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Frederick Beers
Gender:
Male
Born:
July 21, 1785
Died:
December 6, 1828
Home Town:
Woodbury, CT
Biographical Notes:
Frederick Beers was one of the five children of Josiah Beers and Elizabeth Preston Beers of Woodbury, Connecticut. Frederick attended the Litchfield Law School in 1809 and was admitted to the bar in 1815 when he commenced his legal profession. His brother, Seth Preston Beers, attended the Litchfield Law School in 1803. Frederick died on December 6, 1828.
Education
Years at LLS:
1809
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Admitted To Bar:
1815
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Seth P. Beers
Brother
LLS (1803) - Elizabeth Preston Beers
Mother - Josiah Beers
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School, Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849, 7.
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1807, Litchfield Historical Society, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library.
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1807, Litchfield Historical Society, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library.
Secondary Sources:
Cothren, William. History Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1879. Woodbury, CT: Published by William Cothren, 1879.
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