Cyrus E. Stouffer
(1861-1903)
Ann Elizabeth Myers
(1864-1919)
Grace Victoria Stouffer
(1888-1959)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harry John Beecher

Grace Victoria Stouffer 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 19 Dec 1888, Upper Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Harry John Beecher on 2 May 1911 in Centerville, Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 2 Aug 1959, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA at age 70 2 3 6 7
  • Buried: 5 Aug 1959, Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 2 3 7

   Another name for Grace was Grace Victorine Beecher.7

   FamilySearch ID: LHHC-XC1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Upper Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA. 8 The 1900 census recorded Cyrus Stouffer, farmer, 38, born Nov 1861, living with wife Annie E., 33, Jul 1866. They were married for 16 years and she had birthed 7 children, 5 alive in 1900. Living with them: son John H., 15, Aug 1884; James E., 14, Apr 1886; Grave V., 10, Dec 1889; William H., 9, Feb 1891; and Mary A., 2, Jul 1897. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1920 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 9 The 1920 census recorded renting a home on Pine Road: Harry E. Beecher, farmer, 34, living with wife Grace, 31, and daughter Vesta R., 2. Everyone and there parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1930 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 10 The 1930 census recorded owning a home at 246 A Street: Harry Beecher, house carpenter, 44, living with wife Grace, 41; and daughter Vesta R., 13. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1940 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 11 The 1940 census recorded owning a home at 246 A Street: Harry Beecher, carpenter, 53, living with wife Grace, 51; daughter Vesta Mayberry, 23, and her husband Floyd Mayberry, 31.

5. Census in 1950 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 12 The 1950 census recorded at 246 A Street: Harry Beecher, carpenter building contractor, living with wife Grace, 61. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 1953 Carlisle City Directory: Beecher, Harry (Grace S.) carpenter, h 246 A. Street, Carlisle, Pa. In 1953 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 13

7. Cause of Death: cancer of pancreas and liver, 2 Aug 1959, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 3

8. Residence: 246 A St., Carlisle, PA on 2 Aug 1959 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 3

9. Obituary: The Sentinel: obituary of Mrs. Harry J. Beecher on 3 Aug 1959 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 7 -----
Mrs. Harry J. Beecher
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Mrs. Grace Victorine Beecher, wife of Harry J. Beecher, 246 A Street, died last night at her home. She was 70 years old. She was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Annie Myers Stouffer. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and attended the Community Baptist Church.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one brother, Harper Stouffer, Clinton. Iowa, and one sjster, Mrs. J. R. Horn. Carlisle.

Funeral services will be held in the Lutz-Hoffman Funeral Home, 219 North Hanover Street, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Rev. Harry L. Lindsay Jr., will officiate. Burial will be in the Westminster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday.


Grace married Harry John Beecher, son of Samuel J. Beecher and Adaliah Lillie Verene Wolf, on 2 May 1911 in Centerville, Cumberland, PA.1 (Harry John Beecher was born on 14 May 1886 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA 5 12 14 15, christened on 6 Mar 1904 in Shippensburg: United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA,16 died on 16 Jan 1974 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA 5 15 17 and was buried on 19 Jan 1974 in Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 5 15.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFWD-FMJ Samuel Beecher in entry for Harry Henry Beecher and Grace Victoria Stouffer, 1911.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90939534.

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.), Death Certificate 73920. Grace Victoria Beecher. Father Cyrus Stouffer. Mother Annie Myers. Spouse Harry J. Beecher.

4 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.), Death Certificate 12437. Vesta Beecher Mayberry. Father Harry Beecher. Mother Grace Stouffer. Spouse Floyd Mayberry.

5 The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA) (www.cumberlink.com), 17 Jan 1974, page 6. Obituary of Harry J. Beecher.

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, Grace V., age 70, died Carlisle, 8/2/1959, file number 073920.

7 The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA) (www.cumberlink.com), 3 Aug 1959, page 6. Obituary of Mrs. Harry J. Beecher.

8 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3S9-T5H Cyrus E Stoufer, Dickenson Towhship, Lower & Upper Dickenson Precincts, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet , family 212.

9 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFY9-83X Harry E Beecher, Penn, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet , family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821556.

10 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2024; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 869.0; FHL microfilm: 2341758.

11 1940 United States Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3478; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 21-14.

12 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1S-T362 Harry Beecher Carlisle PA.

13 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1953 Carlisle City Directory, page 40, online image 32.

14 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6VH-K11 Harry Beecher, 1917-1918; citing Cumberland County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

15 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134947103.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Cumberland > Shippensburg > United Methodist Church. Page 206, online image 37.

17 U.S. Social Security Death Index, John Beecher, b. 14 May 1886.



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