Mary Ann Beecher ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Mary was Mary Ann Bucher.⁴

   FamilySearch ID: K298-JSP.

  Christening Notes:

She was baptized as Mary Ann Bücher. Sponsors were the parents.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ⁵ The 1860 census recorded Isack Kotterman, carbinet maker, 44, living with wife Mary, 37; Theadore, 19; Oliver, 16; John, 11; Mary, 8; Aron, 5, and George, 3. Isack and wife were born in Pennsylvania, and the children in Ohio. Isack's real estate was valued at $800 and personal estate $300. The post office was Chili. On the same census page is Mary's father Wm Beecher with his family.

2. Census in 1870. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Isaac Cotterman, cabinet maker, 56, living with wife Ann, 46; Theodore, cabinet maker, 28; Henry, works on farm, 21; Mary, 18; Florence, 12; and Elinore, 10. Isaac and Ann were born in Pennsylvania; Theodore, Henry and Mary in Ohio; and Florence and Elinore in Indiana. The post office was Plymouth. Isaac's real estate was valued at $1,600 and Theodore's at 300.

3. Census in 1880 in Jefferson Twp., Miami, IN. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Isaac Kotterman, cabinet maker, 65, living with wife Mary A., 57; Flora, 23; Minnie, 19; granddaughter Blanchie B., 1; and mother-in-law Julia A. Beecher, 77. Issac, Mary, Julia and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Flora and Minnie were born in Indiana.

4. Census in 1900 in Denver, Miami, IN. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded Merry A. Ketterman, mother, widowed, 78 born May 1822, living in the home of her son Oliver Ketterman, 67, born Oct 1842; his wife Reluca J., 51, Dec 1849; and son Earl R., 8, Feb 1892. Merry, her parents, and Oliver and Reluca's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Oliver and Reluca were born in Ohio. Earl was born in Indiana.

5. Census in 1910 in Mexico, Miami, IN. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded Mary A. Kotterman, 87, widowed, living with her son Oliver P. Kotterman, 67, and his wife Rebecca J., 59. Oliver and Rebecca were born in Ohio. Their parents, Mary A., and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Mary A. had birthed 10 children and 4 were alive in 1910.

6. Cause of Death: uremia, mitral insufficiency and chronic nephritis, 29 Nov 1910, Mexico, Miami, IN. ³

7. Obituary: Logansport Pharos: Death notice for Grandma Kotterman on 2 Dec 1910 in Logansport, Cass, IN. "Grandma" Kotterman, a pioneer and well known lady of Mexico, died Wednesday at the home of her son. Oliver Kotterman, after an Illness from infirmities of old age.

Mary married Isaac Kotterman, son of John Philip Kotterman and Magdalena Rittman, on 22 Nov 1863 in Miami, Miami, IN.¹ (Isaac Kotterman was born on 12 Jul 1814 in , Berks, PA,^{7 10} died on 4 Mar 1892 in , Miami, IN ¹⁰ and was buried in Mexico: Old Mexico Cemetery, Miami, IN ¹⁰.)