Matilda Beecher ^{2 3 4}

   Other names for Matilda were Matilda Beacher ² and Matilda Bücher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: LD92-D61.

  Christening Notes:

She was baptized as Matilda Bücher. Sponsors were the parents.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ³ William Reaker [mispelling of Beecher], farmer, 50, was living with wife Julia, 48.; Henry, farmer, 25; Elmira, 19; Matilda, 17; Julia, 14; and Barbary, 12. Everyone's birthplace is Pennsylvania except Ohio for the two youngest children. William's real estate is worth $500, and he is likely living on land given to him by his neighor and father-in-law, Henry Carpenter, occupation "none", 72, and his wife Harriett, 71, whose real estate is worth $400.

2. Census in 1860 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ² William Beacher, 60, farmer and currier, is listed in the 1860 Census in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, Ohio with real estate valued at $500 and possessions worth $400. He is living with Julian, 55; and Matilda, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Gahanna.

3. Census in 1870 in Peru, Miami, IN. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded Christopher Disher, laborer, 30, living with wife Matilda, 34. He was born in Illinois and she in Pennsylvania. There were no children in the household.

4. Census in 1880 in Etna Green, Kosciusko, IN. ⁸ The 1800 census recorded Christopher Disher, 40, living with wife Matilda, 43. He was born in Illinois and his parents in Kentucky. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Cause of Death: lobar pneumonia, chronic tuberculosis, 4 Apr 1916, Warsaw, Kosciusko, IN. ⁴

6. Obituary: on 5 Apr 1916 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, IN. Matilda Disher, aged 82, wife of Christopher Disher, died at her home on Lyon street Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock as the result of a severe attack of pneumonia. She had been ailing for some time and her illness developed into the fatal disease. In the immediate family she is survived only by her husband.
The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. A. G. Neal will have charge of the service and burial will be made in Oakwood cemetery.

Matilda married Christopher Disher on 27 Sep 1866 in Miami, Miami, IN.¹ (Christopher Disher was born on 14 May 1840 in , Madison, IL, died on 1 Nov 1916 in Peru, Miami, IN ⁹ and was buried in Warsaw: Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko, IN ⁹.)