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Descendants of George(Major) Beck, Sr.

12. HANNAH⁵ BECK ((CAPT)JOHN JACOB⁴, GEORGE(MAJOR)³, DAVAULT (DAWALT/DABOLT)², UNKNOWN MR.¹) was born 1823 in Beck's Mill, Howard Twp., Washington Co., IN, and died Abt. 1910 in Pbly in Van Zandt Co., TX. She married (1) JESSE ELIAS ZINK 25 November 1841 in Washington Co., IN (Div. Henderson Co. Vol 1, p 196 May 1846), son of PETER ZINK and ELIZABETH WRIGHT. He was born Abt. 1820 in Washignton Co., IN, and died Unknown in Unknown. She married (2) ALLEN C. "ALCEY" FULLER 24 June 1850 in Kaufman Co., TX, son of NANCY J. FULLER. He was born 1820 in North Carolina (widower), and died 11 February 1852 in Bur. Union Grove Cem., Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX. She married (3) HENRY FULLER 12 June 1855 in Kaufman Co., TX, son of DEMPSEY FULLER and NANCY FULLER. He was born Abt. 1820 in NC or AL.

Notes for HANNAH BECK:
Sources:(1997) A descendant Dorothy (Ford) Cline "A History of One Branch of the Fogleman-Beck-Harper Descendants of Texas" ; LDS Marriage Records, Washington Co., IN.
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction of the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      Of all the Beck daughters, Hannah was probably the most liberal. She was one of the only Beck daughters who could sign her name and was probably the only one to divorce a husband (Henderson County records.) She is difficult to trace, as a matter of fact, it is not known what became of her after she left Van Zandt County in the early 1860's.
      She married Jesse Zink, in 1841 in Indiana when only seventeen years old. They cam to Texas and Jesse signed for land in Mercer's Colony with most of the other men of the Beck group on January 22, 1845, but it is not know whether Hannah ever lived with her husband on his land, for apparently they became estranged shortly after arriving in the Republic of Texas. Some researchers speculate that their marriage may have been unstable from the beginning, and that the pair may not have been living as husband and wife while on their way to Texas or even before they left Indiana. It is also speculated that they remained married "on paper" so Jesse could qualify for 320 acres of land through Mercer's. A divorce is recorded in Henderson County Civil Records, Vol. 1, p. 196, dated May 1846, for a J. E. Zink and Mrs. H. Zink, and it is believed that this was Jesse and Hannah, but because there were no first names listed on the court documents, it cannot be ascertained.
      In 1850, after her divorce from Jesse Zink, Hannah married Allen C. Fuller, a widower who was known as Alcey Fuller. He died in 1852 and Hannah was the Administrator of his estate. She was his sole heir and inherited his land in Van Zandt County, just west of what is now Wills Point. Listed as a Suretor to Hannah's bond for serving as the executor of her husband's estate, was Alcey's brother, Henry Fuller.
      In 1855 Hannah married Henry Fuller, who was called "Race Horse" Fuller, a nickname given to him because he bred and raced horses. Hannah and Henry also raised the children of Dempsey Fuller, Henry's brother who had died about the same time Alcey did. Dempsey J. Fuller, Jr., one of the children Henry and Hannah raised, married Hannah's niece, Sarah Ratts, daughter of Elizabeth Beck and Henry Ratts. They also lived in northern Van Zandt and southern Hunt Counties most of their lives.
      Hannah and Henry had a son, Wilson Fuller, in 1860. Not long after his birth they moved from the farm that belonged to Alcey and it is not known where they lived the remainder of their lives. Reportedly Henry and Alcey Fuller are buried at Union Grove Cemetery in Van Zandt County, in unmarked graves, and it is not known exactly where Hannah is buried and nothing more is know about their son.

The land belonging to Henry Ratts was north of Andrew Beck's in a place known as Combine and Needham Parrish's land was east of Kemp, in the southeastern part of the county, near Prairieville. Hannah Beck Zink Fuller inherited land that had belonged to her second husband, A. C. "Alcey" Fuller,at Tick Ridge, a place located between Elmo and Wills Point in Van Zandt County. Her ex-husband, Jesse Zink's land was in southern Henderson County and it is not known whether she ever lived on that piece of land.

Notes for JESSE ELIAS ZINK:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction of the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      Jesse's land was located in Henderson County, near Hannah's brother William Henry Beck's place, close to the Anderson County line, but there is no record of him on the 1850, 1860, 1870 or 1880 Censuses. It is not know what became of him and it will require further research in Henderson County to find out when, and if, his land was sold.
      In the Beck group who came from Indiana through Missouri into Texas, was Jesse's brother, Eli and his family. They remained in Kaufman County until the early 1900's, appearing on the above mentioned census records.
      He and his wife, Hannah, divorced. See her notes.

Source: Reuben B. Robertson (rbrobertson@worldnet.att.net) who was born in Salem, Indiana and married Madella A. Kuhn. Email correspondence January 25, 1999. He lives in Tampa area.

Notes for ALLEN C. "ALCEY" FULLER:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction of the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      Hannah married Allen C. Fuller, known as Alcey Fuller. He died in 1852 and Hannah was the Administrator of his estate. She was his sole heir an dinherited his land in Van Zandt County, just west of what is now Wills Point. Listed as a Suretor to Hannah's bond for serving as the executor of her husband's estate, was Alcey's brother, Henry Fuller.
      In 1855 Hannah married Henry Fuller.

Notes for HENRY FULLER:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction of the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      Henry Fuller and his brother Allen C. Fuller were some of the first people to live in Kaufman County. Their mother, Nancy, a widow, who is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, came to the area with sons Allen, Israel, Henry and Dempsey J. in February of 1844. Nancy Fuller's name is listed on the Wall of Honor at the Kaufman County Library, recognized by the Historical Commission as being with the first settlers of the county.
      Since the Fullers lived at Cedar Grove, this is on the line of Kaufman and Van Zandt County, so in 1870 they were listed in the latter census.

Source: 1860 Van Zandt County Census:
FULLER, HENRY, age 30, M. Farmer, born NC
Hannah Beck, age 35, F, born IN
Nancy J., age 18, F, born TX
Dempsey J., age 17, M, Farmer, born TX

Source: 1870 Van Zandt County Census:
FULLER, HENRY, age 42, M, born AL
Hannah Beck, age 47, F, born IN
William, age 10, M, born TX

Children of HANNAH BECK and HENRY FULLER are:

	i.		Nancy J.⁶ Fuller, b. 1842.
	ii.		William Wilson Fuller, b. 1860, Van Zandt Co., TX.

Notes for William Wilson Fuller:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:

13. MELVINA "VINNIE"⁵ BECK ((CAPT)JOHN JACOB⁴, GEORGE(MAJOR)³, DAVAULT (DAWALT/DABOLT)², UNKNOWN MR.¹) was born 1825 in Beck's Mill, Howard Twp., Washington Co., IN, and died 1861 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX. She married JAMES A. CLARIDA Abt. 1843. He was born Unknown in Unknown, and died 1861 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for MELVINA "VINNIE" BECK:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      Vinnie married James A. Clarida in Washington County, Indiana in 1843. There were two families named Clariday living in Washington County in the 1840's and they were from South Carolina. (1840 Washington Co., IN Census) James was enumerated as having been born in South Carolina on the 1860 Texas Census.
      Like his brother-in-law, Jim Gardner, James Clarida did not receive Mercer's Colony land. There is no doubt he qualified for land and it leaves researchers to wonder why he didn't apply for it. Possibly, James and Vinnie did not come to Texas with the main group, which would disqualify them from receiving Mercer's land under the Residency Rule. They did purchase land in Kaufman County, near the community of Black Jack.
      Their eldest son, William Henry, was born in Johnson County, Missouri, and it was probably because of James Clarida's kin, who lived in Lawrence County, Missouri, that they stopped there on their way to Texas. A child of the expedition, Jerusia Fogleman, was born there in 1844, and because of the length of time it took the group to get from there to the Texas border, it appears they may have spent a few months in Lawrence County with James' family.
      There is no other record of James and Vinnie until the birth of the second son, Felix Grundyk, in 1846, in Henderson County, Texas. It is hard to determine if the family was living in that portion of Henderson that became Kaufman County, or if they stayed in the southern portion near Vinnie's brother, William Henry, and also near Northern Anderson County area where her sister, Polly Fogleman and family was living at the time.
      Eventually James bought land on the Juan Gonzalez Survey, near the John Jacob Beck homestead, but his family did not live on the land for long. He and Vinnie both died within a few days of each other in 1861, from typhoid fever, leaving no wills and an estate in such a disorganized array that it took eleven years to settle it.

Subj:      Re: OUR BECK FAMILY
Date:      9/20/1999 10:54:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:      edcox@mesh.net (eddie cox)
To:      Texas1933@aol.com

Nell -Hi ,Get your message yesterday ,and ws unable to get back to you , my daughter has doing a term paper for history,she didn't get through till midnight ,she is a freshman here at the local high school.
The only Beck's I have areMelvina Beck and a Viola Mae Beck which married Jack Wright Cox b.Apr.21,1914 in May Tx.. I don't have anything on either one of them,do you thank that Viola is kin to your Beck? Jack Wright Cox is a second Cox line I'm somewhat working on ,Jack's dad married
a Bush ,which was my grandmother s maiden name. Where do your come in as for as to Melvina? I'm Sterling Turner Cox's gr,gr,gr nephew, I will sent you my upline back to Matthew Cox b.1709, I haven't got the Coxes back to the old country. I just looked at my Brother keeper and it will take 17 pagers if you want my to send them snail mail ,I've tried to make a gedcom before ,one time it worked and the next time I couldn't get it to do anything. Be looking for your reply Eddie

Notes for JAMES A. CLARIDA:
Source: 1850 Census, Kaufman Co., TX
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      After James Clarida died of typhoid fever in 1861, Andrew H. Henry, his brother-in-law took on the task of administering the estate. They had no wills. This was not an easy job, as he had lost his wife only the year before and had three children at home he was caring for. He also took Felix and the youngest boy, Thomas, into his house to live, and sent William Clarida, who was 17 when his parents died, to live with his wife's sister and her husband, the Sherwoods, who lived near Rockwall, in Heath, Texas.
      Teh Clarida estate was a large one. James had land and money, and when his estate's assets were totaled, his net worth was around $2,700.00, a substantial amount for 8161. The inventory of his estate is listed in Kaufman County Probate Minutes, Vol. I, p. 227. It is interesting to note that unlike other members of the Beck family who died intestate, the land of James Clarida did not have to be liquidated to settle any debts. With the exception of a few physician's bills, the estate was debt-free, and this had to be the reason why Andrew Henry was able to keep from selling the land and was able to hold on to it for the Clarida sons. He managed to pay the taxes every year until the boys were of age so they would have land for themeselves. The Clarida probateis Kaufman County Probate Citation #50A.
      Another interesting note about the estate is the Sale of Inventoried Goods which was held in September 1863. Most of James and Vinnie's farm implements and household goods were sold to neighbors. Some of the names on the list are Beck, Fleetwood, Parrish, Gardner, Knox, Cole and Brown - all people who were members of the Beck family or neighbors in College Mound. Also listed is Nelson Fender, the mortician and casket maker of the area, and Felix Grundy Clarida, who purchased a saddle and bridle from the estate, possibly as a keepsake of his father's.

Children of MELVINA BECK and JAMES CLARIDA are:

	i.	William Henry⁶ Clarida, b. Abt. 1844.
53.	ii.	Felix Grundy Clarida, b. 15 October 1846, Henderson Co., TX; d. 24 December 1878, Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX (Influenza).
54.	iii.	Thomas A. Clarida, b. 21 January 1856, Kaufman County, TX; d. 09 July 1922, Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX.

14. WILLIAM HENRY⁵ BECK ((CAPT)JOHN JACOB⁴, GEORGE(MAJOR)³, DAVAULT (DAWALT/DABOLT)², UNKNOWN MR.¹) was born 04 May 1826 in Washington Co., IN; then to Kaufman Co., TX; then to Montalba, Anderson Co., TX, and died 25 April 1909 in Henderson Co., TX; Bur. Holly Springs Cem., Henderson Co., TX. He married MARTHA ANN HARBOUGH 28 December 1851 in Anderson County, TX, daughter of SOLOMON HARBOUGH and EVA BALTUS. She was born 03 May 1835 in Harrison, Indiana, and died 31 January 1928 in Montalba; Buried Holly Springs Cem., Henderson Co., TX.

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY BECK:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      William, or "Henry" as he was called, was the first born son to John Jacob Beck and Annie. This seems to be a strange, almost incoherent, fact when considering that so little has been know about him for so long.
      The only record of Henry being in Kaufman County is on the 1850 Census while he was living in his father's household at College Mound. He was 24 years old at the time. It is not known when he went to live in Henderson County but he married there in 1851 to Martha Harbough, who was also from Indiana.
      There are records of Henry Beck purchasing land in 1852 and 1858 in Henderson County, near the Anderson County border, at a place called Science Hill. It is believed that he lived there most of the remainder of his life. Included in the above mentioned book is a letter dictated by Henry, addressed from Science Hill, in 1880. It is not believed this letter was written in his hand, nor actually signed by him. It was probably signed by his legal representative, or possibly a relative. In the letter he is explaining to the Probate Court of Kaufman County why his father's estate had not been settled by that time. He cites as reasons for not doing so, among them his being away in the Civil War and the fact that he evidently invested some of John Jacob Beck's cash into Confederate Bonds, which at that time, were worthless.
      However, also attached is anther letter, this one written in his hand and signed by him in 1884. It is addressed from Athens, Texas, and it shows signs of being written by an unsteady hand and a frustrated soul, as by that time, John Jacob Beck's estate had been in probate for 26 years.
COPY OF LETTER SIGNED BY WILLIAM H. BECK:
      Athens, Texas                              1884
      Mrs. Clarke Morrow, Esquire
            Sir, the reason why I have not taken any steps toward settling up the estate of J. J. Beck, Mr. H.P. Teague is my agent and is authorized to sell the land. I wrote to him when I wrote you before and I supposed he had given satisfaction. I want the land sold as soon as possible for I don't want any further trouble with the estate. Gentlemen please see Mr. Teague and if it is necessary that I show up I will do sow.
            Yours truly, W. H. Beck

      It is known that Henry raised cattle and horses as he had a brand and car marks registered in the Henderson County Brand Book, Vol. 1, dated 1852, and the occupation "Farmer" is enumerated with him on three censuses. He also listed his occupation as "Farmer" on his Confederate Pension Application in 1899.
      In 1862 Henry joined the Confederacy. He enlisted as a 2nd Sergeant in the 1s Texas Partisan Rangers, Company "N". He remained in the army until the surrender even though he had been wounded. It is not known when he was wounded, nor in what battle he sustained his wound, but evidently it was not serious enough to warrant him a discharge from service.
      Henry applied for, and received, his Confederate Pension #05481. After his death, Martha received a Widow's Pension, and it is from their pension records we learn that Henry died of old age and Martha died from complications of a broken hip. We also learn from those records that both of Henry's, Robert and Thomas were still alive in 1909, and that Thomas was still alive in 1928, when his mother died. Both sons lived at Mt. Alba, Anderson County, and evidently she was living with one of them when she died.
      Although he never lived there as an adult, after the war Henry did buy land in Kaufman County. He purchased 71 acres on the Juan Gonzalez Survey, not far from his father's homestead at College Mound, on the 13th of October 1863, as recorded in Kaufman County Land Deed records, Vol. J, p. 105. He probably bought the land because it adjoined his father's and the Clarida homestead, to keep outsiders from living between the family members.
      Henry and Martha's first known son was born in 1868, after Henry returned from the war. Like many other Confederate compatriots at that time, they named their boy child Robert E. Lee Beck, a namesake to the man all southern soldiers loved and admired.
      Another son, this one named Thomas Jefferson Beck, was born in 1870. Like his older brother, nothing is known of him either except they are both listed on the 1900 Anderson County, TX Census.
      A daughter, Wilie Ann, was born in 1877, but she died at the age of 18 in 1895. She is buried next to her father at Willow Springs Cemetery in Henderson County.
      It is possible that Henry and Martha had other children. The births of those children listed above is spread over a twenty-two year period and it was common in those days for couples to have larger families, of course it is also possible that if they did have other children, they died at young ages before they could be enumerated on any census records.
      After several petitions to request a final settlement and a close to John Jacob Beck's estate probation, in 1868, 1872, 1880, 1884, and 1892, Henry was finally able to settle the estate of his father in 1898 when the last parcel of land was sold. The estate was in probate for 40 years. To do so he was forced to sell all of his father's personal property and livestock, make good the monies he had invested into Confederate Bonds - about $3,000.00 worth in 1870, and sell off all of John Beck's land. Luckily, his brother, Andrew Jackson Beck and his uncle, Andrew Henry, bought the College Mound tract, so that the family legacy could remain in tact there.
      Martha was buried at Mt. Alba in Anderson County. She was not buried beside Henry and that may be because their daughter lies next to him in the only two spaces they had in the plot at Willow Springs Cemetery in Henderson County, Texas.
      William Henry Beck is listed on the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 Texas Census records of Henderson County. He died in 1909 at the age of 82 years. Ironically, after all the problems he encountered with his father dying intestate, Henry Beck did not have a Last Will and Testament when he died.
Source: Book prepared by Kathy Kelly Hunt:
      An affidavit dated November 16, 1899 states:
      This is to certify that I have examined W. H. Beck and find him very deaf and a subject of Chronic Rheumatism and incapacitated to do hard labor. Signed: C. R. Johnson, M.D.
      Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of July A.D. 1899
                  Signed: County Judge, W. F. Freeman, of Athens, Henderson Co., TX
Source: Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, Anderson Co. Geneal. Soc, p. 18:
      William Henry Beck born 4 May 1826 in Indiana, d. 25 April 1909 Anderson Co., TX; buried Holly Springs Cemetery, Henderson Co., TX. Descendents of Tennessee and Ohio.
      William H. Beck, occupation farmer, married Martha Ann Hurbough 28 Dec 1851 in Anderson County. She was born 3 May 1854 in Indiana, the daughter of Solomon Hurbough and Eva Baltus, early pioneers of Texas from Virginia. Martha Beck did 31 January 1928, Montalba, Anderson Co., TX and is buried in Holly Springs Cemetery, Henderson Co., TX.
      W. H. Beck resided 12 May 1899 near Bute, Henderson Co., TX. He enlisted in Co. N, 1st Texas Parisians and served 3 or 4 years. It is recorded that W. H. Beck and wife received confederate pension. They had five known children.



Subj:      Hello, cousin!
Date:      6/6/1999
To:      EMMCMM@FLASH.NET

Hello, Martha - Kathy Hunt in Kaufman TX has told me that she has "found" you and you are a part of our BECK descendancy. So I thought I would intorduce myself to you. I have been researching our families for about 5 years now and use Family Tree Maker as my software. My name is Joyce Nell Beck Truitt, b. 24 Feb 1933 in Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX to parents John Charles Beck and Alta Mae Tittle. John Charles was the son of John Jefferson Beck, b. 1853 in Martin Co., IN, son of Alexander D. Beck, b. 1831 in Washington Co., IN, son of Andrew M. Beck, b. 1795 who was the son of George Beck, Sr. b. 1762 in either PA or Rowan (now Davidson) Co., NC, son of Davault Beck, b. c1715 in Germany.
I have lived in Texas most of my life until 6 years ago when John and I moved here to Valrico, Florida just east of Tampa, for retirement. Three of my children and their families live in Denton Co., TX and one in Yardley, PA. My older brother, Dr. Robert J. "Bob" Beck and his wife live in Fort Worth. So, needless to say, I spend some times in Texas.
I would like to share family files with you if you want. Hoping to hear from you soon. Nell

Subj:      Re: How is your Dad?
Date:      8/18/1999 11:05:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:      emmcmm@flash.net (Ed and Martha Marshall)
Reply-to:      emmcmm@flash.net
To:      Texas1933@aol.com

Nell, Thanks for your prayers. Sylvester went to be with the Lord Thursday August 12, 1999 and service was held in Palestine, Texas Sunday. It was a beautifully service and many wonderful friends and family was there and lifted us up. Most had to travel from out or town for service and Chapel full according to my husband Ed. He went very peacefully but had suffered long time but God even took the pain away two weeks ago yet see to know up to the time of going home. Mother's doing fair and we are to see doctor today to see if can help her walk. The Lord also provided a miracle as my twin Mary was able to come after being in hospital and nursing homes for 10 months out of 1999-1998. She still has many problems but is using cane and wheelchair. She had been bed for so long. We still need prayers as sister and brother-in-law who cares for her and their problem children are really having trials. Brother-in-law is to have MRI tonight for possible L4L5 disk rupture and nerve problem and having to use Mary's walker and also caring for 2yr adopted grandson with many problems. The Lord never gives more than we can handle but he has sure made ours a heavy load. I hope in few weeks I can get back on family history but so much catching up to do. Cuz Martha Marshall

Subj:      Sylvester Is Dead
Date:      8/18/1999 5:06:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:      rjbeck@flash.net (Robert J Beck)
To:      texas1933@aol.com (John & Nell Truitt)

Thank you, by beloved sister, for forwarding that about Sylvester Clark. As I told you previously, I had been watching the Star-Telegram, and I don't believe an obituary was listed. I think I'll lie a little low on this, since Martha has not chosen to reply to my letter inviting them to our home on July 19, the evening you and John were here. But, I deeply appreciate your continuing touch with that family, Pluke, and I do hope to meet them one of these days.

Madison is with us again because Shelly is still in Colorado Springs with her Grandmother Miller and the rest of the family. Sarah loves to ride her bicycle to school, and that means that somebody must ride alongside the road until she gets accustomed to the flow of traffic. Madison and I did that yesterday, and then I stayed until midnight, when David got home. Reve rendezvoused with him this morning to get today's arrangement underway.

Charles is in Lake Charles, troubleshooting for Northrop this week.

That was keen to give the Shoals library your bound Beck-Horsey book. What if we had had access to that information sixteen years ago when our curiosity in that town first got fired up?

Subj:      Names
Date:      9/6/1999 6:57:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:      d.k.hunt@airmail.net (Kathey Kelley Hunt)
To:      texas1933@aol.com (Nell Beck Truitt)
Nell- these are from this site: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/cif/jrcounty.htm

Persons who received assistance during Civil War as Indigent families-
Kaufman | Beck, A J
Kaufman | Beck, Jacob
Kaufman | Beck, John
Kaufman | Beck, W H
Kaufman | Zink, E

Notes for MARTHA ANN HARBOUGH:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
      William Henry Beck married Martha Harbough in 1851 in Henderson County, TX. She was also from Indiana. Martha was illiterate as she signed her pension application papers with her mark: "X".
      Martha A. Beck lived with her son, Thomas Jefferson Beck in Anderson County, at Mt. Alba when she deceased and is buried there.

Family of the girl Martha Harbough - 1859 census:
Harbough, Solomon      56      M      Farmer      VA
Eva                  50      F      Wife      VA
Samuel                  20      M      Son      IA
Martha *                  16      F      Dau      IA
Sarah Jane            14      F      Dau      IA
William                  11      M      Son      IA
Louiza SHERWOOD**      30      F      Sis/Law      IA
Nancy**                  04      F      Niece      IA

      *Martha
      ** Interesting note that Louiza Sherwood and her daughter are in the household - remember that one of the Clarida sons went to live with a Sherwood family after his parents died and the Sherwoods of Kaufman & Rockwall Counties were related the the Becks and A. H. Henry's second wife Martha Mccreary was married to a Sherwood before marrying him. Also, on the 1860 and 1870 census, Martha Harbough listed her place of birth as IN, not IA, so it shows that mistakes were made on these things. (from Kathy Hunt)
Source: "Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900" Anderson Co., Genealogical Society, p. 194 - submitted by Martha Clark Marshall, a descendant, who lives in Fort Worth, Texas 1999 - emmcmm@flash.net

Subj:      Re: Our Beck heritage
Date:      6/23/1999 9:36:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:      emmcmm@flash.net (Ed and Martha Marshall)
Reply-to:      emmcmm@flash.net
To:      Texas1933@Aol.com

Joyce, My greatgrandparents where William Henry Beck and Martha Ann Hurbrough/Herbrough Beck of Tennessee Colony comm. of Anderson co. Tx. I can be reached at 3200 Clovermeadow Dr. Ft. Worth, Tx. 76123-3003 Ph: 817-370-1396 I would love to hear from you. At this time I'm very busy caring for both my parents who are in failing health and use of Hospice for my dad so have little time for research but few E-Mails. Martha Marshall

Children of WILLIAM BECK and MARTHA HARBOUGH are:

55.	i.		Harriet Amanda⁶ Beck, b. February 1855, Henderson Co., TX; lived near Athens, TX; d. 22 March 1910.
	ii.		Mary Beck, b. 29 February 1856, Henderson Co., TX; d. 22 March 1910, Bur. Tennessee Colony Comm. Cem., Anderson Co., TX; m. Mr. Anding.

Notes for Mary Beck:
Source: Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, Anderson Co. Geneal. Soc, p. 18

iii.

Robert E. Lee Beck, b. 26 August 1867, Pbly Henderson Co., TX; lived at Mt. Alba, Anderson Co., TX; d. 06 November 1925, Bur. Beck's Cemetery, Henderson Co., TX; m. Josephine ?? Beck.

Notes for Robert E. Lee Beck:
Source: Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, Anderson Co. Geneal. Soc, p. 18
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
Henry and Martha's first known son was born in 1868, after Henry returned from the war. Like many other Confederate compatriots at that time, they named their boy child Robert E. Lee Beck, a namesake to the man all southern soldiers loved and admired.
An Afficavit of Witnesses is filed as follows:

State of Texas
County of Henderson
Before me John S. Prinia, County Judge of Henderson County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeard T. J. & R. L. Beck, who are personally known to me to be credible citizens, who, beign by me duly sworn, on oath state that they personally know that Mrs. Martha A. Beck, applicant for a pension as the widow of W. H. Beck, deceased, is in truth and fact the widow of W. H. Beck, deceased; that they personally know that she has not remarried since the death of her husband, for whose service in the army she claims a pension, and that they have no interest in this claim.

Signature of Witness: T. J. Beck
Signature of Witness: R. L. Beck

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 23rd day of October, A.D. 1909.

John S. Prinia (?)
County Judge Henderson County, Texas

Notes for Josephine ?? Beck:
Source: Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900, Anderson Co. Geneal. Soc, p. 18

56.	iv.		Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Beck, b. 06 October 1870, Henderson Co., TX; lived at Mt. Alba, Anderson Co., TX; d. 24 March 1942, Bois d'Arc Comm, Anderson Co., TX; bur. Holly Springs Cem..
	v.		Willie Ann Beck, b. 11 December 1877, Henderson Co., TX; d. 20 August 1895, Bur. Willow Springs Cem., Henderson Co., TX(buried beside her father).

Notes for Willie Ann Beck:
Source: "John Jacob Beck" researched & compiled by Kathey Kelley Hunt, 2309 Elizabeth Street, Kaufman, TX 75142 - d.k.hunt@airmail.net. This book was prepared for the exclusive auction at the College Mound Methodist Church, November 1998:
A daughter, Willie Ann, was born in 1877, but she died at the age of 18 in 1895. She is buried next to her father at Willow Springs Cemetery in Henderson County.

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