Residency

After John Beck was discharged from the Civil War, he immediately went to the city of Philadelphia.  The first house that he lived in was on Otis Street, which unfortunately no longer exists (thus the reason it is not pictured in the map).  He lived there until September 1863, when he moved the east side of Front Street in an old farm house.  He then moved to Reese Street and lived there until March 1865.  It was at this point that he enlisted for a second time into the Civil War, but was discharged very shortly after in August 1865.  After this, he lived on 5th street for about 3 months before moving to Philyn Street, where he only lived for about one month.  He then moved to Mascher Street, where he lived until April 1877, before moving to the corner of Memphis and Adams Street, where he lived until June 1878.  He then moved to Orianna Street and he lived there May 1881, then to West Cumberland Street until August 1882.  After this, he moved back into the same house on Orianna Street until June 1884.  He then moved to Orkney Street and lived there until June 1886.  Though this sounds as if it is an extensive amount of movement, but as you can see from the map, he moved within a relatively confined area within the city of Philadelpia.  He essentially stayed within this confined space in Philadelphia from the time he was discharged from the Civil War until the end of his life.