Individual Details

"David Crawford Beck was born in Dickson County Tennessee where he lived most of his life. As a man he ran small sawmills in and around the hills of Dickson County. He made his home in Burns, Tennessee and later Pegram and Kingston Springs in Cheatham County. In later years, David moved to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee to live with his youngest daughter, Willie Mae "Bill" Beck-Childs and her family, until his death." (Janis Beck-Taylor mojoma@midsouth.rr.com>, 2001.)

Birth	December 3, 1862	Burns, Dickson County, Tennessee
Marriage	August 26, 1887	Dickson County, Tennessee - Ida Tennessee Brown
Marriage	June 26, 1905	possiby Dickson County, Tennessee - Bessie Adcock
Death	February 18, 1954	Whitehaven, Shelby County, Tennessee
Burial	February 20, 1954	Brown Cemetery, Dickson County, Tennessee
Marriage		Sophia Shaw

Spouse	Ida Tennessee Brown (1868 - 1904)
Child	William Bernice Beck (1889 - 1954)
Child	Walter Franklin Beck Sr. (1891 - 1982)
Child	Earl Erin Beck (1892 - 1966)
Child	Clarence Miller Beck (1894 - 1974)
Child	Vernon Aquilla Beck (1896 - 1974)
Child	Claytie Henrietta Beck (1897 - 1972)
Child	Willie Mae "Bill" Beck (1900 - )

Spouse	Bessie Adcock (1887 - 1914)
Child	Ruby Lee Beck (1905 - 1906)
Child	Beck ( - )
Child	Beck ( - )

Spouse

Sophia Shaw ( - )

Father	David Crawford Beck Sr. (1831 - 1878)
Mother	Mary Frances "Frankie" Shelton (1840 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Beck (1859 - 1870)
Sibling	Nancy Jane "Nannie" Beck (1861 - )
Sibling	Almeda Iola "Meedy" Beck (1864 - )
Sibling	William H. "Buck" Beck (1870 - 1943)