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Alexander D. Beck

Alexander D. Beck

Male 1831 - 1912  (80 years)

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  • Name Alexander D. Beck 
    Born 19 Jun 1831  Beck's Mill, Howard Township, Washington, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Mar 1912 
    Buried River View Cemetery, West Millgrove, Ohio U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2575  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2013 

    Father Andrew M. Beck,   b. 5 Jul 1795, Rowan County, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1875  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Susan Nowlin Devin,   b. 22 Sep 1796, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1832, Washington County, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 6 May 1821  Washington County, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Married by Elijah Wright, Sr. JPWC [Beck & Tittle
      Footprints; 19981001].

      !MARRIAGE:Truitt, Joyce Nell DC, Truitt, Joyce Nell DC,
      Descendant Chart

      !MARRIAGE:Washington County, IN Marriage Records,
      Washington County, IN Marriage Records, page 5
    Family ID F346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Francis Survance,   b. 13 Apr 1845, Kentucky U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1882, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1867  Martin County, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Sarah and Alexander, along with his three young children
      born to Catherine Horsey, placed their belongings into an
      ox-drawn wagon and made the long trip to what is now Wills
      Point, Texas.

      !MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
      Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
      dated 19981101; page 12
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Jane Mackey,   b. 30 Apr 1837, Beaver County, Pennsylvania U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1887  Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Within a year of their marriage in Wills Point, Texas, they
      moved to the Mackey Estate (her parent's property) in West
      Millgrove, Ohio [JNT family group sheets; 19981001].

      !MARRIAGE:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle
      Footprints, Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared
      19981001

      !MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
      Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
      dated 19981101; page 12
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F1062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Lucy F. Cole,   b. 2 Jun 1855, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1886, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1886  Van Zandt County, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • !MARRIAGE:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
      Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
      dated 19981101; page 12
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F1060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Alexander Devin Beck Marker
    Alexander Devin Beck Marker

  • Notes 
    • 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.

      !NAME:Truitt, Joyce Nell DC, Truitt, Joyce Nell DC,
      Descendant Chart, 14:48 hours

      !BIRTH:Truitt, Joyce Nell DC, Truitt, Joyce Nell DC,
      Descendant Chart

      !DEATH:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
      Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001

      !BURIAL:Beck & Tittle Footprints, Beck & Tittle Footprints,
      Joyce Nell Beck LaGrone Truitt, prepared 19981001