Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Beckwith, Guy M
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Guy M. BECKWITH, farmer; P. O. Kankakee; was born in Wesley Twp., Will Co., IL, Sept. 12, 
1840, and is the son of Geo. M. and Phoebe, S. (BARDEN) BECKWITH; his father was born in 
Bedford Co., Penn., about the year 1816; when he was 21 years old, his parents moved to 
Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y.; he and his brother left New York together for the Far West, 
first stopping on the Wabash River near Terre Haute, Ind., thence to North Ann Prairie, 
four miles northeast of Paris, IL, which is thirty-six miles south of Danville, IL, where 
they broke land; in 1818 or 1819, they came to the salt-works, four miles west of Danville, 
where they worked hard for several years. June 22, 1827, George M. BECKWITH married 
Charlotte GILBERT, by whom he bad one child - Lucy E.; the wife died Feb. 10, 1831, 
26 years old. He was a Captain, and his brother was a Major in the Black Hawk war. He 
came to Wesley Twp., Will Co., at an early day, being about the first settler here; he 
engaged in farming; he died respected and honored. Guy M. BECKWITH enlisted as a private 
in Co. A, 100th IL V. I., in August, 1862; participated in all the battles of this regiment; 
was mustered out in June, 1865. In 1873, was Supervisor of Wesley Twp, owns 228 acres of 
fine improved land. Married in 1868, to Miss Orcelia F. PAIN, of Michigan, by whom he has 
three children.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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