Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Brooks Monroe Becraft and Ruby Eddie Swartz

Husband Brooks Monroe Becraft [7652] 1 2 

           Born: 27 Apr 1904 - Kentucky, United States 1 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1983 - Olympia, Bath, Kentucky, United States 1 3 4 5



         Buried: Jun 1983 - Stull Family Cemetery, Olympia, Bath, Kentucky, United States 3 6
FamilySearch ID: G7GH-G7G
Find A Grave ID: 172904403


         Father: James Franis Monroe "Roe" Becraft [1478] (1878-1965)
         Mother: Annie/Anna Belle Pergram [1483] (1876-1930)


       Marriage:

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 405-10-1695.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Bath, Kentucky, United States. Magisterial District 5
Hannah Pergram, age 51, Widowed; son Cleveland Pergram, age 23y; son Thurman Pergram, age 20y; son-in-law Roe Becraft, age 31y; dau Annie Becraft, age 32y, grandson Horton Becraft, age 11y; granddaughter Gladys Becraft, age 8y; grandson Brooks Becraft, age 6y; grandson Wallace Becraft, age 3/12.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States. District 8, Brooks, age 25, born 1904, KY; Ruby, age 21, born 1908.


Wife Ruby Eddie Swartz [7653] 1 7 

           Born: 28 Jan 1907 4 8 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jul 1998 - Olympian Springs, Bath Co, KY 4 5 10



         Buried: 10 Jul 1998 - Stull Family Cemetery, Olympia, Bath, Kentucky, United States 6
FamilySearch ID: G7G8-6HV
Find A Grave ID: 172904382

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 400-28-9228.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States. District 8, Brooks, age 25, born 1904, KY; Ruby, age 21, born 1908.

• Event: Bath County News, 4 Aug 1964. Republished in Bath County News 9 Aug 2007, page 8

Mrs. Brooks Becraft, Sr., is spending this week in Louisville with her son, Brooks Becraft, Jr., who is in the Kentucy Baptist Hospital, due to an accident he had in a construction job there.

• Her obituary was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 9 Jul 1998. OWINGSVILLE - Ruby Swartz Becraft, 90, Olympia Springs, retired teacher, mother of Brooks Becraft Jr., Florence, died yesterday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday, ...

Children
1 M Brooks Monroe Becraft Jr. [8639] 







           Born: 21 Jul 1930 - Fayette, Kentucky, United States 11 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov 2016 - Florence, Boone, Kentucky, United States 12
         Buried: 25 Nov 2016 - Stull Family Cemetery, Olympia, Bath, Kentucky, United States
FamilySearch ID: GW1N-1ZQ
Find A Grave ID: 173242513



         Spouse: Violet Stacy [12991] (living)






2  M  Cardwell J Becraft [12999]





           Born: 23 Apr 1935 - Bath, Kentucky, United States 6 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1997 - Kentucky, United States 6 13







         Buried: Apr 1997 - Stull Family Cemetery, Olympia, Bath, Kentucky, United States 6 13
FamilySearch ID: GW1J-QP5
Find A Grave ID: 172904422



         Spouse: Olivia Fanning [13015] (1938-2019)









Death Notes: Husband - Brooks Monroe Becraft



Death Place: Rowan Co, KY
Volume: 032
Certificate: 15604
Death Volume: 1983


Death Notes: Wife - Ruby Eddie Swartz



Volume 048; Certificate 23589; Death Volume 1998


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3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Brooks Monroe Becraft, person ID G7GH-G7G. 

4
U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

5
Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).

6
Findagrave.com.

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(http://www.geneanet.org/redir.php3?sourcename=rftmswajim3t1&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffamilytreemaker.genealogy.com%2Fusers%2Fs%2Fw%2Fa%2FJim-Swartz%2Ftree1.html), "Eddie."

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(http://www.geneanet.org/redir.php3?sourcename=rftmswajim3t1&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffamilytreemaker.genealogy.com%2Fusers%2Fs%2Fw%2Fa%2FJim-Swartz%2Ftree1.html), 28 Jul 1907.

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www.familytreelegends.com, Kentucky Births, 1911-1999.

12
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Brooks Monroe Becraft, person ID GW1N-1ZQ. 

13
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Cardwell J Becraft, person ID GW1J-QP5. 







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