Nathan Sidwell
(1850-1923)
Mary E. Davis
(1848-)
Martha Jane Sidwell
(1877-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Ward Beecher

Martha Jane Sidwell 1 2 3

  • Born: 9 Oct 1877, , Cecil, MD 1
  • Marriage (1): Henry Ward Beecher
  • Died: 3 Dec 1918, Birchrunville, Chester, PA at age 41 1 2 4
  • Buried: 7 Dec 1918, Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 1 2 4

   FamilySearch ID: 9JKZ-GY1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in New London, Chester, PA. 5 The 1910 census recorded Henry W. Beecher, 42, born in Pennsylvania, living with wife Martha J., 32, born in Maryland, and their daughter, Velma, 12, born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: influenza, 3 Dec 1918, Birchrunville, Chester, PA. 2

3. Obituary: Daily Local News on 4 Dec 1918 in West Chester, Chester, PA. 1 6 BEECHER- In Birchrunville, Chester County, Pa., on December 3, 1918, Martha Jane Beecher, wife of Henry Ward Beecher, aged 41 years, 1 month and 24 days. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral without further notice from the residence of her husband on Saturday, December 7, 1918. All services at the house at 11:30 o'clock a.m. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville, Pa. Automobiles will meet train at Chester Springs, PV.R.R, at 10 o'clock

Daily Local News, December 5, 1918 Mrs. Henry W. Beecher In Birchrunville, on Tuesday, Martha Jane, wife of Henry W. Beecher, died at the age of 41 years. She formerly lived on the Dr. George W. Spratt farm, on Black Horse Hill, near Coatesville. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. John Trego, near West Chester.


Martha married Henry Ward Beecher, son of William Lightner Beecher and Alidia Kinard. (Henry Ward Beecher was born on 18 Oct 1868 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA,7 8 9 died on 17 Dec 1918 in Birchrunville, Chester, PA 9 10 11 and was buried on 23 Dec 1918 in Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 9 10 11.)

Sources

1 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), 16 Apr 1913. Obituary of Herbert Beecher Jr.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 190753. Martha Jane Beecher. Father Nathan Sidwell, mother Mary Davis.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 3614. Velma Pickard. Father Henry Beecher. Mother Martha __. Spouse Raymond Pickard.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36144501.

5 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG3W-MLR Henry W Beecher, 1910.

6 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), December 4, 1918. Obituary of Martha Jane Beecher.

7 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255114; National Archives Film T9-1114; Page 78A.

8 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Salisbury Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1359 Page: 267.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 190755, Henry Ward Beecher, father William Beecher, mother Mary Keinard.

10 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), December 19, 1918. Obituary of Henry Ward Beecher.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36144201.


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