Jacob W. & Jane Hageman Beck>1800-1871 Porter Co., IN
Researching the family of Jacob and Jane Beck who settled in Liberty Twp., Porter Co., IN after their marriage 1822 in Owens County, IN.Trying to PROVE through documentation that this Jacob Beck was the son of Maj. George Beck, Sr. of BECK'S MILL, Salem, Washington Co., IN. Please contact me if you have information. [email protected]
Source:The Beck Family: For Our Posterity, 1987 (Recollections from the Past); The Old Sugar Bowl Tells Its Story, by Clara H. Sipperley.This info submitted by Colleen Nickerson, a descendant.
October 11, 1850 Census in Liberty Twp., Porter Co., IN shows the widow:
BECK, Jane 46 F OH
George W. Beck 20 M Laborer IN
William H. 16 M IN
Jessie 11 M IN
Jacob 7 M IN
1860 Census, same county:
Jane Beck 56 F OH
Jacob Beck 17 M IN
455/456
George W. Beck 30 M Farmer IN
Sarah J. 18 F NY
George H. 7/mo M IN
457 John N.(?) Beck 35 M Farm Labor IN
Sarah Beck 30 F Canada
1850 United States Federal Census > Indiana > Porter > Liberty
about Jacob Beck
Name: Jacob Beck
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Birth Place: Indiana
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Liberty, Porter, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Beck 46OH
George W Beck 20 IN
William H Beck 16IN
Jesse Beck 11IN
Jacob Beck 7IN
1870 United States Federal Census > Indiana > Porter > Liberty
about Jacob C Beck
Name: Jacob C Beck
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Age in 1870: 29
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1870: Liberty, Porter, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Valparaiso
Jacob Beck 29
Angelina 22
Prona H1son
Jane Beck 67no occupation - Mother
Source: In the papers "The Old Sugar Bowl Tells Its Story, p. 2, this is written:
"The Beck family was also moving west, part of them going to Washington County. John Beck and his family joined us at Bennet's Bottom in 1811. Those who went to Washington county settled near Salem, where they erected a mill, known as Beck's Mill.It was still grinding grist 118 years later in 1938.
Records tell us our Jane Hegeman had married Jacob Beck, the son of John, on March 8, and Elizabeth had married Willilam Skidmore; both marriages taking place in 1822. Later the Becks joined the rest of the family in 1824 at Rob Roy, in Fountain county. Good farm land was to be had and Father John Hegeman found a good mill-site there.
p 5: Orinda Hegeman had become the wife of David Skinner after his wife, Susannah Beck, had died. The wives were cousins. The Skinner family had settled in Portersville, now Valparaiso, and in some way had been helped by Charity, probably in illness. They were very fond of her and used to come for her when she was old and take her to their home for a visit. She died October 4, 1885.
The little cemetery, Gossett Mills,on the hill was a quiet, restful place and many of the family were buried there; Grandmother Nancy Gossett in 1837, Nancy in 1838, both Grandfather and Grandmother Hageman in 1843, Grandfather Batten and William Gossett in 1845, and Orinda H. Beck in 1855.That year, Ira Gossett and several other young men, including William Beck, journeyed to the "Far West", not to return for many years. Only two of her children were near her, Hannah Jane, who had married Henry Hageman, and son, John, who lived at Salt Creek. Hannah Jane had gone to the western territories with the Fosters, but had returned after her marriage to Henry Hageman, and went to live near Waverly. Their first log house is still standing on Waverly road on the Joseph Ray property and was built about 1845."
....Chesterton Tribune, June 22, 1950; Duneland Historical Society, Vol 11 No 5
story written by Clara Hageman Sipperley