MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: BECKNER, Daniel
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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September 20, 1999
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A History of Monroe County, West Virginia
Oren F. Morton, B. Lit.
Staunton, VA
The McClure Company, Inc.
1916
p. 308

DANIEL BECKNER

Daniel (Elizabeth Evans) came from Botetourt to Sinks Grove about
1820. His children by this marriage were John (dy) and Lewis (1824-
1864)
C. of Lewis (Catharine Wickline of Daniel, 1849) Napoleon L. (d)-Ferdinand L. 
(Amanda C. Baker, 1875)-Julian H.-Josepbine M. E. (d)-Alfred A.-D. Powell, 
1893-Spurgeon M.-Lewis F.
>From 1873 to 1907, F. L. was concerned in the management of Sweet
Springs, beginning under Oliver Beirne. 3. H., now of Florida, was 
asso-ciated with Beirne and Burnside in the management of a sugar plantation. 
A. A., now of Baton Rouge, managed a Burnside sugar plantation 27 years.
D. P. like A. A., managed the Lewis Place a while, was then transferred to 
Buraside, La., and at length returned to become manager of Sweet Springs. He 
was murdered by one John F. Wiley. S. M. is at Easton, Md. L. F., manager of 
Lewis Place 24 years, is now in Texas.
C. of F. L.-Currie L.-Nelson A-Minnie B.-Mabel R.-Alfred C.
(d)-Tilghman-Robert E.-Fitzhugh L.-John L.-Fred H -Bessie M.
-Lake S. T. and F. L. are foremen of the Myron Stratton Home Farm in 
Colorado. Their father is one of the most successful farmers of Sweet Springs 
valley.
The Beckners are of Lancaster county, Pa. Daniel was murdered by rangers in 
Nicholas.