Born in New Rochelle, N. Y., April 23, 1845, the son of Alfred Beers and Mary (Bishop) Beers. The Beers family from whom he is descended came to Massachusetts in 1636, and were prominent in all of the Colonial wars. Upon his mother's side he is a descendant of Rev. John Bishop,the second minister of Stamford. He was educated at the select school of W. W. Selleck at Bridgeport.

At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers, and rose to the rank of captain. After the close of the war he pursued his law studies with Hon. B. B. Lockwood, and was admitted to the bar at Bridgeport in 1871. From 1873 to 1875 he was clerk of the City Court of Bridgeport; the year following assistant city attorney, and from 1877 to 1893, judge of the City Court.

He has been engaged in many of the important law cases which have arisen in Bridgeport and vicinity. He was commander of the Connecticut Department G. A. R. in 1881, and since 1886 has been a member of the Soldiers' Hospital Board of Connecticut. He was elected president of the Bridgeport Bar Association in 1891, and for several years was president of the Bridgeport Republican Club. He has delivered many Memorial Day addresses, political speeches, and orations upon the subjects of the civil war. He married, February 29, 1872, Gallic T. House, daughter of William House and Eliza (Turner) House, of Vineland, N. J.

Albert B Beers