Lewis Everet Beeker ^{2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: LVZX-S5V.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹¹ The 1910 census recorded Frank Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor handwriting of Beeker by census taker], farmer, 43, living with wife Pearl, 28; Ross, 7; Lewis, 5; Mary Jane, 3; and Josephine, 1. The next home is Manford Beeker, widowed, farmer, 67, living alone. Eveyone and their parents were born in Indiana. The census column records Pearl had birthed 5 children and 4 were alive in 1900.

2. Census in 1920 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹² The 1920 census recorded renting a home at 402 Prune Avenue: Frank E. Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor handwriting of Beeker by census taker], boiler maker at railroad shop, 52, living with wife Pearl A., 37; Ross N., photographer at art gallery, 17; Lewis E., 14; Mary J., 12; E. Josephine, 10; and Alice M., 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except Frank's mother in Ohio, and Pearl's father in Kentucky and mother in New Jersey.

3. Census in 1930 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded renting a home for $30 a month at 6 South 26th Street: Pearl Beeker, widowed, works at coal company, 48, living with Lewis E., 25; Josephine, stenographer at Purdue University, 21; Alice, 16; and Robert, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Pearl's father in Kentucky and mother in New Jersey.

4. Census in 1940 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹⁴ The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 502 Waldron Street: Lewis Beeker, bookkeeper with retail coal co., 35, born in Indiana, living with wife Milly, 23, born in Illinois. In 1935 Lewis lived in West Lafayette and Milly lived in Terre Haute.

5. Occupation: Stinson Clark Coal Co., 906 N. 5th St., Lafayette, IN on 29 Sep 1940 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁵

6. Occupation: office manager, Sinson Clark Coal. Co. On 29 Sep 1940 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁵

7. Residence: 502 Waldron St., West Lafayette, IN on 29 Sep 1940 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁵

8. He was described as 5'11" 160lbs blue eyes brown hair dark complexion on 16 Oct 1940 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷

9. Residence: 502 Waldron St., West Lafayette, IN on 16 Oct 1940 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷

10. Residence: 1200 Esplanade Ave., Lafayette, IN on 28 Feb 1948 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁸

11. Census in 1950 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹⁵ The 1950 census recorded at 1200 Esplanade Avenue: Lewis E. Beeker, coal company proprietor, 45, living with wife Milly O., 33; and sons Jerry L., 9, and James L., 5. Everyone was born in Indiana except Milly in Illinois.

12. Residence: on 19 Jan 1954 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶

13. Residence: 1601 Stanforth Ave., Lafayette, IN on 30 Jun 1964 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹⁰

14. Cause of Death: Lewis died at St. Elizabeth Hospital from pneumonia, due to coma, contributory malignant brain tumor, 7 May 1972, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴

15. Residence: 1601 Stanforth Avenue, Lafayette, IN on 7 May 1972 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴

16. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Lewis E. Beeker on 8 May 1972 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³ ---
Former Owner Of Coal Firm Dies at 67
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Lewis E. Beeker, 67, of 1601 Stanforth St., a retired Lafayette coal dealer, died at 1:35 a.m. Sunday in St. Elizabeth Hospital where he had been a patient seven weeks. He had been in failing health the last eight months. Born near Battle Ground, Mr. Beeker had resided in Lafayette most of his lifetime. His marriage in 1939 in West Lafayette was to Milly O. LaForge, who survives. Mr. Beeker first joined the J. M. Clark Coal Co. in 1924. That firm later became the Stinson-Clark Coal Co. In 1947, he purchased the Schnaible Coal Co. and changed the name to Beeker Coal Co., the firm he operated until retiring in 1964. He was a 1924 graduate of Jefferson High School and attended Purdue University. Mr. Beeker was a member of Masonic Lodge 492, Scottish Rite of Indianapolis, Lafayette Commandery 3, a life member of the Elks Lodge and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Surviving with his widow are a daughter, Deborah K., a student at Indiana University; two sons, Capt. James L., stationed in Mannheim, Germany, and Jerry L. of Wilmington, N.C.; two brothers, Ross and Robert, both of West Lafayette, and three sisters, Mrs. Earl Frasier of Indianapolis; Mrs. L. R. Hall of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. M. L. Hackleman of Escondido, Calif.

Lewis married Mildred Orlin LaForge on 27 May 1939 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN.^{1 2 3} (Mildred Orlin LaForge was born on 4 Jul 1916 in , Clark, IL,^{1 2 16 17} died on 22 Aug 1998 in Jacksonville, Duval, FL ^{2 16 17} and was buried in West Lafayette: Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, Tippecanoe, IN ¹⁷.)