Beck, Samuel
educator, clergyman, was born Nov. 3, 1832, near Richmond, Ind. He received his education in the public schools and academies of eastern Indiana; and received the degree of doctor of divinity from the DePauw university. For ten years he was engaged in educational work in the common and special schools. He has attained success as an eminent clergyman; has filled pastorates in the methodist episcopal church in Covington, Attica, Crawfordsville, Greencastle, Thorntown, Terre Haute, and Brazil; and for the past twelve years has been presiding elder of the Valparaiso district.