Ellis County Texas Archives Photo Person.....Beck, Amanda Louise Harp 
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Source:             Roy Elmer Beck Of Waco, TX
Name:               Amanda Louise Harp Beck
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Amanda Louise Harp was born Aug. 8, 1857 in Chattooga County, Georgia and died 
Nov. 30, 1912 in Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas.

Amanda Louise Harp was a daughter of Seborn/Seaborn and Feriba O'Rear Harp of 
Georgia. She married William Franklin Beck on October 15, 1882 in Johnson 
County, Texas. 
Their children were: Virgil L., Roy Elmer, Lena E., Bessie, infant son, 
Raymond, W. Earl, Euna and Lillian Eva Beck. Virgil Beck was born November 28, 
1883, and died June 23, 1884. Roy Elmer Beck, born June 25, 1885 in 
Midlothian, Texas and died August 24, 1944 in Waco, Texas, married Elizabeth 
(Bessie) Lethella Howell. They are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. Lena 
Beck, born July 4, 1887 and died January 3, 1919, married Alby Lee Murphree. 
Bessie Beck was born February 18, 1889 and died January 22, 1891. The infant 
son was born January 19, 1891 and died January 21, 1891. Raymond Beck was born 
March 28, 1892 and died September 21, 1892. W. Earl Beck, born July 12, 1893 
and died June 21, 1967, married Leona Esperance Dodgen. Euna Beck was born 
July 8, 1896 and married Angus Donalson, on June 11, 1914. Lillian Beck, born 
July 16, 1899 and died Jan. 23, 1973, married Judge Garvin.

William F. and Amanda Harp Beck and family moved to Midlothian, Ellis County, 
Texas where W. F. Beck served as an alderman on the first city council in 
1888. Amanda Beck and Hattie Beck joined the Methodist Church of Midlothian in 
1889 and 1890 respectively. In 1905, William F. Beck went to the World's Fair 
at St. Louis and his son Roy Elmer is remembered buying a pair of roller 
skates. Amanda Louise Harp Beck died November 30, 1912 and was buried in the 
Midlothian Cemetery. William F. Beck owned a business in Midlothian and was a 
member of the Odd Fellows and the Methodist Church of Midlothian.


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