Eliza Ann Beecher ²

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  Burial Notes:

Her grave was reinterred from Mounument Cemetery on May 22, 1871.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴ The 1840 census recorded George Becher with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6.

2. She has conflicting burial information of Originally buried in Lot 140, Section C at Monument Cemetery, moved on 22 May 1871 to Mount Peace Cemetery., 18 Jan 1848 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ Records for Mount Peace Cemetery show that on 22 May 1871 three graves were reinterred from Monument Cemetery to a Mount Peace Cemetery plot owned by Charles K. Beecher Sr.: George Beecher, George H. Beecher, and Eliza A. Carles. Also in this plot are Charles K. Beecher Sr., Sarah Ann Carles, Hannah Beecher, Mary Beecher, Amos Beecher, George L. Beecher, Charles K. Beecher Jr., and George H. Beecher.

3. Newspaper: Dollar Newspaper: Married. On the 20th instant, by the Rev. G. F. Kettell, Mr. John H. Carels to Miss Eliza A. Beecher, all of this city., 29 Dec 1852, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

4. Census in 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ³ The 1860 census recorded Hannah Beechy (mispelled by census taker), clerk, 53, living with her children in the household of Wm. H. King, 56, and his wife Lucinda King, 53. Also in the home: Josephine King, 25; Jno. H Carles, clerk, 30; Hannah's daughter Eliza Carles, 28; George Beechy, 25; Theo Beecher, clerk, 21; Chas Beecher, clerk, 16; and Sarah Emerson, 10. William ran a livery business and was born in Vermont. Lucinda was born in New Hampshire, Josephine in Massachusetts, and everyone else in Pennsylvania.

Eliza married John Horner Carles on 20 Dec 1852 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.¹ (John Horner Carles was born about 1830 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ³ and died on 14 Jan 1926 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.)