David Beecher ^{2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

   Other names for David were David Bucher ¹³ and David Buecher.^{16 17}

   FamilySearch ID: KNWL-8NL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Republican Compiler: "Married March 4, 1841 by Rev. Benjamin Keller, David Beecher to Miss Elizabeth Atland both of Franklin Township, this county., Mar 1841, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ¹⁸

2. Newspaper: Gettysburg Times: "Married, on the 4th inst., by the Rev. B. Keller, Mr. David Beecher, to Miss Elizabeth Altland -- both of Franklin township.", 10 Mar 1841, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ⁶

3. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ¹³ David Bucher, farmer, 35, was living with Elizabeth, 40; Mary, 8; Elizabeth, 5; Sophia, 4; Lydia, 1, and John, 7 months old when the census was recorded on 10 Aug 1850. David has no real estate value. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Neighbors are 70-year-old John Altlande and his wife Elizabeth [nee Deardorff], 64 whose farm is worth $3,000. Two households later are the Deardorffs.

4. Census in 1860 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ⁹ David Beecher, farmer, 44, was living with wife Elizabeth, 49; Mary, 18; Elizabeth, 15; Sophia, 14; Lydia, 12; John, 9; Sarah, 7. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. David's real estate was worth $3,000 and personal estate $1,000. The post office was Mummasburg.

5. Census in 1870 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ¹⁹ The 1870 census recorded David Beecher, farmer, 56, living with wife Elizabeth, 60; Mary, 25; Elizabeth, 23; Sophia, 22; John, farm laborer, 18; and Sarah, 16. Also in the home was farm laborer Francis Dittenhafer, 18. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. David's real estate was valued at $10,000 and personal estate at $2,500. The post office was Mummasburg.

6. Estate: 21 Oct 1871, , Adams, PA. Orphan's Court. Filed 21 Oct 1871. Joseph Fleck, adm.
[Note: this abstract is from the final document filed after the widow's death in June of 1883.]
Widow: Elizabeth Beecher d. 5 June 1883 - renounce.
Son: John A. Beecher - renounce.
1. Elizabeth - d. 6 Sept 1878, a daughter (now deceased) md Frederick Master. minor children: Daniel and Martha Master.
2. Sophia d. 18 Oct 1877, died without issue. was married to J.W. Black of Hanover, Pa.
3. Lydia, d. 16 Sept 1878 dec'd, md Joseph Fleck of Adams Co. one child: John E. Fleck.
4. Mary Catharine d. Feb 1880 - two children. married Jacob Burcher of Adams Co.
5. John A. Beecher.
6. Sarah, died 18 Feb 1873, single and under age 21.

David married Elizabeth Altland, daughter of John Altland and Elizabeth Dierdorff, on 4 Mar 1841 in Gettysburg: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} (Elizabeth Altland was born on 10 May 1810 in Dover Twp., York, PA,¹³ died on 5 Jun 1883 in , , PA ²⁰ and was buried in Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA ²⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage notice in the Republican Compiler newspaper: "Married March 4, 1841 by Rev. Benjamin Keller, David Beecher to Miss Elizabeth Atland [sic] both of Franklin Twp. this county."