Catharine Shirk ^{2 3}

   Another name for Catharine was Katherine Shirk.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: LD92-XZW.

  Burial Notes:

Catharine, wife of Henry, of Lebanon Co., Pa., died Jan 26, 1878, aged 58 yrs 10 mo 6 ds.
God my redeemer lives
And often from the skies
Looks down and watches all
my dust
Till he shall bid it rise.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ⁸ The 1850 census recorded John Shick [sic], farmer, 60, living with wife Hannah, 59; and daughter Catherine, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was valued at $5000. On the next census page is Catherine's future husband, Henry Beecher, living in his father William's home.

2. Census in 1860 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ⁴ 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.

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.

Catharine married Henry Beecher, son of William Beecher and Juliann Carpenter, on 1 Mar 1851 in , Franklin, OH.¹ (Henry Beecher was born on 22 Dec 1823 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA ^{2 6 9}, christened on 17 Jan 1833 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA ⁹ and died before 1895 in , Franklin, OH.)