Biography - George Beechtel
GEORGE BEECHTEL. He is a carpenter, born in Pennsylvania in 1831, the son of John Y., and Susanna (Gerhart) Beechtel, of PA. He was educated in common schools, was musician in the 16th Illinois Infantry. He came to Illinois in 1856, went to Kansas in 1870, and returned in 1874. He married Miss E. S. Haines in 1868; two children of the four born to them are now living. P. O. Galesburg; politics, Republican.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
