Husband of Magdalena nee Hirleman. Son of Johann Jacob & Anna Maria (Beider) Beck.

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Pages 497, 498 and 499:

"FREDERICK BECK, of Cressona, Pennsylvania, is a son of Jacob and Mary (Beider) Beck, and was born in what is now the present village of Beckville, North Manheim township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, on December 6, 1824. Jacob Beck, father, was born in the town of Reitlingen, kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, in the year 1789, and emigrated to the United States about the year 1817."

"Frederick Beck, subject, was married to Magdaline Hurleman, a daughter of George Hurleman, of Glen Worth, Schuylkill county, on. February 9, 1848. By this marriage he has three children: George J., married to Cilda McDaniel, and now residing in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, where he pursues the trade of a butcher; Mary L, wife of Dr. G. W. Weist, of Schuylkill Haven; and Charles F., a successful merchant, of Cressona, who married Mary Cowley. Mr. Beck received his education and grew up in the village of Beckville, which has ever since been his place of residence. He learned the carpenter trade, and pursued it for about eight years. Subsequently, he became proprietor of Beck's Hotel, about 1855. This hotel had previously been conducted by his father, who had come into possession of it about 1830. Frederick continued proprietor about three years, and then removed to Cressona, this county, where he took charge of the Park House, and continued until 1865. After this he returned to his old home at Beckville. In 1868, he was elected a director of the poor of Schuylkill county on the Democratic ticket, and served one term. He was unusually active in local political affairs, and filled many of the township offices. From 1859 to 1870, he was tax collector of North Manheim township. In 1872 he was elected steward of the almshouse, in which capacity he served for nine consecutive years, and subsequently for five years longer, after the wave of Greenbackism had subsided. He has also been interested in the manufacture of sawed lumber, but in recent years has given his attention exclusively to the hotel business. He is a member of the Lutheran church of Schuylkill Haven, of Cressona Lodge, No. 426, F. and A. M., and of Herndon Lodge, No. 550, I. O. O. F., with which latter organization he has been connected for a period of forty-six years, being the oldest member."