Jesse Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 26 Mar 1879 - MD 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 24 Jul 1962 1
         Burial: in Clagmont Methodist Cemetery, Mt Airy, , MD
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Occupation, Farmer
• Census, Federal, 1880 in Montgomery Co, MD

Grafton Becraft, age 40, 1840, MD; wife Senora W age 35, 1845, MD; daughter Emma C, age 17, 1863, MD; daughter Margaret E, age 14, 1866, MD; daughter Florence L, age 12, 1868, MD; son Bradley age 8, 1872, MD; daughter Effie A, age 6, 1874, MD; daughter Cora age 4, 1876, MD; and daughter Jessie age 1, 1879, MD.

Note: Jessie listed as daughter... should be son.

• Census, Federal, 1900 in Damascus, Montgomery Co, MD

Election District 12
Grafton Becraft, age 60, Jan 1840, MD, married 39 years, farmer; wife Sinorah E, age 57, Oct 1842, MD, (8 children, 6 living); son Bradley age 28, Feb 1872, MD, farm laborer; daughter Effie A, age 25, Apr 1875, MD; and son Jesse, age 21, Mar 1879, MD, farm laborer.

• Census, Federal, 1920 in Damascus, Montgomery Co, MD

Jesse Becraft, age 41, born in Maryland; wife Bessie M, age 35y.

• Census, Federal, 1930 in Damascus, Montgomery Co, MD

Jessie Becraft age 52 listed as head of household with wife Bessie M. age 45.

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Parents

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         Father: Grafton Becraft
         Mother: Senora Ellen Claggett

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Bessie Mae Watkins
       Marriage: 15 Nov 1900 - Montgomery Co, MD 2
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Elsie Lucrecia Becraft
                2. Mabel Watkins Becraft

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Notes

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Death Notes:

FHL 975.287 V3h 1985 Names In Stone, Frederick Co., MD Cemetery Records
Clagettsville Methodist Cemetery
Jesse BECRAFT 26 Mar 1879 - 24 Jul 1962
wf. Bessie May b. 29 Apr 1888 - living

Marriage Notes (Bessie Mae Watkins)

Kemptown Circuit

Sources

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1. Holdcraft, Names in Stone 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions.

2. Montgomery County Marriage Records, MD.

1 Holdcraft, Names in Stone 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions.

2 Montgomery County Marriage Records, MD.