William Franklin Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 15 Apr 1818 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY
    Christening: 
          Death: 24 Mar 1896 - Stiles, Davis Co, IA
         Burial: in Union Cemetery, Grove, Davis Co, IA 1
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Land ², Document# 10163, 1 Aug 1838 in Jeffersonville, Decatur Co, IN

64.59 acres
SE, 15/ 9-N, 10-E, Yes, 2nd PM, IN, Decatur, Ripley
NWNW, 23/, 9-N, 10-E, Yes, 2nd PM, IN, Decatur, Ripley

• Probate, Order Bk. C, p. 200, 13 Aug 1838

Claims of William Becraft, JR., Benjamin Becraft, SR. and others against estate of William Becraft, dec'd.

• Property, 14 May 1839

Admr. of estate of William Becraft sells 40 ac. of land to William Becraft Jr.

• Census, Federal, 1850 in Marion Twp, Decatur Co, IN

William Becraft

• Land, 20 Nov 1852 in Grove Twp, Davis Co, IA

60 acres.

• Land, 3 Oct 1853 in Grove Twp, Davis Co, IA

58 acres.

• Census, Federal, 1860 in Davis Co, IA

Name: WILLIAM BECRAFT
State: IA
County: Davis County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1860
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Page: 1013
Database: IA 1860 Federal Census Index

• Census, Federal, 1880 in Grove Twp, Davis Co, IA

Wm. Becraft, age 62, born KY, farmer; Catharine, age 58, born IN, keeping house; Charlott. daughter, age 35, born IN, at home; H.F. son, age 25, born IA, Farmer; Anne, daughter-in-law, age 21, born IN, Keeping House; H. son, age 21, born IA, Farmer; Clara Hudson, daughter, age 6, born IN; Nancy mother, age 84, born KY, retired from keeping house.

• Census, Iowa, 1885 in Grove Twp, Davis Co, IA

Dwelling: 22
Family: 22
Becraft, William
Township: 67
Range: 13
Section: 15
Lot 1
Age 66
Widowed, Farmer, born KY

Becraft, Charlotte, age 39, single, keeping house, born IN.

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Parents

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         Father: William Becraft
         Mother: Nancy Casseldine

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Catherine Kronk Lawrence
       Marriage: 7 Oct 1842 - Bartholomew Co, IN 3
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah E. Becraft
                2. Charlotte Becraft
                3. Nancy Becraft
                4. Adam Franklin Becraft
                5. John Harrison Becraft
                6. Mary Magdalena Becraft
                7. Franklin Henry Becraft
                8. Heenan Becraft

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Notes

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Burial Notes:

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Sources

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1. Ancestry.com (Grave Stone Records of Davis County, Iowa; copied by Graves Registration W.P.A. Project.), page 9. .... Findagrave.com.

2. Bureau of Land Management (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov).

3. Ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages to 1850.)

1 Ancestry.com (Grave Stone Records of Davis County, Iowa; copied by Graves Registration W.P.A. Project.), page 9. .... Findagrave.com.

2 Bureau of Land Management (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov).

3 Ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages to 1850.)