Michael Beck

"Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6L-QVYV : accessed 21 April 2016), Michael Beck, ; citing Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 417,385.

"Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XW-ZYL : accessed 21 April 2016), Michael Beck and Martha Hammer, 07 Mar 1844; citing Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church,Gettysburg,Adams,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,433,124.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44H-SRM : accessed 21 April 2016), Michael Beck, Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 298, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..

The son of Margaret Beck, he married Martha unk. and fathered George (b. @1844), Joseph (b. @1846), Elizabeth (b. @1849), John William (b. @1850), Franklin (b. @1857), and James (b. 1860). In 1850, he lived in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1860 was a shoemaker living in Butler Township, Adams County, and in 1870, resided in Tyrone Township, Adams County. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and hazel eyes. The 1870 census claims an 1813 year of birth.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65248072

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Adams County October 16, 1862, as a substitute for Daniel Boblitz, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 7, 1862, as a private with Co. I, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863.

"Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYM-R8FT : accessed 21 April 2016), Michael Beck, ; citing Burial, Clinton, Dekalb, Illinois, United States, Johnson Grove Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,184.