Alfred Beckley

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Alfred Beckley was a 19th-century American military officer, politician, and landowner best known for establishing the city that became Beckley, West Virginia.

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instanceOf American military officer
human
landowner
politician
birthDate 1802-05-26
birthPlace Washington, District of Columbia, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1888-05-26
deathPlace Beckley, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt United States Military Academy
familyName Beckley NERFINISHED
founderOf Beckley, West Virginia NERFINISHED
genre diarist
givenName Alfred
hasPart personal diaries and papers
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank officer
namedAs founder of Beckley, West Virginia
notableFor founding the settlement that became Beckley, West Virginia
notableWork development of lands in present-day Raleigh County, West Virginia
occupation landowner
military officer
politician
parent John James Beckley NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Beckley, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld brigadier general of Virginia militia
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
residence Beckley, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
Raleigh County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States NERFINISHED

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Beckley, West Virginia foundedBy Alfred Beckley