Bios: WILLIAM F. BECK, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      WILLIAM F. BECK,
  
  [p. 606] whose beautiful farm of 100 acres of well cultivated land lies
  on the State Line Road about two and one-half miles northeast of
  Petersburg, in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was
  born on this farm May 7, 1871. His parents were Andrew and Fredericka
  (Haag) Beck.
  
  Andrew Beck was born in Germany and in boyhood accompanied his parents
  to America. His father, Daniel Beck settled on the present home farm in
  North Beaver Township, where he lived until after the death of his wife,
  when he yearned for his native land and went back to Germany, where he
  died. In early manhood, Andrew Beck left the farm and went to Pittsburg,
  where he attracted the attention of James Wood, then a large
  manufacturer and man of fortune, and served him for several years as his
  private coachman. After Mr. Beck returned to North Beaver Township he
  was married to Fredericka, daughter of John Haag, the latter of whom was
  also born in Germany. The mother of William F. Beck was born in Unity
  Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, but when she was about twelve years
  old her parents moved to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and settled on
  land adjoining the Beck farm. Two children were born to Andrew Beck and
  wife, Susan and William F., the former of whom married Alva Beight. The
  father died on the home farm in 1884 and the mother, in November, 1906,
  at the home of Mrs. Beight.
  
  William F. Beck has resided on this farm all his life, obtaining a
  public school education in the neighborhood. He carries on general
  farming and buys and sells cattle. His standing as an agriculturist is
  high and as a citizen is equally so. He married Irene Macklin, who is a
  daughter of Emanuel Macklin, of North Beaver Township, and they have one
  son, Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Beck are members of the Petersburg Lutheran
  Church, of which he is a trustee.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 15 Nov 2001