History of Boone County, Indiana, by Hon. L.M. Crist, 1914.

"LARKIN BECK - Mr. Beck was born in Union county, Indiana, April 11, 1829. He is a son of John Beck, a native of North Carolina. He was a son of Solomon Beck also a native of the old Tar state, but the latter's parents were natives of Germany, from which country they emigrated to the United States and settled in North Carolina in the old colonial days and there the family became widely known and well established. The parents of our subject grew up in their native state and emigrated to Indiana in a very early day, settling in Union county when the wide reaching woods were yet filled with all kinds of wild beasts and nomadic bands of red men. They were people of courage, honesty and hospitality, which traits are marked in our subject also. They erected a log cabin, cleared by degrees their virgin land and eventually had a good farm and a comfortable home. And in that pioneer environment Larkin Beck grew to manhood and worked hard assisting his father on the homestead. Like other pioneer children his education, obtained in the log-cabin subscription schools, was meager. Upon reaching manhood he married Sarah Pauley, who was born in Alabama, of English ancestry, and she was young in years when she came to Indiana. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beck, named as follows: Mrs. Margaret Ann Beeter [sic, Bender], Joseph, John, Oliver, Alice and Julia. The mother of these children passed to her rest in 1901, after a long record as a faithful helpmeet and good mother and neighbor.

Mr. Beck came to Boone county in early years and lived near Thorntown many years and is well known in that part of the county. He later owned the Berry Hill farm in Eagle township, now the property of his son-in-law, James E. Holler, who married Alice Beck. This place consists of forty acres and is an excellent fruit, berry and dairy farm. Our subject has been living retired for a number of years and is spending the December of his years in quiet and comfort. He has always been noted for his honesty and uprightness, and, like a number of his brothers, is well known in both Boone and Union counties. He is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church."