Henry Becher 1 2 3
- Born: 1782, Wittenberg, , BW, DEU 1 2 3
- Marriage (1): Magdalena Brothers
- Died: 15 Jul 1847, , Stark, OH at age 65 3
- Buried: Canton: Melscheimer Cemetery, Stark, OH 3
FamilySearch ID: LR7K-GZC.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Residence: in , Bedford, PA.
2. Residence: in , Huntingdon, PA. 1
3. Military in 1812: War of 1812. 1
4. Moved: 1815, , Stark, OH. 1
5. Census in 1840 in Pike Twp., Stark, OH. 2 Henry Becher is listed in the 1840 census with this household:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 son
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 son
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son
50-59 (1781-1790) = 1 father Henry
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 2 daughters
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 daughter
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 wife
The next door neighbors are John Brothers and Jacob Brothers, and a few lines later, Benjamin Brothers. Henry married Magdalene Brothers.
6. Book: Portrait and Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio, 1892. 1
[Henry was described in a biography about his grandson, William, as follows.]
Henry Becher, was a native of Germany, having been born in Wittenberg, where his father died when he was two years old. lie was then brought by his mother to America, she locating in Huntingdon County, Pa., where the grandfather was reared to manhood. Being trained to farm pursuits, he worked out on farms by the day and month until attaining his majority, when be was married, and made his home in Bedford County, where he resided until the fall of 1815, at which time he came to this county. He was a patriot in the War of 1812, and served under Gen. William Henry Harrison in the battle in which Tecumseh was killed. Later, he was under the command of Oliver Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. His father-in-law, Mathias Brothers, had located in Pike Township in 1806, and after the close of the war, in 1818, Henry Becher visited this section on his way home and was so well pleased with the outlook that he purchased land on the southeast quarter of section 10.
Returning to Pennsylvania, he disposed of his property there, and in the fall of 1815 came to Stark County and made this his future home. The journey, which was made across the mountains with a six-horse team, consumed six weeks' time, the route lying most of the time through a dense wilderness. Grandfather Becher on arriving in this county made his home in a log cabin on an uncultivated tract of land, and was employed, like other pioneers of the day, in subduing Nature, clearing and breaking prairie, etc. Deer, bears and all kinds of wild animals were very numerous about his home, and lie brought down many a deer with his trusty old rifle. He was a very hard-working man, and was one well calculated to aid In the building up of a new country, being energetic, affable and kind-hearted. He resided on his farm until his decease, which occurred in his sixty-sixth year.
The maiden name of our subject's grandmother was Magdalena Brothers; she was a native of Bedford County, Pa., and by her marriage with Henry Becher reared a family of four children, namely: John, Peter, Mary and Elizabeth. She departed this life on the old home farm when sixty-eight years of age.
Henry married Magdalena Brothers, daughter of Mathias Brothers and Christiana. (Magdalena Brothers was born on 8 Sep 1780 in , Bedford, PA,2 3 died on 21 Jul 1849 in , Stark, OH 3 and was buried in Canton: Melscheimer Cemetery, Stark, OH 3.)
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