Benjamin Franklin Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   Another name for Benjamin was Benjamin F. Beacher.¹⁴

   FamilySearch ID: LD7D-XVY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ² Living at 217 Locust Street in 1900 in the city of Lancaster is Jacob H. Beecher, age 43, born Feb. 1857, occupation teamster. He was married for 20 years to Josephine, age 39, born May, 1861. She had 7 children and 5 were still living in 1900. In the household are Lulu, born June 1884, works in a caramel factory; David H., born Aug. 1886, works in a cork works; William born June 1888; Benjamin born Sept. 1890; and son Clair born Nov. 1892. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: 103 Howard Avenue, Lancaster, PA. On 5 Jun 1917 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

3. Occupation: Framer with Armstrong Cork Co. In Lancaster on 5 Jun 1917 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

4. Census in 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁴ Renting a home at 729 Rockland St. in Lancaster in the 1920 Census is Benjamin Beacher, age 29, with his wife Nettie, 25; Melvin, 7; and Jerrold, 6. Also with them is Benjamin's father, Jacob, 63, widowed. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Benjamin is a foreman in a linotome? plant and Jacob is a laborer in an electrical plant.

A block away at 430 Chester Street [on census page 80] we find Catherine Beacher, age 10, granddaughter, living with her grandfather William Orem, age 60, and his wife, Anna E., 68, and their son Howard B., 31, single. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. William is a wagon driver, and Howard is a packer in a tobacco house.

5. Census in 1930 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁵ In the 1930 census in Lancaster, Benjamin F. Beecher, 39, was living with wife Nettie S., 35; son Melvin H., 17; son Gerald F., 16; son Donald A., 10; daughter Selma B., 7; and Benjamin's father Jacob H., 73. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 334 E. New St., Lancaster, Pa. On 17 Feb 1942 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁶

7. Residence: 426 John St., Lancaster, Pa. On 9 Feb 1950 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷

8. Newspaper: Lancaster New Era: Feted on Anniversary, 22 Dec 1961, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁷ Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Beecher, 710 1/2 East End Ave., were entertained at a family gathering in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary Thursday at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Wise.
The couple were married Dec. 21, 1911, in Faith Reformed Church, by the late Rev. Daniel Glass, former pastor. Mr. Beecher is a retired employe of Armstrong Cork Co., The couple has five children and six grandchildren.

9. Cause of Death: Benjamin died at Lancaster General Hospital from myocardial disease, 20 Dec 1962, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸

10. Occupation: reitred linoleum worker on 20 Dec 1962 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸

11. Residence: 710 1/2 East End Ave., Lancaster, PA on 20 Dec 1962 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸

12. Obituary: Intelligencer Journal: obituary of Benjamin F. Beecher on 21 Dec 1962 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹³ -----
B. F. Beecher, 72, dies attending retirees banquet
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(photo of Benjamin F. Beecher)

Benjamin F. Beecher, seventy-two, 710 1/2 East End Ave., collapsed and died of a heart attack while attending a retirees banquet at Armstrong Cork Co. Thursday afternoon.
A member of the family said Beecher was standing in a banquet room talking to friends when he was stricken. Taken to General Hospital in the hospitals ambulance, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A member of the family said Dr. Gilbert M. Clime, deputy coroner, issued the cause-of-death verdict. The deceased had been under a physicians care.
Beecher, who was a supervisor in the finishing department at Armstrong, retired in 1955 with 47 years service.
A lifetime resident of Lancaster, he was born in Willow Street, a son of the late Jacob and Josephine Dawson Beecher. He and his wife, Nettie S. Stevens Beecher, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1961.
A sports enthusiast and former local athlete, he was a member of the Management Assn, of Armstrong.
Surviving, besides his wife, at home, are these sons and daughter: Melvin H., Gerald F., Betty S., wife of William K. Wise, and James R., all Lancaster, and Donald A., Paradise R1. Also surviving are six grandchildren; a sister, Lula E., wife of Ira K. Denlinger, and a brother, David H. Bleacher, both Lancaster.

Benjamin married Nettie Salome Stevens. (Nettie Salome Stevens was born on 23 May 1894 in , , PA,^{3 14 18 19} died on 31 Mar 1974 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ^{3 18 19} and was buried in Millersville: Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{18 19}.)