Thomas Mitchell
(1748-1794)
Mary Young
(-1791)
Jacob Duche Mitchell
(1771-1847)
Rebecca Burden
(1772-1829)
Hannah Mitchell
(1802-1888)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rev. Jacob Beecher

2. William Camp Gildersleeve

Hannah Mitchell 1 3 4

  • Born: 22 Aug 1802, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 4
  • Marriage (1): Rev. Jacob Beecher on 16 May 1827 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): William Camp Gildersleeve on 8 Oct 1856 in , , PA
  • Died: 23 Aug 1888, Cape May Point, Cape May, NJ at age 86 5 6
  • Buried: 28 Aug 1888, Philadelphia: Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA 5 6 7

   Another name for Hannah was Hannah Beecher.

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-NPN.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: United States Gazette: MARRIED. On Wednesday evening, the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Ely, JACOB BEECHER, of Sheppards Town, Virginia, to Miss HANNAH MITCHELL, daughter of Mr. Jacob Mitchell, of this city., 22 May 1827, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 3

2. Census in 1850 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4 Hannah Beecher, 45, was living with son William, clerk, 20. They were born in Pennsylvania. They are living in a household headed by Crawford Foster, 60, collector.

3. She has conflicting death information of 24 Aug 1888 and Cape May Point, Cape May, NJ. 7

4. Newspaper: Wilkes-Barre Evening News: death of Mrs. Hannah Beecher Gildersleeve, 25 Aug 1888, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. 7 Mrs. Hannah Beecher Gildersleeve, widow of W. C. Gildersleeve, late of this city, died at Cape May Point, New Jersey on Aug. 24, 1888. The funeral will be at Woodbury, New Jersey on Tuesday, August 28, 1888, at 2:30 p.m.

5. Newspaper: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Mrs. Hannah B. Gildersleeve, 28 Aug 1888, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6 GILDERSLEEVE -- At Cape May Point, N. J., on Thursday, 23d inst., Mrs. HANNAH B., widow of the late W. C. Gildersleeve, of Wilkes-barre, Pa. Funeral services at the residence of Mrs. Susan M. Roe, Woodbury, N. J., this day, 28th inst., at 2.30 P.M. Interment at "The Woodlands," Philadelphia, at 5 P. M.


Hannah married Rev. Jacob Beecher, son of Samuel Beecher and Barbara Winterode, on 16 May 1827 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.1 2 3 (Rev. Jacob Beecher was born on 2 May 1799 in Littlestown, Adams, PA,1 died on 15 Jul 1831 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson, WV 1 8 9 10 and was buried in Shepherdstown: Reformed Graveyard, Jefferson, WV 8.)


Hannah next married William Camp Gildersleeve on 8 Oct 1856 in , , PA. (William Camp Gildersleeve was born on 6 Dec 1795 in Midway, Liberty, GA, died on 4 Oct 1871 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA 11 and was buried on 7 Oct 1871 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA.)

Sources

1 Letter from Craig Bennett (On file at the Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA.
Mar 11 1972 letter from Craig M. Bennett, 31 Meeting St, Charleston Sc 29401, to Vice Admiral William Gordon Beecher of Alexandria, VA, describing the antique hand-painted fracturs cica 1800 proving birth of Samuel to father Henry Büger in possession of Craig, a descendent.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/achs/), March 11, 1972.

2 The Valley Sentinel (Shippensburg, PA), 22 May 1827, page 4. Marriage of Jacob Beecher and Hannah Mitchell.

3 "The United States Gazette (Philadelphia, PA)," 22 May 1827, page 4. Marriage of Jacob Beecher and Hannah Mitchell.

4 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Dock Ward, Series: M432 Roll: 817 Page: 499.

5 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFH5-GJD Hannah B. Gildersleeve, 23 Aug 1888; citing , Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 2,079,267.

6 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 28 Aug 1888, page 5. Obituary and funeral of Mrs. Hannah B. Gildersleeve.

7 Wilkes-Barre Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, PA), 25 Aug 1888, page 4. Death of Mrs. Hannah Beecher Gildersleeve.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40690099.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, 1889. Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Printed page 32, online image 32.

10 Baltimore Patriot Newspaper, Baltimore, Maryland, 21 Jul 1831, page 3. Death of Rev. Jacob Beecher.

11 Scranton Wochenblatt, 12 Oct 1871, page 3. Death of William C. Gildersleeve.


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