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Source for: Anna Catherine Beck, 1856 - 1932
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Name source: S143Text: Anna Catherine Journal of the House of the 42nd General Assembly - Iowa. page 1900.
Name source: S112Text: EDWARD LOGAN McCLURKIN.
One of the pioneer families of Louisa county and Morning Sun is represented in the banking circles of this town in the person of Edward Logan McClurkin, whose birth occurred on the 20th of August, 1857. He is the son of the late Henry and Nancy J. (Logan) McClurkin, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana. The father, who was a stock buyer and shipper located in Morning Sun in 1855, where for several years he was engaged in the mercantile business, and during which time he also acted as postmaster. Seven children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. McClurkin : Margaret, the wife Of M. Ochiltree, of this city; Kate, who .married R. M. Pomeroy, of Shelby, Iowa ; E. L., our subject ; William H., of Morning Sun; Martin L. and Norah, both of whom are deceased; and one who died in infancy.
The preliminary education of Edward Logan McClurkin was acquired in the public schools of his native city, the course of which he completed in 1876, being one of the first graduates from the high school. Subsequently he attended the State University at Iowa City for a year and a half. Returning home he assisted his father in the store and post office, where he remained until 1886. He then joined his brother-in-law, William Beck, in establishing the Exchange Bank, of which institution he is now the cashier.
Mr. McClurkin was united in marriage on the l0th of November, T881, to Miss Cassie A. Beck, a daughter of Conrad and Sophia Beck, natives of Germany but for many years residents of Des Moines county, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McClurkin have been born the following children: Oak B., a resident of Morning Sun; Elizabeth Jane, the wife of F. C. Selzer, of Detroit, Michigan; Clifford H., who is attending college at Monmouth, Illinois; and Justus Logan, who is at home.
Mr. and Mrs. McClurkin hold membership in the United Presbyterian church, and his political support he grants to the candidates of the republican party. He has always been quite prominently identified with the political activities of the community and has several times served as mayor, while he has three times represented his district in the state legislature. A public-spirited, progressive citizen and capable business man Mr. McClurkin stands high in theesteem of the general community, where he has spent practically the entire period of his life and where the comrades of his youth are the friends of his manhood. History of Louisa County Iowa.Volume 2 page 7
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Burial source: S304Page: Cassie McClurkin
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Text: November 10th, 1881, he was united in marriage to Anna Catherine Beck, who, together with three sons, Oak, Cliff and Justus, and one daughter, June, live to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father.
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Source for: Conrad Beck, 23 DEC 1808 - 13 OCT 1895
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Birth source: S191Page: Page 545
Text: CONRAD BECK, one of the early settlers of Des Moines County, now residing at Morning Sun, this county, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, near the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Dec. 25, 1808. He remained in his native land until 1827, when he went to England, and there resided until 1832, when he sailed for America. After landing in New York he went directly to Dutchess County, N. Y., where he was employed as gardener for Gen. Luce. In 1833 he went to Pike County, Ill., where he purchased land, making it his home for five years, but in 1838 sold out and went to Burlington, which then consisted of but a few scattered cabins. Soon afterward he went to Rome, Henry County, where he purchased 160 acres of land, but not liking the situation sold out and purchased eighty acres in Pleasant Grove Township, upon which he built a large stone house, that is still in his possession.
On the 26th of February, 1842, Mr. Beck was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Grota, who was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, in 1821, and came to America in 1840 with her parents, locating in Baltimore, Md., but who in 1842 removed to Des Moines County, Iowa.
In 1850, shortly after the gold fever broke out, Mr. Beck crossed the plains to California, leaving home on the 25th of March, and arriving at Hang-town in September. He was there engaged in mining for about sixteen months, when he sailed from San Francisco. The vessel was caught in a calm and laid by for many days, when a heavy storm caught them and drove them off their course. The boat was heavily loaded with passengers, the rations gave out, and there was some talk by the passengers that one of their number should be killed to eat. About this time a ship fortunately hove in sight, and they succeeded in buying $500 worth of food. They finally landed at Chapultepec, where they laid in supplies received from or through the assistance of the American Consul. There they purchased mules, and proceeded to Vera Cruz, a distance of 600 miles. This was soon after the Mexican War, and the people were not very friendly, often throwing brick-bats and stones at the party. From Vera Cruz they made their way to New Orleans, and thence by rail to Burlington. While on the latter part of their journey the cholera broke out, and many died while coming up on the boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Beck are the parents of nine children: Mary, wife of Daniel Schunck, of Missouri; Sarah, who is single; William, who has charge of his father's large property, is an enterprising man and has one of the largest herds of Polled-Angus cattle in the State, and in his own name has 800 acres of valuable land; Caroline is the wife of Fred Smith, of Des Moines County; Henry; Cassie, wife of Ed McClurken, of Morning Sun; Senna, at home; Lizzie, the wife of O. B. Jamison, of Newport, Iowa, and Emma, residing at home. Mr. Beck is one of the large land-owners of this section of the country, having 3,200 acres of finely cultivated land. He and his wife are both members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Text: CONRAD BECK.
CONRAD BECK, deceased, was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Pleasant Grove township, Des Moines county, and achieved a success which was an indication of superior business ability, executive force, and unfaltering determination. He was born Dec. 23, 1808, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, near Frankfort-on-the-Rhine. When nineteen years of age he left home, his father giving him his blessing, a prayer book and the equivalent of a dollar in American money. Years afterward he repaid the money by sending his father three hundred dollars. After visiting France, Spain, and Portugal, Mr. Beck decided to locate near London, England, and for five years was in the employ of Lord Mangester as a gardener. On the expiration of that period he sailed for New York, believing that he would have better business advantages in the New World. He occupied a similiar position with General Luce in Dutchess county, New York, and in 1833 came to Iowa, settling at Rome, near Fairfield, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. On his way to that place he stopped for a brief period at Burlington, and dug the first cellar in that city, for which labor he was paid ten dollars. Mr. Beck did not remain long in the vicinity of Fairfield, but removed to Pleasant Grove township, Des Moines county, where he entered land from the government, to which he added from time to time in later years. His first house was built of logs and clapboards, and had a single piece of glass for a window. He figured that the house cost him in money a dollar and twenty cents. In true pioneer style he began life in this county, putting forth strenuous effort to overcome the difficulties and obstacles under which all frontier settlers labor, and as the years passed his work was crowned with success. In 1849, however, he was filled with the desire to go to the famous newly discovered gold fields of California, and in connection with Hon. Justice Clark, each outfitted a big wagon with four yoke of oxen. Mr. Beck took with him sugar and other articles to trade with the Indians for pelts, and also commodities that he might sell to advantage. They proceeded westward to Council Bluffs, up the Platte River, and across the Rockies to San Francisco, where Mr. Beck sold his outfit. Mr. Clark's oxen had all died on the way, but Mr. Beck was more careful with his teams and lost none.
After a sojourn of a year in the far West, Mr. Beck returned by way of the isthmus route. After leaving the California port the vessel in which he sailed encountered a severe storm and was in great peril. The food supply also became largely exhausted, and they were on short rations for fourteen days before reaching the isthmus. Knowing that the ship's officers were responsible for the want of provisions, the passengers decided that if cannibalism became necessary, as they were afraid it might, they would eat the officers first. Mr. Beck finally reached Iowa by way of the Mississippi River, returning home with fourteen hundred dollars in gold. He then resumed farming and stock-raising, and became one of the most prosperous men in his township, because of his progressive methods, his untiring activity, and his keen business discernment. He had three thousand acres of land, and built a stone residence in Pleasant Grove that was one of the finest homes in the county. He made his first purchases of land at government prices or a little more, and for some of his later investments he paid as high as thirty-five dollars per acre. With the growth and, settlement of the county the land greatly increased in value, and he became one of the prosperous agriculturists of this part of the State.
In 1842, in the town of Burlington, Mr. Beck was married to Miss Elizabeth Grote, of Dodgeville, Iowa, who was born at Krois Minden, Germany, Dec. 21, 1821, and died June 19, 1895, at Morning Sun, Iowa. Her parents were John D. and Anna Grote. Her father was born, Aug. 19, 1790, and his wife's birth occurred in 1788, while her death occurred Sept 13, 1855. They came to America in 1840, settling in Iowa, where Mr. Grote carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred May 17, 1868. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Beck are nine in number: Mary, died August, 1904, the widow of David Schenck, of Memphis, Mo.; Sarah; William, who married Ella Berryhill, and lives in Morning Sun, Iowa; Caroline, the wife of Hon. F. N. Smith, of Burlington; Henry H., who married Fanny Vele, of Breckenridge, Texas; Cassie A., the wife of Hon. E. L. McClurken, of Morning Sun, Iowa; Senna, the wife of Joseph F. Swallow, of Burlington; Elizabeth, the wife of 0. B. Jamison, of Newport, Iowa; and Emma Louise, who married J. F. Barr, of Burlington.
In his political views Mr. Beck was a Democrat, and in religious faith was connected with the German Methodist church at Pleasant Grove. In 1875, he retired from the farm and took up his home at Morning Sun, where his death occurred Oct. 13, 1895. He was a strictly temperate man, never using intoxicants of any kind, nor tobacco. He was noted for his industry and frugality, his honest dealing and his reliability. Indoleuce and idleness were utterly abhorent to his nature, and he put forth earnest effort to provide for his family and secure a competency. He stood four square to every wind that blew, was a man of honest convictions, and never faltered in support of a course which he believed to be right. During the last sixteen years of his life he was blind. His wife passed away a few months before his demise, and it was his fondly expressed desire that he, too, might go and thus join her. As a frontier settler of Eastern Iowa, he took an active and helpful part in its early development and progress, and is now numbered among the honored pioneers of the State.
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Text: Conrad Beck
Event source: S54Page: Pages 849 & 850
Text: CONRAD BECK.
CONRAD BECK, deceased, was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Pleasant Grove township, Des Moines county, and achieved a success which was an indication of superior business ability, executive force, and unfaltering determination. He was born Dec. 23, 1808, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, near Frankfort-on-the-Rhine. When nineteen years of age he left home, his father giving him his blessing, a prayer book and the equivalent of a dollar in American money. Years afterward he repaid the money by sending his father three hundred dollars. After visiting France, Spain, and Portugal, Mr. Beck decided to locate near London, England, and for five years was in the employ of Lord Mangester as a gardener. On the expiration of that period he sailed for New York, believing that he would have better business advantages in the New World. He occupied a similiar position with General Luce in Dutchess county, New York, and in 1833 came to Iowa, settling at Rome, near Fairfield, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. On his way to that place he stopped for a brief period at Burlington, and dug the first cellar in that city, for which labor he was paid ten dollars. Mr. Beck did not remain long in the vicinity of Fairfield, but removed to Pleasant Grove township, Des Moines county, where he entered land from the government, to which he added from time to time in later years. His first house was built of logs and clapboards, and had a single piece of glass for a window. He figured that the house cost him in money a dollar and twenty cents. In true pioneer style he began life in this county, putting forth strenuous effort to overcome the difficulties and obstacles under which all frontier settlers labor, and as the years passed his work was crowned with success. In 1849, however, he was filled with the desire to go to the famous newly discovered gold fields of California, and in connection with Hon. Justice Clark, each outfitted a big wagon with four yoke of oxen. Mr. Beck took with him sugar and other articles to trade with the Indians for pelts, and also commodities that he might sell to advantage. They proceeded westward to Council Bluffs, up the Platte River, and across the Rockies to San Francisco, where Mr. Beck sold his outfit. Mr. Clark's oxen had all died on the way, but Mr. Beck was more careful with his teams and lost none.
After a sojourn of a year in the far West, Mr. Beck returned by way of the isthmus route. After leaving the California port the vessel in which he sailed encountered a severe storm and was in great peril. The food supply also became largely exhausted, and they were on short rations for fourteen days before reaching the isthmus. Knowing that the ship's officers were responsible for the want of provisions, the passengers decided that if cannibalism became necessary, as they were afraid it might, they would eat the officers first. Mr. Beck finally reached Iowa by way of the Mississippi River, returning home with fourteen hundred dollars in gold. He then resumed farming and stock-raising, and became one of the most prosperous men in his township, because of his progressive methods, his untiring activity, and his keen business discernment. He had three thousand acres of land, and built a stone residence in Pleasant Grove that was one of the finest homes in the county. He made his first purchases of land at government prices or a little more, and for some of his later investments he paid as high as thirty-five dollars per acre. With the growth and, settlement of the county the land greatly increased in value, and he became one of the prosperous agriculturists of this part of the State.
In 1842, in the town of Burlington, Mr. Beck was married to Miss Elizabeth Grote, of Dodgeville, Iowa, who was born at Krois Minden, Germany, Dec. 21, 1821, and died June 19, 1895, at Morning Sun, Iowa. Her parents were John D. and Anna Grote. Her father was born, Aug. 19, 1790, and his wife's birth occurred in 1788, while her death occurred Sept 13, 1855. They came to America in 1840, settling in Iowa, where Mr. Grote carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred May 17, 1868. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Beck are nine in number: Mary, died August, 1904, the widow of David Schenck, of Memphis, Mo.; Sarah; William, who married Ella Berryhill, and lives in Morning Sun, Iowa; Caroline, the wife of Hon. F. N. Smith, of Burlington; Henry H., who married Fanny Vele, of Breckenridge, Texas; Cassie A., the wife of Hon. E. L. McClurken, of Morning Sun, Iowa; Senna, the wife of Joseph F. Swallow, of Burlington; Elizabeth, the wife of 0. B. Jamison, of Newport, Iowa; and Emma Louise, who married J. F. Barr, of Burlington.
In his political views Mr. Beck was a Democrat, and in religious faith was connected with the German Methodist church at Pleasant Grove. In 1875, he retired from the farm and took up his home at Morning Sun, where his death occurred Oct. 13, 1895. He was a strictly temperate man, never using intoxicants of any kind, nor tobacco. He was noted for his industry and frugality, his honest dealing and his reliability. Indoleuce and idleness were utterly abhorent to his nature, and he put forth earnest effort to provide for his family and secure a competency. He stood four square to every wind that blew, was a man of honest convictions, and never faltered in support of a course which he believed to be right. During the last sixteen years of his life he was blind. His wife passed away a few months before his demise, and it was his fondly expressed desire that he, too, might go and thus join her. As a frontier settler of Eastern Iowa, he took an active and helpful part in its early development and progress, and is now numbered among the honored pioneers of the State.
Death source: S54 Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa. page 850
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Text: Conrad Beck
Event source: S191Page: Page 545
Text: CONRAD BECK, one of the early settlers of Des Moines County, now residing at Morning Sun, this county, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, near the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Dec. 25, 1808. He remained in his native land until 1827, when he went to England, and there resided until 1832, when he sailed for America. After landing in New York he went directly to Dutchess County, N. Y., where he was employed as gardener for Gen. Luce. In 1833 he went to Pike County, Ill., where he purchased land, making it his home for five years, but in 1838 sold out and went to Burlington, which then consisted of but a few scattered cabins. Soon afterward he went to Rome, Henry County, where he purchased 160 acres of land, but not liking the situation sold out and purchased eighty acres in Pleasant Grove Township, upon which he built a large stone house, that is still in his possession.
On the 26th of February, 1842, Mr. Beck was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Grota, who was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, in 1821, and came to America in 1840 with her parents, locating in Baltimore, Md., but who in 1842 removed to Des Moines County, Iowa.
In 1850, shortly after the gold fever broke out, Mr. Beck crossed the plains to California, leaving home on the 25th of March, and arriving at Hang-town in September. He was there engaged in mining for about sixteen months, when he sailed from San Francisco. The vessel was caught in a calm and laid by for many days, when a heavy storm caught them and drove them off their course. The boat was heavily loaded with passengers, the rations gave out, and there was some talk by the passengers that one of their number should be killed to eat. About this time a ship fortunately hove in sight, and they succeeded in buying $500 worth of food. They finally landed at Chapultepec, where they laid in supplies received from or through the assistance of the American Consul. There they purchased mules, and proceeded to Vera Cruz, a distance of 600 miles. This was soon after the Mexican War, and the people were not very friendly, often throwing brick-bats and stones at the party. From Vera Cruz they made their way to New Orleans, and thence by rail to Burlington. While on the latter part of their journey the cholera broke out, and many died while coming up on the boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Beck are the parents of nine children: Mary, wife of Daniel Schunck, of Missouri; Sarah, who is single; William, who has charge of his father's large property, is an enterprising man and has one of the largest herds of Polled-Angus cattle in the State, and in his own name has 800 acres of valuable land; Caroline is the wife of Fred Smith, of Des Moines County; Henry; Cassie, wife of Ed McClurken, of Morning Sun; Senna, at home; Lizzie, the wife of O. B. Jamison, of Newport, Iowa, and Emma, residing at home. Mr. Beck is one of the large land-owners of this section of the country, having 3,200 acres of finely cultivated land. He and his wife are both members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.