Charles Edwin Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 12 Nov 1866 - Mt. Airy? Baltimore Co, MD
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 Jul 1949 - Washington Grove, Montgomery Co, MD
         Burial: 21 Jul 1949 - Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD
 Cause of Death: heart attack
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Occupation, Farmer and Grocery
• Census, Federal, 1880 in Howard Co, MD

William H Becraft, age 36, 1844, MD; wife Anna M, age 32, 1848, MD; daughter Mary F age 16, 1864, MD; son Charles E, age 13, 1867, MD; son George R age 12, 1868, MD; son John H age 10, 1870, MD; and daughter Lillie M age 3, 1877, MD.

• Census, Federal, 1900 in Clarksburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Election District 2
Charles E Becraft, age 33, Nov 1866, MD, married 7 years, farmer; wife Kate B age 27, Jul 1872, MD (4 children, 4 living); daughter Mabel V age 6, Oct 1893, MD; son John H age 4, Jan 1896, MD; Eva age 2, Apr 1898, MD; Clarence E age 7/12 Nov 1899, MD; servant Tobias Pralis, b Mar 1881, age 19, single, MD.

• Organizations, Pentalpha Lodge #194, AF&AM, 1916 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Past Master

• Census, Federal, 1920 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Becraft, C E age 53, born in Maryland, Rents, manages farm is listed with
KB, wife, age 47, no occupation
MV, daughter, age 26, teacher school
JH, son, age 23, labor farm
EM, daughter, age 21, clerk office
CE, son, age 20, labor farm
HW, son, age 15, none
HM, daughter, age 15, none

• Property, 102 Grove Avenue, 1922 in Washington Grove, Montgomery Co, MD

102 Grove Avenue

Lot and Block Lots 14-16, Block 4
Old Lots 38-9, Block A

Name

Built Structure on site by 1935
Assessment records indicate 1955

Built by

Style

Owner(s) John P. (or B?) Davis, 1911 (Cert #776)
Charles E Becraft, 1922 (#1070) to at least 1946
J. Herbert & L. W. Becraft (liber 2878 folio 515)
Laura W. Thompson, 22 September 1967 (liber 3666 folio 366)
James R. & M. B. Jacocks, 18 November 1982 (liber 5963 folio 362)
Remarks House on lot 15. Appears in assessment records as Lot 15 Block 4. Davis was Association President in 1906. In 1895 he was partner in Davis & Turner Coal Co, with Albert B. Turner, at 2013 L Street NW; house at 1520 3rd Street NW. Assessment records indicate building permit 3747 11 January 1968; building permit #5994 9 May 1968.

Sources House Number Plat, 1935; Register of Stock Certificates; D.C. Directory; Becraft letter, Land Records, Town Archives; Assessment records; 1946 tax list; Town records; County tax records.

• Census, Federal, 1930 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Charles E. Becraft age 63, listed as head of household with wife Katie B age 57 and children Mabel V. age 35; John H age 32; Eva M age 30; Henry W age 25; and Helen M age 15.

• Obituary, The Frederick Post, 19 Jul 1949

Charles E. Becraft

Charles Edward Becraft died at his home in Washington Grove on Sunday at the age of 82 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katie Penn Becraft, six children, J. Herbert Becraft, Henry W. Becraft, Miss Mabel V. Becraft, Mrs. Everett Bean, Washington Grove; Clarence E. Becraft, Gaithersburg; Mrs. Frank R. Lanahan, Manassas, Va. Four grandchildren also survive.

Funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Gartner funeral home in Gaithersburg Interment in Forest Oak cemetery, Gaithersburg.

• Obituary, The News, 19 Jul 1949

... Sunday at the age of 82 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katie Penn Becraft, six children, J. Herbert Becraft, Henry W. Becraft, Miss Mabel V. Becraft, Mrs. Everett Bean, Washington Grove; ..

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Parents

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         Father: William Henry Becraft
         Mother: Mary Eliza King

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Katie Bromwell Penn
       Marriage: 9 Nov 1892 - Lisbon, Howard Co, MD
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mabel Vivian Becraft
                2. John Herbert "Herb" Becraft
                3. Eva Marie Becraft
                4. Clarence Edward Becraft
                5. Henry Willard Becraft
                6. Helen Mildred Becraft

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Notes

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General:

Obituary gives middle name as Edward, not Edwin.