Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft and Sarah Margaret Pitts

Husband Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft [1687] 

           Born: 6 Jun 1889 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1969 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 3 4
         Buried:  - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY 5
FamilySearch ID: L8M9-TBC
Find A Grave ID: 19864600


         Father: George Becraft [1674] (1867-1900)
         Mother: Drusilla Rothwell [1686] (1855-Cir 1939) 6


       Marriage: 6 Sep 1910 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 405-10-1803.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Spencer, Montgomery Co, KY. 1920 US census, Spencer, Montgomery, KY, ED 193, p. 4A, line 9
Charles L. Becraft, head, mw 28, rents, KY KY KY, farmer
Margrette, wife, fw 34, KY KY KY
Shirley, son, mw 8, KY KY KY
George, son, mw 7, KY KY KY
Earnest, son, mw 5, KY KY KY
Earl F., son, mw 2, KY KY KY.

• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States. Charles Becraft age 36 listed as head of house with wife Margaret age 39 and children Shirley (son) age 14; George age 13; Ernest age 12; Earl age 8; Easter M. age 6; Homer age 5; John G age 2.


Wife Sarah Margaret Pitts [1688] 

           Born: 15 May 1886 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Feb 1966 - Spencer Pike, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY 7
         Buried: 25 Feb 1966 - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY 5
FamilySearch ID: L8H1-ZY1
Find A Grave ID: 19864606


         Father: Henry William Pitts [1689] (1846-1924) 8
         Mother: Sarah Brown [1690] (1848-1926)

Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Spencer, Montgomery Co, KY. 1920 US census, Spencer, Montgomery, KY, ED 193, p. 4A, line 9
Charles L. Becraft, head, mw 28, rents, KY KY KY, farmer
Margrette, wife, fw 34, KY KY KY
Shirley, son, mw 8, KY KY KY
George, son, mw 7, KY KY KY
Earnest, son, mw 5, KY KY KY
Earl F., son, mw 2, KY KY KY.

• She appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States. Charles Becraft age 36 listed as head of house with wife Margaret age 39 and children Shirley (son) age 14; George age 13; Ernest age 12; Earl age 8; Easter M. age 6; Homer age 5; John G age 2.

• Her obituary was published on 21 Feb 1966. Mrs. Charlie Becraft Dies Monday Morning

Mrs. Sarah Margaret Becraft, 79, wife of Charlie Becraft, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday at her home n the Spencer Pike following a short illness.

Born in Menifee County she was a daughter of the late Henry and Sally Pitts, a member of the Howards Mill Church of God and was loved and admired by all who knew her.

Other survivors are six sons, Homer and John Becraft, Montgomery County, Shirley, Earnie and George Becraft, all of Sandusky, Ohio, and Earl Becraft, Pekin, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. Easter Day, Montgomery County; two brothers, George Pitts, Maysville, and Andy Pitts, Wheelersburg, Ohio; 20 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 10 a. m. Friday at the Mitchell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Antioch Church Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home.

Children
1 M William Becraft [1695] (details suppressed for this person) 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 






2  M  Charles William Becraft [1692] 9





           Born: 9 Jan 1912 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1912 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 9
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8H1-ZYQ








3  M  Shirley Thomas Becraft [1693]





           Born: 1 Dec 1913 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 1 10 11 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 2007 - Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States 1 13







         Buried:  - Little Slate Cemetery, Bath, Kentucky, United States 5 13
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-27S
Find A Grave ID: 86436897



         Spouse: Ivian Johnson [8381] (1915-1995)
           Marr: 3 Mar 1934 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 13






4  M  George Washington Becraft [1694]





           Born: 27 Aug 1914 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jan 1987 - Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States 1
         Buried:  - Meadow Green Cemetery, Huron, Erie, Ohio, United States 5
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-GCW
Find A Grave ID: 250099102



         Spouse: Oma Walters [16421] (1917-1992)






5  M  Ernest Lee Becraft [1696]





           Born: 27 Feb 1916 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1 5 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1986 - Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States 1 5 15







         Buried:  - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-L4V
Find A Grave ID: 19864601



         Spouse: Callie Crocket [1697] (1917-2001)
           Marr: 22 Feb 1939 - Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky, United States 16






6  M  Harold Franklin "Earl" Becraft [1702]





           Born: 7 Apr 1917 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 2005 - Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Scottsburg, Scott Co, IN 5







         Buried: 15 Dec 2005 - Brown-Hosea-Becraft Cemetery, Pekin, Washington Co, IN 5
FamilySearch ID: PMH7-HHV
Find A Grave ID: 12692491



         Spouse: Kathleen O'Dell Reffitt [1703] (1917-2006)
           Marr: 14 Jan 1935 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 17






7  F  Vergie Becraft [1691]





           Born: 1921
     Christened: 
           Died: 1921
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






8  M  Virgil Becraft [1714]





           Born: 2 Feb 1921 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 14 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1921 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 7 14
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G7Y4-KZR
Find A Grave ID: 270347544



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






9  F  Esther May Becraft [1715]





           Born: 15 Apr 1922 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1995 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 19
         Buried:  - Fortune Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Montgomery Co, KY
FamilySearch ID: PMHQ-851
Find A Grave ID: 106645115



         Spouse: John Andrew Day [6848] (1925-1966)






10  M  Homer Mitchell "Bill" Becraft [1716]





           Born: 31 Mar 1925 - Mason, Kentucky, United States 1 5 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1997 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1 5 20
         Buried: 1 Mar 1997 - Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KY 5
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-LMH
Find A Grave ID: 19864602



         Spouse: Jennie Mae Day [1717] (1929-1978)






11  M  John Garnet Becraft [1720]





           Born: 5 Jun 1928 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jan 2009 - St. Joseph Hospital, Mt. Sterling, , KY 1 5
         Buried: 24 Jan 2009 - Martin Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 5
FamilySearch ID: LTY1-NSP
Find A Grave ID: 170003039



         Spouse: Esther R Reffitt [12905] (1927-2016)
           Marr: 19 Oct 1946 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 21









Death Notes: Husband - Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft



Volume 006, Cert 02697, Deathvol 1969.


General Notes: Husband - Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft



After his father was killed, Charles refused to leave the area when his mother left with the other siblings.  He was raised by widow Mariah Crisp.


Death Notes: Wife - Sarah Margaret Pitts



Volume 008; Certificate 03859; Death Volume 1966


General Notes: Wife - Sarah Margaret Pitts



According to Tammy Becraft Bryson, this woman may have been full cherokee.


Notes: Marriage (Sarah Margaret Pitts): 



Married at the home of George W. Miller.
Witnesses were Doc Pitts and M.C. Miller.


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Sources




1
U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

2
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Charles Leonard "Charlie" Becraft, person ID L8M9-TBC. 

3
Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), Charles L. Becraft, d. 14 Feb 1969, Fayette, age 79, residence Montgomery.

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

5
Findagrave.com.

6
Janet Martin, Email (Ancestry.com).

7
Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).

8
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Henry Pitts, person ID LHTQ-D2C. 

9
Kentucky Vital Records Project (http://kyvitals.com).

10
Menifee County, Kentucky Births 1912 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/1912men.html), 01 Dec 1912.

11
www.familytreelegends.com, 1913-12-01.

12
Findagrave.com, 1911.

13
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Shirley Thomas Becraft, person ID LTY1-27S. 

14
www.familytreelegends.com.

15
Ancestry.com, Ernest L Becraft, male, 23 September 1986, 26 February 1916, born in KY.

16
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Ernest Lee Becraft, person ID LTY1-L4V. 

17
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 Nov 2025), entry for Kathleen O'Dell Reffitt, person ID L24G-12M. 

18
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Virgil Becraft, person ID G7Y4-KZR. 

19
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Esther May Becraft, person ID PMHQ-851. 

20
Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), BECRAFT, HOMER 	M, age 071, FAYETTE, MONTGOMERY, 02-26-1997, 013, 06455, 1997.

21
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for John Garnet Becraft, person ID LTY1-NSP. 







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