Francis Lee Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Francis was Edward Beecher.⁶

   FamilySearch ID: L6KS-9TC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 1848 and , , MO. ²

2. Census in 1850 in District 31, Franklin, MO. ⁶ Samuel Beecher, carpenter, 33, was living with wife Margaret, 30; William, 11; Sam, 8; James, 3; and Edward, 9 months old when the census was recorded on 5 Dec 1850. Samuel was born in Pennsylvania, everyone else in Missouri.

3. Census in 1860 in Boueff Twp., Franklin, MO. ⁷ Samuel Beecher, farmer, 45, was living with wife Margaret, 42; William, 21; Adrian, 18; James, 13; Francis, 11; John L., 7; and Mary E, 3. Also in the home was Charles Matthias, 23, laborer, born in Germany. Everyone else was born in Missouri. Judging by the names and birthplaces of neighbors, they were living in a community with German roots. The post office was Dundee.

4. Minnesota State Census census in 1875 in Shakopee, Scott, MN. ⁸ Doctor F. L. Beecher was listed in the Minnesota State Census of 1875 living in Shakopee City, Scott County. He was 25, born about 1850 in Missouri. The census states his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Kentucky. He was in a housing unit with Lizzie Madden, Doctor L. S. Thompson, Andrew Gamble, Joseph Orindible, Chrish Henningon, Ch H Lord, Minnehaha Lord, and Eugene Brown. This appears to be a boarding house or hotel or apartment building.

5. Occupation: dentist on Zumbro Drive opposite Post Office in 1878 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. ⁹

6. Census in 1880 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. ¹⁰ The 1880 census recorded living on Grove Street in Rochester: Francis L. Bucher [poor handwriting two e's look like one u], dentist, 29, was living with wife Loucretia, 25; Stanley, 3; sister-in-law Fanney Anderson, 22; sister-in-law Josey Anderson, 9; and Annie Blass, servant, 20. Everyone was born in Missouri except Stanley in Minnesota. Loucretia's father was born in Virginia and her mother in New York. Francis parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1900 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. ¹¹ In the 1900 Census in Rochester was listed Frencis S. Beecher, dentist, 47, born Mar 1853, was living with wife of 24 years Lucretia A., 44, born Oct 1856. His father was born in Maryland and mother in Missouri. Lucretia's father was born in New York and mother in Virginia. Living with them is son Sidney F., 7, born in Minnesota. Lucretia had given birth to 2 children by 1900 and both were alive that year.

Francis married Lucretia B. Anderson, daughter of William H. Anderson and Rachel Lindsey, on 12 Jan 1876 in Shakopee, Scott, MN.¹ (Lucretia B. Anderson was born in 1854 in , , MO,^{12 13} died on 26 Nov 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC ^{13 14} and was buried in Rochester: Oakwood Cemetery, Olmsted, MN ¹³.)