Lena C. Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: KHTX-L7Y.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ The1900 census recorded at 1007 Union St.: Chas. Berker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], farmer, 45, born May 1855; Anna, 40, Nov 1859; Wilbur, 16, Aug 1883; Lena, 13, Jul 1888. Also in the home is sister Rosetta Gallahen, 31, Sep 1868; with her son Daniel, 5, Jul 1894. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except Anna's parents in Germany, and Rosetta's father in Pennsylvania and mother in Kentucky, and Danel born in Wisconsin.

2. Book: Daughters of the American Revolution: Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 060: 1906, 1906. ^{2 3}
Miss Lena Beeker #59213
Born in Fairfield, Ind.
Descendant of Capt. John Chilton
Daughter of Charles Beeker and Noonie Carr, his wife.
Granddaughter of Daniel Beeker and Mary Stewart, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John Allen Stewart and Susan Ball Chilton, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of George Chilton (b. 1770) and Mary Ellen Ball, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of John Chilton and Letitia Blackwell (1750-75) his wife, m. 1768
John Chilton (1739-77) commanded a company in the 3rd Virginia regiment and was killed at the battle of Brandywine. He was born in Westmoreland County, Va.

3. Census in 1910 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 1213 Columbia Street: Charles U. Buker [sic, as indexed due to census taker's poor handwriting], dredging contractor, 55, living with wife Anne C., 49; Lena C., 23; mother-in-law Margaretta Nigle, 75, and servant Emma Matson, 28. Charles was born in Indiana, his father in Ohio and mother in Kentucky. Anna, Lena and Lena's parents were born in Indiana. Germany was birthplace of Anna's parents, Margaretta and her parents.

4. Residence: 3049 Ruckle St., Indianapolis, IN on 17 Apr 1916 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. ⁸

5. Census in 1920 in Brookston, White, IN. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded renting at 102 South Street: Charles Beeker, no occupation, 65, living with wife Anna, 60. He was born in Indiana, his father in North Carolina and mother in Kentucky. She was born in Indiana, her parents in Germany.
In the same home Charles' daughter, Lena Billings, 32, with her husband, Earl, 31, and their children: Earl R., 7, and William, 3. Lena, her parents, and her children were born in Indiana. Earl Sr. was born in Missouri and his parents in Illinois.

6. Cause of Death: congestive heart failure, arthritis, 2 Aug 1961, Chalmers, White, IN. ³

Lena married Earl Rogers Billings Sr., son of Fredrick Billings and Rose M. Thompson, on 29 Apr 1911 in , Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Earl Rogers Billings Sr. was born on 15 Jan 1885 in Boonville, Cooper, MO,^{8 10 11} died on 6 Nov 1963 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN ^{10 11} and was buried on 6 Nov 1963 in Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ^{10 11}.)