BECK, William - Putnam

Beck—At his home, a few miles north of Greencastle, on the 31st utl., in the sixty fifth year of his age, William Beck, father of Rev. S. Beck, of this city.

The deceased was born in Ohio in 1809. When the deceased was a child his father moved to Wayne County, Indiana, where he died, leaving the subject of this sketch in charge of the family, he being the oldest child.

In 1830 he was married to Catharine Nethercutt. In 1849 he moved with his family to Putnam County, and settled near Bainbridge. His wife died in November, 1858. In 1863 he was married to Mrs. Margaret Price.

He united with the M. E. Church soon after his first marriage and remained an active and faithful member of the same until his death, filling at different times the office of class leader and steward.

He was a true husband and a devoted father, ready always to sacrifice his own comfort and even health to promote the happiness and welfare of his children.

His liberality hardly knew any bounds. As a neighbor he was obliging, and his hands were ever open to supply the wants of the poor.

His remains were followed by a large concourse of the citizens of his county to Bainbridge, where an excellent funeral discourse was delivered by Rev. J. C. Stevens, his former pastor, from Ecclesiastes 12-vii, after which they were laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery near Bainbridge.

Preparation for death had been the great work of his life and when the summons came it found him ready. His end was peace. - jkbz