John Franklin Beecher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Other names for John were John Franklin Beacher,^{1 8} Franklin Beecher ⁹ and J. Franklin Beecher.

   FamilySearch ID: L4D7-TYL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Evidence: Berks, PA. At th Historical Society of Berks County, there is a file #GA-B414:
BEECHER FAMILY: GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN FRANKLIN BEECHER (1877-1971) COMPILED BY JEFFREY J. HOWELL 1975.

2. Census in 1880 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁸ Harrison H. Beacher, carpenter, 46, is living with wife Susan, 32; son John F., 2, and daughter Katie B. R., 8 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: in 1900 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹ The 1900 Reading City Directory recorded: Beecher, J. Franklin, draftsman, 536 Penn, h 516 Cedar.

4. Newspaper: Reading Times: "J. Franklin Beecher, of Pottsville, formerly of this city, a draftsman with the Easton Steel Company, was married at Mahanoy City to Miss Elizabeth A. Reese, of Shenandoah.", 1 Dec 1903, Reading, Berks, PA. ⁵

5. Occupation: draftsman with Easton Steel Company on 1 Dec 1903 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ^{1 5}

6. Residence: 400 N. Centre, Pottsville. J. Franklin Beecher, draughtsman. On 1 Dec 1903 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ^{5 11 12}

7. Newspaper: Reading Times: Real Estate Transfers: Two story house, 725 Moss street, lot 14 1/2 x 100 feet, Frank Beecher to Mrs. J. George Hintz. Price $1,300., 5 Jul 1904, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹³

8. Occupation: Draftsman in 1909 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹

9. Census in 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹² The 1910 census recorded at 523 N. 4th Street: Franklin J. Beecher, draftsman with a steel company, 32, living with wife Elizabeth, 37, as boarders in a household of Uriah Sultzbaugh, 59, and his wife Elizabeth, 42. Franklin was born in Pennsvylania, and his wife in Wales and she immigrated in 1881. They had been married 6 years and birthed no children by 1910.

10. Military Draft: World War I, 12 Sep 1918, Bethlehem, Northampton, PA. ¹⁴ World War I Draft Registration Card
John Franklin Beecher
73 E. North St., Bethlehem, Pa.
41 years old born Aug. 16, 1877
White, U.S. citizen
Occupation: draftsman
Employer: Bethlehem Steel Co., E. Street, S. Bethlehem, PA
Nearest relative: Elizabeth A. Beecher, 73 E. North St. Bethlehem
Medium height, medium build, brown eyes, gray hair.

11. Residence: on 30 Nov 1918 in Bethlehem, Northampton, PA. ⁴

12. Census in 1930 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded John F. Beecher, 52, born in Wales, living with wife E. Ann, 57, born in Pennsylvania. [Error: census taker transposed their birthplaces.].

13. Census in 1950 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL. ¹⁶ The 1950 census recorded in an apartment at 605 North Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach: Franklin Beecher, 72, living with wife Elizabeth, 77. Their birthplace is blank.

14. Residence: Beecher, J. Franklin (Eliz. A.) h 605 1/2 Ora St. In 1955 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL. ¹¹

John married Elizabeth Anna Reese on 26 Nov 1903 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA.¹ (Elizabeth Anna Reese was born on 28 May 1872 in Beaufort, , MON, WLS,^{1 6 17} died on 23 Nov 1961 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL ^{6 17 18} and was buried in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA ¹⁷.)