John Beecher III 1 2 3 4 5 6
Other names for John were John Beacher,12 John Beechert,9 13 John Bicher,14 John Bucher 15 and Johannes Buecher.7 8 10 FamilySearch ID: LD9K-VG6. Burial Notes: His tombstone reads: Our father John Beecher husband of Susanna Schmitt born August 15 1819 died July 19 1896 aged 76 years 11 months 4 days. Noted events in his life were: 1. Alt. Name:,. Many Beckers recorded in Epler's Church appear as the surname Beecher in Census records, history books, etc. and clearly are the same families. Following the Civil War era, the name starts appearing as Beecher in Epler's records rather than Becker. 2. Census in 1840 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 14 John Bicher is listed in the 1840 census with this household: 3. Census in 1850 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 16 The 1850 census recorded the household of Levi Douder, farmer, 19, in which we find the family of John Beecher, farmer, 35; his wife Susannah, 39; Levi, 14; Catherine, 12; Reuben, 10; Rebecca, 9; Cornelius, 7; and Susannah, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The mother could not read or write. 4. Berks County Deed Book 85 page 326 on 7 Dec 1866 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 17 On 7 Dec 1866 John Beichert of the Township of Bern in the County of Berks sold for six hundred dollars to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad land bordering the center line of the railroad, Godfrey Baker, the Schuylkill River, and John Reilly, it being the ground which Daniel Beerman on 18 Sep 1862 sold to David Straper who sold it on 9 Apr 1866 to John Beichert. 5. Census in 1870 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 12 The 1870 census lists John Beacher, 55, laborer, living with wife Susan, 55; Levi, 30; John, 19; and William, 18. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was valued at $1000 and personal posessions at $200. 6. Census in 1880 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 18 John Beecher, laborer, 61, is living with wife Susanna, 66; son Levi, laborer, 44; and son William, laborer, 28. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. John married Susan Schmidt, daughter of John Schmidt and Catherine. (Susan Schmidt was born on 13 Feb 1813 in Leesport, Berks, PA,3 6 9 19 died on 8 Nov 1893 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA 3 6 19 20 and was buried in Bern Twp.: Epler's Church Cemetery, Berks, PA 3 19.) |
1 Montgomery, Morton L., Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909. Online at: http://archive.org/details/cu31924097286300), Page 929.
2 1840 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Bern Township, Series: M704 Roll: 438 Page: 426.
3 Epler's Church Cemetery, Bern Township, Berks County, PA (Family History Center Microfilm 0387834), FHC Microfilm 387834, Page 34.
4 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 27 May, 1928, page 2. Obituary of Cornelius Beecher. Veteran of the civil War: Was Active in Road Making Operations and Farming. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vZIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2410%2C5765734.
5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154730691.
6 Berks History Center Library (Reading, PA) (http://www.berkshistory.org), File GA-414. Beecher research contirbuted by John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) including research of Dr. Abraham Clifford Wolf Beecher (1845-1893).
7 St. Paul's Church (Summer Hill), Wayne Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of April 1, 2004).
9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 54631. Cornelius Beechert. Father John Beechert. Mother Susan Smith. Spouse Sarah Beechert. Informant: wife.
10 John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births, Carbon County 1795-1825, Monroe County 1741-1825, Schuylkill County 1755-1825 (PA Genealogy Books, Washington DC, 2006), Page 211.
11 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2JN-298 Johannes Bucher b. 15 Aug 1819 Bapt. 13 Oct 1819 Summer Hill Saint Pauls Church, Wayne Township, Schuylkill County PA.
12 1870 United States Census, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZLJ-C1G John Beacher in household of John Beacher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 29, family 212.
13 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 38547. Catharine Ammarell. Father John Beechert. Mother Susan Smith.
14 1840 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Bern Township, Series: M704 Roll: 438 Page: 426.
15 Epler's Church, Bern Township, Berks County, PA (FHC Microfilm 1433080), Page 21.
16 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44K-ML8 John Beecher in household of Levi Douder, Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432.
17 "Berks County Recorder of Deeds," Deed Book 85 page 326.
18 1880 United States Census, Family History Library Film 1255099, National Archives Film Number T9-1099, Page 68A.
19 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154730829.
20 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 9 Nov 1893, page 4. Obituary of Mrs. John Bechert.
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