March 18, 1858 - Established by an act of the legislature, Becker County was approved on this date. “It was named for Brigadier General George Loomis Becker of St. Paul. In 1857, when Minnesota was a new state, Becker was one of three men elected as members of Congress. Minnesota could only send two, so Becker stayed in Minnesota, and authorities promised him they would name the next county after him. Thus, when the county was formed, it was named Becker after the General.”
http://www.co.becker.mn.us/our_county/history.aspx
http://www.co.becker.mn.us/our_county/history.aspx
Brigadier General George Loomis Becker
Birth: Feb. 4, 1829; Locke, Cayuga County,
NY, USA
Death: Jan. 6, 1904; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., USA
Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1856-1857
Namesake of Becker County, Minn.
Namesake of Becker County, Minn.
Burial: Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., USA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30807573
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