Grafton Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 17 Jan 1840 - MD 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 May 1917 - MD 1
         Burial: in Clagmont Methodist Cemetery, Mt Airy, , MD
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Census, Federal, 1850

1850, MD, Anne Arundel, 493/1183, Howard District
BECRAFT, James, 35 m, MD, farmer, planter/ $700
Margaret, 30 f, MD
Susan S., 13 f, MD
Milton L., 12 m, MD
Grafton, 10 m, MD
Lorenzo, 9 m, MD
Sarah A., 7 f, MD
Richard H., 5 m, MD
Rufus E., 5/12 m,MD
Peter, 75 m,MD
Sarah, 64 f,MD

• Census, Federal, 1860 in Lisbon, Howard Co, MD

1860 census, Lisbon 4th East District, Howard, MD
James Becraft, mw 44, farmer, $6000/1500, MD
Margaret, fw 40, MD
Milton, mw 22, MD
Grafton, mw 20, MD
Loreso, mw 19, MD
Richd. mw 14, MD
Sarah, fw 17, MD
Rufus, mw 10, MD
Lucinda, fw 8, MD
George, mw 4, MD
Mary, fw 3, MD
Calvin, mw 9/12, MD

• Census, Federal, 1870 in Montgomery Co, MD

District 2
Grafton Becraft, age 30, 1840, MD; wife Senora age 27, 1843, MD; daughter Emma C age 6, 1864, MD; daughter Margaret E age 4, 1866, MD; daughter Lettie F age 2, 1868, MD; Louis E/Lane 8/12 1870, MD.

• Census, Federal, 1880 in Montgomery Co, MD

Grafton Becraft, age 40, 1840, MD; wife Senora W age 35, 1845, MD; daughter Emma C, age 17, 1863, MD; daughter Margaret E, age 14, 1866, MD; daughter Florence L, age 12, 1868, MD; son Bradley age 8, 1872, MD; daughter Effie A, age 6, 1874, MD; daughter Cora age 4, 1876, MD; and daughter Jessie age 1, 1879, MD.

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

Election District 12
Grafton Becraft, age 60, Jan 1840, MD, married 39 years, farmer; wife Sinorah E, age 57, Oct 1842, MD, (8 children, 6 living); son Bradley age 28, Feb 1872, MD, farm laborer; daughter Effie A, age 25, Apr 1875, MD; and son Jesse, age 21, Mar 1879, MD, farm laborer.

• Event, The Frederick Post, 7 Mar 1917

Clagettsville
--- Mr. Grafton Becraft is still quite ill at his home.

• Obituary, The Frederick Post, 12 May 1917

Mr. Grafton Becraft departed this life May 7, after an illness of sixteen weeks.

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Parents

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         Father: James Becraft
         Mother: Margaret Watkins

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Senora Ellen Claggett
       Marriage: 24 Dec 1861 - Frederick Co, MD 2
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Emma C. Becraft
                2. Margaret E. Becraft
                3. Lettie Florence Becraft
                4. Louis E\Lane Becraft
                5. Bradley Becraft
                6. Effie A. Becraft
                7. Cora Becraft
                8. Jesse Becraft

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Notes

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General:

Cemetery located at route 27/Route 80, MD (Clagetsville, MD)

Sources

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1. Holdcraft, Names in Stone 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions.

2. Marriage Licenses of Frederick Co, MD, Page 16. .... Ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899.)

1 Holdcraft, Names in Stone 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions.

2 Marriage Licenses of Frederick Co, MD, Page 16. .... Ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899.)