Aged 85-1-27
Following provided by Laurie Halliwell:
JOSEPH L. BECK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. River Styx; was born in Northampton Co., Penns., Feb. 10, 1818. His father, Ludwig Beck, was a native of that county, being a son of Jacob Beck, who came there from Germany when in his youth. The country was then under English cominion, and the family were often compelled to flee from their homes when the country was harassed by the Indians. Ludwig secured his father's farm, and being an energetic man, possessed at his death a fine property. His companion through life was a native of Bucks Co., Penn. Her maiden name being Elizabeth Shuch. He died July 22, 1841; and his wife May 18, 1876. At the death of his father, Joseph commenced doing for himself, and afterward he and his brother secured the old homestead. He afterward sold his interest to his brother, and coming to Medina Co Ohio in the summer of 1850, bought the farm on which he now lives. The following April, he moved here, and has since been one of the leading farmers of the county, having done more, perhaps, than any other person for the improvement of stock in Medina Co. He brought the first Cotswold sheep here in the spring of 1853, and is one of the leading breeders in other kinds of stock, such as (Belgium) horses, cattle and hogs. That he is one of the honorable and conscientious breeders, is known to all, the herd books of Ohio bearing us out in the testimony. He is a stockholder in the Medina Co Agricultural Society, and one of the leading fair men on Northern Ohio. He was married in October 1841, to Eliza Long. She died Dec. 24, 1874, leaving seven children - Sarah, Catharine, Jane, Maria, Mary (w/o Alfred B. Kulp), Jacob (married Lucy Dyer & Elizabeth Wright), Josephine and George (married Catharine). Jan. 10, 1878 he was united to Sarah Berry, of Northampton Co., Penn, where she was born Oct. 30, 1836. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been Elder for the last fifteen years (since1866). He is a Republican. [HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY & OHIO, 1881. PART III, p718 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: GUILFORD TOWNSHIP]. Joseph L. Beck, owner of the Spring Valley Stock Farm south of River Styx, was a breeder of Belgian horses, there being only 675 horses in the township in 1880. He built a church at Guilford Center (c 1866) where a Lutheran membership worshipped for many years. (HISTORY OF RURAL GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, 1948. pp88-9
Following provided by Laurie Halliwell:
JOSEPH L. BECK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. River Styx; was born in Northampton Co., Penns., Feb. 10, 1818. His father, Ludwig Beck, was a native of that county, being a son of Jacob Beck, who came there from Germany when in his youth. The country was then under English cominion, and the family were often compelled to flee from their homes when the country was harassed by the Indians. Ludwig secured his father's farm, and being an energetic man, possessed at his death a fine property. His companion through life was a native of Bucks Co., Penn. Her maiden name being Elizabeth Shuch. He died July 22, 1841; and his wife May 18, 1876. At the death of his father, Joseph commenced doing for himself, and afterward he and his brother secured the old homestead. He afterward sold his interest to his brother, and coming to Medina Co Ohio in the summer of 1850, bought the farm on which he now lives. The following April, he moved here, and has since been one of the leading farmers of the county, having done more, perhaps, than any other person for the improvement of stock in Medina Co. He brought the first Cotswold sheep here in the spring of 1853, and is one of the leading breeders in other kinds of stock, such as (Belgium) horses, cattle and hogs. That he is one of the honorable and conscientious breeders, is known to all, the herd books of Ohio bearing us out in the testimony. He is a stockholder in the Medina Co Agricultural Society, and one of the leading fair men on Northern Ohio. He was married in October 1841, to Eliza Long. She died Dec. 24, 1874, leaving seven children - Sarah, Catharine, Jane, Maria, Mary (w/o Alfred B. Kulp), Jacob (married Lucy Dyer & Elizabeth Wright), Josephine and George (married Catharine). Jan. 10, 1878 he was united to Sarah Berry, of Northampton Co., Penn, where she was born Oct. 30, 1836. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been Elder for the last fifteen years (since1866). He is a Republican. [HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY & OHIO, 1881. PART III, p718 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: GUILFORD TOWNSHIP]. Joseph L. Beck, owner of the Spring Valley Stock Farm south of River Styx, was a breeder of Belgian horses, there being only 675 horses in the township in 1880. He built a church at Guilford Center (c 1866) where a Lutheran membership worshipped for many years. (HISTORY OF RURAL GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, 1948. pp88-9
Aged 85-1-27
Following provided by Laurie Halliwell:
JOSEPH L. BECK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. River Styx; was born in Northampton Co., Penns., Feb. 10, 1818. His father, Ludwig Beck, was a native of that county, being a son of Jacob Beck, who came there from Germany when in his youth. The country was then under English cominion, and the family were often compelled to flee from their homes when the country was harassed by the Indians. Ludwig secured his father's farm, and being an energetic man, possessed at his death a fine property. His companion through life was a native of Bucks Co., Penn. Her maiden name being Elizabeth Shuch. He died July 22, 1841; and his wife May 18, 1876. At the death of his father, Joseph commenced doing for himself, and afterward he and his brother secured the old homestead. He afterward sold his interest to his brother, and coming to Medina Co Ohio in the summer of 1850, bought the farm on which he now lives. The following April, he moved here, and has since been one of the leading farmers of the county, having done more, perhaps, than any other person for the improvement of stock in Medina Co. He brought the first Cotswold sheep here in the spring of 1853, and is one of the leading breeders in other kinds of stock, such as (Belgium) horses, cattle and hogs. That he is one of the honorable and conscientious breeders, is known to all, the herd books of Ohio bearing us out in the testimony. He is a stockholder in the Medina Co Agricultural Society, and one of the leading fair men on Northern Ohio. He was married in October 1841, to Eliza Long. She died Dec. 24, 1874, leaving seven children - Sarah, Catharine, Jane, Maria, Mary (w/o Alfred B. Kulp), Jacob (married Lucy Dyer & Elizabeth Wright), Josephine and George (married Catharine). Jan. 10, 1878 he was united to Sarah Berry, of Northampton Co., Penn, where she was born Oct. 30, 1836. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been Elder for the last fifteen years (since1866). He is a Republican. [HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY & OHIO, 1881. PART III, p718 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: GUILFORD TOWNSHIP]. Joseph L. Beck, owner of the Spring Valley Stock Farm south of River Styx, was a breeder of Belgian horses, there being only 675 horses in the township in 1880. He built a church at Guilford Center (c 1866) where a Lutheran membership worshipped for many years. (HISTORY OF RURAL GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, 1948. pp88-9
Following provided by Laurie Halliwell:
JOSEPH L. BECK, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. River Styx; was born in Northampton Co., Penns., Feb. 10, 1818. His father, Ludwig Beck, was a native of that county, being a son of Jacob Beck, who came there from Germany when in his youth. The country was then under English cominion, and the family were often compelled to flee from their homes when the country was harassed by the Indians. Ludwig secured his father's farm, and being an energetic man, possessed at his death a fine property. His companion through life was a native of Bucks Co., Penn. Her maiden name being Elizabeth Shuch. He died July 22, 1841; and his wife May 18, 1876. At the death of his father, Joseph commenced doing for himself, and afterward he and his brother secured the old homestead. He afterward sold his interest to his brother, and coming to Medina Co Ohio in the summer of 1850, bought the farm on which he now lives. The following April, he moved here, and has since been one of the leading farmers of the county, having done more, perhaps, than any other person for the improvement of stock in Medina Co. He brought the first Cotswold sheep here in the spring of 1853, and is one of the leading breeders in other kinds of stock, such as (Belgium) horses, cattle and hogs. That he is one of the honorable and conscientious breeders, is known to all, the herd books of Ohio bearing us out in the testimony. He is a stockholder in the Medina Co Agricultural Society, and one of the leading fair men on Northern Ohio. He was married in October 1841, to Eliza Long. She died Dec. 24, 1874, leaving seven children - Sarah, Catharine, Jane, Maria, Mary (w/o Alfred B. Kulp), Jacob (married Lucy Dyer & Elizabeth Wright), Josephine and George (married Catharine). Jan. 10, 1878 he was united to Sarah Berry, of Northampton Co., Penn, where she was born Oct. 30, 1836. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has been Elder for the last fifteen years (since1866). He is a Republican. [HISTORY OF MEDINA COUNTY & OHIO, 1881. PART III, p718 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: GUILFORD TOWNSHIP]. Joseph L. Beck, owner of the Spring Valley Stock Farm south of River Styx, was a breeder of Belgian horses, there being only 675 horses in the township in 1880. He built a church at Guilford Center (c 1866) where a Lutheran membership worshipped for many years. (HISTORY OF RURAL GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, 1948. pp88-9
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