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Subject: [GAWILKES] Ga-Pike-Wilkes-Meriwether Co. Bios (Beck)
Date: 3 Jun 2003 05:58:33 -0000


Pike-Wilkes-Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....James W. Beck October 23 1831 -
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Author: "Memoirs of Georgia" published in 1895 by the Southern Historical Association

Rev. James W. Beck

Rev. J. W. Beck ~ One of the most distinguished educators in the state and a
learned and brilliant gentleman, is the Rev. James W. Beck, of Concord, Pike
Co., Ga. He was born in Wilkes county, Ga., Oct. 23, 1831, and is one of the
most noted Baptist ministers in the south. Rev. T. J. Beck was born in 1805,
and deprived of the advantages of an early education, succeeded by
indefatigable efforts in surmounting all obstacles and preparing his talented
mind for a work which has not been surpassed in the history of the church. He
preached his last sermon at Richmond, Va., in 1862, and died that year. Rev.
J. W. Beck, who in his youth accompanied his father when on the round of his
ministerial duties, was educated up and down the valleys of Georgia, and
attended Mercer university in 1857-8-9. His life has been identified with the
cause of education and devoted to the service of the church. He was president
of the Bowdon college from 1878 to 1883, and president of Jackson, Butts Co.,
Ga., institute from 1884 to 1890. He entered the service of the Confederacy at
the opening of the war, enlisting in Company B, Second regiment, Georgia
volunteers, as a private soldier. He was afterward elected captain of Company
K, Forty-fourth Georgia regiment, and was made major of the regiment for
meritorious service on the field. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-
colonel for bravery at the battle of Gettysburg. He then commanded the Forty-
fourth Georgia regiment till the end of the war, and was in battles all around
Richmond, at Fredericksburg with the Second Army corps and at Chancellorsville
with Jackson. He with 400 men, having 360 muskets, marched 5,641 Union
prisoners take at the battle of Chancellorsville, to Richmond, Va., in one
week. Rev. Beck is a royal arch Mason and for three years was state lecturer
for the Farmers' alliance. He was married in 1853 to Margaret Willis, of
Meriwether county, by whom he has three children: Marcus W., the present judge
of the Flint circuit court; Lenore Beck, president of the Capital Female
college at Atlanta and also president of the Woman's Press association of
Georgia, and Walter L., business manager of the Griffin Wheel company, of
Chicago. All are graduates of colleges and bright in mental accomplishments.


Additional Comments:
Meriwether Co., GA Marriage Records:
Beck, James W. - Wells, Margaret J. on 18 May 1853.
*
Muster Roll of Company B, Second Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Northern Virginia
C. S. A.
Meriwether Co., Georgia
"Jackson Blues"
This company was also known as "Georgia Blues."

Beck, James W. - 3d Sergeant July 12, 1861. Appears last on roll for October
31, 1861.
*
1880 Census - District 1111, Carroll Co., GA; pg. 123B
(This is where Bowdon College is located)

James W. BECK Self M Male W 48 GA President Of College SC GA
Margaret J. BECK Wife M Female W 46 GA Keeping House GA GA
Marcus W. BECK Son S Male W 20 GA Teaching School GA GA
Lenora I. BECK Dau S Female W 18 GA Teaching School GA GA
Walter L. BECK Son S Male W 9 GA At School GA GA
Mary COLCLANPH Other S Female B 16 GA Servant GA GA
G. Pearce EMATZ Other S Male W 24 PA Teaching School PRUSSIA
PRUSSIA
Virgil B. BISHOP Other S Male W 24 GA At School GA GA
Samuel L. CRAVIN Other S Male W 25 GA At School GA GA
Sach T. CODY Other S Male W 22 GA At School GA GA
Chas. H. CHAPMAN Other S Male W 18 AL Boarder At School GA
GA
Wm. CARTEN Other S Male W 20 GA Boarder At School GA GA
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"The Pike County Journal"
Zebulon, Ga., Tuesday, July 22, 1890

Attention 44th Ga. Regt. The surviving members of the 44th Ga. Regt. will have
a reunion at Jonesboro, Clayton county, on the 24th day of July 1890.

Every surviving member of this old Regiment [is] earnestly requested to be
present. Gen. Phil Cook, Col. BECK, Col. Estes and several other old warriors
will be there to greet old comrades. The surviving members of the 10th and 30th
Ga. Regiments are cordially invited to join us on this occasion. Railroads
throughout the state will carry all who wish to attend at reduced rates.

Comrades, a few more years and the Last Confederate Soldier will have crossed
over the River; let us therefore meet with pleasant greetings while we may.

S.M. Buchanan, Secty.
(Transcribed 10/7/02 Lynn Cunningham

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