BIO:  C. H. Beckmeyer, 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, York Borough, Pg 4

C. H. BECKMEYER, general merchant, is a native of Germany, was born in 1850 and 
is a son of Frederick and Sophia Beckmeyer.  He is the sixth in a family of nine 
children, and of pure German lineage.  The boyhood of our subject was spent in 
his native country, where he attended the public schools.  In 1866 he came to 
America and took a clerkship in a store.  Remaining in New York City ten years, 
he came in 1876 to York and engaged in his present business.  He was married in 
1879 to Miss Minnie Bode, a native of York, and a daughter of William and 
Charlotte Bode, natives of Germany.  They have three children:  William, 
Charlotte and Edward.  Mr. Beckmeyer is an enterprising citizen, and has made 
life a success.  He and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church.