Father of artist Cecilia Beaux. French silk manufacturer Jean Adolphe Beaux emigrated to Philadelphia in 1848 to organize an American branch of his family business J. P. Beaux & Co. He soon met and fell in love with teacher Cecilia Kent Leavitt, and they married in New York on April 3, 1850. Their first daughter, Alice Zepherine, was born in February 1851 but died just eleven months later. Their two surviving children were Aimee Ernesta and Cecilia Beaux, later a famous artist. Shortly after moving to Philadelphia, Jean Adolphe's wife died due to complications from the pregnancy and he was broken over it. He left his daughters with their grandmother and returned to his family in France. He returned for a time and got to know the girls, but business troubles caused him to return to France for another 12 years. He used to draw pictures for his daughters which indicated an artistic talent which was never developed, but did show in the next generation through his daughter Cecilia. Adolphe Beaux was a pious man, actively participating, during the years that he lived in Philadelphia, in the Huguenot French Collegiate Church in America.
Father of artist Cecilia Beaux. French silk manufacturer Jean Adolphe Beaux emigrated to Philadelphia in 1848 to organize an American branch of his family business J. P. Beaux & Co. He soon met and fell in love with teacher Cecilia Kent Leavitt, and they married in New York on April 3, 1850. Their first daughter, Alice Zepherine, was born in February 1851 but died just eleven months later. Their two surviving children were Aimee Ernesta and Cecilia Beaux, later a famous artist. Shortly after moving to Philadelphia, Jean Adolphe's wife died due to complications from the pregnancy and he was broken over it. He left his daughters with their grandmother and returned to his family in France. He returned for a time and got to know the girls, but business troubles caused him to return to France for another 12 years. He used to draw pictures for his daughters which indicated an artistic talent which was never developed, but did show in the next generation through his daughter Cecilia. Adolphe Beaux was a pious man, actively participating, during the years that he lived in Philadelphia, in the Huguenot French Collegiate Church in America.
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