Joe S. Beckett

    Joe S. Beckett, farmer, Clay Township, was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, October 8, 1816. His parents, William P. and Mary (Harrison) Beckett, were also natives of Yorkshire, England, where they married and from thence, in 1841, immigrated to the Untied states, landing at New York City, and from there came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and shortly afterward to Dearborn County, Indiana. They were the parents of eighteen children, viz.: Samuel, William, Joe S., George, Elizabeth, Mary, Emma, Ellen, John, Alfred, Annie, Arthur, Hannah M., and five who died in infancy.

    Joe S., our subject, spent the greater part of his early life, while in England, in the mercantile business, and in 1841 immigrated with his parents to this county, where he was united in marriage, September 14, 1843, with Mary, daughter of William L., and Elizabeth (Naylor) Abbott. She was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, June 27, 1824. After Mr. Beckett's marriage he first settled on his father's farm, and in the following year purchased a farm in Washington Township, where he moved in January, 1845, and resided until April, 1871, when he moved on his present farm, which he had purchased previously, and on which he has since resided. He owns at present 647 1/4 acres of fine land, which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. They have had born to them seven children, viz.: Rommald A., Mary E., Eliza A. (deceased), Dorathy, William P., John H. and Joe W.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.