Olive Susan Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Olive was Olley Beecher.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: LCCP-7JJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Altoona, Blair, PA. ² Owning the home at 200 E Fourth Avenue was Christina Beecher, 51, born Mar 1849. Christina had birthed 6 children, four stil alive, all living with her: Emory, carpenter, 21, Dec 1878; Olive, 19, Oct 1880; Edgar, laborer, 17, Jan 1883; and Wilmer, 13, Jul 1886. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Altoona, Blair, PA. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded at 200 E. Fourth Avenue: Christina B. Beecher, widow, 62, living with daughter Olive S. Beecher, dressmaker, 28, and son John W. Beecher, printer, 23. Christina had birthed 6 children by 1910, 4 still alive then. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Adams County News, 11 Sep 1915, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. Mrs. Christina Beecher, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Beecher and children, Emory and Cathrine, and Olley Beecher, Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Long, of Altoona, were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Smelser. They came in an automobile. Mrs. Christina Beecher is a sister of Mrs. Harry Smelser. Mrs. Beecher and Mrs. Smelser are the only two of a family of twelve children that are living.

4. Census in 1920 in Altoona, Blair, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded at 200 E. Fourth Avenue: Christinia Beecher, 71, living with daughter Olive, store clerk, single, 38, and son William [Wilmor], steam crain operator, single, 38. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Residence: in 1925 in Altoona, Blair, PA.

6. Cause of Death: bronchial pneumonia, cardiac decompensation, acute cholecystitis, 12 Jan 1939, Logan Twp., Blair, PA. ³

7. Obituary: Altoona Tribune: Mrs. Olive Susan Long on 13 Jan 1939 in Altoona, Blair, PA. ⁵ Mrs. Olive Susan (Beecher) Long of Greenwood died at her home last night at 8 o'clock after an illness of a week.
Born in Altoon, she was a daughter of Adam and Christina (Bittinger) Beecher.
Members of the family include her husband, W. D. Long, one stepson, Roy D. Long, one stepdaughter, Mrs. Irene E. Burley of California and two brothers, Emory Beecher of Altoona and Edgar A of Greenwood.
Mrs. Long was an active member of Bethany Lutheran church, a charter member of the Missionary sociaety and a member of the Vine Sunday school class and of the GIA auxillary, B. of L. E.
Friends are being received at the home after noon today.

Olive married William D. Long. (William D. Long was born on 1 Jan 1871 in , Franklin, PA,^{6 10} died on 13 Apr 1950 in Chicago, Cook, IL ^{6 11} and was buried on 15 Apr 1950 in Altoona: Greenwood Cemetery, Blair, PA ⁶.)