Charles Oscar Beers papers, 1857-1862 [manuscript].

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Charles Oscar Beers papers, 1857-1862 [manuscript].

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Pocket diaries, 1857-1860 and 1862, of Charles Oscar Beers, co- founder of the North Carolina Lumber Company, Lake Waccamaw, N.C., 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

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company

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Gault, Charles B., 1911-1998

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Charles Beers Gault (1911-1998), a native of Lake Waccamaw, N.C., son of Francis Beers Gault and Susie Bell LaMotte Gault, attended Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Va., and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; worked for Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company; and served in the United States Army, 1941-1960, retiring as colonel. From the description of Charles B. Gault papers, 1865-1960. WorldCat record id: 47922234 Charles Beers Gault was b...

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...

North Carolina Lumber Company.

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