. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. ay he is the owner of a finely cultivatedtract of more than two hundred acres of land. Mr. Beck was bornAugust 18, 1872, near the ^^llage of Liberty, Union county, Indiana, andis a son of Alvin and Cynthia T. (Showalter) Beck. His father, also anative of Union county, was a farmer by occupation, and died when stillin the prime of life, leaving Jiis wife with five small children, George E.,Edwin Bruce and Garry, who are now deceas
. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. ay he is the owner of a finely cultivatedtract of more than two hundred acres of land. Mr. Beck was bornAugust 18, 1872, near the ^^llage of Liberty, Union county, Indiana, andis a son of Alvin and Cynthia T. (Showalter) Beck. His father, also anative of Union county, was a farmer by occupation, and died when stillin the prime of life, leaving Jiis wife with five small children, George E.,Edwin Bruce and Garry, who are now deceased, and Claude. The educational advantages of Claude Beck were somewhat limited,owing to the fact that it was early necessary for him to become self-supporting, but he attended the schools of Young America, made themost of his opportunities, and, being ambitious and industrious, man-aged to acquire a much better education than many who had much betterchances. When still an infant he was brought by his mother to Casscounty, and here when still a lad he began his career as an yet in his teens he started operations on a tract of rented land. FRANK V. GUTHRIE HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY 1003 in Deer Creek township, and as tlie years passed invested his earningsin property nntil at the present time he has, as before stated, two hun-dred acres. Here he has made numerous improvements, his buildingsbeing large and substantial and of modern architecture, and liis ma-chinery being of the latest manufacture and in the best of repair. Thegreater part of his attention has been given to general farming, but hehas also experimented in stock raising with a full measure of success. Inbusiness affairs Mr. Beck is a man of keen discrimination and sound .judg-ment, of energy and perseverance, and the prosperity which has at-tended his efforts is the merited reward of his own faithful labor. In May, 1892, Mr. Beck was married to Miss Mary A. Roach, andthey have had a family of eight c
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