papers, ., 1857-1862, (University of...