25TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY
ENLISTED 28 FEBRUARY 1864
Titus back was born in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio, March 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Ashland County, Ohio, where he studied the elementary branches of an English education in the district schools. He enlisted in the union Army at Ashland during the Civil War, joining on February 28, 1864, the Western Army with which he stayed for 22 months, most of that time connected with the Artillery Corps at Fort Steel, Arkansas. In 1865 he returned to Ashland County, and on March 5, 1868 was married to miss Laura E. Campbell, a daughter of James and Isabelle Robertson Campbell. They moved to Wood County, where he at once settled on 80 acres of land now owns, adjoining the Corporation of Bowling Green. The property contains three oil wells, which he has least, and he is occupied in general farming. Mrs. Laura E. Campbell back was born in Ashland County, Ohio, July 8, 1847. They became the parents of 13 children, namely: Allen Sanford(30 January 1869), Myrtle Edith (13 October 1870), Alice Gertrude (27 June 1872)was accidentally burned to death November 19, 1876; George Campbell(18 March 1874) married Miss Maud Case, of Toledo, June 15, 1896, a niece of President Garfield; Martha "Mattie" Mae(13 December 1875), wife of Gilbert Harris; Ida Lovella(19 February 1878), John Leroy(17 November 1879), Earl Jay(23 November 1881), Walter B.(19 May 1884), Verna V.(20 June 1886), Benson Foraker(19 December 1887), Orla Claud (6 August 1892),and Hazel Isabella(27 January 1894).
George Beck, father of our subject, was born in New Brunswick, on the St. Johns River, February 23, 1815. He came to the eastern part of Ohio when 16 years old, and settled in Harrison County with his mother and family, where he lived until 1848, when he went to the northern part of Ashland County, and there died March 20, 1890. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a member of the United Brethren Church. In politics he was a Democrat until the beginning of the slave agitation, when he became an anti-slave agitator. His wife was a miss Delila Miller, who was born and reared in Harrison County, Ohio, and died in Troy, Ashland County, Ohio, at the age of 70 years. To this couple were born the following children: Martha, born October 2, 1840, is now the wife of John Porter, of Lorain County, Ohio; William, born June 20, 1842, died in 1864,at Tullahoma, Tennessee (he was a member of company K, 102nd O.V.I.) ; Titus; Mary, who married William Latham, died at Sullivan, Ashland County; David and George died in infancy; Eliza, the wife of George Pixley, resides in Troy, Ashland County; Ollie is the wife of John Criss, of Lincoln County, Kansas; Enoch Goliah lives in Ashland County.
Titus's grandfather died in New Brunswick and his great-grandfather Beck was a soldier in the German Army. Although a small man, he was very powerful and was able to put five barrels of flour on top of one another, being the only man in the Army who could accomplish this feat of strength. His wife was a miss Sherman, of Yankee descent. Mister Beck's father was one of seven children, the others being: Titus, Martha, Margaret, Mary, Austin, and Elizabeth. All of them are deceased except the two latter, who live in Ashland County.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 657 Contributed by Lavidaloca
ENLISTED 28 FEBRUARY 1864
Titus back was born in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio, March 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Ashland County, Ohio, where he studied the elementary branches of an English education in the district schools. He enlisted in the union Army at Ashland during the Civil War, joining on February 28, 1864, the Western Army with which he stayed for 22 months, most of that time connected with the Artillery Corps at Fort Steel, Arkansas. In 1865 he returned to Ashland County, and on March 5, 1868 was married to miss Laura E. Campbell, a daughter of James and Isabelle Robertson Campbell. They moved to Wood County, where he at once settled on 80 acres of land now owns, adjoining the Corporation of Bowling Green. The property contains three oil wells, which he has least, and he is occupied in general farming. Mrs. Laura E. Campbell back was born in Ashland County, Ohio, July 8, 1847. They became the parents of 13 children, namely: Allen Sanford(30 January 1869), Myrtle Edith (13 October 1870), Alice Gertrude (27 June 1872)was accidentally burned to death November 19, 1876; George Campbell(18 March 1874) married Miss Maud Case, of Toledo, June 15, 1896, a niece of President Garfield; Martha "Mattie" Mae(13 December 1875), wife of Gilbert Harris; Ida Lovella(19 February 1878), John Leroy(17 November 1879), Earl Jay(23 November 1881), Walter B.(19 May 1884), Verna V.(20 June 1886), Benson Foraker(19 December 1887), Orla Claud (6 August 1892),and Hazel Isabella(27 January 1894).
George Beck, father of our subject, was born in New Brunswick, on the St. Johns River, February 23, 1815. He came to the eastern part of Ohio when 16 years old, and settled in Harrison County with his mother and family, where he lived until 1848, when he went to the northern part of Ashland County, and there died March 20, 1890. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a member of the United Brethren Church. In politics he was a Democrat until the beginning of the slave agitation, when he became an anti-slave agitator. His wife was a miss Delila Miller, who was born and reared in Harrison County, Ohio, and died in Troy, Ashland County, Ohio, at the age of 70 years. To this couple were born the following children: Martha, born October 2, 1840, is now the wife of John Porter, of Lorain County, Ohio; William, born June 20, 1842, died in 1864,at Tullahoma, Tennessee (he was a member of company K, 102nd O.V.I.) ; Titus; Mary, who married William Latham, died at Sullivan, Ashland County; David and George died in infancy; Eliza, the wife of George Pixley, resides in Troy, Ashland County; Ollie is the wife of John Criss, of Lincoln County, Kansas; Enoch Goliah lives in Ashland County.
Titus's grandfather died in New Brunswick and his great-grandfather Beck was a soldier in the German Army. Although a small man, he was very powerful and was able to put five barrels of flour on top of one another, being the only man in the Army who could accomplish this feat of strength. His wife was a miss Sherman, of Yankee descent. Mister Beck's father was one of seven children, the others being: Titus, Martha, Margaret, Mary, Austin, and Elizabeth. All of them are deceased except the two latter, who live in Ashland County.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 657 Contributed by Lavidaloca
25TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY
ENLISTED 28 FEBRUARY 1864
Titus back was born in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio, March 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Ashland County, Ohio, where he studied the elementary branches of an English education in the district schools. He enlisted in the union Army at Ashland during the Civil War, joining on February 28, 1864, the Western Army with which he stayed for 22 months, most of that time connected with the Artillery Corps at Fort Steel, Arkansas. In 1865 he returned to Ashland County, and on March 5, 1868 was married to miss Laura E. Campbell, a daughter of James and Isabelle Robertson Campbell. They moved to Wood County, where he at once settled on 80 acres of land now owns, adjoining the Corporation of Bowling Green. The property contains three oil wells, which he has least, and he is occupied in general farming. Mrs. Laura E. Campbell back was born in Ashland County, Ohio, July 8, 1847. They became the parents of 13 children, namely: Allen Sanford(30 January 1869), Myrtle Edith (13 October 1870), Alice Gertrude (27 June 1872)was accidentally burned to death November 19, 1876; George Campbell(18 March 1874) married Miss Maud Case, of Toledo, June 15, 1896, a niece of President Garfield; Martha "Mattie" Mae(13 December 1875), wife of Gilbert Harris; Ida Lovella(19 February 1878), John Leroy(17 November 1879), Earl Jay(23 November 1881), Walter B.(19 May 1884), Verna V.(20 June 1886), Benson Foraker(19 December 1887), Orla Claud (6 August 1892),and Hazel Isabella(27 January 1894).
George Beck, father of our subject, was born in New Brunswick, on the St. Johns River, February 23, 1815. He came to the eastern part of Ohio when 16 years old, and settled in Harrison County with his mother and family, where he lived until 1848, when he went to the northern part of Ashland County, and there died March 20, 1890. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a member of the United Brethren Church. In politics he was a Democrat until the beginning of the slave agitation, when he became an anti-slave agitator. His wife was a miss Delila Miller, who was born and reared in Harrison County, Ohio, and died in Troy, Ashland County, Ohio, at the age of 70 years. To this couple were born the following children: Martha, born October 2, 1840, is now the wife of John Porter, of Lorain County, Ohio; William, born June 20, 1842, died in 1864,at Tullahoma, Tennessee (he was a member of company K, 102nd O.V.I.) ; Titus; Mary, who married William Latham, died at Sullivan, Ashland County; David and George died in infancy; Eliza, the wife of George Pixley, resides in Troy, Ashland County; Ollie is the wife of John Criss, of Lincoln County, Kansas; Enoch Goliah lives in Ashland County.
Titus's grandfather died in New Brunswick and his great-grandfather Beck was a soldier in the German Army. Although a small man, he was very powerful and was able to put five barrels of flour on top of one another, being the only man in the Army who could accomplish this feat of strength. His wife was a miss Sherman, of Yankee descent. Mister Beck's father was one of seven children, the others being: Titus, Martha, Margaret, Mary, Austin, and Elizabeth. All of them are deceased except the two latter, who live in Ashland County.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 657 Contributed by Lavidaloca
ENLISTED 28 FEBRUARY 1864
Titus back was born in New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio, March 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Ashland County, Ohio, where he studied the elementary branches of an English education in the district schools. He enlisted in the union Army at Ashland during the Civil War, joining on February 28, 1864, the Western Army with which he stayed for 22 months, most of that time connected with the Artillery Corps at Fort Steel, Arkansas. In 1865 he returned to Ashland County, and on March 5, 1868 was married to miss Laura E. Campbell, a daughter of James and Isabelle Robertson Campbell. They moved to Wood County, where he at once settled on 80 acres of land now owns, adjoining the Corporation of Bowling Green. The property contains three oil wells, which he has least, and he is occupied in general farming. Mrs. Laura E. Campbell back was born in Ashland County, Ohio, July 8, 1847. They became the parents of 13 children, namely: Allen Sanford(30 January 1869), Myrtle Edith (13 October 1870), Alice Gertrude (27 June 1872)was accidentally burned to death November 19, 1876; George Campbell(18 March 1874) married Miss Maud Case, of Toledo, June 15, 1896, a niece of President Garfield; Martha "Mattie" Mae(13 December 1875), wife of Gilbert Harris; Ida Lovella(19 February 1878), John Leroy(17 November 1879), Earl Jay(23 November 1881), Walter B.(19 May 1884), Verna V.(20 June 1886), Benson Foraker(19 December 1887), Orla Claud (6 August 1892),and Hazel Isabella(27 January 1894).
George Beck, father of our subject, was born in New Brunswick, on the St. Johns River, February 23, 1815. He came to the eastern part of Ohio when 16 years old, and settled in Harrison County with his mother and family, where he lived until 1848, when he went to the northern part of Ashland County, and there died March 20, 1890. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a member of the United Brethren Church. In politics he was a Democrat until the beginning of the slave agitation, when he became an anti-slave agitator. His wife was a miss Delila Miller, who was born and reared in Harrison County, Ohio, and died in Troy, Ashland County, Ohio, at the age of 70 years. To this couple were born the following children: Martha, born October 2, 1840, is now the wife of John Porter, of Lorain County, Ohio; William, born June 20, 1842, died in 1864,at Tullahoma, Tennessee (he was a member of company K, 102nd O.V.I.) ; Titus; Mary, who married William Latham, died at Sullivan, Ashland County; David and George died in infancy; Eliza, the wife of George Pixley, resides in Troy, Ashland County; Ollie is the wife of John Criss, of Lincoln County, Kansas; Enoch Goliah lives in Ashland County.
Titus's grandfather died in New Brunswick and his great-grandfather Beck was a soldier in the German Army. Although a small man, he was very powerful and was able to put five barrels of flour on top of one another, being the only man in the Army who could accomplish this feat of strength. His wife was a miss Sherman, of Yankee descent. Mister Beck's father was one of seven children, the others being: Titus, Martha, Margaret, Mary, Austin, and Elizabeth. All of them are deceased except the two latter, who live in Ashland County.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P. 657 Contributed by Lavidaloca
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