Horace F. Beecher ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L6P8-XFN.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹ The 1860 census recorded Jacob Becher [sic], clerk, 36, living with wife Catharine Becher, 34; Abram Becher, 15; and Horace Beecher, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They were living in the 20th Ward (North of Master Street) in Philadelphia.

2. Cause of Death: acute meningitis, 3 Apr 1867, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ²

3. Death Certificate: 3 Apr 1867, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ² His death certificate indicates his mother's name was Martha, father J.F. Martha needs further research since we believed his father was Catherine Elizabeth. Need to find the 1850 census record to confirm?.

4. Residence: 1539 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. On 3 Apr 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ²

5. Newspaper: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Horace F. Beecher, 5 Apr 1867, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ³ BEECHER -- On the 3d inst., HORACE F., son of Jacob F. and Catharine E. Beecher, in the 18th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, form his parents' residence, No. 19 N. Twelfth street, on Sunday, 7th inst., at 3 o'clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill Cemetery.

6. He has conflicting burial information of His Philadelphia Death Certificate indicates he was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, confirmed by the cemetery burial records, but another memorial stone exists at Bainbridge., 7 Apr 1867 and Bainbridge: Bainbridge Cemetery, Lancaster, PA. ^{2 4}