Kate A. Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Kate were Catharine Ann Beecher ^{6 8 9 10} and Katherine A. Beecher.¹⁰

   FamilySearch ID: LHCF-DGL.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Upper Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA. ⁶ Jesse Beecher, laborer, 38, is with wife Eliz., 40; Leah, 4; and Cath. 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylanvia. Jesse had no real estate and possessions worth $200. The post office was Dickinson.

2. Census in 1870 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. ¹¹ Jesse Beecher, cooper, 48, is living with wife Elizabeth, 50; Leah, 13; and Catharine, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. He has no real estate; possessions are worth $120.

The next line of the census page has Elizabeth Mellinger, 80, living alone [an in-law of the Beechers?] with real esate worth $1,500.

The next household is Jesse's father, George Beecher, laborer, 75, living with wife Margaret, 69, and William Beecher, laborer, 28 [grandson?]. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. George's real estate is worth $1,500 and his possessions $500. The post office is Newville.

3. Mt. Pleasant Church of the Brethren record book (1877-1926) lists on page 3 member Katy A. Beecher: dropped 1879. On image 9 she is Kate A. Beidel with Charles W. Beidel.. In 1877 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. ¹²

4. Residence: on 20 Dec 1894 in Sidetown, Cumberland, PA. ¹³

5. Census in 1900 in Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA. ² Jessie Beecher, 77, born May 1823, widowed, was listed alone in his household. The previous household is his daughter living with Charles W. Beidel, carpet weaver, 53, Aug 1846, married 19 years to Katie A. [nee Beecher], 40, Aug 1859. She had birthed five children, all alive in 1900: Clarence J., barber, 17, Apr 1883; Emma E., 15, Jan 1885; Charles H., 13, May 1887; John A., 7, Sept 1892; and Harry F., 4, May 1896. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except the elder Charles' parents were from Germany.

6. Cause of Death: apoplexy, 26 Feb 1927, Newton Twp., Cumberland County, PA. ¹⁰

7. Residence: on 26 Feb 1927 in Walnut Bottom, Cumberland, PA. ¹⁰

8. Fact: Shippensburg Historical Society has a collection of family papers and photos for Charles W. Beidel. Http://www.shippensburghistory.org/wp-content/uploads/1994.84.pdf, 1994, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA.

Kate married Charles William Beidel, son of John Beidel and Maria Barbara Staerger, about 1881 in , , PA. (Charles William Beidel was born on 29 Aug 1846 in Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA,^{2 5 9 14 15} died on 14 May 1937 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA ^{9 14 15} and was buried in Shippensburg: Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, PA ¹⁴.)