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Note: Federal census was blurred, The name James was received from a familymember, as stated on an old picture, no proof that the picture was ofJoseph & Benjamin's father. There is another Beckwith family that resided in the Chickasaw Co., IAarea. The earliest was E, A, BECKWITH b 1832 m 21 Jun 1854 ChickasawCo., IA Mary ARGABRITE b 1834, A widow, Martha BECKWITH b 1846 NY,died 18 Mar 1890 buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Fredricksburg T.,Chickasaw Co, IA her husband is known only by a first initial was O.,she had two children, Vida A. born 28 Jun 1868, NYS d 19 Sep 1893 and Frederick, Freddie L. born 7 Oct 1876/1866 NY d 4 Sep 1897 bothchildren are buried Fredricksburg, Rose Hill Cem., Chickasaw Co., IA.Martha remarried 14 Feb 1871 to Henry D. Vantassel born 1837 NY hewas a shoemaker and residing with the family on the 1870 FredricksburgT., Chickasaw Co., IA census. Now curiouser, a Mary L. Vantassel,(married) born 1832, NY d 30 Nov 1893 and is buried Chickasaw Cem.
Note: The father's first name in the 1850 Whitehall, Washington Co., NY
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