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: 30 May 1935 - Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States 3
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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
• Soc Sec Num: 397-46-0668.
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/bios/Becraft1.html Block 1, Lot 131
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Wife Catherine Magdeline Stevens [2770] 3 6
Born: 11 Feb 1906 - Great Bend Township, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States 3 7 8
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Died: 9 Oct 1987 - Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 3 7
Buried: - St. Peters Catholic Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas Co, WI 2
FamilySearch ID: 27VG-7RR
Find A Grave ID: 161979299
Children
1 M John Francis Becraft [3243]
Born: 12 Jan 1938 - Phelps, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 5 9
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Died: 24 Jun 1972 - Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 5 9
Buried: - Eagle River Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 2
FamilySearch ID: GX3X-1K9
Find A Grave ID: 21118792
2 F Mary M Becraft [3242]
Born: 23 Jun 1943 - Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States
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Died: 28 Nov 2010 - Farina, Fayette Co, IL
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FamilySearch ID: LVP4-RWN
Spouse: Kramer [10757] (living)
Spouse: Moran [10758] (living)
3 F Catherine Becraft [3244] (details suppressed for this person)
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FamilySearch ID: GX3F-QVD
Spouse: Holt [10756] (living)
4 F Margaret Ann Becraft [3245] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Charles Clayton Congleton [10755] (living)
5 F Theresa Becraft [3247] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Shoenfelder [10753] (living)
6 F Laura Ellen Becraft [3246] 10
Born: 13 Sep 1945 - Rhinelander, Oneida, Wisconsin, United States 10
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Died: 26 Mar 2014 - Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States 10
Buried: 2014 - Eagle River Cemetery, Eagle River, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States 10
FamilySearch ID: GX2J-WWP
Spouse: Erwin Bueschel [10754] ( -Bef 2014)
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
Burial Notes: Wife - Catherine Magdeline Stevens