Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Raymond Evertt Becraft and Wanda Lee Miles

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Husband Raymond Evertt Becraft [1737] ¹

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           Born: 9 Jan 1928 - Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1974 - Carroll, Kentucky, United States 2 3 4 5

         Buried:  - Ghent Cemetery, Ghent, Carroll Co, KY 6
FamilySearch ID: LTHP-KJB
Find A Grave ID: 14550420

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         Father: Carl Vernon Becraft [1730] (1903-1947)
         Mother: Mary Edna McDowell [1731] (1903-2003)

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       Marriage: 3 Jul 1953 7

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 405-32-9603.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Trimble, Kentucky, United States. Carl R Beacreft, born abt 1904; wife Mary E, 1904; Francis C, 1924; Raymond E, 1927; Ella R, 1930.

• Military: 29 Apr 1946, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. Army Serial Number: 45045467
Name: Becraft, Raymond E
Residence: State #52 (KY)
Residence: County 041 (Carroll)
Place of Enlistment: 5260 (Louisville Kentucky)
Date of Enlistment Day: 29
Date of Enlistment Month: 04
Date of Enlistment Year: 46
Grade: Alpha Designation: PVT#
Grade: Code 8 (Private)
Branch: Alpha Designation: NO# (No branch assignment)
Branch: Code: 02
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: 52 (KY)
Year of Birth: 28
Race and Citizenship: 1 (White, citizen)
Education: 0 (Grammar school)
Civilian Occupation: 306 (General farmers)
Marital Status: 6 (Single, without dependents)
Component of the Army: 7 (Selectees (Enlisted men))
Card Number: #
Box Number: 1569
Film Reel Number: 3.393
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Wife Wanda Lee Miles [3385] ⁷

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         Buried: 

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Children

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Death Notes: Husband - Raymond Evertt Becraft

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Volume 032; Certificate 15837; Death Volume 1974

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Burial Notes: Husband - Raymond Evertt Becraft

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BECRAFT RAYMOND E. 1928 1976 3B 33 4

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Raymond E. Becraft, person ID LTHP-KJB.

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 8 Nov 2025), entry for Raymond Evertt Becraft, person ID LTHP-KJB.

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

5 www.familytreelegends.com.

6 Findagrave.com.

7 (file for Thomas and Jemima Becraft (both Lemaster and Ringo lines)).