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


HON. CHARLES BECKMAN, Justice of the Peace, Sixth Ward, Dodge 
Co.; born in Prussia Aug. 16, 1813; came to America in September, 
1843; located in Buffalo, N.Y.; taught school in Western New York until 
he came to Wisconsin in September, 1845; engaged in farming until 
1868.He has held the office of Justice of the Peace continuously since 
1853, except for three years from 1860 to 1862, and one year prior to 
that time; he was for many years Supervisor, Alderman, City Treasurer, 
School Commissioner, City Clerk, Commissioner of Public Debt, and in 
1874, he was a member of the Assembly.  It would be difficult to find a 
man in the State who has received so many manifestations of the esteem 
and confidence of his neighbors and fellow-citizens as the people of this 
vicinity have shown to Mr. Beckman.  He was married Oct. 31, 1839, to 
Hannah Charlotte Knuth; she was born in Prussia Feb. 7, 1812; they 
have had seven children; the living are Anna Maria Eliza (now Mrs. 
Hermann Teisch, of Dakota), Alvine Louise Francisco (now Mrs. 
Eugene Gebbart, of Watertown) and Henry Louis Martin (a resident of 
this city).


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