BIOGRAPHIES:  John G. BECKWITH, Barron Township, Barron County, WI

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John G. Beckwith, a pioneer, was born in Hartford, Conn., and as a young
man became a painter. He married Mary A. Garrison, a native of New York
state and in 1870 brought his family west and located in Columbia county,
this state. Three years later they came to Barron county and settled on a
farm in section 26, Barron township, which they homesteaded. Their first
house was a log cabin, their first cultivated lot not much larger than a
modern garden. But they persevered in their efforts and in time developed a
well equipped farm and achieved a substantial place in the community. Mr.
and Mrs. Beckwith were the parents of five children: John C., deceased;
Garrison, of Virginia; Grove, deceased; James R., a leading citizen of
Barron, and Charles, of California.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 95-96.