Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Beckner, Tony 1878 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

TONY BECKNER.

   Tony Beckner, a well-known young man of Flora, Indiana, who is a stockholder
and a bookkeeper for the Flora Saw-mill Company, is a native of Carroll county,
Indiana, born on October 1, 1878.

   Mr. Beckner is the son of Martin V. and Viola (See) Beckner, the former of
whom was reared on the old homestead farm in Jackson township, where his son.
Tony, was later born. Martin V. Beckner was born on June 12, 1837, and was the
son of John and Nancy (Allen) Beckner, the former of whom was an early settler
in Carroll county and a prosperous farmer. Both John and Nancy (Allen) Beckner
died in this county. They had several children.

   Reared on a farm in Jackson township, Martin V. Beckner received a
common-school education. He was a successful farmer and owned one hundred and
twenty acres of land in Jackson township. A member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, he was an enthusiastic and liberal supporter of religious enterprises.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge and affiliated with the Democratic party.
Shortly before his death, in 1905, he was a Democratic nominee and was elected
to the office of county commissioner, but died before the begining of his term
of office. His widow is now living in Jackson township, on the old homestead
farm. They had five children, two of whom, Frank and Tony, are living. Frank is
a farmer in Jackson township. Tony is the subject of this sketch. Effie died in
September, 1915.

   Tony Beckner was also reared on the Jackson township farm. He graduated from
the Flora high school, with the class of 1898, and afterwards took a business
course at Indianapolis. For the next three years after leaving the business
college he was engaged in farming, but in 1901 associated himself with the Flora
Saw-mill Company, where he has ever since been situated.

   Mr. Beckner was married in 1901 to May Voorhees, the daughter of John and
Josephine (Towers) Voorhees, both of whom are living in Monroe township. Mr. and
Mrs. Beckner were married on November 19, 1901, and, as the fruit of their
marriage, have had two children, namely: Kenneth, born on August 5, 1907; and
Mary J., born on July 25, 1913.

   Mr. and Mrs. Beckner are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Flora,
Indiana. He is a member of the official board and has served as superintendent
of the Sunday school for five years. Mr. and Mrs. Beckner are active workers in
both the Sunday school and the church. A Democrat in politics, like his father
before him, he has always been active in local and political affairs, and is
prominent in the councils of his party in this township. He is an upright and
honorable citizen and well known in the county where he was born and where he
has spent all his life.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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