Harris Beecher
(1820-1898)
Elvira Pierce
(1825-1874)
George W. Beecher
(1845-1899)
Elizabeth Gorham
(1847-1923)
Leon Jay Beecher
(1874-1927)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Franz

Leon Jay Beecher 2 3

  • Born: 4 Mar 1874, Le Raysville, Bradford, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Margaret Franz on 3 Apr 1907 in Binghamton, Broome, NY 1
  • Died: 17 Jan 1927, Pomona Park, Putnam, FL at age 52 4 5
  • Buried: 22 Jan 1927, Honesdale, Wayne, PA 5

   FamilySearch ID: L6FQ-BFY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Le Raysville, Bradford, PA. 3 The 1880 census recorded Geo. W. Beecher, 34, living with wife Elizabeth, 33; son Leon, 6; son Leslie, 4. Also with them is Josiah Broadley, 40, born in England. The Beechers and their parents were all born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Scranton Republican: wedding of Leon J. Beecher and Margaret Franz, 9 Apr 1907, Scranton, Lackawanna, PA. 6 Leon J. Beecher, of Clemo, and Miss Margaret Franz, of Hawley, were married last Wednesday in Binghamton, N. Y. They are now on their wedding tour and on their return they will settle at Clemo, where Mr. Beecher is employed by the Clemo Hunting and Fishing club.

3. Obituary: The Times-Tribune: obituary of Leon J. Beecher on 21 Jan 1927 in Scranton, Lackawanna, PA. 5 Leon J. Beecher, of Hoadleys, died last Monday at Pomona, Fla., after a short illness. The remains will be sent to Brown's mortuary chapel at Honesdale, from which place services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.


Leon married Margaret Franz on 3 Apr 1907 in Binghamton, Broome, NY.1 (Margaret Franz was born on 20 Oct 1886 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,7 died on 25 Oct 1951 in Orange, Essex, NJ, USA 7 and was buried on 28 Oct 1951 in Honesdale, Wayne, PA 7.)


Sources


1 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 29 Dec 1906, page 3.

2 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6K1-FKD Leon Jay Beecher, 1917-1918; citing Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

3 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX7-2T5 Leon Beecher in household of Geo. W. Beecher, Le Raysville, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 271B, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T9-1104.

4 FamilySearch.org, Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FP4L-H6F Leon J. Beecher, 17 Jan 1927.

5 The Times Tribune (Scranton, PA), 21 Jan 1927, page 34. Obituary of Leon Beecher.

6 The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Lackawana, Pennsylvania), 9 Apr 1907, page 4.

7 The Tribune (Scranton, PA), 26 Oct 1951, page 15. Obituary of Margaret F. Beecher.



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