Lewis
Franklin Beck and Nancy Ann Corlew
daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Barlow Corlew
From:
Nancy Boon
I
found this Barlow reference in my material on my grandmother,
Ora Beck McMillan's family.
Lewis
Franklin Beck, a son of my great2 grandfather and
his
first wife, married Nancy Ann Corlew, daughter of Phillip
and Elizabeth Barlow Corlew.
The
following material is from the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
and History of Montgomery County, Alexander T. Strange
Editor, Volume II published in 1918 by Munsell Publishing
Co, Chicago, page 1006, and was received from Rob
Appleton
"Beck,
Lewis F., one of the retired residents of Litchfield, and
a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Montgomery Co Illinois,
December
11, 1843, a son of Moses and Lucinda "Sidwell" Beck, natives of
Shelby Co Illinois. When a boy, the father came to Hillsboro,
Illinois, and later became the driver of a stage running
between Alton and Shelbywille, Illinois. He was
married
at Hillsboro, and reared three sons. His wife dying,
he
went to California in the company of Alexander and Hall,
and
was three months on the road. After remaining two and one-half years
in the Golden State, he returned home by way of the
Isthmus of Panama, and was married (second) to Emily
C. (Barlow) Cameron. Buying a farm in Walshville
Township, he located on it and died at the age of eighty-five years.
His widow, who was born May 10, 1827, survives and makes her home
in Nebraska. Lewis
F. Beck remained at home until his enlistment for
service
during the Civil War in Company E, First Illinois
Cavalry,
at Lexington, Missouri. The regiment was captured
by
General Price, and its members were paroled. Later the
regiment
was reorganized, and Mr. Beck reenlisted in the First Missouri Cavalry,
in Companies C and A, which saw service in Missouri and Arkansas,
taking Little Rock, Arkansas, September 10, 1863, after which the
regiment was sent to Texas. The men were discharged September 5,
1865, and Mr. Beck returned home.
On March 19, 1868, he was married to Nancy
Ann Corlew, born
in Montgomery Co Illinois, a daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth
'Barlow' Corlew, natives of Illinois. Following
marriage,
Mr. Beck bought a farm in Walshville Township, but
after a year moved to Walshville and went into a merchantile
business.
A year later, he sold and went to Wichita, Kansas, where for two
years he conducted a livery business and then sold it, and for a
year was engaged in Indian fighting. He then returned to Walshville
and resumed his farming. In 1889, he had a final sale,
disposing of his farm and stock, and moved then to
Litchfield
where he built his residence and has since had his
home.
His children were as follows: Maggie
Olive, who is deceased; F.M.,
who lives at Huntington, Oregon; Edgar M.,
who lives at
Caldwell, Idaho; F.E., who lives at Whitney, Oregon;
and Emma
May, who is Mrs. E.M. Hickman, of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Mr. Beck is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served
as district steward for several years. He is a Republican
and
was assessor of Witt Township, and was assessor and
deputy
of North Litchfield Township for eleven years. He
belongs
to the S.B. Phillips Post, No. 375, G.A.R. and to the Masonic Fraternity."
The
family sources list seven children. They include those
listed
in the above quote and two who may have died young.
See
also:
J. Morgan Corlew
son of Philip and Elizabeth "BARLOW" Corlew
Thomas
Barlow and Elizabeth Nicholas Family
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