PETER A. BECKER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Masonic Funeral services were held at the Pond Creek cemetery Wednesday morning for Peter Becker,84 years old, who died at Colorado Springs on Sunday, November 15.
With death of Becker there is one member less on the roster of famous frontiersmen, soldiers and government Indian scouts.
Mr. Becker was born in Iowa on Dec 25, 1842,was made a Mason on January 1875, was a member of the Royal Arch at Kingman, Kansas, of the Knights Templar at Newton, Kansas.
His adventurous career began in New York when at 19 years old he enlisted in the northern army. Following the close of the war, he served as special guard at the white house and was on duty when President Lincoln was assassinated. Later h was transferred to the western area where he served as chief of scouts under command of General Custer.
Following his conquest of the West, Becker retired from the army and entered the political field of Oklahoma and once was a member of the state legislature.
He was the first registrar of deeds in Grant County.
He lived at Jefferson, Okla., a number of years until six years ago when he went to Colorado Springs to live with his daughter, Mrs. H. B. McCorkle.
Other survivors are Mrs. Ted C. Vella, Alexandria Egypt; Lewis V. Becker, Oakland, Calif., John C. Becker, Lenora, Kans., and Fred A. Becker, Kansas City.
Dr. H. B. McCorkle of Colorado Springs and Fred A. Becker of Kansas City, accompanied the remains from Colorado Springs to Pond Creek.
(Published in Grant County News, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1925)
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He served during the Civil War with Company A, 14th New York Infantry.
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Masonic Funeral services were held at the Pond Creek cemetery Wednesday morning for Peter Becker,84 years old, who died at Colorado Springs on Sunday, November 15.
With death of Becker there is one member less on the roster of famous frontiersmen, soldiers and government Indian scouts.
Mr. Becker was born in Iowa on Dec 25, 1842,was made a Mason on January 1875, was a member of the Royal Arch at Kingman, Kansas, of the Knights Templar at Newton, Kansas.
His adventurous career began in New York when at 19 years old he enlisted in the northern army. Following the close of the war, he served as special guard at the white house and was on duty when President Lincoln was assassinated. Later h was transferred to the western area where he served as chief of scouts under command of General Custer.
Following his conquest of the West, Becker retired from the army and entered the political field of Oklahoma and once was a member of the state legislature.
He was the first registrar of deeds in Grant County.
He lived at Jefferson, Okla., a number of years until six years ago when he went to Colorado Springs to live with his daughter, Mrs. H. B. McCorkle.
Other survivors are Mrs. Ted C. Vella, Alexandria Egypt; Lewis V. Becker, Oakland, Calif., John C. Becker, Lenora, Kans., and Fred A. Becker, Kansas City.
Dr. H. B. McCorkle of Colorado Springs and Fred A. Becker of Kansas City, accompanied the remains from Colorado Springs to Pond Creek.
(Published in Grant County News, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1925)
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He served during the Civil War with Company A, 14th New York Infantry.
PETER A. BECKER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Masonic Funeral services were held at the Pond Creek cemetery Wednesday morning for Peter Becker,84 years old, who died at Colorado Springs on Sunday, November 15.
With death of Becker there is one member less on the roster of famous frontiersmen, soldiers and government Indian scouts.
Mr. Becker was born in Iowa on Dec 25, 1842,was made a Mason on January 1875, was a member of the Royal Arch at Kingman, Kansas, of the Knights Templar at Newton, Kansas.
His adventurous career began in New York when at 19 years old he enlisted in the northern army. Following the close of the war, he served as special guard at the white house and was on duty when President Lincoln was assassinated. Later h was transferred to the western area where he served as chief of scouts under command of General Custer.
Following his conquest of the West, Becker retired from the army and entered the political field of Oklahoma and once was a member of the state legislature.
He was the first registrar of deeds in Grant County.
He lived at Jefferson, Okla., a number of years until six years ago when he went to Colorado Springs to live with his daughter, Mrs. H. B. McCorkle.
Other survivors are Mrs. Ted C. Vella, Alexandria Egypt; Lewis V. Becker, Oakland, Calif., John C. Becker, Lenora, Kans., and Fred A. Becker, Kansas City.
Dr. H. B. McCorkle of Colorado Springs and Fred A. Becker of Kansas City, accompanied the remains from Colorado Springs to Pond Creek.
(Published in Grant County News, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1925)
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He served during the Civil War with Company A, 14th New York Infantry.
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Masonic Funeral services were held at the Pond Creek cemetery Wednesday morning for Peter Becker,84 years old, who died at Colorado Springs on Sunday, November 15.
With death of Becker there is one member less on the roster of famous frontiersmen, soldiers and government Indian scouts.
Mr. Becker was born in Iowa on Dec 25, 1842,was made a Mason on January 1875, was a member of the Royal Arch at Kingman, Kansas, of the Knights Templar at Newton, Kansas.
His adventurous career began in New York when at 19 years old he enlisted in the northern army. Following the close of the war, he served as special guard at the white house and was on duty when President Lincoln was assassinated. Later h was transferred to the western area where he served as chief of scouts under command of General Custer.
Following his conquest of the West, Becker retired from the army and entered the political field of Oklahoma and once was a member of the state legislature.
He was the first registrar of deeds in Grant County.
He lived at Jefferson, Okla., a number of years until six years ago when he went to Colorado Springs to live with his daughter, Mrs. H. B. McCorkle.
Other survivors are Mrs. Ted C. Vella, Alexandria Egypt; Lewis V. Becker, Oakland, Calif., John C. Becker, Lenora, Kans., and Fred A. Becker, Kansas City.
Dr. H. B. McCorkle of Colorado Springs and Fred A. Becker of Kansas City, accompanied the remains from Colorado Springs to Pond Creek.
(Published in Grant County News, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1925)
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He served during the Civil War with Company A, 14th New York Infantry.
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