Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Lester Earl Becraft and Irene Virginia Jessop

Husband Lester Earl Becraft [581] 1 

           Born: 8 Sep 1914 - Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1982 - Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2 3



         Buried: 1982 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, Carroll, Maryland, United States 3 4 5
FamilySearch ID: KLLV-R8W
Find A Grave ID: 86728173


         Father: George E. Becraft [420] (1866-1919)
         Mother: Annie E. Burdette [579] (1872-1937)


       Marriage: 18 Jun 1948 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 218-10-7219.

• Military: Pvt. U.S. Army, WW II. Becraft, Lester E., Pvt. USA 33205860, Balto. City.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Tiffin, Seneca, OH. Name: Lester E Becroft
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Maryland
Estimated Birth Year: 1915
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Inmate
Father's Birthplace: United States
Mother's Birthplace: United States
Enumeration District Number: 0008
Family Number: 16
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 55
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1868
Film Number: 2341602
Digital Folder Number: 4661184
Image Number: 00641
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Officer Sarah M Burchfield F 38 Tennessee
Inmate Wiliam A Burchfield M 14 Tennessee
Inmate George D A Burchfield M 8 Tennessee
Inmate James D Tessneer M 10 United States
Inmate William E Cagle M 10 Tennessee
Inmate Lawrence E Cagle M 9 Tennessee
Inmate John H Mauer M 13 North Carolina
Inmate Jack A Mauer M 10 North Carolina
Inmate Dan J Beckner M 11 Kentucky
Inmate Harley Moore M 15 Tennessee
Inmate Lester E Becroft M 15 Maryland
Inmate Glen Quesinberry M 13 Tennessee
Inmate Ralph Quesinberry M 9 Tennessee
Inmate John A Moore M 14 North Carolina
Inmate Willis Engle M 13 Kentucky
Inmate Earl W Hampton M 14 Kentucky
Inmate Elmer L Hampton M 12 Kentucky
Inmate Arthur Russell M 6 Tennessee
Inmate Robert L Perry M 15 North Carolina
Inmate Earl R Semper M 13 Ohio
Inmate George J Semper M 9 Ohio
Inmate Kenneth R Semper M 6 Ohio
Inmate Woodrow W Croft M 12 South Carolina
Inmate Martin C Croft M 8 Maryland
Inmate John W Perry M 10 North Carolina
Inmate O D Harwell M 11 South Carolina
Inmate Ernest Harwell M 8 South Carolina
Inmate Arthur C Jenkins M 14 Georgia
Inmate Edward A Blankenship M 12 Tennessee
Inmate Edwin R Lewis M 13 Kentucky
Inmate Quentin H Lewis M 11 Kentucky
Inmate Julius Bowling M 6 Kentucky.

• Military: AAD, 22 Jul 1942, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Army Serial Number: 33205860
Name: Becraft, Lester E
Residence: State #31 (MD)
Residence: County 007 (Baltimore City)
Place of Enlistment: 3110 (Baltimore, Maryland)
Date of Enlistment Day: 22
Date of Enlistment Month: 07
Date of Enlistment Year: 42
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT#
Grade: Code 8 (Private)
Branch: Alpha Designation: BI# (Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA)
Branch: Code: 00
Term of Enlistment:5 (Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus sixs months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law)
Longevity: ###
Source of Army Personnel:0 (Civil life)
Nativity: 31 (MD)
Year of Birth: 14
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 0 (Grammar school)
Civilian Occupation: 802 (Unskilled ocupations in production of bakery products n.e.c.)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted men))
Card Number: #
Box Number: 0626
Film Reel Number: 2.290
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• His obituary was published in The Sun on 26 Jan 1982. Becraft, On January 25, 1982, LESTER E., beloved husband of Irene V. Becraft (nee Jessop), devoted father of Sharon A. Dawson and David E. Becraft, father-in-law of Stanley T...


Wife Irene Virginia Jessop [5855] 

           Born: 14 Feb 1916 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1991 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2



         Buried: 1991 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, Carroll, Maryland, United States 4 6
FamilySearch ID: KZVV-BXP
Find A Grave ID: 119388017

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 219-12-8605.

Children
1 F Sharon Ann Becraft [5857] (details suppressed for this person) 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Charles William Hogarth [5858] (living)

         Spouse: Stanley T Dawson [5859] (living)

2 M David Ernest "Porkchop" Becraft [5856] 

           Born: 1 Nov 1951 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 May 1999 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 2
 Cause of Death: colon cancer



         Buried: 1 Jun 1999 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, Carroll, Maryland, United States 4 7 8
FamilySearch ID: LTFF-1W7
Find A Grave ID: 119388015

         Spouse: Betty Jean Swarthout [7398] (living)

Burial Notes: Husband - Lester Earl Becraft

C16-05, Pvt. US Army WW II

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Lester E. Becraft, person ID KLLV-R8W.

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

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Lester Earl Becraft, person ID KLLV-R8W.

4 Findagrave.com.

5 Billion Graves (billiongraves.com).

6 Billion Graves (billiongraves.com : accessed 14 Apr 2020).

7 gravelocator.cem.va.gov, Pine Grove Cemetery, Halethorpe, , MD.

8 Billion Graves (billiongraves.com : accessed 13 Apr 2020).

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