Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821-1894)

Erastus Flavel Beadle (September 9, 1821 – December 18; 1894) was a pioneer in publishing pulp fiction September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Pulp magazines, often called simply the pulps, were inexpensive text fiction magazines widely published in the 1920s through the 1950s. ...

He was born in Oswego County, New York in 1821. He had a sibling: Irwin Pedro Beadle (1826-1882). They were the grandsons of Benjamin Beadle, a Revolutionary War soldier. After a temporary move to Michigan, the Beadle family returned to New York, and lived in Chautauqua County, New York. Erastus worked for a miller named Hayes, where he began his printing career when cuttting wooden letters to label bags of grain. In 1838, he was apprenticed to H & E Phinny, a publishing firm in Cooperstown, New York. There he learned typesetting, stereotyping, binding, and engraving. He married Mary Ann Pennington in 1846, and in 1847 the couple moved to Buffalo, New York where Erastus worked as a stereotyper. In 1849 Irwin went to Buffalo too, and found a job as a bookbinder. The next year, the brothers set up their own stereotype foundry. Irwin left the company in 1856. Oswego County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York and is the County Seat. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown Area  - City 52. ...

Erastus retired to Cooperstown, New York in 1889, where he died on December 18, 1894. Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York and is the County Seat. ...

Archive

His papers are archived at the University of Delaware The University of Delaware (UD or UDel) is the largest university in the U.S. state of Delaware. ...

External link

• University of Delaware archive
• Northern Illinois University Libraries' Beadle and Adams project

References

• New York Times; February 29, 1884, Wednesday; A singular case of domestic misery was brought up for settlement in Judge Massey's court, Brooklyn, yesterday. The wife of Irwin F. Beadle, a son of Erastus Beadle, the dime novel publisher, sues him for abandonment. The couple were married about nine years ago, and ...
• New York Times; December 20, 1894, Wednesday; Erastus Flavius Beadle. Erastus Flavius Beadle, the senior member of the publishing house of Beadle Adams, died at his home in Cooperstown, New York, Tuesday night. Mr. Beadle was born in Otsego County in 1821.