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SGT William Beck

Birth: 26 Jul 1840
Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
Death: 27 Feb 1906 (aged 65)
Floyd, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA
Burial: Floyd Cemetery

Floyd, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 48701144 View Source

William Beck was the son of Jacob & Susan (Wise) Beck. He served as a Pvt, and later was elected 2nd Sgt, with the Co A, 18th AL Infantry in the Civil War. After the war William relocated to Texas and settled in Colorado County where he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Pettway "Pettie" Ingram in 1870. Pettie's parents were Benjamin Thomas "BT" and Sarah Jane "Sallie" (Cone) Ingram. William and Pettie were the parents of 10 children (one baby died at birth) all born in Colorado County, TX. William along with his father-in-law and brothers-in-law, Hamilton, Obenhaus, Willard and Ingram, moved in covered wagons to Collingsworth County, TX. In 1903 several families moved to Roosevelt County NM near Floyd.
Their children were named Myrtilla, William T., Ernest T., Stanley, Effie V., Donie, Stephen, Mable, Lindsay.
Sources: 1880, 1900 census, Obit-Portales Tribune, CWSSS-nps, Bedford Forrest Conf. Camp #1606-Portales, NM, 1906.

William Beck was the son of Jacob & Susan (Wise) Beck. He served as a Pvt, and later was elected 2nd Sgt, with the Co A, 18th AL Infantry in the Civil War. After the war William relocated to Texas and settled in Colorado County where he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Pettway "Pettie" Ingram in 1870. Pettie's parents were Benjamin Thomas "BT" and Sarah Jane "Sallie" (Cone) Ingram. William and Pettie were the parents of 10 children (one baby died at birth) all born in Colorado County, TX. William along with his father-in-law and brothers-in-law, Hamilton, Obenhaus, Willard and Ingram, moved in covered wagons to Collingsworth County, TX. In 1903 several families moved to Roosevelt County NM near Floyd.
Their children were named Myrtilla, William T., Ernest T., Stanley, Effie V., Donie, Stephen, Mable, Lindsay.
Sources: 1880, 1900 census, Obit-Portales Tribune, CWSSS-nps, Bedford Forrest Conf. Camp #1606-Portales, NM, 1906.

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Sarah Elizabeth "Pettie" Ingram Beck

1850–1948 (m. 1870)

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Maintained by: Diane Johnson
Originally Created by: Janelle Foster
Added: Feb 24, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48701144/william-beck: accessed ), memorial page for SGT William Beck (26 Jul 1840–27 Feb 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48701144, citing Floyd Cemetery, Floyd, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Diane Johnson (contributor 47285938).

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