Peter Beecher Sr.
(Abt 1790-Aft 1850)
Catherine Cashman
(Abt 1792-1855)
John Altland
(1778-1853)
Elizabeth Dierdorff
(1786-1853)
David Beecher
(1814-1871)
Elizabeth Altland
(1810-1883)
Elizabeth Beecher
(1844-1878)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frederick Master

Elizabeth Beecher 2 3 4

  • Born: 20 Aug 1844, Butler Twp., Adams, PA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Frederick Master on 27 Oct 1872 in , Adams, PA 1
  • Died: 6 Sep 1878 at age 34 5
  • Buried: Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA

   FamilySearch ID: 9VH8-5MZ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. 3 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, 64 whose farm is worth $3,000.

2. Census in 1860 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 4 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.

3. Census in 1870 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 6 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.


Elizabeth married Frederick Master on 27 Oct 1872 in , Adams, PA.1 (Frederick Master was born in 1845 in , Carroll, MD, died on 18 Oct 1915 in East Berlin, Adams, PA 7 and was buried on 20 Oct 1915 in East Berlin: East Berlin Union Cemetery, Adams, PA 7.)


Sources


1 The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, 31 Oct 1872.

2 Records of Sharon Nickol Swope (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=nickol).

3 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Butler Township, Series: M432 Roll: 743 Page: 11.

4 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Franklin Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1057 Page: 103.

5 1810 United States Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Dover, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 57; Page: 168; Image: 0193683; Family History Library Film: 00179. John Altlandt.

6 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZL9-3WL David Beecher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 41, family 333, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552788.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 94466, Fred Master, father Henry Master, mother Mary Lence.



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