Biographical Sketch of Levi L. Beckner, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Levi L. Beckner is a son of Daniel and Mary (Lease) Beckner, and was
born in Montgomery county, Va., September 9, 1814.  Daniel Beckner was
born near Philadelphia, Penn., June 5, 1790, and died in Laclede coun-
ty, Missouri, in 1870; his wife died in Elkhart county, Ind., in 1862
or 1863.  They were married in Montgomery county, Va., where they lived
until 1827, when they moved to Preble county, Ohio; eight years later
they went to Elkhart county, Ind., and in 1839 located in what was then
Pulaski county, now Dallas county, Mo., which was their home until the
outbreak of the late war, when they returned to Elkhart county, Ind. 
They were members of the Dunkard church, in which he was a deacon.  He
was a Union man during the war, and his sympathies were subsequently 
with the Republican party.  He was assessor of Dallas county, and also
served as associate judge in that county one term.  Of the family of
eleven children, four sons and three daughters are still living, viz.:
Levi L.; Daniel, a prominent citizen of Laclede county; Aaron, a farmer 
of Greene county, Mo.; Eli Harrison, a carpenter of Springfield; May
Ann, widow of Moses Hess and living at Elkhart, Ind.; Nioma, who marr-
ied Louis Wise, a farmer near Marshfield, and Dilicah, now Mrs. Elias
Hess, a retired farmer of Marshfield.  When eighteen years of age Levi
L. Beckner learned the brick mason's trade, at which he worked in Ohio
and Indiana for several years.  In 1841 he built the court house in 
Bolivar, Mo., which is still used, and at that time the best court
house in Southwestern Missouri, and in 1846 built the courthouse at
Buffalo, Dallas county, Mo., which was burned during the war.  After
removing to Missouri he turned his attention to farming, which he has
since continued.  February 20, 1842, he married Sarah Ann Miller, who
was born in McMinn county, Tenn., May 2, 1822, and is a daughter of
John and Elizabeth Miller, natives also of Tennessee.  Seven children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beckner, of whom five are living, viz.:
Amanda, wife of David Hamilton, a farmer of Dallas county; John K., is
a farmer and merchant of Webster county, and postmaster of Forkner's
Hill postoffice; Abram L., is a farmer and stock raiser of Laclede
county; Isabelle Adeline married John J. A. Gibson, of Greene county,
Mo., and Isaac N., a commercial traveler for the firm of Wells & Co.,
of St. Louis.  Louisa was the wife of William Wharton, and resided in 
Greene county at the time of her death.  Mary Ann died when seventeen
years of age.  The family are consistent members of the Missionary
Baptist church, and the male members are Republicans.

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