Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Carl A Kirchner and Mary Catherine Armstrong

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Husband Carl A Kirchner [16177]

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Wife Mary Catherine Armstrong [12440] ¹

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           Born: 29 Sep 1867 - Clay, Tennessee, United States 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Nov 1944 - Dayton City, Greene, Ohio, United States 2
         Buried:  - Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
FamilySearch ID: LCP2-XQ9
Find A Grave ID: 139165906

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   Other Spouse: Frederick Henry Beecroft [12439] (1863-1912) - 26 Sep 1886 - Vernon, Missouri, United States

Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Raleigh, Shelby Co, TN. Name: Mary C Beecroft
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 34 Civil District 6 (east part) Raleigh town, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Birth Date: Sep 1867
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 14
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1886
Mother of how many children: 4
Number of Living Children: 4
Immigration Year:
Page: 4
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 61
Reference ID: 54
GS Film number: 1241596
Digital Folder Number: 004118730
Image Number: 00555
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Fred Beecroft M 37 Missouri
Wife Mary C Beecroft F 33 Tennessee
Son Willie F Beecroft M 12 Missouri
Daughter Herman Beecroft F 10 Missouri
Son Hugh Beecroft M 8 Missouri
Son Robert Beecroft M 5 Missouri
Boarder Andrew J Miller M 23 Georgia.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Tyronza, Crittenden Co, AR. Name: Mary Beecroft
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to Head of Household:
Residence: Tyronza, Crittenden, Arkansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Family Number: 148
Page Number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Williams Turnham M 45y Illinois
DAU Mable Turnham F 19y Illinois
DAU Rita Turnham F 16y Illinois
SON Rollia E Turnham M 9y Illinois
SON Cecil Turnham M 5y Arkansas
Mary Beecroft F 42y Tennessee.

• Her obituary was published. Mrs. Mary Kirchner is Dead at 77
Mrs. Mary C. Kirchner, 77, of 324 1/2 Wayne avenue, mother of R. E. Beecroft, former dealer in Reo trucks in Dayton, died Sunday morning at St. Elizabeth hospital after a month's illness.
Also surviving are her husband, Carl K. Kirchner; two sons, F. W. Beecroft, Memphis, Tenn. And H.C. Beecroft, Seattle, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. W. F. Schwandt, Dayton; one sister, Mrs. C. K. Sipe, Nevada, Mo.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the Hoyne funeral home, 1817 East Third street, with burial in Woodland cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.

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Children

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Burial Notes: Wife - Mary Catherine Armstrong

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Sec 123 Lot 248 Lot 1 Grave 139

Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Mary Catherine Armstrong, person ID LCP2-XQ9.