Clark County MO Archives Biographies.....Beckett, Woodford 1890 - 
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	Woodford Beckett, one of the prominent citizens of Clark County, was 
born in Kentucky in 1809, and is a son of Nelson W. Beckett, a native of 
Virginia, and of English descent.  The Beckett family are descendant of Thomas 
a Beckett, who was assassinated at Canterbury, England, under the reign of King 
Henry II.  January 29, 1832, our subject was married to Duranda Taylor, 
daughter of John Taylor, a Baptist minister, and a native of Virginia.  Her 
mother, Polly (Williams) Taylor, was a native of Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Beckett 
was born in Kentucky in 1811, and remained with her parents until her marriage 
with our subject.  She is mow a well-preserved woman of seventy-six, and can 
read without the aid of glasses.  Mr. and Mrs. Beckett have had five children, 
of whom four are dead.  The one living is Selina, wife of Patrick Dunlavy.  
After their marriage our subject and his wife remained in Kentucky until 1837, 
when they moved to Hannibal, Mo., where they resided one year, after which they 
came to Clark County, and settled on the present farm, which was at that time a 
vast wilderness.  Mr. Beckett has been a resident of Clark County for forty-
eight years, and is perhaps the oldest settler in the county.  He has made the 
study of geology one of his chief amusements, and his conversations on that 
subject are very interesting and instructive.  He is a Democrat, has been 
elected surveyor three times, and has also assisted in that office for two 
terms of four years each, and is very familiar with all the duties pertaining 
to that position.  He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and his wife 
belong to the Baptist Church.  Our subject is also a wood mechanic of the first 
order, having learned the cabinet business in Kentucky, and has since been able 
to compete with the best workmen he ever met.

Additional Comments:
History of Lewis Clark, Knox, and Scotland Counties, Missouri
Publish 1887 by, The Goodspeed Publishing Co.
St. Louis and Chicago
Biographical Appendix, Clark County, Page 863


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