b: Pike Co IN; d: Mt Carmel; s/of William Beck (1804-1870) & Elizabeth Brenton (1809-1870); m: 22 Mar 1856 Pike Co Winnie Melissa Lovelace*; res: 1860-80 Pike Co IN 1900 Mt Carmel; ch: Isaac Newton (ca 1860 IN-3 May 1932 WA) & Louisa (9 May 1865 IN-27 Mar 1922 Danville IL m: J H Bell both bur: Bethel Cem) & Mary (1864 IN-1957 m: 1880 George Jones both bur: Pike Co IN) & John (13 Mar 1868 Petersburg IN-17 Jan 1944 Mt Carmel bur: Highland Cem) & Maria (ca 1871 IN) & George (ca 1873 IN)