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Beggs & Smith
Beggs & Smith
Cincinnati Art Museum

Beggs & Smith

American, 1848 - Jan 01, 1861
Place BornCincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America
Place DiedCincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America
BiographyJoseph P. Beggs (1808–1884) was born in Pennsylvania and apprenticed as a jeweler. His career began in Pittsburgh, but by 1836 he was in Cincinnati working as a watchmaker. Beggs’s employer, Wilson McGrew (1800–1859), announced in 1841 that he was leaving
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