Lindley Rutter Beecher ^{1 2}

   Another name for Lindley was Lyndly Beecher.³

   FamilySearch ID: L6K4-1MD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Evidence: A photo of his tombstone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/road_less_trvled/2552896650/in/set-72157605470606925/.

2. Census in 1880 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ³ Lyman Beecher, dry goods, 35, was married to Margaret, 34. With them: daughers Lizie, 12; and Lindly, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: The Times: "Beecher Was The Hero", 23 Sep 1894, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ Pottstown, Sep 22. A large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed the first outing today of the Pottstown Field Club in a foot-ball contest between the first and second elevens. Linn Beecher, captain of the first eleven, carried off the honors, scoring two touch-downs.

4. Newspaper: Philadelphia Times: Young Beecher Dead, 21 May 1896, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ² The Victim of the Gunning Accident at Stone Harbor Dies of His Wounds.

Special Telegram to The Times.
Pottstown, May 20.

The death this evening of Lindley R. Beecher, at Stone Harbor, N. J., as the result of a gunning accident there yesterday afternoon, has cast a gloom over this community.

Young Beecher was the junior member of the firm of Beecher & Son, one of the oldest and largest dry goods houses in the Schuylkill Valley. He belonged to the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy, the Quaker City Wheelmen, Pottstown Tennis Club and the Ideal Athletic Club, of Pottstown.

5. Newspaper: Reading Times: Young Beecher Dead, 21 May 1896, Reading, Berks, PA. ⁶ The Young Pottstown Gunner Died of His Wound Yesterday.

SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., May 20. -- Lindley R. Beecher, the young Pottstown gunner, who accidentally shot himself yesterday, while gunning on the meadows near Stone Harbor, died this afternoon.