1879 History of Menard & Mason Counties
Chicago
Published by: O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street

HENRY BECKWITH
Page 802

HENRY BECKWITH, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; born in Crawford Co., Ind., April 25, 1841; son of Elijah Beckwith and Evaline Ceny; his great-grandfather participated in the Revolutionary war. The Beckwiths are a long-lived race; his grandfather lived to the age of 84, and then met his death by accident-his horse running away. Henry moved to this county with his parents, first locating near Havana, and remaining there until 1864, when they moved to the section he now resides upon. Nov. 30, 1866, he married Sarah Heston, born in Chester Co., Penn., April 29, 1845; they have four children-Lizzie E., Bertie H., Howard P. and Charles F.

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