Harris Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From 1870 Census, 1870, Pembroke, Genesee, New York. Event Type: Census
Name: Harris Beckwith
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Event Date: 1870
Event Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Page Number: 71

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Jane Beckwith F 26 New York
Bertha Beckwith F 2 New York
Beckwith M 0 New York
William Donegan M 15 New York

Household Identifier: 625
Line Number: 18
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 004274927
Microfilm Number: 000552438
Image Number: 00773
Indexing Batch: N01588-8

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8XJ-M6Y : 29 May 2021), Harris Beckwith, 1870.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1870, Pembroke, Genesee, New York. From 1870 Census

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Dec 1913, Pembroke, Genesee, New York. Harris Beckwith
Birth: Jul 1842 Batavia, Genesee County, New York, USA
Death: 8 Dec 1913 (aged 71) Batavia, Genesee County, New York, USA
Burial: Hillside Cemetery, East Pembroke, Genesee County, New York, USA
Memorial #: 203541922

Bio: "Harris Beckwith died at North Pembroke, on Monday from pneumonia. Mr. Beckwith, who was born in July in 1842 in the town of Batavia, had many friends and was highly respected. When a young man he located on the farm on which he died. He was a member of the East Pembroke Grange, and also a member of the East Pembroke Baptist church. Besides his second wife, he is survived by two sons, Grover and Arthur of Pembroke, and two daughters. Mrs. John Murtha of New York and Mrs. H. E. Bolton of Batavia, two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Woolsey of Kingman, Kan, and Mrs. John Gould of Batavia. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, and the burial took place at East Pembroke." (Dec. 1813, The Times, Batavia, NY)
Family Members
Spouse
Lydia Jane Seamans Beckwith 1843-1900

Maintained by: Sandi Verbridge (49304527)
Originally Created by: Mike Duffy (47991323)
Added: 4 Oct 2019
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203541922/harris-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203541922/harris-beckwith : accessed 05 December 2021), memorial page for Harris Beckwith (Jul 1842–8 Dec 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203541922, citing Hillside Cemetery, East Pembroke, Genesee County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Sandi Verbridge (contributor 49304527) .

• Residence: From 1880 Census, 1880, Pembroke, Genesee, New York. Event Type: Census
Name: Harris Beckwith
Sex: Male
Age: 38
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
Birthplace: New York, United States
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Person Number: 0
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 653
Volume: 1
Image Number: 00730

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Jane Beckwith Wife F 37 New York, United States
Bertha Beckwith Daughter F 12 New York, United States
Arthur Beckwith Son M 10 New York, United States
Elsie Beckwith Daughter F 7 New York, United States
Eugen Mc Giveron M 24 New York, United States

Household Identifier: 10655717
Sheet Number and Letter: 653A
Affiliate Film Number: 0835
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 005161472
Microfilm Number: 1254835
Image Number: 00730

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8H-MJG : 25 November 2021), Harris Beckwith, Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 653A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,835.

• Biography: From Our county and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York, Safford E. North, 1899. Beckwith, Harris P., p. o. North Pembroke, N, Y., was born in the town of Batavia, August 7, 1843, was educated in the district schools and East Pembroke Seminary, and has always been a farmer. In August, 1866, he married Lydia J. Seamans of Pembroke; they have four children: Bertha J., H. Arthur, Elsie and Grover. Bertha J. married Prof. H. E. Bolton, who is principal of the primary grade of the high school in Paterson, N. J. H. Arthur married Emma Seamans of Elba, N. Y., and they have two children, Leah and Ernest. Elsie is a teacher in Great Neck, L. I. Grover is a farmer at home and a student. Mr. Beckwith's father, Richard Beckwith, was born in Old Lyme, Conn., in the year 1795. and came to the home in the town of Batavia on the Bufilalo road in the year 1807, when he was twelve years of age. He was educated in the schools of his day and was a farmer by occupation. He served in the war of 1812. He married Jane Whitney, formerly of Sheffield, Mass.; they had five children: Harris, Martha J., Mary, Maria and an infant not named. Mr. Beckwith died in 1866; his widow survives at this date, 1898. Harris Beckwith's grandfather, Thomas Beckwith, was born at Old Lyme, Conn., in the year 1760; he married Abigail Smith, who bore him three children: Harris, Richard and Lucretia. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was a prisoner on the prison ship Jersey, from which he made his escape. He died in 1854 and his wife in 1841. Ancestry of family is English on both sides.

Harris married Jane Seamans. (Jane Seamans was born on 7 Jul 1843 in New York and died on 29 Jul 1900 in Pembroke, Genesee, New York.)