Peter Franklin Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1877 - Menifee Co, KY 1
Christening:
Death: 22 Feb 1953 - Menifee Co, KY 2
Burial: in Slusher Cemetery, Menifee Co, KY 3
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 401-01-5447
• Occupation, for the Gas Company, walking the lines to report on needed repairs
• Census, Federal, 1880 in Slate, Menifee Co, KY
John Becraft, age 32, born KY, farm hand; wife Matilda, age 32 born KY, keeping house; son George age 10, born KY; son John age 7, born KY; son Harry age 5, born KY; son Peter age 2, born KY.• Census, Federal, 1900 in Rothwell, Menifee Co, KY
Magesterial District 4• Census, Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index, 1910 in Menifee Co, KY
Matilda Spanson, b unk 1850, age 50y, widowed, (5 children, 5 living), born KY; son Peter, b April 1878, age 22, born KY, Farm laborer; dau Lula, b Dec 1880, age 19, born KY; son Harvey, b June 1875, age 24y, married 3 years, born KY, farmer; d-inlaw, Laura, b unk unk, age 18, born KY.
Pete Becraft, born in KY, with wife Esther age 19, born in KY; children daughter Rosa Lee age 4, born in KY; son Luther L age 2, born in KY; and son Marcus age NR, born in KY.• Census, Federal, 1919 in Slate, Menifee Co, KY
Pete Becraft, age 32y; wife Esther, age 19y; dau Rosa Lee, age 4y; son Luther L, age 2y; son Marcus, age 0y5m.
Parents
Father: John George Becraft 4
Mother: Matilda Blevins
Spouses and Children
1. *Esther Belle Ringo 5
Marriage: 23 Dec 1904 - Menifee Co, KY
Status:
Children:
1. Flora Becraft
2. Rosa Lee "Rosie" Becraft
3. Luther Lenville Becraft 6
4. Marcus Becraft
5. Nellie M Becraft
6. Opal M Becraft
7. Oliver Stanley "Jack" Becraft
8. Ellis Kash Becraft
9. James Alec Becraft Sr. 7
Notes
Death Notes:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/mcdeath1949-1953.html, Pete Becraft, 02-22-1953, volume 06397, certificate 013, Deathvol 53General:
Left on his own at the age of nine. Reason, not known at this writing. Lived with a family named Downs. Married Esther Ringo. Nickname: Deacon. Brother Harve (James Harve Becraft, 1876-1957, buried in Middletown, Ohio at Woodside Cemetery. And, a sister, Mrs. Lou Graham of Cynthiana, Ky.
Social Security # 401-01-5447
Died at the age of 76, retired Central Kentucky Gas Company. Services held at the Cornwell Christian Church, Mt. Sterling, Ky. The Rev. T.W. Osborne officiated and burial was listed in the obituary as the Rothwell Cemetery.
Burial: Norris Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ky. Survived by three sons, Oliver S, and James A of Middtown and Ellis of Lexington, Ky.; four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Lacey, Mrs. Opal Alexander, of Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Flora Jackson of Gallipolis; one brother, Harve Becraft of Middletown, a sister, Mrs. Lou Graham of Cynthiana, Ky.
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Family Trees. .... U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index. .... Findagrave.com.
2. Ancestry.com Family Trees. .... U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index. .... Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.) .... Findagrave.com.
3. Findagrave.com.
4. (file for Thomas and Jemima Becraft (both Lemaster and Ringo lines)).
5. Ancestry.com Family Trees, Middle name "Belle."
6. Kentucky Vital Records Project (http://kyvitals.com), "Lenville."
7. (12/2/2003).