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Descendants of George(Major) Beck, Sr.

31. JOHN J.⁵ BECK (ANDREW M.⁴, GEORGE(MAJOR)³, DAVAULT (DAWALT/DABOLT)², UNKNOWN MR.¹) was born 05 December 1832 in Beck's Mill, Howard Twp., Washington Co., IN, and died 02 June 1906 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX. He married ELIZABETH SIMPSON 08 November 1860 in Kaufman Co., TX, daughter of JOHN SIMPSON and ELIZABETH SIMPSON. She was born 08 September 1838 in Tennessee, and died 04 December 1891 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for JOHN J. BECK:
Source: 1860 Census Kaufman Co., TX; Marriage Records Washington Co., IN; Cemetery records College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX.
Source: Family files on Devin family from Richard Garwood, Haubstadt, Indiana.

John J. Beck was born December 5, 1832 to Andrew M. Beck and Susan "Sueky" Nowlin Devin Beck. His mother died in his childbirth. They lived in Howard Township, Washington County, Indiana. John J. went with his father and step- mother, Rebecca Barker Beck to College Mound, Kaufman County, Texas in 1854. They raised their younger children there and are both buried at College Mound Cemetery.

John J. Beck was a veteran of the CSA, Co. E., 20th Texas Cavalry (as shown in burial records). His brother, Alexander D. Beck was a veteran of the GAR, Co. A. 31st Indiana Infantry.

Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a granddaughter, Leotis Beck Lane, stating her father was Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. Copies from the John J. Beck/Andrew M. Beck family Bible are in the College Mound Methodist Church archives. See notes on her page.

Source: 1870, 1880, 1900 Kaufman County Census

Notes for ELIZABETH SIMPSON:
Source: 1860 Census Kaufman Co., TX; Marriage Records (same county); College Mound Cemetery Records, same county.
      John SIMPSON      52 m TN Farmer 300/2085
      Elizabeth 50 f TN
      Elizabeth 22 f TN (became wife of John J. Beck)
      John 19 m TN
      Rebecca 17 f TN
      Wm 15 m TN
      Jas 11 m TN
      Vinson 8 m TN
      Matilda 5 f TN
      Mary 3 f TX


Children of JOHN BECK and ELIZABETH SIMPSON are:

Susan E.⁶ Beck, b. 14 July 1861, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX; d. Unknown, Unknown.

Notes for Susan E. Beck:
Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a family member, Leotis Beck Lane, daughter of Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. See notes on her page. Written April 27, 1926.
Source: 1870 Kaufman Co. Census
Source: 4/21/1997 Letter with family pages from Richard C. Garwood, 7000 Nisbet Road, Haubstadt, IN 47639, a Devin descendant

ii.

Nancy D. Beck, b. October 1862, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX; d. 16 January 1867, Died as child; Bur. College Mound Cem, Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for Nancy D. Beck:
Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a family member, Leotis Beck Lane, daughter of Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. See notes on her page. Written April 27, 1926.
Source: 1870 Kaufman Co. Census
Source: 4/21/1997 Letter with family pages from Richard C. Garwood, 7000 Nisbet Road, Haubstadt, IN 47639, a Devin descendant

iii.

John A. Beck, b. 04 February 1866, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX; d. 07 April 1899, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for John A. Beck:
Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a family member, Leotis Beck Lane, daughter of Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. See notes on her page. Written April 27, 1926.
Source: 1870 Kaufman Co. Census
Source: 4/21/1997 Letter with family pages from Richard C. Garwood, 7000 Nisbet Road, Haubstadt, IN 47639, a Devin descendant

iv.

Mary Matilda Beck, b. 04 March 1870, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX; d. 11 January 1945, Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX; m. Mr. Smith, Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for Mary Matilda Beck:
Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a family member, Leotis Beck Lane, daughter of Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. See notes on her page. Written April 27, 1926.
Source: 1870 Kaufman Co. Census
Source: 4/21/1997 Letter with family pages from Richard C. Garwood, 7000 Nisbet Road, Haubstadt, IN 47639, a Devin descendant

William Henry Beck, b. 25 July 1873, College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX; d. 08 September 1875, Died as child; Bur.College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for William Henry Beck:
Source: "Some Beck History as Aunt Ellen Told it to Me" and with a footnote by a family member, Leotis Beck Lane, daughter of Robert Devin "Bob" Beck. See notes on her page. Written April 27, 1926.
Source: 1880 Kaufman Co. Census

85.

vi.

Robert Devin "Bob" Beck, b. 11 August 1877, Kaufman Co., TX; d. Unknown, Pbly Kaufman Co., TX.

32. PARTHENA A.⁵ BECK (ANDREW M.⁴, GEORGE(MAJOR)³, DAVAULT (DAWALT/DABOLT)², UNKNOWN MR.¹) was born 08 May 1836 in Beck's Mill, Howard Twp., Washington Co., IN, and died 13 July 1888 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX. She married ANDREW JACKSON "JACK" BECK 14 February 1856 in Kaufman Co., TX, son of (CAPT)JOHN BECK and ANNA ROGERS. He was born 15 May 1831 in Beck's Mill, Howard Twp., Washington Co., IN, and died 07 April 1890 in Bur. College Mound Cem., Kaufman Co., TX.

Notes for PARTHENA A. BECK:
Source: 1850 Jackson Twp., Washington Co., IN Census
Source: Marriage from a descendant, Billy Beck Oakley records from the Family Bible - 1998. He resides in Arthur City, TX.

Parthena Beck was born to Andrew M. Beck and Rebecca Barker. They moved from Washington Co., IN to College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX in 1854 where acres of land could be had in the new Texas for a little money.

Her parents had sold property near Beck's Mill, south of Salem, IN where they had inherited it from Andrew's father, George Beck, Sr. This family was the earliest settlers in that Indiana Territory, arriving in late 1807. The family built the first gristmill, called Beck's Mill, where families for 40 miles around came to have their corn ground. Please review my compilation of writings of the George Beck family in my book. Histories of Washington Co., IN are rich with stories, also. The sons of the family, John J., George, Jr. and Andrew M. were renowned hunters of wild game.

Parthena was the oldest daughter of Andrew M. and Rebecca Barker Beck. He had other children by his first wife, Susan Nowlin Devin Beck. She died in childbirth on 5 December 1832 and was buried in Washington Co., IN.

Many ancestors are buried in Beck's Cemetery, high on the hill, at Beck's Mill, Washington Co., IN.

Parents, uncles and aunts and cousins of Parthena and Andrew Jackson Beck are buried at College Mound Cemetery, Kaufman Co., TX, just east of Terrell, TX off I-20.

Source: A descendant, Helen Frances Wall Rankin Templin, 2500 Woodlawn, Ennis, TX 972-875-6155 (1998)

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:
      See notes under Andrew Jackson Beck, her husband. Parthena died in 1888.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON "JACK" BECK:
Source: 1850, 1860 Kaufman Co., TX Census; He was a Master Carpenter by trade, as recorded in the census. Also Billy Beck Oakley, Port Arthur, Texas records from the Family Bible - 1998.

In Kaufman County, Texas records, an A.J. Beck served in the Civil War on Sept 11, 1861 at Rockett Springs in Ellis County. Parson's Texas Calvary Brigade was organized and consisted of 12th Regiment, W.H. Parson, Col.; the 19th Regiment, N.M. Burford, Col.; 21st Regiment, G.W. Carter, Col.

Source: Helen Frances Wall Rankin Templin, 2500 Woodlawn, Ennis, TX 972-875-6155 (1998)

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:
      Andrew J. Beck married his first cousin, Parthena A. Beck, daughter of his father's brother, Andrew M. Beck. She was also born in Washington County, Indiana, and they were married at College Mound in Kaufman County, Texas. Ten months later, in December 1856, their first child, a son, John Henry Beck, was born.
      John Henry Beck married Lula Florida Swindall, who was also born in Kaufman County, and they had eleven children. They lived in Knox County, Texas.
      Andrew and Parthena's second child, also a son, Edward Jackson Beck, was born in 1859 and he became a medical doctor. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harbison (Harbeson) in 1884. They had five children and in the 1890's moved to Wellington, Texas in Collinsworth County, summoned there by an old friend, James Edward Peters, who was the great, great uncle of the preparer of this document. It seems that James Peters moved his family to Wellington but at the time there was a scarcity of doctors in the Texas panhandle and when he learned Edward was looking for a new location to start a practice, he notified Edward of the town's needs and merits. After Edward and Lizzie went to live with one of her children in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
      The third child of Andrew, Andrew Jacob Beck, died when only seven years of age and there is another known infant who died in 1868, nine years later, leaving speculation that there may have been other children born to Andrew and Parthena that nothing is known about. There are several unnamed infants buried at College Mound Cemetery within the Beck plots, that could have been theirs. Another child, Mary, was born to them in 1870 and she died at age six, and another son, Samuel, was born in 1874. Nothing is known of him.
      Andrew and Parthena adopted a girl named Anna Rebecca, who was born in 1880. She married and lived in the Kaufman area the rest of her life. She had a daughter named Eunice.
      Andrew served in the Confederacy, in the 12th Texas Cavalry, Company G, with many of his family members. He enlisted in Jun 1861 at Oak Grove and was discharged in 1865. He saw battle at many locations in Louisiana and was with two of his cousins, Edward and Perry Gardner, when they died in battle.
      Parthena died in 1888 and in January of 1890 Andrew married Sarah Stephenson, a widow. Their married life together was brief, as Andrew died the first week of April that same year. Sarah died in 1900 and was buried near Andrew at College mound Cemetery.
      Andrew received Mercer's Colony land in Henderson and Kaufman Counties, signing his certificates in January 1845 and December 1850. He also acquired several hundred more acres of land around the College Mound area during his lifetime. He owned the bulk of the land which was known as his father's College Mound Tract, which is the land he lived on. He did not live long enough to see the final settlement of his father's estate.
      He was a farmer and raised livestock. He attended College Mound Methodist Church.

1860 Kaufman County Census:
BECK, A.J., age 28, M, Farmer, 330/1811, born IN - 1832
Parthenea A., age 24, F, born IN - 1836
John P. A., age 3, M., born TX - 1857
Andrew J., age 1, M, born TX - 1859

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


Children are listed above under (15) Andrew Jackson "Jack" Beck.

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