S. C. Beck (b. 1847)

BECK, HURSH

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/4/2002 at 22:44:11

Beck, S. C., farmer, Section 16 (Fremont township); PO Mill; born in Clarion Co., Penn., in 1847; moved to Iowa, settling in this (Fayette) county in the Spring of 1856. At the breaking out of the late war, Mr. B. was one of the three who first to enlist from this township; Mr. B. knows by actual experience the hardships which Union Prisoners were made to endure; captured at Pittsburg Landing (his first battle), he was detained as a prisoner for over seven months, when he was exchanged; rejoining his regiment, he continued to serve as a soldier until the close of hostilities. Although still a young man, Mr. B. has been elected to offices of responsibility and trust by his townsmen, who hold him in high estimation. Mr. B. married Mary Hursh; they have three children --- Dorr A., S. G., and Daniel. Mr. B. and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

Page 742, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"