John I. Beggs was born on 17 September 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Sue Elizabeth Charles. He died on 17 October 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Keep your brain active if you want to enjoy life at my age. Never have I let myself stand still for a day. Keep going - think, study. Because one has made enough money to sit by and look on if he so wishes is no reason to do so. There is no prescription for a long life that has retirement contained in it. I work 12 hours a day. I couldn't get into a labor union because anyone who works as I do would demoralize it. (to a reporter at age 76)
