Samuel Meryl Beecher Jr. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   FamilySearch ID: L8BN-XYL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹ Living at 714 N. 18th: Samuel M. Beecher, engineer R.R., 30, was living with wife Flora B., 31; Samuel, 4 years 9 months; and daughter Margurite, 1 year 4 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1930 in New Cumberland, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded Samuel M. Beecher, 40, living with wife Emma J., 39; son Samuel M. Beecher Jr., 14; daughter Margaret W., 10; son Wayne G., 7; son Donald E., 4; and daughter Jean L., 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: Beecher Blamed For Boy's Death, 10 Oct 1934, York, York, PA. ¹¹ Driver Blamed For Boy's Death
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Coroner's Jury Holds Samuel Beecher Responsible For Accident to Balto. Party
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Inquest Conducted
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The accident in which twelve year old Gilbert Earl Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, of Baltimore, lost his life, on September 24, was due to Samuel Beecher, Jr., New Cumberland, operating a truck on the wrong side of the road in a reckless manner, according to a verdict returned at an inquest held last evening in the court house by Coroner L. U. Zech.
It was learned last night, following the inquest that charges will probably be preferred against Beecher today.
The twelve year old boy was an occupant in an automobile operated by his father, which was traveling south on the Susquehanna trail between Camp Ganoga and Strinestown, when it was sideswiped by the truck operated by Beecher. In the accident five others were hurt. One of the injured, Miss Naomi Williams, Baltimore, a passenger in the Miller car, is still confined to the York hospital.
The jury which heard the case was composed of John F. Leib, Charles Slusser, william F. G. Beckmeyer, Landon T. Reisinger, Charles W. Fitzkee and Lewis R. Lever.
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4. Residence: in 1935 in Lemoyne, Cumberland, PA. ¹²

5. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: Fast Train Hits Vehicle at Womelsdorf, 26 Jul 1939, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹³ City Flyer Kills Annville Driver
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Fast Train Hits Vehicle at Womelsdorf
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Grade Crash
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Reading, July 26 -- The Harrisburg flyer, crack Reading Railroad passenger train, struck a truck and killed its driver today on a freight grade crossing at Womelsdorf, 15 miles west of here.
Elmer Kane, 62, driver of the Annville lumber truck was killed outright and parts of his body strewn along the right of way several hundred yards. Witnesses told State Police he started to back his truck up to a carload of lumber when the big eastbound locomotive struck it as it crossed the main line track.
Reading Company officials in Harrisburg said the train, en route to Allentown, left Harrisburg at 8.10 a.m. and was in charge of this crew: H. C. Cassel, Hummelstown, conductor; R. Leeds, 207 North Fifteenth street, Harrisburg, engineer; Samuel Beecher, New Cumberland, fireman, and Harry Rittle, Myerstown, brakeman.

6. Census in 1940 in Monaghan Twp., York, PA. ¹² The 1940 census recorded Samuel M. Beecher, punch machine operator at an ice machine company, 25, living with his wife, Gertrude E. Beecher, 22. They were born in Pennsylvania. In 1935 Samuel was living at Lemoyne, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania and Gertrude was in York.

7. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beecher, Dillsburg R. D. 2, announce the birth of a son on February 24 at the Seidle Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Beecher was Miss Gertrude Hoover, Duncannon.", 27 Feb 1941, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ⁴

8. Occupation: Founded Beecher & Myers Co. Inc. in 1948. See http://www.beecherandmyers.com.

9. Census in 1950 in Dover Twp., York, PA. ¹⁴ The 1950 census recorded on Carlisle Pike: Samuel Beecher, production forman at York. Corp., 34, living with wife Gertrude, 32; and son Garry Lee, 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

10. Residence: on 8 Nov 1971 in Dover Twp., York, PA. ⁷

11. Residence: on 21 Aug 1979 in Dover Twp., York, PA. ⁶

12. Residence: on 19 Apr 1989 in Dover, York, PA. ⁹

13. Obituary: York Daily Record: obituary of Samuel M. Beecher Jr. on 2 Jan 1990 in York, York, PA. ⁸ Samuel M. Beecher Jr.

DOVER -- Samuel "Sam" M. Beecher Jr., 74, of 3753 Carlisle Road, died Sunday evening at his home. He was the husband of the late Gertrude E. (Hoover) Beecher.

The service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Scott B. Emig Funeral Home, 47 N. Queen St. Burial will be in Surburban Memorial Gardens. Viewing will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society York Unit, 226 E. Market St., York, 17403; or to Dover Assembly of God, 4780 Carlisle Road, Dover, 17315.
Mr. Beecher was born in Harrisburg. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Beecher.
He had been a foreman at the then York Corp. for 16 years. He founded Beecher and Myers Co. Inc. and retired as its president in 1972. He also owned and operated Beecher Sporting Goods Store during the 1950s and 1960s and owned and operated Creamy Twist Dairy Bar, which he founded in 1957.
Mr. Beecher is survived by a son, Gary L. Beecher of Dover; a granddaughter; a sister, Jean Louise Nace of Mechanicsburg; and a brother, Wayne G. Beecher of Sacramento, Calif.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Bernard Crone, a reitred minister, the Rev. Timothy Imes, pastor of Dover Assembly of God.

14. Newspaper: York Daily Record, 28 Feb 1991, York, York, PA. ¹⁵ Auditing Notice, Orphans' Court Division
BEECHER - The First and Final account of Gary Lee Beecher, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Gertrude E. Beecher, late of Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, deceased (67-90-0182)
BEECHER - The First and Final account of Gary Lee Beecher, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel M. Beecher, Jr., a/k/a Samuel M. Beecher, late of Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, deceased (67-909-0030)
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Samuel married Gertrude E. Hoover, daughter of Peter Hoover and Emma Cecelia Peters. (Gertrude E. Hoover was born on 29 May 1918 in Wheatfield Township, Perry, PA, USA,^{16 17} died on 6 Dec 1987 in Dover Twp., York, PA ^{16 17} and was buried on 9 Dec 1987 in Dover: Suburban Memorial Gardens, York, PA ¹⁶.)