Abraham Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 15 Sep 1846 - Mason Co, KY
    Christening: 
          Death: 6 Nov 1930 - Olympia, Bath Co, KY 1
         Burial: 7 Nov 1930 - Stull Cemetery, Olympian Springs, Bath Co, KY 1
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Military, Civil War

According to Mildred, Private in Capt Barber's Confederate Company, captured 3 weeks after enlistment. Took Oath of Fidelity in Union and joined Home Guards. Never left state of Kentucky thus not eligible for pension on either side.

• Occupation, Farmer
• Census, 1880 Census, 1880 in Tanyard, Bath Co, KY

Abe Becraft age 25, farmer listed with wife Julia age 26, Nannie age 10, Bettie Lee age 5; James M. age 2. All born in KY.

• Census, Federal, 1900 in Owingsville, Bath Co, KY

Magisterial District 5
Abe Becraft, b May 1846, age 54y, married 32 years, born KY, farmer; wife Julia, b Jan 1855, age 45y, (10 children, 6 living), born KY; dau Pollie, b May 1884, age 16y, born KY; son John, b Apr 1886, age 14y, born KY, farm hand; dau Lillie, b Jan 1889, age 12y, born KY; Mannie, b Feb 1890, age 10y, born KY.

• Census ², 1910 Miracode Index, 1910 in Bath Co, KY

Abe Becraft and July A, Enumeration district 9

• Census, 1930 Census, 1930 in Owingsville, Bath Co, KY

Abe Becraft age 90 listed as head of house with wife Juda Becraft age 82.

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Parents

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         Father: Abram Fields Becraft
         Mother: Mary Goodpasture

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Julie Ann Epperson
       Marriage: 28 Jun 1868 - Bath Co, KY
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lillie Becraft
                2. Mayme Mannie Nannie Becraft
                3. Bettie Lee "Lizzie" Becraft
                4. James Franis Monroe "Roe" Becraft
                5. Mary Polly Becraft
                6. John Wesley Becraft

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Notes

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General:

5'5" blue eyes, black hair, olive complexion. Private in Capt Barbees Conferderat Co Civil War, captured 3 weeks after enlistment, took Oath of Fidelity to Union and joined Home Guards. Never left State of KY thus not eligible for pension in either side.

Marriage Notes (Julie Ann Epperson)

by Rev James Stanton

Sources

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1. Findagrave.com.

2. Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index.)

1 Findagrave.com.

2 Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index.)