Rev. David Roderick Beecher ^{1 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: KPH9-VYH.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in York, York, PA. ¹¹ The 1910 census recorded three Beacher [sic] families as neighbors. At 873 Prospect Street: David H. G. Beacher, cigar manufacturer, 61, living with wife Kathryn, 57; Katie I., 18; and Lily M., 15. David and Kathryn were married for 37 years and she had birthed 10 children by 1910, 5 still alive that year..

In the rear of 873 Prospect Street was the household of Franklin M. Beacher, cigar maker, 20, living with his wife Elva M., 18. They were married 1 years and had birthed no children.

At 875 Prospect street was Calvin M. Beacher, bookkeeper at automobile works, 22, living with wife Jennie H., 21; and son David R., 11 months. They were married for 1 year and had birthed 1 child by 1910.

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1920 in Erie, Erie, PA. ¹² The 1920 census recorded renting at 512 East 10th Street: Calvin M. Beecher, bookkeeper packing house, 32, living with wife Jane, 30; David, 10; and Calvin, 9. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1930 in Erie, Erie, PA. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded renting at 913 Ash Street: Calvin Beecher, office manager window glass store, 43, living with wife Jane, 41; David, clerk electric works, 19; and Calvin, clerk electric works, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Lincoln Journal Star: Ordain Rev. D. R. Beecher, 7 Jun 1938, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ¹⁴ ORDAIN REV. D. R. BEECHER
Dr. Charles Burden, Omaha, Gives Sermon.
Rev. David R. Beecher, acting pastor of Sheridan Boulevard Baptist church since the first of February, was ordained to the Baptist ministry Monday night at a ceremony in the church. Dr. Charles Burden, pastor of the First Baptist in Omaha, preached the ordination sermon. Rev. William Park, secretary of the Nebraska Baptist convention, officiated as moderator and delivered the charge to the candidate. Rev. B. H. Ward of Des Moines, Ia., director of promotion for the lower Nebraska area of the Baptist church, delivered the charge to the church. Rev. W. D. Bancroft, retired Lincoln minister, offered the ordination prayer and Rev. Clifton H. T. Walcott, pastor of Lincoln First Baptist, welcomed Rev. Mr. Beecher into the Baptist ministry. Rev. Max W. Burke, pastor of Second Baptist, read the scripture and offered a prayer following an invocation by Rev. George Downing of Beatrice. A reception for Rev. Mr. Beecher was held in the church parlor after the ordination ceremony. Approximately 100 persons attended.

5. Census in 1940 in Kearney City, Kearney, NE. ¹⁵ The 1940 census recorded at 116 26th Street: David R. Beecher, clergyman, 30, born in Pennsylvania, living with wife Ruth I. Beecher, 24, born in Illinois, and daughter Macella M. Beecher, 1, born in Nebraska. In 1935 they were living in Chicago, Illinois.

6. Newspaper: The Lincoln Star: Resignation of Baptist pastor at Kearney accepted, 8 Mar 1942, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ¹⁶ Resignation of Baptist pastor at Kearney accepted
KEARNEY, Neb. The resignation of Rev. David R. Beecher, pastor of the Baptist church on leave the past year, has been accepted. Serving as chaplain at Fort Crook, he sent his resignation when it was apparent his services in the army would be indefinitely extended.

7. Newspaper: Tallahassee Democrat, 18 Sep 1945, Tallahassee, Leon, FL. ¹⁷ Five new chaplains have arrived here and are assisting with services in all of the areas. Assigned to the camp is Catholic Chaplain Anthony M Conway of Indianapolis, Ind. He is a graduate of the army school for chaplains at Harvard University and served at Fort Jackson, S. C. and Camp Rucker, Ala. The four other chaplains came to Gordon Johnston from Europe as members of the 5th and 6th Engineer Special Brigades. Maj. Morris C. McEldowney of Melrose, Mass. landed on Omaha Beach in the Normandy invasion with the 5th ESB, and has 21 months oversees service to his credit. 1st Lt. Arthur S. Joice, Fulton. N. Y., the other 5th ESB chaplain, attended Ft. Devens army school for chaplains. He went overseas and was attached to the 5th ESB at Le Havre, France. Maj. David R. Beecher came in to the army Feb. 1941 from his pastorate in Kearney, Neb. He had 53 days and nights of combat with the 89th Infantry Division in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. The end of the war in Europe came while he was in Zwizkan, Germany. He was transferred to the 6th ESB a few months later. Chaplain Eugene S Schmidt, Lutheran minister from Milwaukee, Wisc, came into the army from his church in Beloit. He went to France with the 1156th Engineer Combat group and later was transferred to the 6th ESB.

8. Census in 1950 in Olney, Richland, IL. ¹⁸ The 1950 census recorded at 127 South Elliot St: Rev. David R. Beecher, clergyman, 40, living with wife Ruth, 34; Marcella M. 11; and Ruth J., 9, and David V. C., 3, born in Illinois. The other children were born in Nebraska, Ruth in Illinois and David Sr. in Pennsylvania.

9. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: "The Rev. David R. Beecher, who has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church, Homestead, will leave his present charge in Olney, Monday. He has been pastor there since 1946.", 5 Jan 1952, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹⁹

10. Residence: on 11 Jun 1960 in Richmond, Henrico, VA. ^{5 6}

11. Residence: 1815 Mountside Dr. North Augusta, SC 29841 in 1984 in North Augusta, Aiken, SC. ⁹

David married Ruth Isabelle Johnson, daughter of Victor Johnson and Edith May Quayle, on 18 Jul 1933 in Chicago, Cook, IL.^{1 2} (Ruth Isabelle Johnson was born on 3 May 1915 in Chicago, Cook, IL,^{2 20 21 22} died on 1 Oct 2009 in Hockinson, Clark, WA ^{2 20 22} and was buried in Grovetown: Bellevue Memorial Gardens, Columbia, GA ²².)