Biographical Sketch of Edward Beck, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Edward Beck, carpenter and foreman for John DeClue, is an accomplished
and thorougly experienced mechanic; was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, January 2, 1842, and there raised to manhood and learned his
trade.  In 1862, he displayed his spirit of patriotism by enlisting
in the Tenth New Jersey, First Division, First Brigade, and partici-
pated at Petersburg and many other notable engagements.  In the spring
of 1868, he came to St. Joseph, and for the past eleven years has been
in the employ of John DeClue.  In 1871, Miss Sarah T. Smith, of St.
Joseph, became his wife.  The Beck's were among the old time settlers
of Pennsylvania.

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