Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Chester Zephaniah Faust and Lora Ella Becraft

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Husband Chester Zephaniah Faust [2766] ¹

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           Born: 21 Jul 1889 - Boydtown, Crawford Co, WI 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1964 - Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States 2
         Buried: Mar 1964 - Boydtown Cemetery, Marietta TWP, Crawford Co, WI 2 3
FamilySearch ID: 2BVC-YJD
Find A Grave ID: 55393330

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         Father: John Tyler Foust [17243] (1841-1917)
         Mother: Margretta Lowisa Wayne [17244] (1846-1917)

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       Marriage: 27 Jun 1916 - Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

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Wife Lora Ella Becraft [2758] ¹

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           Born: 16 Sep 1891 - Wisconsin, United States 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Jan 1979 - Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States 1 2 3
         Buried: 17 Jan 1979 - Boydtown Cemetery, Marietta TWP, Crawford Co, WI 3
FamilySearch ID: LBFL-MJ8
Find A Grave ID: 55393372

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         Father: Elijah Franklin Becraft [2562] (1852-Between 1900/1909) 1
         Mother: Flora Miranda Smith [2754] (1859-1940)

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   Other Spouse: Wallace Bass Foust 1 [2765] (1882-1915) - 16 Jul 1906 - Georgetown, Price, Wisconsin, United States 1

Events

• She 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.

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Children

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1 M Robert Willard Faust [3713] ²

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           Born: 24 Jul 1934 - Beloit, Rock Co, WI
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 2017 - Cuba City, Grant Co, WI
         Buried:  - Coleman-Whiteaker Cemetery, Bell Center, Crawford Co, WI 3
FamilySearch ID: LY8N-J7D
Find A Grave ID: 185584219

         Spouse: Minetta Florence Adkins [3795] (1934-2012)
           Marr: 22 May 1955 - Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States

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Notes: Marriage (Lora Ella Becraft):

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brother of 1st husband Wallace.

Sources

1 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).

2 dgjones, http://www.geocities.com/dgjones2/d0001/g0000053.htm#I818.

3 Findagrave.com.