Sarah A. Irvin
(1857-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rahm
2. Jacob H. Beecher

Sarah A. Irvin 1 2

  • Born: 2 May 1857, Drumore Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Rahm
  • Marriage (2): Jacob H. Beecher on 8 Feb 1905 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 8 Sep 1919, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA at age 62 2 3
  • Buried: 11 Sep 1919, Millersville: Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L65B-F19.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Providence Twp., Lancaster County, PA. 4 The 1860 census recorded Sarah Irvin, 2, living with Elizabeth Bleacher, 18, in the household of farmer Samuel Stoneroad, 37; Ann Stoneroad, 45; and Franklin Stoneroad; 10. Also living with them: Daniel Mourer, 54; George Mourer, farm hand, 17; Elizabeth Moore, 14; and Martha String, 44. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: 334 Beaver St., Lancaster, Pa. in 1905 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 1

3. Cause of Death: acute cardiac delatation, chronic myocarditis, 8 Sep 1919, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 2

4. Residence: Sarah died at home at 351 Beaver St., Lancaster, Pa. on 8 Sep 1919 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 2

5. Obituary: Lancaster Examiner: obituary of Sarah A. Beecher on 13 Sep 1919 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 5 Mrs. Sarah A. Beecher, wife of Jacob H. Beecher, died suddenly Monday afternoon of heart failure while performing her household duties. Mrs. Beecher suffered from influenza last fall and never fully recovered. Her husband and a daughter, Blanche Rineer, of this city, survive. The following step-children also survive: Mrs. Lulu Denlinger, of Lampeter township; William, David, Benjamin F. and Claire S. Beecher, all of this city. These brothers and sisters survive: Joseph Irvin, Isaac Irvin, Mrs. Calvin Eshleman and Mrs. Elizabeth Erisman, all of Lancaster. Mrs. Beecher was a member of the United Zion Mission church. The funeral was be held Thursday afternoon at 1 from the home of her step-son, Benjamin F. Beecher, 729 Rockland street. The body was taken by trolley to the Millersville Mennonite cemetery, where interment will be made.


Sarah married Rahm. (Rahm was born in , , Pennsylvania, USA and died in Jan 1903 in , Lancaster, PA 1.)


Sarah next married Jacob H. Beecher, son of John Bleacher Jr. and Catherine, on 8 Feb 1905 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA.1 (Jacob H. Beecher was born on 8 Feb 1857 in Providence Twp., Lancaster County, PA,1 6 7 8 9 died on 9 May 1942 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 8 9 10 11 and was buried in Millersville: Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 8 9.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF94-PNP Jacob H. Beecher and Sarah Rahm, 1905.

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 93693. Sarah A. Beecher. Father Isaac Irvin, mother Mary Finefrock.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67831714.

4 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Providence, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1125; Page: 630; Image: 149; Family History Library Film: 805125.

5 Lancaster Examiner & Herald Newspaper (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.), 13 Sep 1919, page 8. Sarah A. Beecher Obituary.

6 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster Ward-7, Series: T623 Roll: 1424 Page: 162.

7 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster Ward 7 Series: T625 Roll: 1584 Page: 66.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71616427.

9 Billion Graves (http://www.BillionGraves.com), http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/JacobHBeecher/2252200.

10 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 47458, Jacob H. Beecher.

11 Sunday News (Lancaster, PA), 10 May 1942, page 18. Obituary of Jacob H. Beecher.



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