Samuel Mowrey Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Samuel was Corky Beecher.

   FamilySearch ID: LRHD-R98.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Courier-Post: Samuel Beecher Dies in Fire, 11 Oct 1997, Camden, Camden, NJ. ⁵ Frantic neighbors tried, but could not rescue a Blackwood man who died in his burning apartment Friday morning. Shortly after 7 a.m., firefighters found Samuel Beecher, 37, unconscious on the floor of his second-floor apartment at 12 N. Black Horse Pike. "He couldn't make it to the door because fire blocked his exit," said Gloucester Township Police Detective Jim Dougherty. "He was trapped." Beecher was pronounced dead at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Stratford. The three-alarm fire started accidentally in a kitchen trash can, possibly caused by a discarded cigarette, said investigators from the Camden County Fire Marshal's Office. Several adjacent apartments suffered smoke and water damage. The blaze was contained to Beecher's apartment above the Classy But Sassy lingerie shop, preventing fire damage to a block filled with connected stores and apartments. The blaze snarled rush-hour traffic on the Black Horse Pike as motorists were detoured around the fire scene. Firefighters from the Blackwood, Chews Landing, Blenheim and Lambs Terrace departments responded to the blaze.

2. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Samuel M. Beecher on 14 Oct 1997 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹ Samuel M. Beecher, 37, a building engineer, died Friday during a fire at his Blackwood apartment. A Blackwood resident for about four years, he was born in Woodbury and raised in Deptford. Mr. Beecher was a building engineer at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia for the last year. He was a member of the International Union of Boiler Makers Local 36. He enjoyed playing the guitar, drawing and woodburning pictures. He is survived by a son, Jay Tunnicliff; a daughter, Brandy L. Beecher; his mother, Caroline W. Beecher; a brother, Michael; and two sisters, Laura Cavallero and Lynn Chew. Friends may call from 10 a.m. today at the Davis Funeral Home, 171 Delaware St., Woodbury, where funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Hurffville.