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James Ephraim BECK Sr.
(1817 –1884)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Mary Ann HALL

2. Sarah E. HUFFMAN
 3. Sirena Ann HALL
 4. Lucinda ASKINS

James Ephraim BECK Sr. 5
  • Born: 18 August 1817, Tennessee, USA 6
  • Marriage (1): Mary Ann HALL on 3 August 1836 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Sarah E. HUFFMAN on 12 August 1846 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (3): Sirena Ann HALL on 1 December 1856 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Marriage (4): Lucinda ASKINS on 19 October 1881 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Died: 20 May 1884, Shelby County, Illinois, USA at age 66
  • Buried: 1884, Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA

bullet   Other names for James were Big Jim BECK, James BECK,7 James E. BECK Sr,6 James E. BECK,8 James E. S. BECK and James Ephraim BECK.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Ridge Cemetery

Gravestone inscription:

JAMES E.
BECK
DIED MAY 20,
1884.
AGED 66 Y's
9M.1D.

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Parents: Nathaniel Beck and Edy Maynard.
  • He has conflicting birth information of 18 August 1817 and Kentucky, USA. 7 8
  • He has conflicting birth information of 19 August 1817 and Tennessee, USA. 9 10
  • He worked as a farmer on 3 October 1850 in Wakefield, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 7

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  • He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 3 October 1850 in Wakefield, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 7

James Beck   33  M   Farming   Kentucky
Sarah        23  F             Illinois
Melvina      13  F             Illinois
William      11  M             Illinois
Mary          2  F             Illinois
Martha        1  F             Illinois

  • He worked as a farmer on 26 June 1860 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 8

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  • He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 26 June 1860 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 8

James E Beck       42  M   Farmer       Kentucky
Serene   "         43  F                Kentucky
James    "    Jr   19  M   Farm labor   Illinois
Tho.     "         16  M   Farm labor   Illinois
Mary     "         12  F                Illinois
Margaret "          9  F                Illinois
Mary J.  "          8  F                Illinois
Matilda  "          6  F                Illinois
Editha   "          5  F                Illinois
Minerva  "          4  F                Illinois
Minda    "          3  F                Illinois
Emma     "          2  F                Illinois

  • He worked as a farmer on 3 June 1880 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 6
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James married Mary Ann HALL, daughter of Samuel HALL and Nancy STEELE, on 3 August 1836 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.1 (Mary Ann HALL was born on 23 March 1819 in Illinois, USA,11 died on 20 November 1845 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1845 in Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.)


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James next married Sarah E. HUFFMAN, daughter of Daniel HUFFMAN and Margaret TETRICK, on 12 August 1846 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.2 3 4 The marriage ended in divorce in 1856. (Sarah E. HUFFMAN was born in 1829 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA and died before 1880.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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James next married Sirena Ann HALL, daughter of Samuel HALL and Nancy STEELE, on 1 December 1856 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.1 (Sirena Ann HALL was born on 25 March 1817 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA,6 8 12 13 died on 23 December 1879 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA 6 12 and was buried in 1879 in Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.)


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James next married Lucinda ASKINS on 19 October 1881 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.1 (Lucinda ASKINS was born on 14 May 1823 in Knox County, Ohio, USA,14 died on 6 August 1891 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1891 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 –1900, Database. Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp).
  2. Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 –1900, Database. Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp), Vol.. 1, pg. 12.
  3. Personal knowledge of Wanda Larimore Beck (1951– 2019), family historian, email 29 Jan 2008. Dennis & Wanda Beck [dbwb75@frontiernet.net]
  4. Personal knowledge of Wanda Larimore Beck (1951– 2019), family historian, 29 Jan 2008 email. Dennis & Wanda Beck [dbwb75@frontiernet.net]
  5. Kirsty M. Haining.
  6. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), James E. Beck Sr. and James Beck Jr. households, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, DC), James Beck household, Wakefield, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), James E. Beck household, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinios, USA.
  9. FindAGrave.com.
  10. Birthdate calculated from age at death., gravestone inscription "66 Y's, 9M. 1D."
  11. Birthdate calculated from age at death., gravestone inscription "Aged 26 years, 7 months and 28 days."
  12. Ancestry.com, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 –1880 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Serena Beck death, YE 05-31-1880, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.
  13. Birthdate calculated from age at death., gravestone inscription "Aged 62 years, 8 months and 28 days."
  14. Kirsty M. Haining, Estimated date. Estimates are based off of known event dates (birth dates, christening dates, marriage dates, graduation dates, retirement events, death dates, etc.) from the lives of the individual's immediate ancestors or descendants. Women are estimated to be roughly 20 years older than the birth of the first child; men are about 5 years older than their wives; siblings are estimated at 2 years apart.


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