Adelaide Prudence Acheson ^{1 2}

   Other names for Adelaide were Adalaid P.,⁶ Adelaide S.,^{3 7} Adlade P. ^{6 8} and Adelaide S. Atchison.⁹

   FamilySearch ID: LD3W-YN5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1837 and , , , IRL. ^{4 8}

2. She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1839 and , , , IRL. ⁷

3. Census in 1860 in Lima Twp., LaGrange, IN. ⁶ Isaac Beecher, day laborer, 54, was living with wife Amanda, 50; James, 14; Gustavius, 11; Margaret, 8. Isaac and Amanada were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Ohio. Isaac had no real estate value; his possessions were worth $163.

Living on the same page: James Beecher, 31, boot & shoemaker; his wife Maryann, 27; Louisa L., 8; Daniel B., 6; and Henry M., 1. James' real estate was worth $200 and his personal possessions $150. Everyone was born in Ohio.

On the next page: Alexander W. Beecher, clerk, 28; his wife Adalaid P., 23; Charles H., 3; and Edward, 1. Alexander was born in Pennsylvania, his wife and children in Indiana. His real estate was worth $600 and personal possessions $250.

4. Census in 1870 in Lima Twp., LaGrange, IN. ¹⁰ A.W. Beecher, merchant, 39, was living with wife Adlade P., 33; Charles, 13; Eddie A., 11; daughter Frances, 5; Kittie, 3. The children were born in Indiana. A.W. was born in Pennsylvania, and his wife in Ireland. A.W.'s real estate was valued at $2500 and his personal estate $9000.

5. Census in 1880 in Lima Twp., LaGrange, IN. ⁷ A.W. Beecher, merchant, 47, was living with wife Adelaide, 41; Edward A., 21; Fannie C., 15; Kittie A., 12; and a servant, Clara C. Groffett, 22. A.W. and his father were born in Pennsylvania, Adelaide and her parents in Ireland, and their children in Indiana.

6. Obituary: Fort Wayne Weekly Gazette: "Mrs. A. W. Beecher, wife of A. W. Beecher, a well-known resident of Lima, Ind., died Friday evening of erysipelas, and the funeral was held Monday. Beside her husband, two sons and two daughters are left to mourn their loss." on 14 Mar 1895 in Fort Wayne, Allen, IN. ⁵

Adelaide married Alexander Washington Beecher, son of Isaac Beecher and Mary Amanda Shaw, on 30 Jun 1855 in Lagrange, LaGrange, IN.¹ (Alexander Washington Beecher was born on 24 Jun 1831 in New Holland, Lancaster, PA,^{3 6 9 11 12} died on 12 Apr 1902 in Lima Twp., LaGrange, IN ^{2 3 9 11 12} and was buried on 15 Apr 1902 in Howe: Riverside Cemetery, LaGrange, IN ^{11 12}.)