Curtis Solon Beck

Curtis married Alma Lorine Mott on 12 Jan 1931 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Alma was born on 07 Sep 1907 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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[From Beck & Tittle Footprints; 19981001]

John (J.J.) Beck was the only son born to his parents (as his father stated in a biographical sketch in 1898 in Wook county, Ohio). When J.J. was 16, his father and step-mother, Sarah Francis Survance Beck, place their belongings in the ox-drawn wagon and moved to Van Zandt County, Texas, where many of the Deck family members had relocated in previous years from the Howard Township, Washington County, Indiana area. John's grandfather, along with most of his children, had moved to the College Mound, Kaufman County, Texas area in 1854 and were early settlers.

As a young adult, John J. Beck became the guardian of Annie Elizabeth Faulkner, her younger sister, and her brother James W. Faulkner as recorded in court documents. He then married Annie Elizabeth when she was 17 years old and he was 24.

J.J. was a successful landowner and farmer, a supporter of education, and a respected citizen of the community. His obituary printed in the Wills Point Chronicle read, in part: "J. J. Beck passed away at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, March 25, 1950 at Baker clinic. He was kind and attentive to his family. A beacon light for each child was his wise counsel from day to day. He loved and cherished the friendship of others. Mr. Beck had professed faith in the Lord in 1928. Many beautiful flowers attested to this esteem in which he was held. Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. James Riley, assisted by Rev. Monzon Fletcher, pastor of the Methodist Church, and Rev. Bob Beck, a grandson of Wichita Falls, Texas. Survivors include seven children, Henry and Curtis Beck and Mrs. Leona Ellis of Wills Point, Cordell Beck of Greenville, Mrs. Grace Plyler of Corpus Christi and Mr.s Ruby Wallis of Dallas."

John Jefferson Beck was lovingly called "Grandpa Beck" by his grandchildren.

Sources:
Beck Family Bible in the possession of Dr. Robert J. Beck
Census Records - 1880, 1900; Van Zandt County, Texas
Census Records -1850, 1860; Martin County, Indiana
Land Deeds - Van Zandt County, Texas
Marriage Record - Van Zandt County, Texas
Remembrances of Grandchildren; 1930-1998 (present)
Research by Nell Truitt; 1994-1998 (granddaughter of J.J. Beck).

John married Annie Elizabeth Faulkner on 20 Feb 1887 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. Annie (daughter of James John Randall Faulkner and Anna Gardner) was born on 28 May 1870 in Milton, Northampton, England; died on 22 Mar 1946 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.; was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Married in the home of Mrs. Chas. Peery.

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Obituary for Alexander D. Beck from the 07.March.1912 issue of "The Unique Weekly" of Risingsun, Ohio.
"Alexander D. Beck was born June 19, 1831, and departed this life March 2, 1912, aged 80 years, 8 months and 11 days. He was married four times. He leaved one son, J.H. Beck of Wills Point, Texas, a number of grandchildren and a widow, Mary J. Beck.

He was a member of Company B, 31st Indiana Infantry, and was a member of W.C. County Post, 476 G.A.R. of West Millgrove, Ohio.

He joined church at about the age of 20 years, and while not having a church near at hand he did not have any opportunity to attend church much, but during his last illness he spoke often of his church and desired if possible to have a minister of the Church of Christ or the Disciple Church.

The funeral was held Tuesday morning at West Millgrove, conducted by Rev. Smith of Prairie Depot. Interment made in West Millgrove Cemetery."

[From "Beck & Tittle Footprints" by Nell Truitt prepared 01.October.1998]:
Alexander D. Beck's birth is recorded in the Beck family Bible which is the possession of Dr. Robert J. Beck in 1998. "Elick" as he was lovingly called in his youth, was the first son born to his parents and he shared the name of his maternal grandfather, Alexander, a Scotch-Irish Baptist. Therefore, we assume the middle initial "D" was for Devin.

A.D. Beck, listed in the 1880 Texas Census, named North Carolina as his father's birthplace, and indicated his mother's birthplace was unknown. Alexander was eighteen month old when his mother, Susan, died giving birth to his younger brother, John J. Beck. Alexander never really knew his mother. His father married Rebecca Barker two years after his mother died. She raised the young boys and their sisters and gave birth to five more children by Andrew.

Evidently, Alexander grew up in the vicinity of Beck's Mill, a small settlement in Howard Township, southern Washington County, south of Salem Indiana, where his grandfather, George Beck, Sr. had brought his family from North Carolina in 1807. Alexander's father was 13 years old in 1808 when the family made their home in the vicinity of Organ Spring along Mill Creek and built a fifteen foot square log-structure, grist mill.

Growing up on Beck's Hill, Andrew M. may have seen many exciting times, as Indians came to the settlement and professed great freindship for their "white brother." They were given food and meal, and in the night, they would take the horses. Young Alexander D. Beck learned to read and write at the small school, built in 1811 at Beck's Hill, and helped his father at the mill and on their farm in many ways.

Alexander Beck is listed wtih his family in the 1850 Census Index, page 101 of Washington County, Indiana at age 19 and is listed in the 1860 census in Martin County, Indiana. As a young man 21, in 1854, he went to Kaufman County, Texas, with his father and step-mother when they left Indiana and located there. However, he was in Lawrence County, Indiana the following year where he married Mrs. Catherin Horsey Greenwood. She gave birth to his four children.

Alexander D. Beck served in the Civil War. On the 26th day of September, 1864, he was drafted and enrolled at Columbus, Indiana as a Private in Co. B - 31st Regiment of the Indiana infantry. He served for a few months at Lick Creek, Tennessee. He began suffering from Chronic Diarrhea and Rheumatish there, spent time in the hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee and Jeffersonville, Indiana and was released. All the remainder of his life he had some problems with this diarrhea, as evidenced in his Pension Paper filed in 1891-1898.

After his wife, Catherine, died, Alexander married Sarah Francis Survance, who raised his three remaining children. The family placed their belongings into an ox-drawn wagon and made the long trip to what is now Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. After Sarah's death, A.D. Beck married Mrs. Lucy F. (Cole) Palmer, age 34. She died ten months after they were married. Alexander then wed Mrs. Mary Jane (Mackey) Russell in Wills Point, Texas. Within a year, they left and moved to the Mackey Estate (her parent's property) in West Millgrove, Ohio.

Alexander's burial place is in River View Cemetery, Wood County, Ohio. A large and stately gravestone marks this serene place. On Memorial Day each year, a silver star with the inscription GAR 1861-1865 is placed beside hsi stone, indicating his service in the Civil War - Grand Army of the Republic.

Sources:
Family Bible records of Alexander D. Beck and John Jefferson Beck (his son)
Beck Family Bible in possession of Dr. Robert J. Beck (1988)
1850 Census Records - Washington County, Indiana.
1860 Census Records - Martin County, Indiana.
1880 Census Records - Van Zandt County, Texas.
1890 Census Records - Wood County, Ohio.
1900 Census Records - Wood County, Ohio.
Marriage Records - Lawrence County, Indiana.
Marriage Records - Martin County, Indiana.
Marriage Records - Van Zandt County, Texas.
Pension Records for Alexander D. Beck; National Archives; Civil War Veteran - G.A.R.; Private; Co. B - 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
"Historical and Biographical Records, Wood County, Ohio - 1898"
Research by Nell Truitt; 1998.

Alexander married Catherine Horsey on 18 Aug 1856 in Lawrence County, Indiana U.S.A.. Catherine (daughter of Lemuel Horsey and Rachael) was born on 06 Dec 1827 in Indiana U.S.A.; died on 01 Dec 1866; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Marin, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Catherine died at age 37 and is buried near the top of the hill on the right in Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Indiana [JNT family group sheets; 19981001].

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Married by R.M. Parks, Minister.

James married Anna Gardner. Anna was buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Of Milton England [Beck & Tittle Footprints; 19981001; John Charles biography].

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The Devin Family, page 39 states that the unnamed husband of Susan Devin was the son of Philip Beck; who had married her sister, Elizabeth Devin. KLV thinks that the husband of Susan Devin is the son of Philip Beck by a prior marriage. JNT in an email dated 04.October.1998, says father of Susan Devin's husband is George Beck; a cousin of Philip Beck.

He was from Salem, IN. (Washington Co.)

Rowan County, North Carolina became Davidson County, North Carolina. Andrew Beck moved with his parents to Washington County, Indiana Territory in 1808. [Beck & Tittle Footprints; 19981001]

When Susan died, Andrew had the responsibility of a new born baby, a son, Alexander, eighteen months old, and four young daughters. He must have had help from other family members where they lived at Beck's Mill. Andrew M. Beck remarried two years after Susan died to Rebecca Barker. [JNT email 04.October.1998]. They moved to near Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas in 1854.

Andrew married Susan Nowlin Devin on 06 May 1821 in Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. Susan (daughter of Rev. Alexander Devin and Susannah Nowlin) was born on 22 Sep 1796 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 05 Dec 1832 in Washington County, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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DOB & POB from Ancestral File

In Washington Co IN there is a marriage record for Sucky Diven & Andrew Beck,
6 May 1821. Could they be this couple?

Middle name from JNT email 04.October.1998.

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Married by Elijah Wright, Sr. JPWC [Beck & Tittle Footprints; 19981001].

Lemuel married Rachael. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Elizabeth Randall. [Group Sheet]

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Of Bedford, Marston Moretayne, England [Beck & Tittle Footprints; John Charles Beck biography prepared 19981001].