Delsenia Beeker ²

   Another name for Delsenia was Dulcina Beeker.^{3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: 96F7-7K1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in , Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴ The 1850 census recorded Leonard Beeker (handwriting unclear so indexed as Leonard Becker), 35, farmer, living with wife Ann, 42; and daughter Dulcena, 9. Ann was born in Virginia and the others in Indiana. Leonard's land was valued at $3000.
A mystery is the three youngest children of Leonard and Anna - Norcemous, Manford, and Orlena - are not living with their parents, perhaps because Anna was having health issues? The children are found serveral pages earlier in this township in household 468 (Leonard is household 483) within the home of John Pulver, 25, and his wife Sarah, 27. Since both are born in New Jersey, they are unlikely to be relatives; otherwise we would expect Sarah to be Leonard's sister caring for his children?.

2. Census in 1860 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ³ 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. Census in 1900 in Shelby, Macomb, MI. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded James A. Rush, farmer, 60, born Sep 1840, living with wife Dulcena, 59, Dec 1840; and daughter Pearl, 20, May 1880. James and Dulcena were married for 34 years and she had birthed 6 children, 5 alive alive by 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except James' parents in Ohio.

Delsenia married James Albert Rush on 6 Dec 1865 in , Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (James Albert Rush was born on 23 Sep 1840 in , Cass, IN,⁷ died on 3 Dec 1906 ⁷ and was buried in Otterbein: Pond Grove Cemetery, Warren, IN ⁷.)