Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Mathew Hume Payne Becraft Sr. and Ivarene Tucker Harp

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Husband Mathew Hume Payne Becraft Sr. [5913] ¹

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           Born: 17 Dec 1928 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Sep 1996 - Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States 1 2
         Buried:  - Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States
FamilySearch ID: LTQM-CH4
Find A Grave ID: 287916847

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         Father: Ralph Hunter Becraft Sr. [3568] (1903-1977) 3
         Mother: Rebecca Lyne Payne [5435] (1906-1971) 4

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       Marriage: 29 Jul 1977 - Bourbon, Kentucky, United States 5

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 400-34-6855.

• His obituary was published in the Lexington Herald Leader on 28 Sep 1996. PARIS - Matthew Hume Payne Becraft Sr., 66, 1621 Cypress Street, retired farmer and farm machinery store manager, husband of Iverene Tucker Becraft, ...
Related web pages.

• His obituary was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 29 Sep 1996 in Kentucky, United States.

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Wife Ivarene Tucker Harp [5810]

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           Born: 22 Nov 1930 - Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 May 2003 - Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States 1

         Buried:  - Evergreen Memory Gardens, Paris, Bourbon Co, KY 7
FamilySearch ID: LTW4-917
Find A Grave ID: 178368565

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 402-38-8954.

• Her obituary was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on 19 May 2003 in Kentucky, United States.

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Children

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Death Notes: Husband - Mathew Hume Payne Becraft Sr.

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Volume 054; Certificate 26832; Death Volume 1996.

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Burial Notes: Husband - Mathew Hume Payne Becraft Sr.

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Section T

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Notes: Marriage (Ivarene Tucker Harp):

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Vol 1977, Marriage Vol 032, Certificate 15952

Sources

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

2 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).

3 Carole Pomeroy (rootsweb.com).

4 LDS.

5 www.familytreelegends.com, Kentucky Marriages, 1960 - 1993.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Ivarene Tucker Harp, person ID LTW4-917.

7 Findagrave.com.