Source: Unknown, I bought this book on Ebay it has no cover, and no index, but full of Indiana biographies. Typed by Lora Radiches. I am not researching this family. Surnames in this biography are: Beck, McCleary, Patty, Cook, Cokayne, Raper, Unfank, Schoenta, McIntyre CHARLES BENTON BECK, A former postmaster of the City of Richmond, Wayne County, where he is now a successful exponent of the real estate business, is a scion of the third generation of the Beck family in Indiana, where his paternal grandparents, Andrew and Julia (McCleary) Beck, settled In Carroll County in the year 1832, the former having been born near Greenbrier, Virginia, in what is now McDowell County, West Virginia, and the latter having been born near Frankfort, Kentucky. Andrew Beck obtained a large tract of land in Carroll County, and in addition to developing a productive farm estate he also functioned as one of the pioneer blacksmiths of that section of the state. Charles B. Beck was born in Carroll County, Indiana, June 18, 1861, and is a son of Jacob E. and Hannah (Patty) Beck, the former of whom was born in that county and the latter of whom was born in the Somerville community of Butler County, Ohio, whence her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Patty came to Carroll County, Indiana, about the year 1842, Isaac Patty having been born In North Carolina and his wife, whose family name was Cook, having been born in Butler County, Ohio. An interesting historical note is sounded in the statement that the paternal grandfather, Andrew Beck, as a skilled mechanic, used his blacksmithing ability in manufacturing innumerable cowbells in the pioneer days, these bells having been much in demand and he having supplied that demand over a wide area in Carroll and neighboring counties. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Beck settled on a farm in Carroll County, and eventually they removed to Case County, where they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Beck having died in 1914. Charles B. Beck duly profited by the advantages of the public schools of Carroll and Case counties At the of seventeen years he initiated his successful record as a teacher in the schools, and he continued to be thus engaged until 1895. From that year until July, 1914 he was a traveling commercial salesman, with residence and headquarters in the City of Richmond, and in July, 1914, he initiated his characteristically efficient administration as postmaster of Richmond, an office of which he continued the incumbent eight years and four months. During the ensuing eighteen months he here gave his attention to the real estate loan business, and he then expanded his operations by engaging in the general real estate and insurance business, of which he has since continued a successful exponent. He has membership in the National, the Indiana and the local real estate boards, his political allegiance is given to the Democratic Party, and his influence in political affairs is indicated by his having served as a member of the Indiana state central committee of his party. He has been a member of the Richmond board of education since August, 1927, and has maintained membership in the Travelers Protective Association since 1904. He and his wife are members of the Christian Science Church in their home city. The year 1884 recorded the marriage of Mr. Beck to Miss Inez L. Cokayne, who was born in Clinton County, Indiana, a daughter of William and Esther (Raper) Cokayne, who were born in Wayne County, this state, Joseph and Elizabeth (Unfank) Cokayne, paternal grandparents of Mrs. Beck, came from their native North Carolina to Wayne County in the first or early second decade of the nineteenth century, in 1810 or 1812, and thus were numbered among the very early settlers in the county. The maternal grandparents, William and Eliza Raper, likewise came from North Carolina and gained pioneer precedence in Wayne County. Clyde B. eldest of the children of Mr. And Mrs. Beck, has made a notable record as a writer and literary critic, and as such is now associated in an editorial capacity with the Detroit News a leading paper in the Michigan metropolis. Rolla is a valued executive in the mercantile establishment of Louis Sacks in the City of Birmingham, Alabama. Julia Grace is the wife of Lester H. Schoental, a traveling salesman and a designer of lighting fixtures, and they maintain their home in Richmond. Mrs. Esther Beck McIntyre, the younger daughter, is club editor on the Detroit News. Russell B. continues to reside in his native City of Richmond and is associated with his father’s business.