Malinda Schnerer ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Malinda was Melinda.

   FamilySearch ID: L63X-V7X.

  Burial Notes:

Buried in section 1616 with husband.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹ John S. Beecher, laborer, 26, was living with wife Malinda, 29; William W., 2; and Mary E., 6 months old when the census was recorded on 22 Jun 1870. The census notes she was born in Dec. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John had no real estate value and his personal estate was worth $100.

2. 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War census in 1890 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ Beecher, Malinda, widow of Beecher, John
Private, Company A, 5th US Artillery Regiment.
Enlisted 1 Aug 1861
Discharged 1 Aug 1864.
Post office address: 39 W. Lemon St.

3. Residence: Lancaster City Directory: 39 W. Lemon, Lancaster, PA: Beecher, Malinda, wid. John S.; Beecher, Wm. W., clerk in 1890 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸

4. Census in 1900 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 39 S. Lemon: Melinda Beecher, widow, 49 [error - should be 59], born Jan 1841, living with her two sons: William W., single, 42, Oct 1857 [ error - 1870 and 1880 census and tombstone indicate he was born 1867]; and John, single, 21, Sep 1878. Both sons are employed as loaders. The census children's columns indicate Melinda had given birth to 4 children by 1900, with 2 still alive that year. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Cause of Death: hydro pericardia, Bright's disease, 30 Oct 1906, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ³

6. Residence: Malinda died at home at 39 W. Lemon Street, Lancaster, Pa. On 30 Oct 1906 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ³

7. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of Malinda Beecher on 31 Oct 1906 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁶ Death of Mrs. Malinda Beecher. Mrs. Malinda Beecher, widow of John S. Beecher died on Tuesday at her home, No. 39 West Lemon street, from a complication of diseases, after an extended illness, in her sixty-sixth year. She was born in Elizabeth township, but had resided here a great many years Three sons survive, George, William and John. The funeral will be held from the house on Friday afternoon, interment being made in Lancaster Cemetery.

Malinda married John S. Beecher, son of Samuel William Beecher Jr. and Mary Ann Stauffer. (John S. Beecher was born on 20 Oct 1843 in Bareville, Lancaster, PA,^{1 2 4 10} died on 9 Jan 1889 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ^{2 10} and was buried on 11 Jan 1889 in Lancaster: City Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{2 10 11}.)