John Frederick Beher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: 9VSH-DPV.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census on 15 Sep 1850 in , Rush, IN. The 1850 census on Sep. 15th recorded Samuel Beher, farmer, 54, living with wife Eliza, 44; Edward D. 13; Orin, 11; Marcus, 9; Ann. E., 3, and John, 6 months old. Samuel was born in Virginia, Eliza in Massachusetts, Edward in Ohio, and the others in Indiana. Samuel's estate was valued at $10,000.

2. Census in 1860 in Jackson Township, Rush, IN, USA. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded Samuel Beker, farmer, 64, living with wife Eliza, 54; Oren, farmer, 21; Marcus, farmer, 17; Ann E., 13; and John F., 11. Samuel was born in Virginia, Eliza in Massachusetts, and the children in Indiana. Samuel's land was valued at $8000 and personal estate $15,000. The post office was Rushville.

3. Census in 1870 in Jackson Township, Rush, IN, USA. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded three related Beher households as neighbors.

Eliza Beher, 64, born in Massachusetts, was living with son John, farm laborer, 21, born in Indiana. Eliza's real estate was worth $5,400 and personal estate $1,250. John's real estate was worth $3,500. The post office was Rushville.

Next door is Oren Beher, farmer, 31, living with wife Laura J. 20, and daughter Viola, 9 months, born the previous November. All were born in Indiana. Oren's real estate was worth $3,100 and personal estate $2,510.

Next door is Oren's father in law, Lilburn Smith, farmer, 47, born in Virginia, and his wife Elizabeth, 47, born in Kentucky; their children born in Indiana: son Marshal, farming, 16; and daughter Florence, 11; son Frank, 9; daughter Nancy, 7; and domestic servant Louisa, 38, born in Virginia. Lilburn's real estate was worth $7,000 and personal estate $2,220.

4. Census in 1880 in Jackson Township, Rush, IN, USA. ⁸ The 1800 census recorded John F. Beher, farmer, 30, living with wife Amelia, 22; daughter Minnie, 3; son Carl, 1; John's mother Eliza, 74; niece Anne, helps keep house, 16, and nephew Marcus W., farm laborer, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except John's father in Virginia and his mother and her parents in Massachusetts.

John married Amelia Esther Dill, daughter of Isaac H. Dill and Polly Anne Gilson, on 4 May 1876 in Rushville, Rush, IN, USA.¹ (Amelia Esther Dill was born on 30 Jun 1857 in Jackson Township, Rush, IN, USA,^{1 9 10} died on 10 Nov 1945 in Rushville, Rush, IN, USA ^{1 9 10} and was buried on 13 Nov 1945 in Rushville: East Hill Cemetery, Rush, IN, USA ^{1 9 10}.)