Franklin King Beck
Born: May 21, 1814
Birthplace: Duplin County, North Carolina
Father: John Beck
Mother: Margaret Goode 1783 – 1822
(Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama)
Wife: Martha Jefferson Tait 1828 – 1859
(Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama)
Children:
John James Beck 1846 – 1848
(Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama)
William Rufus King Beck 1849 – 1885
(Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama)
Judge James Tait Beck 1851 – 1906
(Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama)
Education:
1837: Graduated from Yale Law School
Occupation before War:
Attorney and Planter in Camden, Alabama
1851 – 1853: Alabama State Representative
1855 – 1857: Alabama State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Alabama State Secession Convention
1861 – 1864: Colonel of 23rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
1863: Captured and Exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi
1864: Suffered from leg fracture and missed Battle of Atlanta
1864: Assigned to tear up railroad track leading to Reasaca
1864: Tree branch caught his bad leg making him bleed to death
Died: May 13, 1864
Place of Death: Resaca, Georgia
Cause of Death: Bleeding to death
Age at time of Death: 50 years old
Burial Place: Resaca Confederate Cemetery, Resaca, Georgia
Memorial Place: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama
Last edited by a moderator: