BIO: Julius Augustus BECK, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 254.
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  BECK, JULIUS AUGUSTUS, son of John and Joanna Beck, was born April 2, 
1831, in Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa., and was educated at the Lititz 
academy, of which his father, John Beck, was principal.  In early life 
he devoted himself to the art of sculpture, and in 1855 visited Italy 
for the purpose of perfecting himself in that branch of the fine arts.  
In 1861 he turned his attention to portrait and landscape painting.  He 
married Miss Susan Maria Kepple, daughter of Henry and Catherine 
Kepple, of Lancaster, Pa., and their children are:  Abraham Raphael, 
Catherine Augusta, Henry Kepple, John, Martin Augustus, Marion, Edith, 
Isabella, and Mary Alice.