Husband Theodore Guittar [4368]
Born: 20 Dec 1842 - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States 1
Christened:
Died: 22 Apr 1919 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Buried: 25 Apr 1919 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 1 2
FamilySearch ID: LHJD-YL8
Find A Grave ID: 80926020
Marriage: 20 Dec 1869 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Events
• Biography: 1883. History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Containing a History from the ...
Theodore Guittar, County Sheriff, was born in 1842, in St. Louis, Mo., and became a resident of Council Bluffs, in 1855. He received his education in the public schools of Council Bluffs, and , in 1877, was elected to the office of Constable. To this office he was re-elected, serving four years during the two terms; he spent two years as Deputy Sheriff under George Doughty, in 1872-73, and also two years in the same capacity under A. L. Kahle. In 1881, he was elected by the Republican party to the office of Sheriff of the county; his majority was forty-one votes; he is no engaged in the discharge of the duties of that office. In 1862, he entered the army as a private in the Second Iowa Battery. During his service he was in many hard-fought battles, among which were the following: siege of Vicksburg, battle of Nashville, Tenn., Jacksonville, Miss., second siege of Mobile, battle of Selma, Ala., Montgomery, Ala., and of Tupelo, Tenn. Mr. Guittar is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and also of Bluff City Lodge, No. 49, I.O.O.F.; he was married, in 1869, to Miss Elizabeth Beecroft, a native of England, and who came to the United States in 1854, with her people, and to Council Bluffs in 1860. They have but one child, a daughter.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. Ward 2
Theodore Guittar, age 67y, born MO; wife Elizabeth Guittar, age 63y, born England, immigrated 1852; dau Eugenia Guittar, age 34y, born IA; father-in-law Henry Beecroft, age 95y, born England, immigrated 1857.
Wife Elizabeth Beecroft [4292] 3
Born: 20 Jan 1847 - Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 3 4
Christened:
Died: 21 Dec 1917 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 3
Buried: - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 2
FamilySearch ID: LL9W-V8T
Find A Grave ID: 80926034
Father: Henry Beecroft Sr. [4278] (1815-1915) 3
Mother: Isabella Frazor [4285] (1816-1903) 3
Events
• Immigrated: Kennebec from Liverpool, England, 10 Jan 1852, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Departure on Kennebec from Liverpool, England for Isabella age 35, Emma age 15, Robert age 8; Isabella age 6, and Elizabeth age 4.
The Kennebec arrived in New Orleans, LA on 19 March 1852.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1860 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. Henry Beecroft, age 45, born England; wife Isabella age 44, born England; dau Emma age 24, born England; son Henry, age 20, born England; son Robert age 17, born England; dau Isabella, age 15, born England; dau Elizabeth, age 13, born England; dau Matilda age 5, born Utah.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. Ward 2
Theodore Guittar, age 67y, born MO; wife Elizabeth Guittar, age 63y, born England, immigrated 1852; dau Eugenia Guittar, age 34y, born IA; father-in-law Henry Beecroft, age 95y, born England, immigrated 1857.
Children
Burial Notes: Husband - Theodore Guittar
Section 11, Lot 075, Grave 3
Burial Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Beecroft
Section 11, Lot 075, Grave 2