Margaret Ann Beisel ^{1 2}

   Another name for Margaret was Arbet.³

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Lima Twp., LaGrange, IN. ¹ A.R. Beecher, butcher, 32, was living with wife Margaret, 27; and Geo. C., 1. A. R. was born in Pennsylvania, the others in Indiana.

Next door is Isaac Beecher, cigar maker, 64, was living with Mary A, 60; and James A., clerk in store 24. James was born in Ohio, the others in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in Lagrange, LaGrange, IN. ³ Robert Beecher, butcher, 42, was living with wife Arbet, 37; Mary 8; Alice, 3; and servant Ellen McLera. Robert and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Arbet, her parents, and her children were born in Indiana.

3. Census in 1900 in Lagrange, LaGrange, IN. ⁴ Margaret Beecher is indexed as Bucher in the 1900 census, since the two ee's look like u in handwriting. She is 57, born Sep 1842, and had birthed 5 children, 2 alive in 1900. Living with her: daughter Mary M., 27, Jun 1872, single; and daughter Nillie, 28, Sep 1876, single. They were born in Indiana, and the children's father in Pennsylvania. Margaret's father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Ireland.

4. Census in 1920 in Elwood, Madison, IN. ⁵ The 1920 census recorded Margaret Beecher, widowed, 77, living with her daughter, Nellie, single, 35. Both were born in Indiana.

Margaret married Anthony Robert Beecher, son of Isaac Beecher and Mary Amanda Shaw, on 5 Jun 1866 in , LaGrange, IN. (Anthony Robert Beecher was born about 1838 in , , PA ^{1 6}.)