Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. John G. Beckwith, a pioneer, was born in Hartford, Conn., and as a young man became a painter. He married Mary A. Garrison, a native of New York state and in 1870 brought his family west and located in Columbia county, this state. Three years later they came to Barron county and settled on a farm in section 26, Barron township, which they homesteaded. Their first house was a log cabin, their first cultivated lot not much larger than a modern garden. But they persevered in their efforts and in time developed a well equipped farm and achieved a substantial place in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith were the parents of five children: John C., deceased; Garrison, of Virginia; Grove, deceased; James R., a leading citizen of Barron, and Charles, of California. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 95-96.