William Rufus Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jan 1879 - MD 1
Christening:
Death: 14 Sep 1967 2
Burial: in New Oakland Cemetery, Carroll Co, MD 3
Cause of Death:
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Events
• Draft Registration 4, WW I Draft Registration Cards in Carroll Co, MD
William Rufus Becraft, 16 Jan 1879, White, not stated, Carroll, MD• Soc Sec Num, 217-03-8083
• Census, Federal, 1900 in Freedom District, Carroll Co, MD
Election District 5, Precinct 1• Census, Federal, 1920 in Freedom District, Carroll Co, MD
Edward Becraft, 45, Dec 1854, married 22 years, MD, day laborer; wife Sarah E, 49, Aug 1850, MD, (5 children, 4 living); daughter Emma, 25, May 1875, MD; son William R 21, Jan 1879, MD; daughter Georgia A 16, Sep 1883, MD; and son Harry F 11, Jul 1888, MD.
William R. Becraft age 41, born in Maryland; wife Emma M, age 30y; dau Rhoda R, age 11y; Hazel V, age 2y5m.• Census, Federal, 1930 in Freedom, Carroll Co, MD
Wm R. Becraft age 50 listed as head of household with wife Emma M age 40 and daughter Hazel V. age 12.• Obituary, 14 Sep 1967 in Reisterstown, Baltimore Co, MD
William R. Becraft -- d. 9/14/1967• Obituary, Sykesville Herald, 21 Sep 1967 in Reisterstown, Baltimore Co, MD
On Sept 14, 1967 William R. of Old Hanover Road, Reisterstown, beloved husband of Emma M. Becraft and devoted father of Mrs. Hazel V. Shipley and the late Mrs. Rhonda R. Grover and brother of Mrs. Georgia Smith.
Funeral from the Haight Funeral Home, Rt. 32 near Eldersburg Sykesville on Sunday at 2pm. Interment at New Oakland Cemetery.
William R. Becraft, retired carpenter and a former resident of the Oakland Mills area, died Thursday, Sept 14, at his home on the Old Hanover Road, Reisterstown. He was 88.
Son of the late Edward and Elizabeth White Becraft, he is survived by hsi widow, Mrs. Emma M. Becraft, a daughter, Mrs. hazel V. Shipley, Reisterstown, a daughter, Mrs. Rhonda R. Groves preceded him in death.
Also surviving are 16 grandchildren, 30 greatgrandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Services were held Sunday at 2pm at the Haight Funeral Home, Rt.32 Sykesville, Md. The Rev Pablo Tesdorn, pastor of Oakland Methodist Church officiated. Burial was in the New Oakland Cemetery.
Parents
Father: Edward Rufus Becraft
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth White
Spouses and Children
1. *Emma May Tillman
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Hazel V. Becraft
2. Rhonda Rosella Becraft
Notes
Burial Notes:
09-05a
Sources
1. Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.) .... U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
2. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
3. CC Historical Society, Carroll County Cemeteries, Southeast. .... Findagrave.com.
4. Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.)