James Wallace Beacher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Queen Anne, Queen Anne's, MD. ⁸ The 1950 census recorded Alfred Beacher, farmer, 58, living with wife Emma J., 51; son John C., attends to nursery plants, 33; Henry W., carpenter, widowed, 23; Lura Mae, sewing sheets in rubber manufacturing, 18; Joseph L., 12; James W., 9; and Suzanne, 6. Alfred, Emma, and Henry were born in Pennsylvania. John C. and Lura Mae were born in Ohio. Joseph and James were born in Delaware, and Suzanne in Maryland.

2. Newspaper: Evening Sun, 11 Jun 1960, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁹ Two young men were injured when their car, traveling east on Route 273, about 9 miles west of Calvert, Cecil county, failed to make a slight turn in the road, shot off the highway, and hit a mail box and then ploughed into some bushes. Auto Overturns: James Beacher, 19, of Elkton, the driver, received head injuries and body bruises. His passenger, William K. Osborne, 20, also of Elkton, received a crushed chest. Mr. Osborne's condition was critical.

3. Newspaper: The Morning News, 7 Sep 1961, Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ¹⁰ Elkton Man Jailed After Wild Chase
ELKTON--An Elkton man is in jail and a state trooper is nursing bruised knuckles as the result of a wild chase Monday night. James W. Beacher, 19, of Dogwood Road, Elkton, is in the Cecil County jail under $2,307.25 bond, awaiting a hearing before an Elkton magistrate. Reportedly, Trooper First Class L. E. Dutton attempted to stop Beacher on Route 280, near Andora, because of a faulty muffler. Beacher reportedly speeded his car, forcing the trooper off the road several times and narrowly missing spills on the shoulders.
He allegedly travelled 110 to 115 miles per hour through Elkton, going through the main traffic signal on Main Street at 110. Finally, his car went out of control at the parking lot behind a diner on Route 40, Elkton, some 12 miles from the starting point of the chase. As Beacher got out of his car, his hand went toward his pocket, a move which Trooper Dunton interpreted as a possible attempt to produce a weapon. So he swung at the man, injuring his hand. Beacher has been charged with operating his motor vehicle in excess of 70 mph, failing to obey an automatic signal, failing to obey the lawful order of a police officer, reckless driving and driving with a revoked license. It was his second offense on the last charge.

4. Residence: on 23 Dec 1977 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ⁵

5. Residence: on 23 Jan 1991 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ⁶

6. Residence: on 7 Oct 1996 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ¹¹

7. Residence: on 12 Jun 2007 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ⁷

8. Obituary: Cecil Daily: Obituary of James W. Beecher on 31 Dec 2009 in Elkton, Cecil, MD. ¹ James Wallace Beacher, age 68, of Elkton, MD, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Born in Seaford, DE, on February 14, 1941, he was the son of the late Alfred and Emma Jane Beecroft Beacher.

Mr. Beacher was a retired lineman and a member of Electrician Union Local #213 in New Jersey.

He loved spending time with his family and gardening.
Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Mary Ann Thompson Beacher; daughter, Tammy Beacher, Tennessee; three step-children; siblings, Richard, Alfred and Henry Beacher, Laura Mae Parsons, and Suzanne Bello; three grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Beacher was preceded in death by his son, Dondee Beacher; and siblings, Joseph, Jack and William Beacher, and Lillian Evans.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Sunday, January 3, 2010, at Hicks Home for Funerals, 103 W. Stockton St., Elkton, MD. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Monday, January 4, at Immaculate Conception Church, 454 Bow St., Elkton, MD.

Interment will follow in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Cherry Hill, MD.

James married Helen Anna Kemp, daughter of William Fyall Kemp Sr. and Thelma Virginia Fleenor. (Helen Anna Kemp was born on 3 Dec 1933 in Bristol, Bristol, VA,^{12 13} died on 21 Mar 2012 in Bristol, Sullivan, TN ^{12 13} and was buried on 25 Mar 2012 in Bristol: Mountain View Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Bristol (city), VA ¹².)

James next married Mary Ann Thompson, daughter of Reginald Constable Thompson Sr. and Helen J. Huminski, in 1982.¹ (Mary Ann Thompson was born on 14 Jul 1948 in Elkton, Cecil, MD ¹⁴.)