William Lewis Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jul 1841 - Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY 2
Christening:
Death: 30 Mar 1919 - Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY 1
Burial: in Sloatsburg Cemetery, Rockland Co, NY 1
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Military, 124th NYSV, The Warwick Boys
William L. Wounded in Chancellorsville, disabled prior to Richmond.• Military
http://skaneateles.org/124_inf/124b.html• Will, 36-14
BECRAFT, WILLIAM L.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 11, 1862, at Goshen, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. D, September 5, 1862; wounded in action, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va.; discharged for disability, September, 1863.
• Military, Civil War, 1862-1863
Name: William L Becraft• Census, Federal, 1870 in Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY
Enlistment Date: 11 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union State Served: New York Unit Numbers: 1385 1385
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862 at the age of 21_Enlisted in Company D, 124th Infantry Regiment New York (the " Orange Blossoms") on 05 September 1862._Wounded on 03 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA_Received a disability discharge Company D, 124th Infantry Regiment New York on 15 September 1863. Wounded in the knee at Chancellorsville. He suffered from two bullet wounds from that time until his death.
Called "one of the bravest soldiers of the Civil War".
page 116• Census, Federal, 1880 in District 2, Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY
William L., age 28, laborer, personal property worth $150, born NY; Eliza, age 28, Keeping house; Frances, age 4, born NY; Frank, age 4, born NY; Willetta age 1, born NY.
William L. BECRAFT• Military, Veterans Schedules, 1890Self M Male W 39 NY Carpenter NY NY
Eliza M. BECRAFTWife M Female W 37 NY Keeping House NY NY
Frank BECRAFTSon S Male W 14 NY Works On Farm NY NY
Violet BECRAFTDau S Female W 11 NY At Home NY NY
Louis BECRAFTSon S Male W 8 NY NY NY
Loran B. BECRAFTSon S Male W 5 NY NY NY
Edmund A. BECRAFTSon S Male W 1 NY NY NY
1890 Veterans Schedules• Event, Middletown Daily Times, 4 Sep 1891
Veteran's name: William L Becraft
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York
Year enlisted: 1862
Year discharged: 1863
Rank: Private
Mr. W.L. Becraft of Sloatsburgh, is visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. C. W. Hill.• Census, Federal, 1900 in Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY
William L Becraft, head, b July 1841, age 58, married 34 years, born NY, Truckerman; wife Eliza M, b Mar 1844, age 55, (9 children, 9 living), born NY; son Loren, b Sept 1875, age 24, single, born NY, plumber; dau Jane, b May 1881, age 19, single, born NY; son Henry, b Apr 1885, age 15y, born NY, at school; dau Susan, b Apr 1886, age 14, born NY, at school.• Census, Federal, 1910 in Rockland Co, NY
William L Becraft, born abt 1841, Eliza M, born abt 1844.• Visit, Middletown Times-Press, 19 Aug 1916
Mr. and Mrs. William BECRAFT of Sloatsburg are visiting relatives. Mr. BECRAFT is a member of ange and the couple in attendance at the reunion Saturday. He has attended nearly every annual reunion Of his regiment since j the war.
Parents
Father: William J. Becraft 1
Mother: Jane Kelley 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Eliza Matilda Hill 1
Marriage: 20 Mar 1865 - Middletown, Rockland Co, NY 1
Status:
Children:
1. Frances C Becraft 1
2. Frank Meyers Becraft 1
3. Violetta/Willetta Becraft 1
4. Louis Vincent Becraft 1
5. John Loran Becraft 1
6. Edward Allen Becraft 1
7. Jane V Becraft 1
8. Harry Hill Becraft 1
9. Susan Ethel Becraft 1
Notes
Marriage Notes (Eliza Matilda Hill)
by Rev. Mr. Peck of Middletown, NY
Sources
1. David (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).
2. David (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com). .... LDS, Jul.