John Beeker ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹ The 1850 census recorded Daniel Banker [sic], farmer, 31, living with wife Mary F., 22; John, 6; Mary, 4; and Samuel A., 5 months old when the census was recorded 22 Aug 1850. Everyone was born in Indiana except Mary in Kentucky. Daniel's real estate was valued at $3000.

2. Census in 1860 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ² The 1860 census recorded the households of two Beeker brothers living as neighbors.

Leonard Beeker, farmer, 46, was living with daughter Dulcina, 19; son Norcemus, 18; son Manford, 16; and daughter Orlena, 12. Leonard's real estate was valued at $3450 and personal estate $724. Everyone was born in Indiania.

Daniel Beeker, 42, was with wife Mary F., 32; children Mary E., 13; Samuel A., 11; Susannah A., 9; Charles W., 6; Flora V., 3; and Daniel's mother, Christina Beeker, widow, 69, born in North Carolina; and a farm hand, Erin Julian, 21, born in Ohio. Everyone else was born in Indiana except Mary F. in Kentucky. Daniel's farm was vlaued at $10060 and personal estate $3041. The post office was Battle Ground.

3. Military on 12 May 1864: Co. G. 20th Indiana Regiment, served 3 years, killed at seige of Petersburg within a few days of close of war. ³