20th Century History of New Castle and
Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens

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.


20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908

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