Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Ripley Becraft

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Husband Ripley Becraft [3837]

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           Born: 26 Dec 1858 - Indian Valley Township, Colusa, California, United States 1
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           Died: 22 Feb 1889 - Plumas, California, United States 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LZBQ-5XZ

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         Father: James Thomas Becraft [2507] (1827-1911) 2
         Mother: Rebecca Ann Holmes [2716] (1834-1878) 3

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Events

• He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census census in 1860 in Fillmore, Plumas Co, CA. James Beecroft, age 32, born KY; wife Rebecca, age 25, born IN; son William age 6, born CA; son Charles age 5, born CA; son James age 4, born CA; son Ripley age 2 born CA; daughter Martha age 4/12 born CA.

• He attended school at Plumas National on 16 Aug 1873 in Quincy, Plumas, California, United States. Page 3
Roll of Honor, Crescent School, month ending Aug 1st, 1873
First grade: ... Ripley Becraft.

• His obituary was published in the Greenville Bulletin on 27 Feb 1889. 3:2 and 3:4.

• His obituary was published in the Plumas National Newspaper on 2 Mar 1889. Becraft, Ripley - 2 March 1889 3;3*

http://www.citlink.net/~lahontan/archivelinks/PN1880-1892.htm.

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Wife

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Children

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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 8 Nov 2025), entry for Ripley Becraft, person ID LZBQ-5XZ.

2 Tim Becraft, "Thomas."

3 Tim Becraft.