John Harry Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 22 Dec 1877 - Spencerville, Allen, OH 2
    Christening: 
          Death: 9 Apr 1934 - Spencerville, Allen, OH 2
         Burial: 11 Apr 1934 - Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard Co, IN 2
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Census, Federal, 1880 in Millhousen, Decatur Co, IN

Name: John H. Becraft
Residence: Millhousen, Decatur, Indiana
Birthdate: 1878
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Relationship to Head: Son
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: Henry Becraft
Father's Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Mother's Name: Mary J. Becraft
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 2 years
Occupation:
NARA Film Number: T9-0273
Page: 404
Page Character: B
Entry Number: 5708
Film number: 1254273

Father Henry, age 33
Mother, Mary J, age 20
sister Nancy, age 4m

• Census, Federal, 1900 in Kokomo, Howard Co, IN

Center Township, Ward 4
John Becraft, b Dec 1877, age 22y, married 0 years, born IN, bookkeeper (in office); wife Gertrude, b Oct 1880, age 19y, (0 children, 0 living), born IN.

• Census, Federal, 1910 in Kokomo, Howard Co, IN

Ward 3
Harry Becraft, age 32y; wife Gertrude E, age 29y; son William R, age 6y.

• Census, Federal, 1920 in Howard Co, IN

John W Becraft, age 41y; wife Gertrude E, age 38y; son Raymond, age 15y.

• Event, The Kokomo Tribune, 3 Aug 1929

Harry Becraft has returned to his home here from a fishing trip to Wisconsin.

• Event, The Kokomo Tribune, 10 Sep 1929

"From 1905 to 1917, ??? ?? James ???, now with the Globe, Stove & Range company and Harry Becraft, who now operates a transfer company here operated the Athletic park as a baseball park. In addition to pay-..."

• Census, Federal, 1930 in Howard Co, IN

John H Beacraft, born abt 1879; wife Gertrude, 1881.

• Event, The Kokomo Trubune, 19 Oct 1975

... A pioneer of the Kokomo trucking industry was Harry Becraft, who began the operation of a storage and transfer service about 1914.

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Parents

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         Father: Samuel Henry Becraft 3
         Mother: Mary Jane Framer

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Gertrude E Rodebrush
       Marriage: 20 Mar 1900 - Hamilton Co, IN 4
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Betty Louise Becraft 5
                2. John Harry Becraft Jr. 5
                3. William Raymond Becraft 1

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Notes

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Burial Notes:

Husband of Gertrude Becraft, age 56, Section 15, plot 65

General:

LDS AFN: 1889-H07

Sources

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1. Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Birth Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.)

2. Crown Point Cemetery.

3. Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.)

4. Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Birth Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.) .... Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.), book 10, page 514; also book C-4, page 37.

5. dad1037@yahoo.com (Emails, etc from her sources.)

1 Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Birth Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.)

2 Crown Point Cemetery.

3 Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.)

4 Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Birth Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.) .... Ancestry.com (Works Progress Administration. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.), book 10, page 514; also book C-4, page 37.

5 dad1037@yahoo.com (Emails, etc from her sources.)