William Reinhold Beecher ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL. ² William R. Bucher, farmer, 23, born Apr 1877, was married for 3 months and living with his wife, Henrietta D., born May 1879. They were born in Illinois, their parents in Germany.

2. Census in 1910 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL. ³ William R. Beecher, farmer, 33, was married for 10 years to wife Henrietta, 30. She had birthed 2 children who were living with her: Henry W., 9; and Rosalina, 5. William and Henrietta's parents were from Germany, everyone else was born in Illinois.

Next door is Edward J. Beecher, farmer, 26, married for 4 years to Maud, 21. She had birthed 2 children, 1 alive in 1910: Ida N., 3.

William married Henrietta D. Simpsen, daughter of Heinrich Simpsen and Anna Margaret Rohde, on 14 Mar 1900 in Anchor: St. John's Lutheran Church, Mclean, IL.¹ (Henrietta D. Simpsen was born on 30 May 1879 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL,¹ died on 15 Jun 1938 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL ¹ and was buried in Anchor: St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Mclean, IL ¹.)