William Crutcher
(1811-1863)
Rebecca Jane Walker
(Abt 1814-1883)
William Beecher
(Abt 1834-1890)
Delilah Sallie Crutcher
(1837-)
William Jesse Beecher
(1859-1930)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. May P. Gibler

William Jesse Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 2 May 1859, Lancaster, Fairfield, OH 1 2 5
  • Marriage (1): May P. Gibler on 23 Jun 1882 in Athens, Athens, OH
  • Died: 23 Feb 1930, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA at age 70 2
  • Buried: 27 Feb 1930, Nelsonville, Athens, OH 6

   FamilySearch ID: LZ29-437.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Amanda Twp., Fairfield, OH. 1 Wm Beecher, farm hand, 26, was living with wife Delilah, 21; Rebecca, 2; and son Wm 1. Everyone was born in Ohio. William had no real estate of value. The post office was Lancaster.

2. Census in 1900 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 5 The 1900 census recorded at 4228 Fergus Street: Wm Beecher, street railroad motorman, 41, born May 1859, living with wife May, 39, May 1861; and daughters Goldie, 17, Apr 1883; and Fae, 12, Jun 1888. William and May were married for 18 years and she had birthed 3 children, 2 alive in 1900. William, his parents, and Goldie and Fae were born in Ohio. May was born in Illinois, her father in Virginia and mother in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Pittsburg Press: More Divorce Libels: A number of libels in divorce were presented yesterday. May Gibler Beecher against William J. Beecher, charging infidelity., 17 Jul 1910, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 7

4. Cause of Death: broncho pneumonia, 23 Feb 1930, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 2

5. Occupation: railroad conductor on 23 Feb 1930 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 2

6. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: Death Notices: Beecher -- On Sunday, Feb. 23, 1930, at 5:45 p.m. William Jesse Beecher, in his seventy-first year, father of Mrs. Victoria de la Poer of New York City. Remains at the home of the W. H. Wood Co., Forbes St., Oakland., 24 Feb 1930, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 8

7. He has conflicting burial information of 25 Feb 1930 and Pittsburgh: Homewood Cemetery, Allegheny, PA. 2

8. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: Will Bury Former Railroader in Ohio, 25 Feb 1930, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 6 Wm. J. Beecher Dies Monday at Home in Oakland.

Funeral services for William J. Beecher, 70, former railroader, who died yesterday in his home, 419 Craft Ave., Oakland, will be held in Nelsonville, O., Thursday.
Beecher came to Pittsburgh from Nelsonville 30 years ago. He was a former employe of the Monogahela Connecting Railroad. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Victoria de la Poer of New York City.


William married May P. Gibler on 23 Jun 1882 in Athens, Athens, OH. (May P. Gibler was born on 14 May 1861 in Lincoln, Logan, IL,5 9 10 died on 9 Aug 1928 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 10 and was buried on 11 Aug 1928 in Nelsonville, Athens, OH 10.)

Sources

1 1860 United States Census, Ohio, Fairfield County, Amanda Township, Series: M653 Roll: 961 Page: 390.

2 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.), Death Certificate 12742. William J. Beecher. Father Wm Beecher. Mother Delilah Crutcher.

3 FamilySearch.org, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZLM-ZDH Albert M. Wagner and Golden Marie Beecher, 16 Mar 1904; citing Athens, Ohio, United States, reference 1620; FHL microfilm 311596.

4 FamilySearch.org, California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K88M-YB7 Edward Rupert De La Poer and Victoria Beecher, 02 Feb 1922; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,276.

5 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM8N-7SS Wm Beecher, Precinct B Cincinnati City Ward 25, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241279.

6 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 25 Feb 1930, page 6. Death of Wm. J. Beecher.

7 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 17 Jul 1910, page 24.

8 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 24 Feb 1930, page 25. Death of William Jesse Beecher.

9 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM8N-7S9 Wm Beecher, Precinct B Cincinnati City Ward 25, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241279.

10 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.), Death Certificate 78679. May P. Beecher. Father Lewis Gibler. Mother Eunice E. Gaddis. Spouse Wm Beecher.


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