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David Benjamin Beckner

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David Benjamin Beckner

Birth
Roanoke County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Feb 1916 (aged 86)
Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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David Benjamin Beckner is the son of John Beckner and Elizabeth Gish Beckner

Married Sarah Ann Patterson April 26, 1860 Mitchell County Iowa.

David Benjamin Beckner of Webster City Dies
March 10,1916 Aged Resident Dies at Family Home on Cedar St.

David Beckner passed away at the family home 508 Cedar Street, Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 following a three or four week illness. Mr. Beckner had had the grippe and had since been ailing, but was up and around the house almost until the last.

David Benjamin Beckner was born in West Virginia, March 18, 1829, and would have been 88 years old this month. April 26, 1860 he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Patterson in St. Angar, Iowa. To this union nine children were born. Two children James and Charles, passed away sometime ago, but the remainder of the family, together with the wife and mother, survive the deceased. They are Mrs. Mae Woodall, W.Bert, and Issac N. Beckner of this city; Mrs. C.A. Hosford, Winner, South Dakota; Mrs. Sherman Crane and Mrs. Edmond Crane, Lebanon, South Dakota; and H.D. Beckner of Jordan, South Dakota. The later arrived here a day or so before his father's death. Mrs. Hosford will arrive tonight and the Mesdames Crane are expected tonight or tomorrow.

The Beckner family came to this city about twenty years ago from South Dakota,where thy resided on a farm. The deceased lived to a ripe old age and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Mr. Beckner was an honored member of the United Brethren Church of this city. (Webster Newspaper Paper clipping in family scrapbook)
David Benjamin Beckner is the son of John Beckner and Elizabeth Gish Beckner

Married Sarah Ann Patterson April 26, 1860 Mitchell County Iowa.

David Benjamin Beckner of Webster City Dies
March 10,1916 Aged Resident Dies at Family Home on Cedar St.

David Beckner passed away at the family home 508 Cedar Street, Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 following a three or four week illness. Mr. Beckner had had the grippe and had since been ailing, but was up and around the house almost until the last.

David Benjamin Beckner was born in West Virginia, March 18, 1829, and would have been 88 years old this month. April 26, 1860 he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann Patterson in St. Angar, Iowa. To this union nine children were born. Two children James and Charles, passed away sometime ago, but the remainder of the family, together with the wife and mother, survive the deceased. They are Mrs. Mae Woodall, W.Bert, and Issac N. Beckner of this city; Mrs. C.A. Hosford, Winner, South Dakota; Mrs. Sherman Crane and Mrs. Edmond Crane, Lebanon, South Dakota; and H.D. Beckner of Jordan, South Dakota. The later arrived here a day or so before his father's death. Mrs. Hosford will arrive tonight and the Mesdames Crane are expected tonight or tomorrow.

The Beckner family came to this city about twenty years ago from South Dakota,where thy resided on a farm. The deceased lived to a ripe old age and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Mr. Beckner was an honored member of the United Brethren Church of this city. (Webster Newspaper Paper clipping in family scrapbook)


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