Husband John Franklin Becraft [2759]
Born: 1 Aug 1894 - Georgetown, Price, Wisconsin, United States 1 2
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Died: 11 Sep 1961 - Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 3 4 5
Buried: - Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 2 4
FamilySearch ID: LHS3-ZZ3
Find A Grave ID: 161979453
Father: Elijah Franklin Becraft [2562] (1852-Between 1900/1909) 3
Mother: Flora Miranda Smith [2754] (1859-1940)
Marriage: early 1930 3 6
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• Draft Registration: WW I Draft Registration Card. John Franklin Becraft, 01 Aug1894, Caucasian, born WI; USA, not stated, Marshall, IN.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Georgetown, Price, Wisconsin, United States. Elijah Becraft, b June 1852, age 49, married 24 years, born NY, farmer; wife Flora M, b June 1862, age 37, (6 children, 5 living), born MI; son James W, b Dec 1885, age 14, born KY, at school; dau Lora Ella, b Sept 1891, age 9y, born WI, at school; son John F, b Aug 1893, age 7y, at school; dau May A, b Sept 1898, age 1y.
• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Phelps, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States. Frank Becraft age 35 born WI, listed with wife Beulah Becraft age 29.
• He died on 11 Sep 1961 in Wisconsin, United States. Name: Events
• She appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Phelps, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States. Frank Becraft age 35 born WI, listed with wife Beulah Becraft age 29.
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Wife Beulah Temple [2769] 3
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Burial Notes: Husband - John Franklin Becraft
General Notes: Husband - John Franklin Becraft
Descendants of John say that he fought in WW I and that afterward, suffered from shellshock. When he moved to Eagle River, Wisconsin, he worked at a sawmill. When the mill closed down, he went to the woods and worked as a lumberjack. Eventually, he bought some lots of timber and started his own sawmill behind his house. John was also skilled at carving. Some of his carved pieces were in King's Gateway, a large ski lodge in Land O Lakes, Wisconsin. When the place was sold the pieces were auctioned off for quite a bit of money. One of John's carvings is at a museum in Eagle River; it was a piece he had traded for a jersey cow. Another carving rests on the fireplace mantle of the Murphy Mansion in Eagle River, the location for the ice skating scenes for the movie, "Damien Omen II." 3