Samuel Beecher
(1784-1850)
Mercy Gregory
(1770-1846)
Harris Beecher
(1820-1898)
Elvira Pierce
(1825-1874)
George W. Beecher
(1845-1899)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Gorham

George W. Beecher 1 2 3

  • Born: 4 Nov 1845, , Bradford, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Gorham
  • Died: 6 Feb 1899, , Bradford, PA at age 53 1
  • Buried: Le Raysville: Le Raysville Cemetery, Bradford, PA 1

   FamilySearch ID: KZ44-27C.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. George appeared in the household of Harris Beecher in a census in 1860 in Pike Twp., Bradford, PA. 4 4 The 1860 census recorded Harris Beecher, 40, living with wife Alvria, 36; George, 14; Milo, 13; Harriet, 9; Sarah, 7; and John, 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in Le Raysville, Bradford, PA. 2 The 1880 census recorded Geo. W. Beecher, 34, living with wife Elizabeth, 33; son Leon, 6; son Leslie, 4. Also with them is Josiah Broadley, 40, born in England. The Beechers and their parents were all born in Pennsylvania.


George married Elizabeth Gorham. (Elizabeth Gorham was born on 5 Sep 1847 in Orwell, Bradford, PA,2 5 died on 4 Jun 1923 5 and was buried in Le Raysville: Le Raysville Cemetery, Bradford, PA 5.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26986574.

2 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX7-2T5 Leon Beecher in household of Geo. W. Beecher, Le Raysville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 271B, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T9-1104.

3 The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, Lackawana, Pennsylvania), 16 Aug 1898, page 7. Obituary of Harris Beecher.

4 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXP3-855 Harris Beecher, 1860.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26986635.


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