Moses Beecher Jr.
(1827-1894)
Emily Eliza Downer
(1831-Abt 1901)
Truman Coleman Beecher
(1862-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ella Josephine Skaggs

Truman Coleman Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 7 Apr 1862, Warren, Warren, PA 1 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Ella Josephine Skaggs in 1901 in , Tulare, CA
  • Died: 24 Feb 1923, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA at age 60 4 5
  • Buried: 28 Feb 1923, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, California, United States 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: KH4B-NK7.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Warren, Warren, PA. 1 The 1870 census recorded Moses Beecher, banker, 42, living with wife Emily, 38; Charles, 13; Richard, 9; Norman, 8; Mary, 5; and a domestic servant, Mary Shererly, 22, born in Ireland. Richard, Norman, and Mary were born in Pennsylvania, the others in New York.

2. Census in 1880 in Warren, Warren, PA. 7 The 1880 census recorded Moses Beecher, bank cashier, 52, living with wife Emily E., 48; son R. Cary Beecher, 19; son Coleman, 17; daughter Mary, 15; and servant Emline Sefert, 22. Moses was born in New York and his parents in Connecticut. Emily was born in New York and parents in Vermont. Their children were born in Pennsylvania. Emiline was born in Pennsylvania and her parents in Baden, Germany.

3. Census in 1900 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 67 Clarke Street: widow Emily E. Beecher, 70, born Feb 1830, living with her son, Truman C. Beecher, oil salesman, 37, Apr 1863. She and her mother were born in New York and her father in Vermont. He was born in Pennsylvania and his parents in New York. Emily has given birth to 5 children and 2 were alive in 1900.

4. Census in 1910 in Lucerne, Kings, CA, USA. 8 The 1910 census showed Colman Beecher, farmer, 49, living with wife Ella, 39; stepson Harvey Bryan, 22; and stepdaughter Alma Bryan, 20. This was Colman 1st marriage and Ella's second. Colman was born in Pennsylvania and his parents in New York. Ella was born in Lemoore, her father in Kentucky and mother in Missouri. Her children were born in Oregon and their father in California.

5. Obituary: Santa Cruz Evening News: Death Summons Truman C. Beecher on 26 Feb 1923 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. 9 Page 4

DIED. BEECHER. -- In Santa Cruz, Feb. 24, 1923, Truman C. Beecher, age 61 years, 9 months, 28 days, a native of Pennsylvania. Funeral of the deceased will be held from the Chase undertaking parlors Wednesday, February 28, at 2 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.

Page 5

Death Summons Truman C. Beecher

Truman C. Beecher, a resident of Santa Cruz for the past five years, and held in high esteem in the neighborhood where he lived, passed away this morning at his home, 350 North Branciforte avenue. Mr. Beecher had not been in the best of health for years past and of late has been failing fast. He is survived by his wife and also leaves a stepson.

6. Newspaper: Santa Cruz Evening News: Funeral Services for Truman Beecher, 1 Mar 1923, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. 6 Funeral services for Truman C. Beecher were held yesterday afternoon at the C. C. Chase parlors yesterday afternoon at which REv. Herman Porter officiated. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Jos. Riordan. Officiating pallbearers were B. Hartford, R. C. Lacey, E. L. Williams, H. J. Clark, F. J. Schoonover and C. Leavitt. Burial was at I. O. O. F. cemetery.


Truman married Ella Josephine Skaggs in 1901 in , Tulare, CA. (Ella Josephine Skaggs was born on 16 Aug 1871 in Lemoore, Kings, CA, USA,10 died on 1 May 1948 in Hanford, Kings, CA 10 and was buried in Hanford: Hanford Cemetery, Kings, CA, USA 10.)


Sources


1 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2K-CT2 Moses Beecher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 17, family 126.

2 David R. Downer, The Downers of America (David R. Downer, Newark, N. J. 1900. Online https://archive.org/details/downersofamerica00down), Page 92. Emily Eliza Downer.

3 William H. Beecher IV and Jim Shaw, Descendants of John Beecher 1594-1637 (On Rootsweb at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billjim), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billjim&id=I1131.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=170684446.

5 Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California.), 26 Feb 1923, page 5. Obituary of Truman C. Beecher.

6 Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California.), 1 Mar 1923, page 6. Funeral of Truman C. Beecher.

7 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVK-831 Moses Beecher, Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 262, sheet 9A.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV22-4N7 Colman Beecher, Lucerne, Kings, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 14A.

9 Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California.), 26 Feb 1923, 2 articles, pages 4- 5. Obituary of Truman C. Beecher.

10 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95031112.



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