Samuel Beck, one of the most enterprising and successful business men of Waterloo, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1836, a son of Adam and Sarah (Gloyd) Beck, natives of Pennsylvania, but early settlers of Crawford County, where they were married in 1834. Four of their seven children are living. The father died in 1870 and the mother in June, 1882, both at the age of sixty-two years. Our subject received but a limited education, his father being a poor man and he being the eldest son, was early obliged to assist in the maintenance of the family.
He came to Waterloo in 1861, and the following year became established in the general mercantile and produce business. He now has the largest trade in butter, eggs and poultry in Northern Indiana.
Mr. Beck was married in 1863 to Lillie Staers, a native of Maryland, but a resident of De Kalb County since her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have three daughters — Dora, Mary and Alta.
Mr. Beck is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M. He was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but paid $700 to a substitute.
History of De Kalb County, Indiana; Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885 (Union Twp. Pg 842)
He came to Waterloo in 1861, and the following year became established in the general mercantile and produce business. He now has the largest trade in butter, eggs and poultry in Northern Indiana.
Mr. Beck was married in 1863 to Lillie Staers, a native of Maryland, but a resident of De Kalb County since her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have three daughters — Dora, Mary and Alta.
Mr. Beck is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M. He was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but paid $700 to a substitute.
History of De Kalb County, Indiana; Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885 (Union Twp. Pg 842)
Samuel Beck, one of the most enterprising and successful business men of Waterloo, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1836, a son of Adam and Sarah (Gloyd) Beck, natives of Pennsylvania, but early settlers of Crawford County, where they were married in 1834. Four of their seven children are living. The father died in 1870 and the mother in June, 1882, both at the age of sixty-two years. Our subject received but a limited education, his father being a poor man and he being the eldest son, was early obliged to assist in the maintenance of the family.
He came to Waterloo in 1861, and the following year became established in the general mercantile and produce business. He now has the largest trade in butter, eggs and poultry in Northern Indiana.
Mr. Beck was married in 1863 to Lillie Staers, a native of Maryland, but a resident of De Kalb County since her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have three daughters — Dora, Mary and Alta.
Mr. Beck is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M. He was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but paid $700 to a substitute.
History of De Kalb County, Indiana; Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885 (Union Twp. Pg 842)
He came to Waterloo in 1861, and the following year became established in the general mercantile and produce business. He now has the largest trade in butter, eggs and poultry in Northern Indiana.
Mr. Beck was married in 1863 to Lillie Staers, a native of Maryland, but a resident of De Kalb County since her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have three daughters — Dora, Mary and Alta.
Mr. Beck is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M. He was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but paid $700 to a substitute.
History of De Kalb County, Indiana; Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885 (Union Twp. Pg 842)
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