Background
Beck, Marcus Wayland was born on April 28, 1860 in Harris County, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James W. and Margaret Wells Beck.
Beck, Marcus Wayland was born on April 28, 1860 in Harris County, Georgia, United States. Son of Review James W. and Margaret Wells Beck.
After attending the University of Mississippi and the University of Georgia, and becoming a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Beck graduated in 1881 with an Bachelor of Arts Degree and in 1882 with an L.L.D degree.
He opened a law practice after teaching briefly. Between 1890 and 1898, Beck served as a state senator, a solicitor general, and a superior court judge of the Flint Circuit. In 1898, he resigned his seat to accept a commission as a major and enter the Spanish–American War with the Third Georgia Volunteer Infantry, serving with the occupation of Cuba.
At the end of the war he returned to private practice as an attorney until his appointment by Georgia governor Joseph M. Terrell to the Georgia Supreme Court in 1905, a position to which he was later elected at regular terms.
He succeeded to presiding justice in October 1917, a position he held until illness forced his retirement in 1937.
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Member Georgia Senate, 1890. Member of the board of consulting editors American and English Encyclopedia Law and Practice. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Carrie R. Ellis, 1888. Children: Mistress C. South. Moeckel, Mistress M. B. Batterton, Marcus West. (died in battle, Belleau Woods, France, June 14, 1918) and 1 son died in infancy.