John Beecher
(1757-1842)
Elizabeth Keplinger
(1755-1845)
Lieut. John Heinrich Range Sr.
(1746-1826)
Magdalena
(1749-1826)
John Beecher
(1780-1869)
Anna Range
(1787-1861)
Susan Beecher
(1818-1887)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry H. Shearer

Susan Beecher 1 2

  • Born: 10 Mar 1818, , Adams, PA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Henry H. Shearer
  • Died: 25 Jan 1887, Manheim Twp., York, PA at age 68 3
  • Buried: Jefferson: Paradise United Brethren in Christ, York, PA 3

   Another name for Susan was Susanna Beecher.4

   FamilySearch ID: LZKJ-28P.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1830 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 5 The 1830 census recorded John Beecker (sic) in Manheim Township, York County, with this household:
1830 U.S. Census household
Males (born)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 son (Levi)
50-59 (1771-1780) = 1 father (John)
Females (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Rachel)
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 daughter (Lydia)
10-14 (1816-1820) = 1 daughter (Sarah)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 daughter (Susan)
40-49 (1781-1790) = 1 mother (Anna).

2. Census in 1850 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 2 In the 1850 Census in Manheim Township in York County is John Beecher, age 70, farmer. Living with him is wife Ann, 64, and daughter Susan, 31. Also in the home is Mary Fisher, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
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3. Census in 1860 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 1 John Beecher, age 80, farmer, is listed in the 1860 Census in Manheim Township in York County with real estate valued at $3,400 and possessions worth $2,000. Living with him is his wife, Anna, 72; Susan Beecher, 40, house help; and Henry Sharer, 32, farmer. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is listed as Hetricks.

4. United Brethren in Christ, Paradise MIssion members: John Beecher, Anna Beecher, Levi Beecher, Eve Beecher, Susan Beecher in 1860 in Jefferson: Paradise United Brethren in Christ, York, PA. 6

5. Census in 1870 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 4 The 1870 census recorded H. H. Sharer, farmer, 44, living with wife Susanna, 50; and son William, 13. Their real estate was valued at $3000 and personal estate $500. All were born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Xenia.
Next door is Susanna's sister, Rachel Fissel, widow, 40, with her children: George, 15; Anna, 14; and Lucy, 12. There was no real estate value and personal estate was $200. All were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1880 in Manheim Twp., York, PA. 7 The 1880 census recorded Henry H. Sharrer, farmer, 52, living with wife Susan, 62. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Susan married Henry H. Shearer. (Henry H. Shearer was born on 21 Mar 1828 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,8 died on 29 Jan 1889 in Manheim Twp., York, PA 8 and was buried in Jefferson: Paradise United Brethren in Christ, York, PA 8.)


Sources


1 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Manheim Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1201 Page: 539.

2 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Manheim Township, Reel: M432-839 Page: 328a.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32460974.

4 1870 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2B-S45.

5 1830 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPW-WH3.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 306. PA > York > West Manheim Townshp > Paradise Mission. United Brethren in Christ. Online image 12.

7 1880 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV1-C1S.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92380595.



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