John Lincoln Beeker ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L1G7-1FY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Samuel Becker [sic, handwriting by census taker appears like Becker not Beeker], farmer, 45, living with wife Hannah, 47; Mary D., 12; Elvira, 11; John L., 9; and Lilly J., 3. Everyone was born in Indiana except Hannah in Ohio. Samuel's real estate was valued at $7500 and personal estate $1400. Their post office was Chauncey, a village which today is part of West Lafayette.

2. Census in 1880 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ The 1880 census records 4 Beeker households as neighbors.

Hannah Beeker, 41, was living with daughter Eldira, 20; son John, 18; daughter Lilla J., 13; and two orphans: Theadora Emily, 8; and Charles Baily, 14. Also in the home is Charles Beeker, farmer, 24. Hannah was born in Ohio and her parents in Pennsylvania. Her children were born in Pennsylvania, their father in Ohio.
Next door is Narcemos Beeker, farmer, 38, with wife Mary J., 43; Frank E., 13; George L., 10; Harry W., 7; Charles C., 5; and Clide R., 1. Everyone was born in Indiana, and Narcemos and Mary's parents in Onio.
Next door is Manford Beeker, farmer, 37, with wife Magdaline, 35; Lavira, 11; John L., 10; May 8; Dermeranda, 6; and 18-year-old Charles E. Deardoff, farm laborer. Everyone was born in Indiana, and Manford and Magdaline's parents in Onio.
Next door is Daniel Beeker, farmer, 62, with wife Mary F., 57; Charles W., farmer, 26; daughter Ferona, 19; Jennie, 17; and Rosetta, 12;
Daniel and his children were born in Indiana and his parents in North Carolina. Mary F. and her parents were born in Kentucky.

3. Census in 1900 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded John L. Beeker, farm laborer, 38, born Aug 1861, with his wife Ada F., farmer, 31, Nov 1868; Ruby M., Sep 1890; and son Thornton, 4, Jun 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Ada's mother in Sweden. John and Ada were married for 12 years and she had birthed 2 children all alive in 1900.
Next door is the household of John's Beeker's sister, Eldora:
Ash B. Bailey, farmer, 44, born Apr 1856, was living with wife Elelosa [sic, should be Eldora], 41, Sep 1859; Hettie S., 15, Jul 1885; Frank L., 11, Dec 1889; Hannah, 4, Jun 1896; Hellen C. 5 months, Dec 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana. Eldora was married for 15 years and had birthed 4 children by 1900, all alive.

4. Cause of Death: Cardiac dilated, 28 Aug 1934, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³

5. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of John L. Beeker on 28 Aug 1934 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ² Member Pioneer Tippecanoe Family Expires Suddenly
John L. Beeker, 73, of Lafayette Route 1, member of a pioneer Tippecanoe county family, died suddenly at St. Elizabeth hospital at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Although he had been in failing health, suffering with heart trouble for several days, he walked into the hospital Monday for a physical examination and died a few hours later. His death came as a shock to his many relatives and friends. Mr. Beeker was born Aug. 24, 1S61, a mile east of Ash Grove, near Battle Ground, and was the son of Samuel and Hannah (Herron) Beeker, who were pioneer Indiana settlers. He was the grandson of John Beeker, who settled in Tippecanoe township in the Pretty Prairie community in 1828. The deceased spent his entire life on the farm where he was born. In 1888 he married Ada Josephine Shigley who died in 1926, and since that time he had lived alone. He was a member of the Battle Ground M. E. church and is survived by two children, Mrs. Morris R. Parks, of West Lafayette, wife of the U. S. commissioner here, and S. T. Beeker, of Columbus, O., chief engineer of the Jefferies Manufacturing company of that city. Two grandchildren also survive. The body was removed to the Bradshaw funeral home.

6. Occupation: farmer living on R. R. 1, Lafayette, IN on 28 Aug 1934 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³

7. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: Beeker Estate, 4 Sep 1934, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁹ The will of the late John L. Beeker, who died Aug. 28, has been filed in the office of County Clerk Otto C. Neumann. It gives his estate, share and share alike, to his son, Thornton S. Beeker, Columbus, O., and daughter, Mrs. Morris R. Parks, West Lafayette. The will was executed Feb. 19, 1914. Morris R. Parks is attorney for the estate.

John married Ada Josephine Shigley, daughter of William M. Shigley and Anna Johnson, on 25 Feb 1888 in , White, IN.^{1 2} (Ada Josephine Shigley was born on 30 Nov 1868 in , , IN,^{10 11} died on 10 Sep 1926 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN ^{2 10 11} and was buried on 13 Sep 1926 in West Lafayette: Grand View Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ^{10 11}.)