Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr.
(1796-1882)
Catherine Braun
(1802-Abt 1840)
William Lightner Beecher
(1830-1918)
Alidia Kinard
(1828-1899)
Henry Ward Beecher
(1868-1918)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martha Jane Sidwell

Henry Ward Beecher 1 2 3

  • Born: 18 Oct 1868, Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Martha Jane Sidwell
  • Died: 17 Dec 1918, Birchrunville, Chester, PA at age 50 2 5 6
  • Buried: 23 Dec 1918, Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 2 5 6

   FamilySearch ID: LD3D-G57.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1 William Beecher, 42, farm laborer, was living with wife Lydia, 32; Parris E., 18, farm laborer; William L., 7; Sarah J., 4; and Henry W., 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William had no real estate of value.

2. Census in 1880 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. 4 William Beecher, 50, laborer, is living with wife Lydia A., 47; Lewis W., 17, works on farm; and Henry W., 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1910 in New London, Chester, PA. 7 The 1910 census recorded Henry W. Beecher, 42, born in Pennsylvania, living with wife Martha J., 32, born in Maryland, and their daughter, Velma, 12, born in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: pneumonia, 17 Dec 1918, Birchrunville, Chester, PA. 5

5. Occupation: farmer on 17 Dec 1918 in Birchrunville, Chester, PA. 5

6. Obituary: Daily Local News on 19 Dec 1918 in West Chester, Chester, PA. 2 BEECHER- In Birchrunville, Chester County, Pa., on December 17, 1918, Henry Ward Beecher, aged 50 years, 1 month and 29 days. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral without further notice from his late residence, Birchrunville, on Monday, December 23. All services at the house at 11:30 o'clock. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville.


Henry married Martha Jane Sidwell, daughter of Nathan Sidwell and Mary E. Davis. (Martha Jane Sidwell was born on 9 Oct 1877 in , Cecil, MD,8 died on 3 Dec 1918 in Birchrunville, Chester, PA 8 9 10 and was buried on 7 Dec 1918 in Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 8 9 10.)


Sources


1 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Salisbury Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1359 Page: 267.

2 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), December 19, 1918. Obituary of Henry Ward Beecher.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 3614. Velma Pickard. Father Henry Beecher. Mother Martha __. Spouse Raymond Pickard.

4 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255114; National Archives Film T9-1114; Page 78A.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 190755, Henry Ward Beecher, father William Beecher, mother Mary Keinard.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36144201.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG3W-MLR Henry W Beecher, 1910.

8 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), 16 Apr 1913. Obituary of Herbert Beecher Jr.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36144501.

10 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 190753. Martha Jane Beecher. Father Nathan Sidwell, mother Mary Davis.



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