Jacob Becher
(Abt 1794-1862)
Margaret Charlotte Long
(1800-1862)
Joseph Long Becher
(1838-1909)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lydia H. Kiefer

Joseph Long Becher 1

  • Born: 14 Jan 1838, , Union, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Lydia H. Kiefer
  • Died: 11 Dec 1909, White Deer Twp., Union, PA at age 71 1
  • Buried: 13 Dec 1909, New Columbia: Highland Cemetery, Union, PA 1

   Another name for Joseph was Joseph Bicher.2

   FamilySearch ID: L8BT-NN4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 2 Jacob Bicher, age 66, wagon maker, is the head of a household. The census doesn't spell his wife's name, only the letter R is written. She is 60. Living with them is Joseph, age 22, wagon maker; Sarah, 21; Amos, 18; and James Mare, 17, laborer. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1870 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 3 The 1870 census recorded Joseph L. Becher, miner, 32, living with wife Lydia, 24; Mary A., 4; and Anna M., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was New Columbia.

3. Cause of Death: tuberculosis, 11 Dec 1909, White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 1

4. Occupation: laborer on 11 Dec 1909 in White Deer Twp., Union, PA. 1


Joseph married Lydia H. Kiefer. (Lydia H. Kiefer was born on 31 Oct 1845, died on 9 Sep 1904 and was buried in New Columbia: Highland Cemetery, Union, PA.)

Sources

1 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 113063, Joseph Long Becher. Father Jacob Becher.

2 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Union County, White Deer Township, Roll 1188, Page 1035.

3 1870 United States Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: White Deer, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1458; Page: 649B; Image: 380; Family History Library Film: 552957.


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