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Elizabeth <I>Rector</I> Beck

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Elizabeth Rector Beck

Birth
Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Oct 1895 (aged 77)
Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Murl, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.808308, Longitude: -84.9529202
Memorial ID
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Father -- SAMUEL RECTOR
Mother -- RUTH SIMSON
Spouse -- JOSEPH BECK

CHILDREN
* Sarah Isabel Beck Spann
* Lee Ann Beck Tabor
* Louisa Beck
* Joseph Lewis Beck
* Rusty Beck
* Rutha Jane Beck Owens
* Martha Evaline Beck Higginbotham
* Catherine Elizabeth Beck Hopkins
* Virginia Beck Brown

CHRONOLOGY
1817 -- b. Wayne Co., KY
1838 -- m. Joseph Beck
1862 -- widowed when Beck was murdered during Civil War
1887-- Elizabeth sought a pension from the US as the result of Joseph's murder; initially, the request was denied, but later was granted. Following a controversy, "the U.S. Army verified that Joseph was killed in the line of duty," which made his widow eligible for a pension.

Location for Beck Cemetery (aka "Beck-Rector Cemetery") is near the community of Murl in Wayne Co., KY.
Father -- SAMUEL RECTOR
Mother -- RUTH SIMSON
Spouse -- JOSEPH BECK

CHILDREN
* Sarah Isabel Beck Spann
* Lee Ann Beck Tabor
* Louisa Beck
* Joseph Lewis Beck
* Rusty Beck
* Rutha Jane Beck Owens
* Martha Evaline Beck Higginbotham
* Catherine Elizabeth Beck Hopkins
* Virginia Beck Brown

CHRONOLOGY
1817 -- b. Wayne Co., KY
1838 -- m. Joseph Beck
1862 -- widowed when Beck was murdered during Civil War
1887-- Elizabeth sought a pension from the US as the result of Joseph's murder; initially, the request was denied, but later was granted. Following a controversy, "the U.S. Army verified that Joseph was killed in the line of duty," which made his widow eligible for a pension.

Location for Beck Cemetery (aka "Beck-Rector Cemetery") is near the community of Murl in Wayne Co., KY.


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  • Created by: Gary Todd
  • Added: Dec 5, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31966001/elizabeth-beck: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Rector Beck (7 Dec 1817–28 Oct 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31966001, citing Beck-Rector Cemetery, Murl, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Gary Todd (contributor 46921002).