Peter Beecher Jr.
(1822-1873)
Catharine Altland
(1817-1891)
Thompson Walker
(1832-1913)
Elmira Agnes Turner
(1832-1913)
Jesse Franklin Beecher
(1864-1932)
Flora Walker
(1864-1942)
Henry Ward Beecher
(1899-1945)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mildred Anna Cohick

Henry Ward Beecher 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 6 Mar 1899, Frankford Twp., Cumberland, PA 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Mildred Anna Cohick on 8 May 1927 in , Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 30 Oct 1945, Nutley, Essex, NJ at age 46 4 5
  • Buried: Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 5

   FamilySearch ID: L4SB-2FR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Frankford Twp., Cumberland, PA. 3 Jesse Beecher, 35, born Jul 1864, was married for 14 years to wife Flora, 36, born Feb 1864. She had given birth to 7 children, 4 still living in 1900: John A., 12, Aug 1887; Jesse O., 9, Oct 1890; Tom, 8, Apr 1892; and Henry, 1, Mar 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Jesse owned his home.

2. Census in 1910 in Frankford Twp., Cumberland, PA. 8 The 1910 Census recorded Jesse F. Beecher, 45, living with wife Flora, 46; son Oscar R., 19; Thompson W., 17; Henry W., 11; and daughter Carrie E., 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1920 in Frankford Twp., Cumberland, PA. 9 The 1920 census recorded Jesse F. Beecher, operator truck farm, 55, living with wife Flora W., 55; son Henry W., farm laborer, 20; and daughter Carrie E., 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: News-Chronicle: Newville R. R. 3: Thompson Beecher of Pittsburg, spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beecher. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Beecher of Carlisle, spent a short time on Saturday in the Beecher home., 8 Feb 1929, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 10

5. Census in 1930 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 11 The 1930 census recorded renting at 9 South Street: Henry W. Beecher, teacher high school, 31, living with wife Mildred, clerk dry goods, 20. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: on 20 Mar 1932 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ, USA. 7

7. Census in 1940 in Nutley, Essex, NJ. 12 The 1940 census recorded Henry W. Beecher, teacher, 41, living with wife Mildred, 31. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Newspaper: News-Chronicle: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher of Nutley, New Jersey, spent last weekend at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crist Cohick and Mrs. Flora Beecher.", 1 Jul 1941, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 13

9. Residence: 43 Manhattan Ct., Nutley, NJ in 1944 in Nutley, Essex, NJ. 14


Henry married Mildred Anna Cohick, daughter of Christopher Stout Cohick and Louella May Sanderson, on 8 May 1927 in , Cumberland, PA.1 (Mildred Anna Cohick was born on 29 Sep 1908 in Newville, Cumberland, PA,4 15 died on 31 Oct 1998 in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 4 15 and was buried on 6 Nov 1998 in Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 4 15.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMZK-2TG Henry Ward Beecher and A Mildred Cohick, 08 May 1927; citing Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, ; FHL microfilm 21019.

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

3 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Frankford Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1400 Page: 177.

4 Carlisle Daily Sentinel (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), 2 Nov 1998, Obituary of Mildred Cohick Beecher.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90939544.

6 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6VH-2MM Henry Ward Beecher, 1917-1918; citing Cumberland County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

7 The Valley Times-Star (Newville, PA), 24 Mar 1932, page 5.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG8W-WBG Jesse F Beecher, 1910.

9 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Frankford, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1556; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 1150.

10 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 8 Feb 1929.

11 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2024; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 701.0; FHL microfilm: 2341758.

12 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4R3-NBW Mildred Beecher in household of Henry W Beecher, Ward 2, Nutley, Nutley Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-292, sheet 9A, family 187.

13 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 1 Jul 1941, page 3.

14 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1944 Nutley Directory, page 598. Image 308.

15 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90939556.



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