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.
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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