Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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John Adrum Haymore and Mary Ann Beecroft



Husband John Adrum Haymore [5401]




           Born: 7 Feb 1880 - Payson, Utah Co, UT
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jul 1930 - Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States
         Buried: 13 Jul 1930 - Calvary Cemetery, Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Find A Grave ID: 73612745
       Marriage: 1 Jan 1902 - Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico 1



Wife Mary Ann Beecroft [2108] 2




           Born: 6 Sep 1883 - Los Cerritos, Conejos, CO
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Mar 1964 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
         Buried: 14 Mar 1964 - Calvary Cemetery, Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States 3
FamilySearch ID: KWZH-742
Find A Grave ID: 73612749


         Father: John Hurst Beecroft [2074] (1846-1919) 2
         Mother: Catherine Ann Martin [2097] (1860-1895)




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General Notes: Husband - John Adrum Haymore

John Adrum Haymore was the son of Franklin Demarcus Haymore (1849 - 1931) and Lucinda Adeline Taylor (1851 - 1897). John married Mary Ann Beecroft on 1 Jan 1902 in Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico.

LIFE OF JOHN ADRUM HAYMORE
John Adrum Haymore (Ade) was born 7 February 1880 in Payson, Utah. His parents were Franklin Demarcus Haymore and Lucinda Adeline Taylor. Ade was the sixth child and fifth son.

Franklin, under trying conditions and little money, built a comfortable two-story frame home in Payson, Utah. Ade was born in the southeast upstairs bedroom.

Ade's grandmother, Ann Jane Hiatt Taylor, spent many hours caring for Adeline's children. She and her husband, Benjamin, lived in a small adobe home of the other side, a vacant lot separating the two families.

Adeline, a very hard worker herself, believed that her children should be assigned chores which taught the children a lesson in responsibility. It was Ade's job to crank the old round wooden washer for his mother.

Ade began his formal education in the small one-room schoolhouse located next door to the Haymore residence. As the last bell would ring he would jump the fence and be at school on time.

Ade earned some of his spending money by gardening. When the vegetables were ready to harvest and his mother had finished with the patch, he could glean and sell to his neighbors.

On occasions, grandmother Taylor needed someone to drive her buggy. For this service she would give Ade a dollar, just enough for a dance ticket. Dancing he enjoyed very much.

Franklin filled two missions to the Southern States. During these times Ade was a good help to his mother.

In the fall of 1896 the Haymore family moved to Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico. The move was made necessary when the United States Congress abolished the practice of polygamy. Since Franklin D. Haymore was practicing polygamy, the only way he could escape breaking up his family was by moving to Canada or Mexico. He chose the latter.

Adeline was expecting her thirteenth child at the time, but she gave unselfishly of herself in helping prepare for the tedious journey across desert and Indian territory. They had two outfits, Franklin drove the white-top buggy in which rode Adeline and their two daughters, Eva and Veda. Ade, about sixteen, and Millard, fourteen, took turns driving the wagon containing all their household goods. The boys also took turns riding one horse and driving several others they had brought on the trip.

Upon arrival in Mexico the Haymore family built a crude shelter of canes and willows, in addition to the one-room log cabin that Franklin and his son Arthur had built on a former trip to Mexico. It was in this room that Adeline gave birth to her thirteenth child, Walter Taylor Haymore 23 May 1897. The family was saddened by her death on the same day.

Franklin opened a mercantile store and bought land on the Pulpit Ranch. Ade's education ended when it became necessary for him to ride the range, branding and selling cattle.

The refining influence of Ade's mother and the wise council of his noble father aided in keeping the growing family together.

Ed Haymore and wife Lillian moved from Payson, Utah, to Mexico. When they crossed the border at El Paso, Texas, they became exposed to smallpox, and when they contracted the disease the entire Haymore family was exposed. Ade was stricken with an extreme case, leaving disfiguring red and blue pock marks after his recovery.

John Hurst Beecroft had moved from Manassa, Colorado, to Central, Arizona. After the unexpected death of his wife Catherine he moved to Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico. His beautiful black-eyed daughter, Mary Ann, soon became the center of attention to a young man by the name of Ade Haymore.

Ade gave Mary Ann his favorite riding pony, Dandy, as an engagement present. She enjoyed riding the horse, but Ade talked her out of it a few days before the wedding, telling her he could trade Dandy for several wild horses that were loose on the range. The horses turned out to be more difficult to round up than expected. He rode farther than he planned and was several hours late getting back to his own wedding which took place 1 January 1902.

Franklin D. told the bride and groom they could live in the one-room log house. He gave them Adeline's bed and washstand.

The Sonora Mercantile store was prospering and Ade assumed a clerking job. Mary Ann made shirts and candy for the store. Ade and Mary Ann went to Magdalena to buy shoes for the store and spent their first Christmas on the road.

Ade and Mary Ann were blessed with a baby girl, Leah on 11 May 1903. Ade was glad the store was next door to the log cabin so he could see her often. A second daughter, Katie, was born 22 June 1905. Mary Ann said she needed more room, so her father, John Beecroft, added an adobe room. A third daughter, Ada, was born 2 March 1907 at Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico. She missed the flood.
In the summer of 1905 the rains were especially hard. Just before Thanksgiving the logs and debris collected at the back of the dam causing it to break. Water gushed out, flooding the entire town. Although no lives were lost in the flood, much of the merchandise was damages. Consequently Ade was sent to the small town of San Miguel to open up a store and dispose of the merchandise. His wife Mary Ann and two small daughters, Leah and Katie, rode horseback to their new home. Ade and Mary Ann took turns holding Katie in their arms as they rode horseback.

In July, Mary Ann returned to Colonia Oaxaca where her fourth daughter, Adaline, was born 27 July 1909. She then returned with her small daughter to San Miguel.

In April 1910 Ade and Mary Ann journeyed on horseback to Lord Beresford's Ranch at the Corretas Ranch where they hitched their horses to his buggy and went on to Colonia Dublan. A train car was chartered to take a group to Salt Lake City, Utah. It was here that Ade and Mary Ann were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in April 1910.

Franklin Demarcus Haymore decided to open a store in Colonia Morelos. Since Ade's children were nearing school age it was decided he should manage the store, which he did successfully until the exodus in 1912.

It was in Colonia Morelos that Adaline passed away 11 November 1910. On October 15, 1911 Ade and Mary Ann were blessed with a son Adrum Roscoe.

Millard Haymore had opened up a store in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico in which the Haymore men and boys were employed after the exodus. Millard said of his brother Ade, "Through his individual effort and home study he became one of the best accountants I have come in contact with. He was uncanny with mathematics. Had he been privileged to take an engineering course he would have been outstanding."

Franklin D. Haymore built a lovely two-story red brick home at 1139-8th St. in Douglas, Arizona. It was here that Anna Lee was born 20 May 1915 to Ade and Mary Ann.

Ade soon built a red brick home next door to his father. Ade decided to go with General John J. Pershing as a guide when they went in pursuit of Pancho Villa.

Ade and Mary Ann had a second son, John Arnold born 12 December 1917, just in time for her to be up and about for Christmas dinner. Erma Joyce was born 6 July 1919, so they celebrated again. Wanda May was added to the list 13 August 1923, missing grandfather Franklin D. Haymore's birthday by one day.

Ade was desirous that his children receive a good education. Daughters, Leah, Katie and Ada attended the B.Y.U. in Provo. Katie and later attended the University of Arizona. Katie was killed in an automobile accident 19 February 1929 on the Bisbee highway.

On the 5th of February Ade was chosen as one of the delegates from Arizona to attend the inauguration of Ortiz Rubio as President of Mexico.

Ade purchased a small plane which his son Roscoe learned to pilot. On the morning of 11 July 1930 at Douglas, Arizona, they both went down in the plane and lost their lives.
(Taken from the "The Haymore Family" book pgs. 241-243, no copyright, as contributed by Ron Haymore on 8 Nov 2013)


General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann Beecroft

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Sources


1 LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org), 30 Aug 1903 Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

2 GenCircles (Family of Jim Beecroft at http://www.gencircles.com/users/jobeecroft/1, dated 2002.).

3 Findagrave.com.


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