From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
Blosius Beck, merchant, postoffice McKee's Rocks, son of William and Theresa Beck, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to this country in 1852, settling in Pittsburgh.Mr. Beck has been twice married; first, in 1854, to Mary, daughter of Joseph Bloom, of this county, and she died in May, 1871, at the age of forty-two years, the mother of following-named children: Mary (wife of Conrad Myers), Jacob, Michael, Jennie (wife of Jacob Nolte), Theresa, John, Louis, Henry (deceased), Laura (deceased), Josephine (deceased). Mr. Beck's second wife is Agatha, daughter of Nicholas and Estella Sligher. By this marriage there were nine children : Albert, Estella (deceased), Henry (deceased), Elizabeth, Lena, Joseph, Estella, Catharine and Agatha.
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