Almeda Beecher ¹

   Another name for Almeda was Almeda Bitcher.^{2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Pierson Twp., Vigo, IN. ² George Bitcher, 42, is living with wife Keziah, 35; Perry A., 14; Almira, 11; Almeda, 9; Lucinda, 6; Adrian A., 3. Also with them: Levi Grover, 67, and Malissa, 18. George, Keziah, and Perry are born in Ohio; and all other children in Indiana. Levi is born in ? [not a state or country name, and hard to read].

Next door is Charles W. Grover, 25, and his wife Pheobe, 20; Charles W., 4; and Mary L., 2.

2. Census in 1870 in Pierson Twp., Vigo, IN. ³ George Bitcher, farmer, 52, was living with wife Kissiah, 45; Perry, 24; Almeda, 19; Mary L., 16; Adran A., 13; and May, 4. The parents and Perry were born in Ohio, and all other children in Indiana. The post office is Cookerly.

Almeda married Bazel Brown. (Bazel Brown died before 1922 ¹.)