Giles Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Nov 1850 - Morehouse, Hamilton Co, NY 1
Christening:
Death: 24 Nov 1893 - Morehouse, Hamilton Co, NY 1
Burial: in Mountain Home Road Cemetery, Morehouse, Hamilton Co, NY
Cause of Death: Heart trouble
AFN :
Events
• Census, Federal, 1870 in Morehouse Twp, Hamilton, NY
Frederick Becraft, age 47, farmer, property 1000, born NY; Matilda, age 41, keeping house; Giles, age 19, laborer; Idora, age 15; Emma Jane, age 11.• Census, Federal, 1880 in Morehouse Twp, Hamilton, NY
Frederick Becraft, age 56, hotel keeping, born NY; Matildy, age 51, wife, keeping house, born NY; Betsey, age 80, mother, born NY.• Event, The Boonville Herald, 22 May 1890
Giles, age 28, son, farming, born NY; Margarite, wife; age 30, keeping house, born NY; William, age 1, son, born NY.
Catherine Tucker, age 60, sister, nursing, born NY.
Giles Becraft, the popular guide, has gone to Jock's Lake to be with A. D. Barber for this season.• Census, NY State, 1892 in Morehouse Twp, Hamilton, NY
Fredrick Becraft M 68 US C Laborer• Land, Book 10, page 503, 21 Apr 1892 in Hamilton Co, NY
Matilda Becraft F 65 US C
Giles Becraft M 40 US C Farmer
Margarete M Becraft F 42 US C
Fredy G Becraft M 12 US C
Elca A Becraft F 10 US C
John F Becraft M 7 US C
Rebecca M Becraft F 5 US C
Becraft, Giles Stanton, John W. 10 503 21 Apr 1892• Obituary, Hamilton County News, 1893
Supervisor Giles Becraft, 43, of Morehouseville was found dead of a heart attack in the road near Piseco the following day. Although he had suffered from the disease for many years, he had served as a guide, earning the reputation of having a better knowledge of the woods than any of the men who undertook his profession. The son of Frederick Becraft and Matilda Rickard, both born in Schoharie, his father died in May 1893 and his mother lived in Illion. He left a widow, Margaret M., and five young children.• Obituary, Unknown paper, 1893
Obituary of Giles Becraft, from a newspaper dated 30 November 1893 [his dod 24 Nov. 1893] - obit sent to me by Helen Becraft Wheatly:
"Mr. Giles Becraft of Morehouseville, Hamilton County, and Supervisor from that town, was found dead in the road near Piseco on Saturday morning. Mr. Becraft had been attending the meeting of the Board of Supervisors and was returning to his home. He had been suffering with heart trouble for many years, which was the cause of his sudden demise. He leaves a widow, five children and a mother to mourn his death. His father died a year ago. [* my note - his father had actually just died in May of that year]. His mother is a resident of Ilion, Herkimer County. Mr. Becraft had been for many years a guide, and was considered by all to have a better knowledge of the woods than any man who undertook the profession. He will be greatly missed by visitors to the Adirondacks, and mourned by a large circle of friends."
Parents
Father: Frederick Becraft 1
Mother: Matilda Rickart 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaretha Theodore Hart 1
Marriage: 20 Sep 1877 - Morehouse, Hamilton Co, NY 2
Status:
Children:
1. William Emerson Becraft 1
2. Frederick Garfield Becraft 1
3. Elsie Antoinette Becraft 1
4. John Freeman Becraft 1
5. Rebecca Mathilda Becraft 1
Notes
General:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/vitals/vitals.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/bios/becraft1.html
In the 1880's, Giles moved his family to Wisconsin where he invested all he had in a land scheme which fell through. Two years later, they returned to Morehouse. Giles was best known as an Adirondack guide. Of his 180-acre property, which made up the Becraft homestead, only 20 acres were cleared for farming. The rest of the land was forest.
From his obituary: "Mr. Giles Becraft of Morehouseville, Hamilton County, and Supervisor from that town, was found dead in the road near Piseco on Saturday morning. Mr. Becraft had been attending the meeting of the Board of Supervisors and was returning to his home. He had been suffering with heart trouble for many years, which was the cause of his sudden demise. He leaves a widow, five children and a mother to mourn his death. His father died a year ago*. His mother is a resident of Ilion, Herkimer County. Mr. Becraft had been for many years a guide, and was considered by all to have a better knowledge of the woods than any man who undertook the profession. He will be greatly missed by visitors to the Adirondacks, and mourned by a large circle of friends."
*Note: His father died in May of the same year, not a year ago as claimed in the obit.
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Sources
1. Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/cemeteries/morehart.html.