BECK, Benjamin

1814 - 1863  (49 years)

• 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 Cemetery
  Person 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Floyd's History of Northumberland County, PA 1911, Page 332.