BECK, Benjamin

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Name BECK, Benjamin Born 10 Jul 1814 Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States Gender Male Census 1850 Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Biography
BIOGRAPHY: Benjamin Beck, son of Jacob, was born in 1814 in Northampton county and removed with his father to Lycoming county. In early life he learned stone cutting, which be continued to follow after he took up farming, having purchased a farm in Montour county, about three miles east of Pottsgrove, Pa. He was thus engaged to the those of his life, dying in his prime, April 16, 1863, at the age of forty-nine years. He married Eliza Derter, of Northampton county, born in 1818, who died Dec. 22, 1882, and they are buried at Center Church, in Liberty township, Montour county. They were members of the Center Lutheran Church. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Beck: Matilda, who married William Gaskins, of Danville, Pa.; Catherine, who married William R. Miller; George A.; William H.; Ella, who married Charles Weinland; and John A.
Residence on a farm 3 miles east of Pottsgrove, PA _UID 0B7D6B414F28184B8E3FC361BB71EC1C33FC Died 16 Sep 1863 Buried Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Address:
Center Lutheran CemeteryPerson ID I2458 Milton Families Last Modified 14 Dec 2010
Father BECK, Jacob, b. 3 May 1790, d. 5 May 1871 (Age 81 years) Mother HAUSE, Susannah, b. 1782, d. 28 Feb 1846, White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 64 years)
Family ID F726 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DERTER, Elizabeth, b. 1818, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 22 Dec 1882, Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States
(Age 64 years)
Children + 1. BECK, William H., b. 4 Apr 1852, Liberty Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 16 Aug 1932, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
(Age 80 years)
+ 2. BECK, John Allen, b. 11 May 1858, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 23 Oct 1925, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
(Age 67 years)
Last Modified 11 Sep 2022 Family ID F719 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S14] Floyd's History of Northumberland County, PA 1911, Page 332.
- [S14] Floyd's History of Northumberland County, PA 1911, Page 332.