★★★ Beck, Franklin King

Franklin King Beck

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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​
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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
 
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Franklin King Beck:
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Born: May 21, 1814View attachment 385090
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


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Well...I did not know of this man's fate.
 
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