Henry Beecher ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Henry was Henry Bücher.⁴

   FamilySearch ID: LD92-D83.

  Christening Notes:

He was baptized as Henry Bücher. Sponsors were the parents.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ⁶ 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 Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ⁷ Henry Beecher, farmer, 37, was living with wife Catheren [sic], 41; son Adam, 8; and Rufes [sic], 3. Henry and wife were born in Pennsylania, Adam in Ohio, and Rufus in Indiana. Henry's real estate was worth $1,200 and personal estate $200. His neighbor is David Neiswender, 38.

3. Census in 1870 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ² The 1870 census recorded Henry Bucher [two handwritten e's look like a u so was transcribed wrong in census], 46, farmer, living with wife Catherine, 50; Adam, 18; and Rufus, 13. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Ohio. Henry's real estate was valued at $5,000. Post office was Chili.

4. Census in 1880 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH. ⁸ Henry Beecher, salon keeper, 56, was living with Catherine, 26; son Adam, barber, 28; daughter-in-law Elizabeth Beecher, 21; and step son George Occhey, 9. Everyone was born in Ohio except Henry in Pennsylvania, as were his parents. Henry's former wife's parents were from Germany. Son Adam's parents were from Pennsylvania, indicating that Catherine is Henry's second wife. Elizabeth's father was from West Virginia and mother from Ohio.

Henry married Catharine Shirk. (Catharine Shirk was born on 20 Mar 1819 in , Lebanon, PA,^{7 9 10} died on 26 Jan 1878 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH ^{5 9 10} and was buried in Gahanna: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin, OH ¹⁰.)

Henry next married Katherine Jacobina Reiselt, daughter of Fredrick Reiselt and Margaret Moeller, on 27 Oct 1878 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH.¹ (Katherine Jacobina Reiselt was born on 27 Mar 1854 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH,^{11 12 13} died on 21 Oct 1918 in Columbus, Franklin, OH ^{12 13} and was buried in Gahanna: Mifflin Twp. Cemetery, Franklin, OH ¹³.)