{"id":9334,"date":"2015-01-08T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:19:45","slug":"gershom-beach-dead-at-77-the-forgotten-paul-revere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/gershom-beach-dead-at-77-the-forgotten-paul-revere.html","title":{"rendered":"Gershom Beach Dead at 77 \u2013 the Forgotten Paul Revere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gershom Beach, a blacksmith in Rutland, Vermont, was 77 when he passed away on 2 September 1805, according to his obituary.<\/p>\n

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Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, Vermont), 5 February 1806, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born 24 September 1728 in Cheshire, Connecticut, Gershom Beach was credited as being one of the original settlers of Rutland, Vermont.<\/p>\n

Beach is most noted for his Paul Revere-style message delivery for Colonel Ethan Allen<\/a> at the battle for Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War, described in an article published by the Rockford Republic<\/em> (Rockford, Illinois), 14 March 1930, page 6.<\/p>\n

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Beach rallied the famous Green Mountain Boys by covering 60 miles of country in one day, carrying Colonel Ethan Allen\u2019s message. According to the article: \u201cHe walked and ran 60 miles in 24 hours.\u201d He went from town to town calling on the men in each town to join Col. Allen to take Fort Ticonderoga: \u201cEven when he reached Hands Point, the rendezvous, ahead of the men he had summoned, he slept only a few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

His life proved one man can<\/em> make a difference. Beach\u2019s heroic ride was detailed in a 1939 poem \u201cVermont\u2019s Paul Revere\u201d that describes this major turning point in the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

The poem begins this way:<\/p>\n

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Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 29 June 1939, page 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And ends like this:<\/p>\n

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Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 29 June 1939, page 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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