Brief Life History of Ephraim Marion
When Ephraim Marion Beck was born on 10 April 1856, in Carrollton, Carroll, Georgia, United States, his father, Jeffrey Youngblood Beck, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Callene Knowles, was 29. He married Joann Bryant on 5 August 1885, in Cullman, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Albany, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 24 November 1924, in Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hulaco, Morgan, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (25)
- Marian Beck, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ephraim M. Beck, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- E. M. Beck, "BillionGraves Index"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Morgan, Alabama, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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