History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 507, Bernadotte Township
William Beckett, farmer, sec. 11, Bernadotte township; P. O.,
Lewistown; the son of Wm. and Delilah (May) Beckett, was born in Lewis
Co., Ky., March 12, 1837; father dead; mother still living in Ky.; Wm.
came to this county in 1860 and has made this township his home for the
past six years. was married to Miss Sarah E. Kent Jan 15, 1862. They
have seven children, all of whom are living, - Mary, Marzetta,
Jedediah, William, Ella, Minta and Cora. Parents are members of the U.
B. Church. Democrat.
submitted by Carla Finley
