Beck Family Cemetery Corner Devonshire and Dorchester, North Chattanooga

THE BECK CEMETERY: DAVID BECK 1765 – 1841 JOSHUA BECK 1813 – 1886 MARGARET HIXSON BECK 1833 – 1867 CHILDREN: SARAH REBECCA BECK 1858 – 1864 DAVID HOUSTON BECK 1862 – 1862 U. S. GRANT BECK1868 – 1869 JAMES BECK1871 – 1871 JOHN BECK 1873 – 1873 ........................................................................... David Beck, a founding father of the City of Chattanooga, moved from Pennsylvania to Rhea County, Tennessee in 1810. He came to Riverview in 1822, established a home and raised ten children. He owned Riverview, Dallas Heights, and most of north Chattanooga. His wife, Sarah Hunter Beck, age 108, and three of the children are buried in Alabama. It is presumed William, Joseph, Jacob, Mary, Jane, and Catherine Beck are buried here. Son Joshua married Margaret Hixson Beck, had seven children but only two sons reached adulthood, Henry Clay Beck and William Tecumseh Sherman Beck. Joshua gave stone from the home place to build Stone Church on McCallie Avenue.