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Getting to know John Becker
I’ve already written in detail about the murder of John A. Becker in 1917 in Chicago. But my main purpose in researching him was to try and see if I could find out what he was like as a person. I...
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Visiting Calvary Cemetery
Today the weather was so amazing that I could no longer put off a small project I have long wanted to embark on: finding family gravestones at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. As I’ve been building my...
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Finding Fire Capt. Frank J. Becker
Frank Becker. Photo reprinted with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch My great-grandfather Frank Becker was a fireman. I knew that he had been promoted to captain at some point, and some...
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