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Becker, Alfred S., was born in Columbia County, N.Y., in 1838, the son of David L. and Sarah Becker. The family
came to Benton about 1849 and located where Alfred now resides. At that time David L. Becker was married to his
second wife. Alfred was a child by the first marriage. David married a third wife, and died in Penn Yan in 1875.
At the age of twenty-one Alfred began working the farm on shares. In 1863 he married Kate, daughter of William
Best, of Benton, by whom he had two children, Sarah, wife of Charles F. Walker, and Edgar L. Kate (Best) Becker,
wife of Alfred, died, and four years later Alfred married Anna Durry, of Jerusalem. Two children have been born
to the second marriage, Alfred D. and Ralph C. Alfred S. Becker is one of Benton's substantial farmers. He has
125 acres, twelve of which are in vineyard, and six in fruit and berries.
From:
History of Yates County, N. Y.
with illustrations and biographical sketches
of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Edited by: Lewis Cass Aldrich
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1892
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