Charles Richard Beicher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Other names for Charles were Charlie R. Beicher ¹⁰ and Charles Richard Bicher.¹³

   FamilySearch ID: L8B1-5P9.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁰ Renting at 254 Orchard Street was Earl I. Beicher, 27, baker in a bakery, who was married for four years to Laura P., 24. She had given birth by 1900 to two children: Charlie R., 3; and Kathleen S., 1. Everyone was born in Ohio.

2. Census in 1920 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁴ Renting at 217 Orchard Street in Marion in 1920 was Earl Beicher, foreman in a shovel shop, 36. He was living with wife Anna Pearl, 32; Charles A., 12; Katherine L., 10; and John E., 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio, except Earl's father was from Pennsylvania.

Four related Beicher households lived in 1920 within a few blocks of each other: Margaret widow of Emanuel b.1847; George M. born 1873; John E. born 1856; and his son Earl born 1883.

3. Census in 1930 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded at 217 Orchard Street in Marion: Earl I. Beicher, foreman, 47, living with wife Pearl, 42; Charles, artist, 22; Kathleeen, cashier gas co., 21; and John, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio, except Earl's father in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Marion Star: "Charles Beicher of Orchard street has gone to Chicago where he is enrolled as a student in the American Academy of Art.", 26 Sep 1930, Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁶

5. Residence: Marion City Directory: Beicher Chas R (Martha) coml artist Jay H Maish Co. H 820 Woodrow av in 1936 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁷

6. Census in 1940 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁸ The 1940 census recorded at 217 Orchard in Marion: Earl Beicher, supt. Osgood Co., 57, living with wife Pearl, 52; Charles, commercial artist Jay Mairk Co., 33; daughter Kathleeen Campbell, saleslady Kresge Co, 31; John Beicher, salesman Osgood Co., 25; and grandson John C. Campbell, 7. Everyone was born in Ohio.

7. Occupation: commercial artist on 2 Feb 1946 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹

8. Residence: 217 Orchard St., Marion, OH on 2 Feb 1946 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹

9. Residence: 175 Pearl Street, Marion, OH on 22 Sep 1947 in Marion, Marion, OH. ⁵

10. Census in 1950 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁹ The 1950 census recorded at apartment 24 at 175 Pearl Street: Charles Beicher, 43, layout artist for advertising company, living with wife Lois A., public school teacher, 44. They were born in Ohio.

11. Occupation: commercial artist at Jay H. Maish Co. On 18 Mar 1953 in Marion, Marion, OH. ²⁰

12. Residence: 346 Powhattan St., Marion, OH on 5 Sep 1957 in Marion, Marion, OH. ⁷

13. Occupation: Artist, painter, sculptor in 1995 in Marion, Marion, OH. ⁴

14. Obituary: Marion Star: obituary of Charles Richard Beicher on 7 May 1995 in Marion, Marion, OH. ²¹ Charles Richard Beicher, 87, died Friday at Marion Manor. He was born May 14, 1907, the son of the late Earl I. and Anna Pearl (Gowey) Beicher. In February 1946, he married Lois A. Hall, and she died in 1983. He retired in 1973 after 40 years as a commercial artist with the Jay Maish Company in Marion. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. He is survived by one nephew. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Marion Cemetery with the Rev. Daniel Kiger officiating.
[Note: printed in 7 April 1995 edition as surname Bicher; corrected on 8 apr 1995 edition as Beicher.].

Charles married Martha "Pat" M. Baldwin, daughter of Lawrence Elmer Baldwin and Lydia Ann Cheney, about 1935 in Marion, Marion, OH. (Martha "Pat" M. Baldwin was born on 7 Dec 1907 in Marion, Marion, OH,^{3 22} died on 29 Aug 1983 in Chesterville, Morrow, OH ^{3 23} and was buried on 31 Aug 1983 in Richwood: Price Cemetery, Union, OH ²⁴.)

Charles next married Lois A. Hall, daughter of Edward Leroy Hall and Gladys Maude Cook, on 2 Feb 1946 in Marion, Marion, OH.^{1 2} (Lois A. Hall was born on 25 Aug 1905 in , Wyandot, OH,^{1 25 26} died on 6 Nov 1983 in Marion, Marion, OH ^{2 25} and was buried on 9 Nov 1983 in Marion: Marion Cemetery, Marion, OH ²⁷.)