Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Amanda Rector Becraft



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Wife Amanda Rector Becraft [2617]

           Born: 16 Dec 1832 - Bourbon, Kentucky, United States 1
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           Died: Nov 1912 1 2
         Buried: 24 Nov 1913 - Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States 1 2
Find A Grave ID: 119259087


         Father: Aquila Becraft [124] (1797-1892) 3
         Mother: Ann Lee "Nancy" Hitt [262] (1805-1880) 4


Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1860 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States. Aquilla, age 62, Farmer; wife Nancy, age 55; George W, age 34, farmer; Louisa, age 29; Amanda, age 27; Sallie, age 25; Virginia, age 16; Harriet, age 14; James age 12.

• She appeared on the 1880 Census census in 1880 in Morgan, Illinois, United States. Ayedia (Aquilla) Becraft, age 83, born in MD; Wife Ann L. age 74, born KY; daughter Amanda age 46, born KY; son Jas. M. age 32, born IL (his wife Annie age 34 born VA); daughter Harriet M age 33, born IL; Mary (daughter Jas. M.) born IL; daughter Virginia age 36, born IL.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States. Amanda Becraft, age 77y; sister Virginia B, age 64y.


Children

Burial Notes: Wife - Amanda Rector Becraft

Plot Section K, Lot 99, 1st on S W 1/4

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Sources


1 DIAMOND GROVE CEMETERY
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/morgan/cemetery/diamond_grv/dg_be_ben.html).

2 Findagrave.com.

3 jmh533quin@yahoo.com, Aquila, Latin for eagle.

4 jmh533quin@yahoo.com.


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