Paul Beck SR

Male1774–15 February 1850

Brief Life History of Paul

When Paul Beck SR was born in 1774, in Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Paul Beck, was 38 and his mother, Martha Lewis, was 28. He married Frances Raibourn on 28 May 1832, in Fayette, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 15 February 1850, in Fayette, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fayette, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Beck SR
1774–1850
Naomi Ogle
1774–1832
Guy E. Beck
1794–1871
Hiram I. Beck
1796–1852
James Beck
1799–1871
Mahala Beck
1799–1855
John Beck
1801–1866
Elijah Beck
1803–
Phlegmon Beck
1806–1856
Miriam Beck
1809–1891
Mary Louisa Beck
1812–1848
Paul Ogle Beck
1815–1856

Sources (3)

  • Paul Beek, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Paul Beck, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Paul Beck, "Illinois Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880"

Spouse and Children

Children (10)

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (8)

1775

Age 1

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Age 2

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

Age 20

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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Story Highlight

History of Fayette County, Illinois

PUBLISHED BY BRINK, McDONOUGH CO., PHILADELPHIA. CORRESPONDING OFFICE, EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. 1878 http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/pdf_files/History%20of%20Fayette%20County,%20Illinois,%201878.pdf TH …

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