Georgia Biographies Baptist Andrew J. Beck File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge barbarawinge@yahoo.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents: Ref: HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA; BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM AND PORTRAIT GALLERY OF BAPTIST MINISTERS AND OTHER GEORGIA BAPTIST, 1881, Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Atlanta, GA, ANDREW J. BECK Andrew J. Beck was born in Hancock County, Georgia, August 6th, 1850, and was educated at Mercer University, graduating with the highest honors of his class. For a few years after his graduation he was engaged in teaching, being President of Houston Female College, at Perry, Georgia. Although distinguished as a teacher, and with a lucrative position, he decided to give himself entirely to the ministry. Relinquishing, therefore, the Presidency of Houston Female College, he became pastor of the Baptist church at Marietta, Georgia, a church not strong in numbers, but remarkable for the piety and culture of its members. To this church he much endeared himself by his faithful and successful labors, but ill health led to a dissolution of the pastorial connection. For two years he sought, by active secular pursuits, to restore his health, which he regained to an extent that permitted him to assume charge of the Central Baptist Church, of Atlanta, in 1876. He was at the time employed in the clerical department of THE CHRISTIAN INDEX, and was an occassional constributor to its pages... He has been married at least twice, his first wife being Miss Octavia Warren, daughter of Dr. E. W. Warren, and his second, Misss Edith M. Alling, to whom he was married August 5th, 1870. Ref: HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA, 1881, Atlanta, GA, p. 32. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============