Edwin Beecher Pyfer ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: GS1C-458.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ The 1870 census recorded Samuel Pyfer, brass worker, 27, living with wife Mary A., 33; son Edwin, 6; son Samuel, 4; step-daughter Mary A. Babb, attending school, 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's real estate was valued at $2,500 and personal estate $600.

2. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶ The 1880 census recorded at 829 Judson Street: Saml M. Pyfer, machinist, 37, living with wife Mary A., 42; son Edwin B., 15; son Saml. M., 13; stepdaughter Mary A. Grider, 23; and step-granddaughter Bertha B. Grider, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
A nearby neighbor on the same census page is Saml. M. Grider, mill wright, 46, with his wife Jeanette, 39, and daughter Annie E., 17.

3. Cause of Death: pulmonary tuberculosis, 18 May 1904, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM. ³

4. Occupation: R. R. Employee on 18 May 1904 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM. ³

5. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Edwin B. Pyfer on 19 May 1904 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹ PYFER -- In Old Albuquerque, N M, May 18, 1904. EDWINE B. PYFER, son of S M Pyfer, of Philadelphia.