Samuel Martin Pyfer Sr. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Samuel was Samuel Peifer.¹⁰

   FamilySearch ID: LDHK-TN6.

  Burial Notes:

Section Bryn Mawr Lot 653

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Manheim Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ Samuel Beecher, age 62, laborer, has real estate valued at $1,500 in the 1850 Census for Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Living with him is Ellen, 60; Balinda, 28; Samuel Peifer, 8; and William Peifer, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
On the previous page is William C. Beecher. and Henry Albright, 33, and his wife Matilda, assumed to be a relation to Samuel's mother, Mary Albright.

2. Census in 1860 in Manheim Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹¹ Samuel Beecher, age 74, farmer, is living in the 1860 Census in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, with his real estate valued at $2000 and possessions at $500. With him is wife Eleanor, 72. Also in the home is Balinda Catherine Peifer, widow, 36 with her sons, Samuel Peifer, 18 and William Peifer, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office listed is Oregon.

Also living nearby are the households of William C. Beecher and Mary Beecher, who are likely Samuel's children.

3. Census in 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹² The 1870 census recorded Samuel Pyfer, brass worker, 27, living with wife Mary A., 33; son Edwin, 6; son Samuel, 4; step-daughter Mary A. Babb, attending school, 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's real estate was valued at $2,500 and personal estate $600.

4. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹³ The 1880 census recorded at 829 Judson Street: Saml M. Pyfer, machinist, 37, living with wife Mary A., 42; son Edwin B., 15; son Saml. M., 13; stepdaughter Mary A. Grider, 23; and step-granddaughter Bertha B. Grider, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
A nearby neighbor on the same census page is Saml. M. Grider, mill wright, 46, with his wife Jeanette, 39, and daughter Annie E., 17.

5. Residence: on 1 Apr 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁴

6. Residence: 3256 North Thirteenth St., PHiladelphia, PA on 7 Feb 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷

7. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁵ The 1900 census recorded at 709 39th Street: Bertha B. Conley, widow, 39, born Jul 1861, living with son Charles B., 4, Nov 1896; and daughter Henrietta B., 2, Dec 1898. Also with them was cousin Samuel M. Pyfer, widow, inspector, 56, Mar 1844. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Newspaper: The Inquirer: PYFER-BEECHER. In Philadelphia, Jan. 22, Samuel M.Pyfer, formerly of Lancaster and now of Philadelphia, and Mary W. Beecher, also of that city., 26 Jan 1901, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ²

9. Residence: on 1 Feb 1902 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶

10. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁶ The 1910 census recorded at 931 Watts Street: Samel M. Pyfer, finisher in brass factory, 42, living with wife Mary, 45; son Stanley B. Pyfer, 8; and cousin Walter Burkhart, 45. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The census columns state Samuel and Mary were married for 9 years and she had birthed only 1 child. Samuel had been previously married and had another son living elsewhere.

11. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis., 18 Dec 1929, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

12. Occupation: employee of William Sellers Co. On 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

13. Residence: 6620 N. Uber St., Philadelphia, Pa. On 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

14. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Samuel Martin Pyfer on 21 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁸ PYFER - Dec. 18, SAMUEL MARTIN, husband of Mary Beecher Pyfer. Relatives and friends, also employees of william Sellers Co., Inc., and all other orders of which he was a member, are invited to attend funeral services, Sat., 2.30 P. M., residence, 6620 N. Uber st., West Oak Lane. Int. private. Friends may call Fri. eve.

Samuel married Mary Alverta Jackaway. (Mary Alverta Jackaway was born in 1835 in , , PA,¹⁷ died on 7 Feb 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{7 17} and was buried on 10 Feb 1896 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ^{17 18}.)

Samuel next married Mary Wagner Beecher, daughter of Samuel Finney Beecher Sr. and Elizabeth Shuler Patton Sr., on 22 Jan 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.^{1 2} (Mary Wagner Beecher was born on 5 Nov 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,^{4 19 20 21} died on 27 Apr 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{4 21 22} and was buried on 30 Apr 1943 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ^{4 21 22}.)