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HON. RICHARD BEASTON, formerly burgess of Tyrone, Pa., and a leading business
man of this borough, has been identified with the paper manufacturing industry
for the past twenty-six years. He was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., and is a son of
Richard and Mary (Somers) Beaston.
     Richard Beaston was small when his parents moved to Camden, N. J., where
he attended both the public schools and private institutions until he entered
the office of the American Dredging Company, of Philadelphia, one of the
largest concerns of its kind in the country. He had one year of office
training and then came to this section of Pennsylvania and engaged with a
large lumber firm which operated in Center and Clearfield Counties. He was
connected with this concern from 1872 until 1884, and had charge of the
purchasing and sales department and acquired a thorough knowledge of every
detail. In 1884, he accepted a responsible position with the firm of
Morrison, Bare & Cass, paper manufacturers and has been with this house
continuously for twenty-six years, during which time the firm style has
changed several times. It has been Morrison & Cass, later the Morrison & Cass
Paper Company and more recently the title of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company, has been adopted. Its offices are at Tyrone and it operates mills in
both Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Mr. Beaston is in charge of the timber
and wood department for several of the various plants. He is a thorough-going
business man and has been active in all matters tending to the development of
Tyrone. He is a member of the Merchants' Association and has served several
terms as a member of the town council and has been president of that body. In
1886, he was elected assistant burgess and filled out an unexpired part of
that term and later was elected burgess and served two terms in this highest
municipal office. He has also been president of the Tyrone Board of Trade. In
politics he is a Republican.
     Mr. Beaston married Miss Flora May Walson, who was born at St. Albans,
Vt. They are members of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church at Tyrone, of
which he is treasurer and also a member of the vestry. He is one of Tyrone's
high minded, representative and responsible citizens.