Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

William Hodge and Mary A. Becraft

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Husband William Hodge [1680]

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           Born: 18 Jun 1861 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 1
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       Marriage: 26 Jul 1880 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 2 3

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Wife Mary A. Becraft [1672]

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           Born: Nov 1863 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 4
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           Died: 17 Nov 1948 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 4
         Buried:  - Slusher Cemetery, Menifee Co, KY 4
FamilySearch ID: K87R-VJZ

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         Father: Solomon Becraft [1663] (1839-      )
         Mother: Drusilla Smith [1671] (1846-      )

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   Other Spouse: Benton DeRossett [1682] (1862-1936) - 1888 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States

Events

• She appeared on the 1880 Census census in 1880 in Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Soloman, head of household, married, male, W, age 40, KY, Farmer, KY, KY

Listed with wife Drusey, age 30, keeping house

Children Mary, dau, age 16, at home; John, son, age 14, works on farm; George, son, age 12, works on farm; July, age 10, at home; Dudley, age 8; Nancy, age 6; Janney, age 4; Albert, age 3.

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Children

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1 M Marshall Hodge [1681]

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           Born: 1883
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         Spouse: Jeanette Beacher [10867] (1882-      )
           Marr: 9 Mar 1903 - Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

         Spouse: Penna Steely [10858] (living)

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Burial Notes: Wife - Mary A. Becraft

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Mary is buried in the Norris Cemetery, near Peter Trace where she was born. It is located behind the old Buchanan house and post office and Chester and Norma William's grocery store. Faye's little sister, Doris Buchanan Fox, is also buried there.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary A. Becraft

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The railroad was a narrow guage that hooked up with the standard guage at Rothwell at the entrance to Peter Trace. Mary was raised on Peter Trace, a hollow located 18 miles east of Mt. Sterling, KY and 7 miles west of Frenchburg. She was the first woman to be the statewide chairman of the Democratic party and was the first woman to buy and drive a car (a model T, according to Faye Buchanan who reported this family).

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Notes: Marriage (Mary A. Becraft):

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(book 4)

Sources

1 http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0000038.html, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.montgomery/148.11.

2 Book 4.

3 ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900.).

4 Findagrave.com.