Chariton County, Missouri Biographical Sketch - JOHN P. BECKER
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Born in Lansing, Iowa, September 21, 1867, the subject of this 
sketch is and influential and enterprising citizen of Bee Branch 
Township, now located at Wein, and is the son of John P, and 
Francis (Mahrer) Becker.  The father a native of Germany and 
the mother a native of Switzerland, who met and married in Iowa, 
and were the parents of three children two boys and a girl, the 
latter of whom is a twin sister to our subject, and is married to 
a Mr. Klos, of Indiana. Our subject was reared at Lansing, where 
he followed mercantile pursuits for twelve years when he came to 
Chariton County and entered the mercantile business at New 
Cambria for some time, when he came to Salisbury and remained 
till 1886, when he removed to Wein where he was elected collector 
of Bee Branch Township f o r seven years and has also been 
actively engaged in the mercantile business at that place. 
Our subject was married to Miss Catharine Recker, of Quincy, 
Ill., and her parents are natives of Germany.  Their married 
life has been short up to this time but has been a pleasant 
one owing to the fact that Mr. Becker's wife is a lady of 
culture and refinement and capable of making him a wife to make 
a home happy in every respect.  Politically our subject is a 
democrat, and is a commissioned Notary Public.  He is a member 
of St. Mary's Catholic church.