David K. Beecher
(1832-1879)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rachel

David K. Beecher 1

  • Born: 1832, , , CT 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Rachel
  • Died: 21 Feb 1879, , Lackawanna, PA at age 47 3 4
  • Buried: Scranton: Washburn Street Cemetery, Lackawanna, PA 1 5

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military from 4 Jun 1864 to 1 Jul 1865 in , , Pennylvania, USA: Civil War: Army Co K 99th Pa. Inf. Pvt. 5

2. Census in 1870 in Scranton, Luzerne County, PA. 2 David Beecher, brick mason, 37, was lliving with wife Rachell, 33. He was born in Connecticut, she in Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $350. They were in the 4th ward of Scranton, post office Hyde Park.

3. Pension Widow, Rachel Beecher. Soldier: Beecher, David K. Service: R 99 Pa Inf. Application 354244 Certificate 342463 State Filed From: NY on 4 May 1887 in , , NY. 6

4. Pension in 1890 in Scranton, Lackawanna, PA. 3 David's widow Racel applied for a pension for his service during the Civil War:

David R Beecher, private
Company R
99th PA Infantry
Mustered in: 4 Jun 1864
Mustered out: 1 Jul 1865
Pension applied for by Rachel Beeecher, widow
1605 Lafayette St.
The attending testifies that his fatal disease was contracted in the service US Army.


David married Rachel. (Rachel was born about 1837 in , , Pennylvania, USA 2 and died after 1892.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19660171.

2 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZPB-ZQH David Beecher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 102, family 763, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552867.

3 1890 Veterans Schedules (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.), Year: 1890; Census Place: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 84; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 273.

4 FamilySearch.org, United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/DGS-004763354_00180?cc=1913388&wc=13005513 Baschensky, Henry - Brand, Wm. > image 180 of 898.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 (Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), D. K. Beecher.

6 FamilySearch.org, United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24149-9885-82?cc=1919699&wc=M9M2-BBL:n1369322328 Bechtol, Henry S. - Beekman, Arthur W. > image 3979 of 4303.


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