Anders Herman and Elizabeth Louise Beck
Information comes from David E Beck in the History of Bear Lake Pioneers. This story has been condensed from the original.
Anders Beck was born 29 May 1823 at Osterlarsker Denmark, the son of Herman Neilson Beck and Anne Kirstine Due. His parents were of the Lutheran faith and taught their children to work and to fear the Lord. Anders had little opportunity for formal education, but his mother was a good reader and taught him reading at home, instilling in him a love for study and learning. As a young boy he worked on the farm and at 13 he began to work away from home, learning the carpenter trade.
He sailed as ship's carpenter aboard the schooner, Venus, from Copenhagen to Kronstadt, Russia and to Malaga Spain. On this voyage he read the New Testament. After a year at sea, he bought his father's farm at Oster Marie and then married Elizabeth Louise Munch in 1845.
Children of Anders Herman Beck and Elizabeth Louise Munch
1. Kirstine Beck b-Aug 1846; d-Dec 1847
2. Anne Catherine Beck b-Nov 1847; d-Mar 1854 near St Louis
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Children of Anders Herman Beck and Cecilia Christina Jensen
1. Anders Beck b-11 Dec 1857 in Salt Lake City;
d-13 Sep 1858
2. Sarah Cecilia Beck b-27 June 1859 in Salt Lake City; d-14 May 1937 in Paris;
m-Walter Hogg
3. Louise Amelia Beck b-3 June 1862 in Plain City Utah; d-3 Dec 1926 in Paris
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Children of Anders Herman Beck and Sophia Kirstine Pedersdatter
1. Mary Ann Beck b-28 Apr 1864 in Paris; d-26
May 1944 in Dingle
2. Caroline Sophia Beck b-24 Apr 1866 in Paris; d-15 May 1866 in Paris
3. Joseph Peter Beck b-29 Mar 1867 in Paris; d-13 Dec 1941 in Ovid
4. John Waldeman Beck b-10 Jan 1869 in Paris; d-26 Dec 1947
5. Martha Christine Beck b-8 Aug 1871 in Paris; d-13 Dec 1919 in Geneva
6. Julia Ann Beck b-11 Sep 1873 in Paris; d-26 Oct 1961 in Lanark
7. Franklin Samuel Beck b-28 Nov 1875 in Paris; d-26 Feb 1942 in Paris
8. Anton Louis Beck b-31 Aug 1877 in Paris; d-12 July 1944 in Salt Lake City
9. William Beck b-9 Jan 1881 in Paris; d-30 July 1968 in Salt Lake City
10. David Edward Beck b-1 Dec 1884 in Paris; d-12 Dec 1967 in Paris
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While working as a grain merchant in 1851 he heard of the new Mormon religion. He studied the Book of Mormon and was baptized 19 Dec 1853. He sold all of his possessions, paid his tithing made a donation to the Salt Lake Temple and bade good-bye to his relatives and friends. With his wife and daughter the boarded a train to Copenhagen, boarded the ship Slesvig to Liverpool England, then sailed with the Jesse Munn on 3 Jan 1854 to New Orleans. They traveled up the Mississippi River to St Louis by steamboat. Many were stricken with cholera and his little daughter died. They reached Salt Lake City 5 Oct 1854.
Anders and Elizabeth moved to Little Cottonwood, ten miles south of Salt Lake and he worked on farms and in the canyon until the following March. He then bought a lot in Second Ward for $40 and built a house on it. He was sealed to Elizabeth in the Endowment house 2 Feb 1857. In 1860 he moved to Plain City and built a home there. In 1864 he sold his home there and arrived in Paris 28 Apr. Elizabeth joined him in 1865. He farmed, built another home and raised crops. In 1875 he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as a member of the High Council. In 1883 while working on the granary for the co-op store, he was injured by a fall. The scaffolding collapsed under him. He used crutches and a cane for several months.
During the building of the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, Anders and his family donated money and hauled brick, timber, lime and rock from Paris Canyon. His team hauled the stone which bears the inscription on the front of the Tabernacle. He also helped build school houses, meeting houses, the Fielding Academy and irrigation ditches. On May 17, 1884 he took his first ride on the new railroad to the dedication of the Logan Temple.
His wife Elizabeth died in the 1880s. His second wife Cecilia C Jensen died in the 1880s and his third wife Sophia died in 1892. He stayed on the farm until all his children were married and then lived with his son Frank until his death 7 Mar 1912 in Paris.
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Anders Herman Beck 1912 Obituary