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Monday, September 13, 2010

Our Family in Pennsylvania in the 1800s

The internet is a wonderful way to share information. Thanks to Marjorie Templeton, who took the time to record six pages of headstone information at a cemetery, we have the following names of our family. Samuel and Mercy Beecher, both listed here, settled in Bradford County, Pennsylvania from Connecticut in about 1812. The others are their children, grandchildren, spouses, etc. I'm excited to see this!

Name of Cemetery: LeRaysville Cemetery

Submitted by: Marjorie A. Templeton

Date Read and Reader: Not specified

Typed By: Pat Smith Raymond

Location: LeRaysville, Bradford County, PA

Name, Date of Birth, Date of Death, Age, Inscription/Comments

Beecher Milton E. 1847 1895

Beecher Mary Codding 1850 1940 w/o Milton E.

Beecher May.2.1885

Beecher Elizabeth Aug.24.1888 68y11m

Beecher Almon Feb.18.1888 68y11m

Beecher Fay 1869 1848

Beecher Cora J. 1866 1942

Beecher Martin W. 1855 1898

Beecher H. Ward Jul.7.1868 Nov.30.1916

Beecher Hattie Carside Jan.7.1874 Dec.23.1951 w/o H. Ward

Beecher Kenneth G. Aug.19.1903 Nov.21.1908

Beecher Keith E. Dec.12.1909 Dec.18.1909

Beecher Fannie Jan.28.1860 Sep.21.1864

Beecher Samuel Oct.19.1850 66 yr

Beecher Marion R. Brink 1845 1926 w/o George M.Brink

Beecher Mercy Feb.26.1846 61 yr w/o Samuel

Beecher Fanny Jan.20.1883 17 yr

Beecher Aubury Apr.16.1836 May.16.1867

Beecher Elizabeth Dec.6.1838 Feb.10.1917

Beecher Bradford Feb.7.1895 85y11m3d

Beecher Fanny D. Mar.28.1876 70y9m w/o Bradford Beecher

Beecher C. H. Jan.10.1877 28y7m27d

Beecher Lovisa W. Feb.28.1869 47 yr w/o Myron

Beecher Harris Aug.8.1898 78 yr

Beecher Elina Jan.3.1874 49 yr w/o Harris

Beecher Sarah Morris Oct.19.1887 34 yr

You can learn more about Le Raysville here. I went there once with Willyne in 1980, it is in a beautiful area of rolling grassy hills and trees. The population in 2000 was 318, basically unchanged in over a century. Today there are no Beechers left that I can locate. Most of them moved to Iowa in 1860s. The cemetery is a good record of who was once here though.

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