Henry Beecher
(1823-)
Catharine Shirk
(1819-1878)
Marcus Harter
(1825-1940)
Lucinda Kessler
(1828-1909)
Rufus Beecher
(1857-1889)
Keziah Elizabeth Harter
(1858-1915)
George Washington Beecher
(1879-1949)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances Hannah Pierce

2. Sadie Ann Welsh

George Washington Beecher 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 22 Feb 1879, Santa Fe, Miami, IN, USA 3 4 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Frances Hannah Pierce on 28 Aug 1899 in Parsons, Neosho, KS 1
  • Marriage (2): Sadie Ann Welsh
  • Died: 20 Feb 1949, , Montgomery, KS, USA at age 69 8
  • Buried: Okmulgee: Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, OK, USA 8

   FamilySearch ID: M8TK-5CV.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Washington Twp., Miami, IN. 4 The 1880 census recorded Daniel Kepler, farmer, 74, living with his daughter, Lucinda, 52, and her son [grandson] Geo. W. Beecher, 1. Daniel and his parents were born in North Carolina. Lucinda was born in Indiana, and her father in North Carolina and mother in Kentucky. George and his parents were born in Indiana.

2. Census in 1900 in Lincoln Twp., Neosho, KS. 2 George Beecher, laborer, 22, born Feb 1878, was married in 1900 to Frances, 23, Mar 1877. She had birthed no children by 1900. He was born in Indiana, his father in Iowa, and mother in Indiana. She was born in Kansas, her father in Kentucky, and mother in Illinois.
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3. Residence: Beecher Geo W (Mrs Frances), firemn, res 520 N. 23rd St., Parson, KS in 1903 in Parsons, Labette, KS. 9

4. Census in 1920 in Rosedale, Wyandotte, KS. 10 The 1920 census recorded in Rosedale [Kansas City] George W. Bucher [Beecher], 40, living with Francis, 42; and Mary G., 5. He was born in Indiana, the others in Kansas.

5. Newspaper: Kansas City Kansan: "Mr. and Mrs. George Beecher and daughter, Gladys, have returned from Parsons, where they were called by the death of a relative.", 2 Mar 1922, Kansas City, Jackson, MO. 11

6. Residence: Beecher Geo W (Frances) emp M K & T R R h 337 College av in 1924 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS. 12

7. Census in 1930 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS. 13 The 1930 census recorded at 337 Seminary Street: George W. Beecher, locomotive engineer, widowed, 51, living with daughter Mary G., 15.

8. He has conflicting burial information of Shawnee: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Johnson, KS. 3 Section SW-DEF, Row 19.

9. He was described as White, 5'10", 185 lbs., bald, blue eyes, ruddy complexion on 25 Apr 1942 in Muskogee, Muskogee, OK, USA. 6

10. Residence: 407 Callahan St., Muskogree, OK on 25 Apr 1942 in Muskogee, Muskogee, OK, USA. 6

11. Occupation: M. K. & T. R. R., St. Louis, MO. Engineer out of Muskogree, OK on 27 Apr 1942 in Muskogee, Muskogee, OK, USA. 6


George married Frances Hannah Pierce, daughter of William Y. Pierce and Harriett M. Rice, on 28 Aug 1899 in Parsons, Neosho, KS.1 (Frances Hannah Pierce was born on 22 Mar 1877 in Mission Twp., Neosho, KS,2 14 15 died on 16 Jan 1929 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS 5 14 15 and was buried on 18 Jan 1929 in Shawnee: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Johnson, KS 14 15.)


George next married Sadie Ann Welsh, daughter of Charles John Welsh and Eva Idell Anderson. (Sadie Ann Welsh was born on 9 Jun 1889 in , , KS,16 died on 11 Feb 1946 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee, OK 16 and was buried in Okmulgee: Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, OK, USA 16.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWL8-13N G.W. Beecher and Francis Helen Pierce, 28 Aug 1899.

2 1900 United States Census, Kansas, Neosho County, Lincoln Township, Series: T623 Roll: 493 Page: 143.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41931948.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH9Y-S4N Geo. W. Beecher in entry for Daniel Kepler, 1880.

5 Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri.), 17 Jan 1929, obituary of Mrs. Frances Hannah Beecher.

6 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPYC-56V George Washington Beecher.

7 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), SSN 702103218 George Washington Beecher, father Rufus Beecher, mother Elizabeth K. Harter.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59488550.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, KS > Parsons > 1903 > Parsons City Directory. Printed page 44, online image 9.

10 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFXY-PT5 George W Bucher, 1920.

11 Kansas City Kansan (Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri), 2 Mar 1922, page 9.

12 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, KS > Kansas City > 1924 > Kansas City Directory. Printed Page 255. Online image 136.

13 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: 730; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 841.0; FHL microfilm: 2340465.

14 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41931959.

15 Missouri Death Cerfiticate (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/), http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1929/1929_00001707.PDF Frances Hannah Beecher. Father Wm. Pierce. Mother Harriett Rice. Informant/spouse Geo. W. Beecher.

16 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59484546.



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