Lydia Leeper
(1817-1850)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Beecher

Lydia Leeper 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 7 Aug 1817, , , Pennylvania, USA 6
  • Marriage (1): John Beecher
  • Died: 9 May 1850, Cumberland Twp., Adams, PA at age 32 3 6 7 8
  • Buried: Arendtsville, Adams, PA

   Another name for Lydia was Henrietta Leeper.2

   FamilySearch ID: KDSK-7B8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Cause of Death: May 1850, , Adams, PA. She died of pleurisy according to the 1850 Census Mortality index, ID # MRT43_12737.

2. Newspaper: Gettysburg Compiler: Died: On the 9th inst. Mrs. LYDIA BEECHER, wife of John Beecher, of Cumberland township, aged about 32 years., 13 May 1850, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 8

3. Obituary: Adams Sentinel on 13 May 1850 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 6 Summary of the obituary content: Lydia Beecher, wife of John Beecher, died 5/9/1850 in Cumberland Township. Age: 32 years, 9 months, 2 days. Date of birth 8/7/1817.


Lydia married John Beecher, son of Peter Beecher Sr. and Catherine Cashman. (John Beecher was born about 1811 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA 9 and died in Sep 1855 in , Adams, PA 3.)

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of November 13, 2005).

2 Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed; Arents Church), Adams County, Pennsylvania.

3 Shull, William F., The Lineage of Christian Kersheman 1774-1893 (1893. Original copy in possession of Arthur Weaner, 145 Weaner Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325-8118.).

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 16317. Cornelius C. Beecher. Father John Beecher, mother ? Leeper.

5 Weaner, Arthur, History and genealogy of the German emigrant Johan Christian Kirschenmann, anglicized Cashman (Gettysburg, Pa. :: Priv. print. by A. Weaner,, 1960, 178 pgs. Available online at Heritage Quest.), Appendix C, page 74-90.

6 The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, 13 May 1850 edition.

7 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA), Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, May 13 - from Adams Co. card file.

8 Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania.), 13 May 1850, page 3.

9 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Cumberland Township, Series: M432 Roll: 743 Page: 119.


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