Yesterday I posted information on James W. Beck. The following family group sheet, follows this family, beginning with James' son Marcus Wayland Beck. If you are a descendant of this Beck line your emails are welcomed.
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Family Group Record for Marcus Wayland (Sr.) Beck
Husband: Marcus Wayland (Sr.) Beck
Born: 28 Apr 1860 - Harris County, Georgia
Died: 21 Jan 1943 - Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Buried: Jackson City Cemetery, Butts County, Georgia
Father: James W. (Lt. Col.) (Rev.) Beck (1831-After 1895)
Mother: Margaret J. Willis (Wells) (1835-After 1885)
Marriage: 13 Dec 1888 Place: Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
Appointed: Judge to Georgia Supreme Court
Appointed: Baptist Deacon, Fulton County, Georgia
Political Party: Democrat
Military Event: Spanish American War
Military: Major-US Army - 3rd GA Infantry
Religion - Baptist
Wife: Caroline (Carrie) Ellis
Born: Oct 1860 - Georgia
Died: After 1937 - Poss. Mildgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Children
Husband: Marcus Wayland (Sr.) Beck
Born: 28 Apr 1860 - Harris County, Georgia
Died: 21 Jan 1943 - Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Buried: Jackson City Cemetery, Butts County, GeorgiaFather: James W. (Lt. Col.) (Rev.) Beck (1831-After 1895)
Mother: Margaret J. Willis (Wells) (1835-After 1885)
Marriage: 13 Dec 1888 Place: Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
Appointed: Judge to Georgia Supreme Court
Appointed: Baptist Deacon, Fulton County, Georgia
Political Party: Democrat
Military Event: Spanish American War
Military: Major-US Army - 3rd GA Infantry
Religion - Baptist
Wife: Caroline (Carrie) Ellis
Born: Oct 1860 - Georgia
Died: After 1937 - Poss. Mildgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Children
1 M Leroy E. Beck
Born: Jan 1890 - Georgia
2 F Martha Beck
Born: Feb 1892 - Georgia
Spouse: Lyle K. Baltherton (1885-)
3 F Rachel Beck
Born: Apr 1894 - Georgia
Born: Jan 1890 - Georgia
2 F Martha Beck
Born: Feb 1892 - Georgia
Spouse: Lyle K. Baltherton (1885-)
3 F Rachel Beck
Born: Apr 1894 - Georgia
4 M Frank K. Beck
Born: Jan 1898 - Georgia
Died: Bef 1910 - Georgia
5 F Corporal Marcus Wayland Beck Jr.
Born: 26 Dec 1898 - Georgia
Died: 14 Jun 1918 - Chateau Thierry, France
Buried: - Jackson City Cemetery, Butts C0unty, Georgia
General Notes on Marcus Wayland Beck Sr.
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials & Legends
Knight, Lucian Lamar
Atlanta, GA
Marcus Wayland Beck Diaries
Associate Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court and Presiding Judge
Biography
Marcus Wayland Beck was born April 28, 1860, in Harris County, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated in 1881 with an A.B. and in 1882 received an LL.D. degree. After being admitted to the bar in 1883, Beck began practicing law in Jackson County.
Beck became active in Democratic politics and served as a Georgia state senator from 1889 to 1890. After leaving the Senate, he became Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit in 1892 and in 1894 served as judge for that same circuit. In 1898, Beck resigned this position in order to join the Spanish American War. He became a major in the 3rd Georgia Infantry and served in the army of occupation in Cuba.
After the war, Beck moved to Griffin until 1905 when Governor Terrell appointed him as associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. On October 1, 1917, he became the presiding judge, a position he maintained until illness forced him to retire in 1937. It is this role that Beck is most well known for his judicial opinions. He was also appointed as the first member of an advisory appellate council that consulted with both the courts and the Attorney General concerning judicial questions. During his career, Beck was also on the Board of Consulting Editors of the American and english Encyclopedia of Law and Practice.
On December 13, 1888 Beck married Caroline R. English in Marietta, Georgia and the couple had four children. He died in Milledgeville, Georgia on January 21, 1943.
Scope and Content:
The two diaries reflect Beck's day-to-day personal and judiciary activities as Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1905-1937) and as Presiding Judge (1917-1937).
Organization and Arrangement:
The collection consists of two bound diaries handwritten by Marcus W. Beck from q1899-1921 (1934). They are arranged in chronological order.
www.libs.uga.edu/russell/collections/mwbeck.html
Marcus Wayland Beck
Marcus Wayland Beck, while in college, was not would be called a "boner". He seemed to attach no special importance to the matter of class standing. I do not mean to say that his answers in class were not satisfactory or that his examinations were not up to high notch; he simply regarded class honors as myth and moonshine. But to his credit I wish to say that he did more general or outside reading than any student in college. He was well-informed on all topics of the day, and was considered by the students as best authority on any question which arose for discussion.
Marcus Beck decided that he would become a lawyer, as he came back to the University after graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and in 1888 graduated with the Bachelor of Law degree. During his younger days he was attracted by politics and public affairs. He continued throughout life to be a great student, but practically all of his life was that of a jurist and not a politician. He served in the stage senate 1890-1891, as solicitor-general 1893-1894 and as Judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Circuit 1894-1898. In 1905 he was named as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in which he served until 1937, a period of thirty-two years. During seventeen years of that time being the presiding judge.
Digital Library of Georgia; University of Georgia Online Archives; History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed: Chapter IX-The Administrator of Chancellor-Patrick H. Mell - Pg. 1154 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/reed/docs/reed_c09/109.jpg
excerpt from Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials & Legends., Knight, Lucian Lamar, Atlanta, GA; Pg. 347
Dr. James W. Beck, a noted scholar and a gifted divine, was for years principal of the Jackson Institutute, prior to which time he was president of Bowdon College. His son, Judge Marcus W. Beck, occupies an honored seat on the Supreme Bench of Georgia, while his daughter, Mrs. Leonora Beck Ellis, has achieved fame both as an educator of Southern girls and as an author of rare gifts.
Univerty Georgia website:
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/centennialcatalog/html/BECK_Marcus_Wayland_page1.html
Has three pages for Marcus Wayland Beck (application to UGA, saved under Documents-Beck)
Born: Jan 1898 - Georgia
Died: Bef 1910 - Georgia
5 F Corporal Marcus Wayland Beck Jr.
Born: 26 Dec 1898 - Georgia
Died: 14 Jun 1918 - Chateau Thierry, France
Buried: - Jackson City Cemetery, Butts C0unty, Georgia
General Notes on Marcus Wayland Beck Sr.
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials & Legends
Knight, Lucian Lamar
Atlanta, GA
Marcus Wayland Beck Diaries
Associate Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court and Presiding Judge
Biography
Marcus Wayland Beck was born April 28, 1860, in Harris County, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated in 1881 with an A.B. and in 1882 received an LL.D. degree. After being admitted to the bar in 1883, Beck began practicing law in Jackson County.
Beck became active in Democratic politics and served as a Georgia state senator from 1889 to 1890. After leaving the Senate, he became Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit in 1892 and in 1894 served as judge for that same circuit. In 1898, Beck resigned this position in order to join the Spanish American War. He became a major in the 3rd Georgia Infantry and served in the army of occupation in Cuba.
After the war, Beck moved to Griffin until 1905 when Governor Terrell appointed him as associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. On October 1, 1917, he became the presiding judge, a position he maintained until illness forced him to retire in 1937. It is this role that Beck is most well known for his judicial opinions. He was also appointed as the first member of an advisory appellate council that consulted with both the courts and the Attorney General concerning judicial questions. During his career, Beck was also on the Board of Consulting Editors of the American and english Encyclopedia of Law and Practice.
On December 13, 1888 Beck married Caroline R. English in Marietta, Georgia and the couple had four children. He died in Milledgeville, Georgia on January 21, 1943.
Scope and Content:
The two diaries reflect Beck's day-to-day personal and judiciary activities as Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1905-1937) and as Presiding Judge (1917-1937).
Organization and Arrangement:
The collection consists of two bound diaries handwritten by Marcus W. Beck from q1899-1921 (1934). They are arranged in chronological order.
www.libs.uga.edu/russell/collections/mwbeck.html
Marcus Wayland Beck
Marcus Wayland Beck, while in college, was not would be called a "boner". He seemed to attach no special importance to the matter of class standing. I do not mean to say that his answers in class were not satisfactory or that his examinations were not up to high notch; he simply regarded class honors as myth and moonshine. But to his credit I wish to say that he did more general or outside reading than any student in college. He was well-informed on all topics of the day, and was considered by the students as best authority on any question which arose for discussion.
Marcus Beck decided that he would become a lawyer, as he came back to the University after graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and in 1888 graduated with the Bachelor of Law degree. During his younger days he was attracted by politics and public affairs. He continued throughout life to be a great student, but practically all of his life was that of a jurist and not a politician. He served in the stage senate 1890-1891, as solicitor-general 1893-1894 and as Judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Circuit 1894-1898. In 1905 he was named as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in which he served until 1937, a period of thirty-two years. During seventeen years of that time being the presiding judge.
Digital Library of Georgia; University of Georgia Online Archives; History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed: Chapter IX-The Administrator of Chancellor-Patrick H. Mell - Pg. 1154 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/reed/docs/reed_c09/109.jpg
excerpt from Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials & Legends., Knight, Lucian Lamar, Atlanta, GA; Pg. 347
Dr. James W. Beck, a noted scholar and a gifted divine, was for years principal of the Jackson Institutute, prior to which time he was president of Bowdon College. His son, Judge Marcus W. Beck, occupies an honored seat on the Supreme Bench of Georgia, while his daughter, Mrs. Leonora Beck Ellis, has achieved fame both as an educator of Southern girls and as an author of rare gifts.
Univerty Georgia website:
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/centennialcatalog/html/BECK_Marcus_Wayland_page1.html
Has three pages for Marcus Wayland Beck (application to UGA, saved under Documents-Beck)
