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abt. 1829 Vermont, USA
Died
2 April 1877 Flint, Michigan, USA

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George was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Father: Abel Beckwith
Mother: Cassia Beckwith

m. Harriet Lewis

Company H, 10th Infantry Regiment Michigan
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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: George Beckwith
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Apr 1877
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Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Age: 48
Birth Date: 1829
Birth
Place: Vermont
Occupation: Farmer
Race: W
Marital Status: Married
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Name: Abel Beckwith
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51844-3
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
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Film Number: 1018929
Reference ID: v 1 p 131

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHX5-YP2 : 9 December 2014), George Beckwith, 02 Apr 1877; citing Flint, Genesee, Michigan, reference v 1 p 131; FHL microfilm 1,018,929.'
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Mount Morris Cemetery Mount Morris, Genesee County, Michigan, USA

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Mount Morris Cemetery Mount Morris, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
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