BIO:  John F. Beck, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Springfield Township, Pg 185

JOHN F. BECK (Commissioner of York County) was born August 16, 1829, in York, Penn.  He 
attended the York schools one winter, and at the age of nine years, went to Loganville, where 
he received two winter’s schooling.  He worked three years at the carpenter trade.  January 15, 
1852, Mr. Beck married Matilda Leader, of York Township.  This marriage was blessed with the 
following children:  Mary Catharine, Charles F., Milton G., Franklin J., Paul J., Emma A., 
Harry C., Martha J. and Harvey G.  Mr. Beck has at various times held township offices – school 
director, auditor, etc.  In 1884 he was elected one of the commissioners of York County, and it 
is not too much to say that the office was never held by a more worthy and upright citizen than 
John F. Beck.  He comes from good German ancestry, who were among the early settlers of York 
County.