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BENJAMIN V. BECKES, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Grand Haven, was born in Knox County, Ind., April 19, 1831; son of William P. Beckes and Margaret C. Jorden. His grandparents were Benjamin Becks and Thomas Jorden. Mr. Beckes grew up in Indiana; he came to Kansas in 1860, and settled in Burlingame Township, where he owns a half section which he has improved, from the raw prairie. He was married in Auburn, Shawnee County, Kan., January 26, 1860, to Miss Mary J. Brewer, a native of Greenwood, Johnson County, Ind., and daughter of William Brewer, who was a son of Daniel Brewer and Dorethy (sic) Darling Brewer, and Mary R. Graham, who was a daughter of Thomas Graham and Mary R. Parr Graham. They have four children - Mary, born November 26, 1860; Albert B., May 20, 1865; Frank M., August 5, 1870; and Archie R., March 26, 1874. Mr. Beckes is a member and elder of the Sharon Presbyterian Church.
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