Born ‎21 Oct 1847 Madison Indiana, died ‎9 Mar 1914‎, 66 years
Noble Warrum. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical (Volume 2). Pg 85
JOHN Q. BECK.

During the later years of his life John Q. Beck lived retired in Ogden. Previously
he had been identified with farming in Boxelder county and thirty-six years of his life
were devoted to work as a train dispatcher. He was born in Madison, Indiana, Octo-
ber 21, 1847, and his life record covered the intervening period to the 9th of March,
1914, when he was called to his final rest. His parents were Samuel and Edna Beck,
natives of Indiana.

John Q. Beck was largely reared in Burlington, Iowa, and on the 11th of March, 1871, was united in marriage to Miss Romanza Ewing, a daughter of Lemuel and Jane (Porter) Ewing. Her father died in 1886 but her mother long survived, passing away January 15, 1919, at the notable old age of ninety-five years.
Mr. Beck was long identified with railroad service, being a train dispatcher for thirty-six years. During twenty-four years of that period he worked for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and then became connected with the Union Pacific in 1869. He spent a year in that position at Laramie, Wyoming, and afterward went to the south as representative of the Southern Railroad for seven years, being stationed at Charlotte, North Carolina, as chief dispatcher. On the expiration of that period he returned to the northwest, making his way to Laramie, Wyoming, where he again joined the Union Pacific forces, remaining therewith until 1903, when he purchased a farm in Boxelder county, Utah. Three years were devoted to general agricultural pursuits, and he later retired from active business life, establishing his home in Ogden, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. Those who knew him esteemed him highly for his genuine worth, for he was a man who at all times could be relied upon and who was faithful to every trust committed to his care.