George Beecher
(1795-1878)
Anna Margaret Witter
(1799-1891)
William P. Beecher
(1827-1901)
Mary A. Lamberton
(1825-1869)
Anna Mary Beecher
(1851-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Francis Henry Murren

Anna Mary Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 16 Mar 1851, , Cumberland, PA 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Francis Henry Murren on 24 Dec 1868
  • Died: 14 Jun 1920, Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA at age 69 3 5 6
  • Buried: 16 Jun 1920, Newville.: Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA 3 5

   Another name for Anna was Annie Mary Beecher.5 7

   FamilySearch ID: LHCF-DR5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Upper Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA. 8 The 1860 census recorded William Bucher [sic], 33, laborer, living with wife Mary A., 33; Anna M., 9; Matilda C., 7; Sarah J., 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William had no real estate and his possessions were valued at $50. The post office was Dickinson.

2. Census in 1900 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 2 The 1900 census recorded Francis Murrren, 58, living with wife Annie M., 47; Lewis G., 14; Edgar N., 12. Also in the home is Lillie M. Bricker, 21; Marion Bricker, 0 months; and father-in-law William Beecher, widowed, 72. William's father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Germany.

3. Cause of Death: cancer of the pancreas, 14 Jun 1920, Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 5

4. Obituary: The Chronicle: obituary of Mrs. Annie Murren on 24 Jun 1920 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 6 Mrs. Annie Murren died at her home in Hays Grove Monday morning, June 14, aged 69 years. She suffered a complication of diseases. She was a member of the United Brethren Church and was sexton for a number of years. The following children survive: Mary, of St. Louis; Edward, Ligonier; Louis, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Garner, at home.


Anna married Francis Henry Murren, son of Levi Murren and Rebecca, on 24 Dec 1868. (Francis Henry Murren was born on 22 Feb 1842 in Littlestown, Adams, PA,2 9 10 died on 14 Sep 1904 in Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA 11 12 and was buried in Newville.: Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA 9.)


Sources


1 Records of Sharon Nickol Swope (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=nickol).

2 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Penn, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1400; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1241400.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75564215.

4 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 106122. Lewis Grant Murren. Father Francis H. Murren. Anna Beecher.

5 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 71759. Annie Murren. Father Wm Beecher. Mother Mary Lamberton.

6 Shippensburg Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 24 Jun 1920, page 1.

7 Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania.), 16 Jul 1949, page 3. Obituary of E. H. Murren.

8 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Upper Dickinson Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1102 Page: 928.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75564244.

10 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44H-XJM Francis H Murrin in household of Levin Murrin, Germany, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing dwelling , family 143, NARA microfilm publication , roll .

11 Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.), 15 Sep 1904, page 5. Death of Mr. Francis H. Murren.

12 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Adams > Mount Pleasant > Church of the Brethren. Death record for Francis Murrain d. 14 Sep 1904.



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