“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


FRED BECKER, grocer; born in Prussia Jan. 11, 1819; came to America 
Jan. 3, 1849; spent nearly a year in the State, and four weeks in the city 
of New York, three months in Lewis Co., and seven months in 
Rochester; afterward was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years 
and a half; then he removed to Warren Co., Mo., where he remained 
thirteen years; he then came to Forsythe, Ill., where he carried on 
mercantile and produce business; while at Rochester, N.Y., he was 
engaged in teaching; in Cincinnati carried on lard-oil factory and 
printing business; in Missouri he also conducted printing business and 
was engaged in the publication of a newspaper there.  He was married in 
Prussia Nov. 11, 1845, to Anna Schnegelsiepen.  Mr. And Mrs. Becker 
are members of the United Brethren Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)