Jefferson D. Beher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LV68-KN4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Jackson Township, Rush, IN. ² The 1870 census recorded Marcus Beher, farmer, living with wife Mary E., 28; Samuel I., 7; Anna E., 6; Marcus W., 5; Dora E., 4; Jefferson D., 2; and Maggie, 6 months born in December. Everyone was born in Indiana. Marcus' real estate was valued at $3,300 and personal estate $800. Also in the home is farm laborer Henry Duboing, 24, born in Missouri. The post office was Rushville.

2. Census in 1880 in Blue River Township, Hancock, IN. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded Jefferson Beher, laborer, 12, living in the household of Sarah Tyner, 61, and her children: Joseph, 32; Frank, 27; Chester, 24; and Ada, 19. Jefferson and his parents were born in Indiana. Sarah was born in Ohio, her father in New York and mother in New Jersey. Her children and their father were born in Indiana.

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3. Newspaper: Elwood Free Press: Boy Burned, 3 Nov 1898, Elwood, Madison, IN. ⁹ BOY BURNED. Jefferson Beher's Little Son in a Precarious Condition.
The five year old son of Jefferson Beher who lives north of the city near Leisure, met with a frightful accident this morning. The little fellow's clothes caught fire and before the flames could be extinguished the clothing was nearly all burned off. The boy's flesh was fearfully burned and his condition is such that he can bardly survive. It was a most deplorable accident. Jeffereon is a brother of Ed, Sam and Tilden Beher, of this city.

4. Census in 1900 in Duck Creek Township, Madison, IN. ¹⁰ The 1900 census recorded Jefferson Beher, teamster, 32, born Feb 1868, living with wife Millie E. [sic, indexed as Millie but poor handwriting in census is Willie], 26, Feb 1874; Mable G., 10, Nov 1890; Ella L., 6, Oct 1894; and Rubie, 4, Nov 1896. Jefferson, his parents, and Ella were born in Indiana. Mable and Rubie were born in Texas. Willie and her father were born in Georgia and her mother in Alabama.

5. Census in 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ¹¹ The 1910 census recorded at 1508 Pacific Avenue: Jeff D. Beher, blacksmith in own shop, 41, living with wife Willie B., 35; and daughters Elta, seamstress in overall factory, 16, and Ruby, 13. Jeff, his parents, and Elta were born in Indiana. Willie and her parents were born in Georgia. Ruby was born in Texas. Willie had birthed 4 children by 1910 and all were alive.

6. Census in 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ¹² The 1920 census recorded renting at 1508 Pacific Street: Jeff R. Beher, blacksmith for supply co., 51, living with wife Willie, 44; son Frederick, glass washer for engraving, 16; brother John F. Beher, locomotive engineer for railroad, 45; and brother Samuel I. Beher, watchman for railroad, 51. Jeff, John, Samuel and their parents were born in Indiana, as was Frederick. Willie and her parents were born in Georgia. On the same census page is Jeff's daughter, Ruby, 25, living with her husband Rayford D. Ward, 34, at 1515 Pacific St.

7. Residence: 1508 East Presidio St., Fort Worth, TX on 10 Apr 1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ¹³

8. Cause of Death: cerebral apoplexy, 10 Dec 1928, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ³

9. Occupation: railroad watchman on 10 Dec 1928 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ³

10. Residence: 1575 E. Presidio, Ft. Worth, TX on 10 Dec 1928 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ³

Jefferson married Willie Elizabeth Jett, daughter of Theophilus John Jackson Jett and Cynthia Ann Reed, on 15 Apr 1890 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX.¹ (Willie Elizabeth Jett was born on 17 Feb 1875 in Atlanta, Fulton, GA,^{4 14} died on 10 Apr 1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX ^{13 14} and was buried on 11 Apr 1926 in Fort Worth: Greenwood Memorial Park, Tarrant, TX ^{6 14}.)