Edward W. Beecher Jr. ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Edward was Edwin Beecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: 2Z3G-X8C.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Anchor Twp, Mclean, IL. ⁴ Edward J. Beecher, farmer, 35, was living with wife Maud, 31; Ida N., 12; Marvin L., 9; Melba G., 7; and Edward W., 1 11/12 when the census was recorded on 7 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Edward's parents were from Germany.

2. Residence: on 18 Aug 1944 in Colfax, McLean, IL. ⁶

3. Residence: on 27 Jan 1952 in Gibson City, Ford, IL. ⁵

4. Residence: on 17 Jul 1970 in Pontiac, Livingston, IL. ³

5. Obituary: The Colfax Press on 18 Dec 1986 in Colfax, McLean, IL. ¹ Edward Beecher, 68, of rural Colfax, died at 3:10 p.m. 12-15-1986 at Americana Healthcare Center, Normal. Services will be today at 2 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor. Officiating will be Pastor Melvin C. Blobaum with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation was Wednesday from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, and one hour before the service at the church. Mr. Beecher was born 2-1-1918 in Anchor, a son of John Edward and Maude Emma Hasty Beecher. He married Melba Genevieve Hughes 9-23-1940 in Hannibal, Mo. She died 5-15-1977. Survivors include three daughters, Doris L. White of Fairbury, Alice J. Clodfelter of Normal, and Carol A. Sutton of Pontiac; three sisters, Ida Schleeter of Colfax, Melba Bane of Sibley and Mildred Trembley of Colfax; two brothers, Delmar of Pontiac and Ralph of Bloomington; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor, a lifetime resident of the Colfax-Anchor area and farmed in the area. He was a past employee of the Pontiac Correctional Center, 1962. He was also a roofer for a number of years in Pontiac. Memorials may be made to his church or the Eastern McLean County Ambulance Association.
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Edward married Melba Genevieve Hughes, daughter of Frank Walter Hughes and Neta Bellewood, on 23 Sep 1940 in Hannibal, Marion, MO.^{1 2} (Melba Genevieve Hughes was born on 22 May 1920 in Cooksville, McLean, IL ² and died on 15 May 1977 in Pontiac, Livingston, IL ^{1 2}.)