Phillip Beecher
(1830-1893)
Maria M. Fleuger
(1830-1906)
Henry David Gilbert
(1854-1924)
Martha Susan McLaughlin
(1849-1907)
John Simon Beecher
(1860-1943)
Carrie Irene Gilbert
(1870-1937)
Mary Martha Beecher
(1888-1916)

 

Family Links

Mary Martha Beecher 1 2 3

  • Born: 25 Feb 1888, Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA 2 3 4
  • Died: 16 Apr 1916, Oakville, Cumberland, PA at age 28 2 3 5 6
  • Buried: 19 Apr 1916, Newville: Newville Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: LHHC-FF3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 4 John S. Beecher, farmer, 39, born Oct 1860, was married for 13 years to Carrie I., 30, Feb 1870. She had birthed 6 children, all alive in 1900: Mary M., 12, Feb 1888; Priscilla M., 10, May 1890; Ella M., 7, Dec 1892; Edna R., 4, Jul 1895; John R., 2, Feb 1898; and David H., 3 months, Feb 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

On the next page is his brother, Samuel J. Beecher, farmer, 37, Oct 1862; He was married 6 years to Emily R., 27, Feb 1873, and she had birthed no children. Living with them are Samuel's children by his first wife: Harry J., 13, May 1887; Edward C., 10, Sep 1889; and Samuel M., 10, Jan 1890. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Newton Twp., Cumberland County, PA. 7 The 1910 Census recorded in Newton: John S. Beecher, farmer, 49, living with wife Carrie J., 40; and their children: Mary M.; 21; Elle M., 17; Ruth E., 14; Raymond J., 12; Herman D., 10; Viola C., 8; Harold S., 4 (actually is Arnold S.); and Paul E., 4 months. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: York Daily: "Miss Mary Beecher, Oakville, Cumberland county, is spending a period of several weeks at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. And Mrs. Edward Beecher, Jackson township.", 4 Mar 1913, York, York, PA. 8

4. Cause of Death: chronic diffuse nephritis, 16 Apr 1916, Oakville, Cumberland, PA. 3

5. Occupation: nurse on 16 Apr 1916 in , Cumberland, PA. 3

Sources

1 Records of Sharon Nickol Swope (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=nickol).

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87421810.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 43215. Mary Martha Beecher. Father J S Beecher, mother Carrie Gilbert.

4 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Penn Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1400 Page: 12-13.

5 Carlisle Daily Sentinel (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), Apr 20 1916.

6 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Beecher, Mary M. Death certificate # 43215. Died Cumberland Co. 16 Apr 1916. http://www.health.state.pa.us/indices/indices%20-%20death/1916%20Death/D-16%20A-B.pdf.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG84-XLC John S Beecher, Newton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; citing sheet 7A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375348.

8 The York Daily (York, PA), 4 Mar 1913, page 8.


Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 20 Dec 2024 with Legacy 10.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by searchtrees@gmail.com