Amos O. Beckler (1823 - abt. 1889)

Born 1823 in Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey Harlow (Austin) Beckler — married about 1845 in Maine, United States

Descendants

Died about 1889 at about age 66 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Amos O. Beckler. He was the son of Philip Beckler and Fanny (Otis) Beckler.^[1] The 1850 Census shows him as 27 years old, born in Maine.^[2] His gravestone has his birth date as 1823.^[3] He was probably born either at Newcastle, Maine, where his parents had been married the previous year or at Pittston, Maine, where his brother Charles M. Beckler was born in 1825. The death record of his eldest child, Mary E. (Beckler) Thing, gives her father's birthplace as Newcastle.^[4]

Marriage

Amos O. Beckler married Betsey H. Austin.^[1] In 1850, Amos O. Beckler, 27, and Betsey H. Beckler, 26, were living at Livermore, Maine, with two children, ages 2 and 4.^[2]

Children

According to the Ira Thompson Monroe's1928 history of Livermore, Maine, Amos and Betsey (Austin) Beckler were the parents of the following children.^[1] Monroe has an entry for an Albert O. Beckler, whom it says was a son of Amos and Betsey (Austin) Baker and was born in 1864 and died in 1866. There is no other record of such a child, and it is likely that Monroe (or his unspecified sources) was actually referring to Herbert O. Beckler, whose gravestone shows was born in 1864 and died in 1865.^[5] The list of children, as reported by Monroe with the name of Albert corrected to Herbert, is as follows:

1. Mary E. Beckler, born in 1845
2. Martha L. Beckler, born in 1847
3. Cynthia M. Beckler, born in 1850
4. Susie F. Beckler, born in 1852
5. Elbridge H. Beckler, born in 1854
6. Warren B. Beckler, born in 1857
7. Seth Hayden Beckler, born in 1859
8. Amos F. Beckler, born in 1862
9. Herbert O. Beckler, born in 1864

Biographical Details

The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, says that Amos O. Beckler "lived on several different farms in town and at one time he resided in Boston, but in 1857 bought the original Josiah Wyer farm one-half mile south from Livermore Center."^[1] The date of the purchase of the farm may be incorrect, because in 1865, he was living at Boston with his wife and children and his younger brother Oliver Beckler, with Amos and Oliver both called teamsters, and his three youngest children shown as born in Massachusetts.^[6] By 1870, he was back in Livermore.^[7]

Death

The gravestone of the Amos O. Beckler family at the Hillman Ferry Cemetery at Livermore, Maine, shows Amos' dates as 1823-1889.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 79
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Amos O. Beckler household, family #141, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 17 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Photo of gravestone of Amos O. Beckler, "Betsey H. his wife," and two sons, Amos and Herbert (Find A Grave: Memorial #118416534)
4. ↑ Death record of Mary E. Thing, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch > Vital records 1892-1907 > Theriault, 1900-Thompson, 1894 > image 2210 of 4173; multiple sources, Maine.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #118416545 for Amos F. Beckler, with photo of gravestone of Amos O. Beckler, Betsey H. his wfe, and Amos F. and Herbert O. sons of A. O. & B. H. Beckler
6. ↑ Amos O. Beckler household, family #2482, in Massachusetts State Census, 1865 , database with images, FamilySearch > Suffolk > Boston, Ward 11 > image 176 of 362; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ Amos O,. Beckler household, family $143, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > images 16-17 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).