Jacob Gregg Beecher Sr. ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Jacob was James Gregg Beecher.⁸

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-ZCY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Havre de Grace, Harford, MD. ⁵ Wm W Beecher, apothecary, 58, was living with wife Sarah M., 50; Margaret, 20; Maria, 19; Eusebia, 16; William G., 12; and Jacob G., 8. The parents and Jacob were born in Pennsylvania, the other children in Maryland. William's real estate was worth $100. The post office was Harve de Grace.

2. Census in 1870 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁹ William Beicher, druggist, 69, was living with no wife and his children: Marrion, 25; William, clerk, 23; daughter Busebia, 20; Jacob, clerk, 16. Also in the home: Edward Yates, clerk, 35; Otta Hoster, book keeper, 25; and Emma William, servant, black, 11. William was born in Pennsylvania, and his children in Maryland. The post office is Baltimore.

3. Residence: 204 N. Eutaw, Baltimore, MD in 1874 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁰ 1874 Baltimore Directory:
Beecher, J. Gregg, clerk, 204 n Eutaw
Beecher Wm. N. clerk 204 n Eutaw
Beecher Wm. W. druggist, Southern Dispensary, 45 Conway, dw 204 n Eutaw.

4. Census in 1880 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹¹ William W. Beecher, druggist, 79, widowed, was living with his son, Jacob L. Beecher, 27, clerk in store; Marion Beecher, daughter, 35; Margaret Sutor, daughter, 42; Bessie M. Sutor, granddaughter, 8; Annie B. Sutor, granddaughter, 5; and servant Louisa Brownley, 45. William and Jacob were born in Pennsylvania, as were their parents. Everyone else was born in Maryland.

5. Occupation: photographer at 204 N. Eutaw in Baltimore in 1880 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹²

6. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov 1880, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹³ The United Beneficial Society of Baltimore city has been incorporated by John E. Valk, Charles D. Valk, Herman W. Day, J. Gregg Beecher and Harvey Cole. Its operations are to be carried on in the State of Maryland and the States and the Territories.

7. Residence: 141 Argyle av in 1881 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁴ 1881 Baltimore Directory:
Beecher, J. Gregg clerk 141 Argyle av
Beecher Wm. N. clerk 123 n Calhoun
Beecher Wm. W. 141 Argyle av.

8. Residence: in 1885 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁵ 1885 Baltmore Directory:
Beecher J. Gregg (Haskell, B. & Co.) 151 n Paca
Beecher Wm. N. clerk register of wills office dw 264 n Fulton av.

9. Census in 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹ Living in the home he owned at 612 N Pace St. was J. G. Beecher, insurance solicitor, 47, born Mar 1853, who was married for 18 years to wife Annie H., 44, born Mar 1856. She had 3 children, 1 still living: J. G. Jr., student, 14, born Jun 1885. The father and his parents were born in Pennsylvania; Annie and her parents in Maryland, and their son was born in Maryland.

10. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁶ J. Gregg Beecher, insurance agent, 59, was married for 27 years to wife Annie, 54. She had birthed 3 children, none were alive in 1910. He and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. She and her parents were born in Maryland. They were living at 2551 Pennsylvania Avenue.

11. Book: R. L. Polk & Co.'s Directory for Baltimore, 1912. ¹⁷
The following Beecher's were listed in the 1912 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Directory for Baltimore:
Beecher Harriet, Mrs. 1920 Wilkens av
Beecher J Gregg, collr. 2551 Pa av
Beecher J Maurice, clk. 1243 Riverside av
Beecher Jas B, lab, h 1243 Riverside av
Beecher Marian, tchr, 421 n Carey
Beecher Mary Mrs., h 217 President
Beecher Wm, lab, 15 e Williamson
Beecher Wm N, clk. h 2001 e 31st n.

12. Newspaper: The Evening Sun: $500 An Inch for Leg, 3 Dec 1919, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁸ -----
$500 An Inch for Leg
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Jury Awards Woman $1,000 Damages Against City.
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Five hundred dollars an inch is the value placed on the right leg of Mrs. Annie H. Beecher by a jury in the City Court, in rendering a verdict for $1,000 to Mrs. Beecher in her suit against the Mayor and City Coucnil for injuries that shortened the lim two inches.
Mrs. Beecher, who was represented by Attorney C. Arthur Eby, declared that she tripeed over a wooden plank placed in the walkway in Lexington Market in front of the fish stall of William R. Nizer last December. Her hip was broken by the fall, with the result that her limb became two inches shorter.
The suit was brought against the city and Nizer, who operates the stall, but the jury absolved the fish merchant and held the city liable. Former Attoney-General Edgar Allen Poe and Francis Michel appeared for Nizer.

13. Census in 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded at 2517 St. Paul Street in Baltimore: James Gregg Beecher, insurance collector, 66, living with wife Annie H., 63. Also in the home is Louisa H. Hartman, lodger, single, 62, and Francis R. Bennett, insurance bookkeeper, lodger, single, 47. James and his father were born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Virginia. Annie and her parents were born in Maryland.

14. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: J. Gregg Beecher Sued The City, 31 Jan 1920, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁹ For the loss of services of his wife, Annie H. Beecher, and expenses incurred by him because of injuries sustained by her when she was thrown to the ground by stumbling over a plank in Lexington Market, J. Gregg Beecher sued the city and W. R. Nizer for $5,000 damages in the Court of Common Pleas through c. Arthur Eby, attorney. The accident offurred December 14, 1918, in front of Mr. Niger's stalls.

15. Residence: 1923 Baltimore City Directory: Beecher J Gregg (Annie H) ins h 2517 St. Paul in 1923 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ²⁰

16. Residence: Beecher J. Gregg (Annie) ins 1024 N. Fulton in 1924 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ²¹

17. Residence: Beecher Gregg J. (Anna) ins h1032 N. Fulton in 1927 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ²²

18. Census in 1930 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Renting for $45 a month at 1032 Fulton Ave. was J. Gregg Beecher, 77, widowed, who had been married 29 years. He had no occupation. He and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. The neighbors are 1) Jacob E. Leister, 25, and his wife Thelma, 28; 2) W. H. Cambpell Carter, 55, and his sister Lillie, 57.

19. Horace G. Kleinfelder filed J Gregg Beecher's will at Baltimore city courthouse. On 26 Feb 1931 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ²³

20. Fact: Because his will mentions neither his wife nor children they must have predeceased him., 28 Mar 1931, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

21. He signed a will Will online at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KX1T-CGQ on 28 Mar 1931 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ²³ In his will J. Gregg Beecher leaves $10 each to his nephews Harry A. Holscher and William Gordon Beecher, $10 each to his nieces Daisy L. Chambury, May B. Butt, Anna Beecher Sutor and Nellie Robinson, his radio with attachments and table and one hundred dollars to Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Benson, $100 to Paul L. Sutor, and the residue of his estate equally unto Horace G. Kleinfelder Sr. and Miss Nellie Cain. (Kleinfelder is the executor who brings the will to the Baltimore city courthouse on 26 Feb 1936.) Will is signed on 7 Nov 1928 as J. Gregg Beecher. Witness signing: Paul L. Sutor, Charles N. Benson, and James G. Cain. Following the signature on 28 Mar 1931 Gregg appended "On account of the death of the two beneficiaries namely Daisy L. Chambury and Paul L. Sutor their share in my estate is null and void."

Jacob married Anna H. Maier about 1882 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.¹ (Anna H. Maier was born in Mar 1856 in La Plata, Charles, MD,²⁴ died on 30 May 1927 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{24 25 26} and was buried on 1 Jun 1927 in Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ^{24 25}.)