Sylvester R. Beecher ³

   Another name for Sylvester was S. R. Beecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: 9VQL-4ZY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Mantua Twp., Portage, OH. ⁶ Sylvester Beecher, 8, and Frederick, 7, are not living with their parents. they are in the home of farmer Jefferson Sprink, 30, his wife Cornelia, 26; and Carrie sprink, 1. Everyone was born in Ohio. His farm is worth $4,000 and personal estate $2,300.

2. Census in 1900 in Van Wert, Van Wert, OH. ¹ Renting the home at 142 Maple: Sylvester C. Beecher, photographer, 39, born Jul 1860, was married for 9 years to Hattie A., 27, May 1873. She had birthed two children, both living with them: Clovis M., 7, Jul 1892; and Nora C., 6, May 1894. Everyone was born in Ohio, along with their parents, except Hattie's father was from Germany.

3. Census in 1910 in Van Wert, Van Wert, OH. ⁷ Owning a home at 608 S. Washington St. was Sylvester R. Beecher, 48, married for 20 years to wife Hattie, 38; She had 3 children and all were living in 1910: Clovis, 18; Nora, 15; and Frederick, 3. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio.

Sylvester married Hattie A. May, daughter of Joseph May and Mary E., <1891> in , , OH.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Hattie A. May was born in May 1873 in , , OH ¹.)

Sylvester next married Myrtle R. Francis, daughter of Peter Frank Francis and Jane Shanity, on 19 Aug 1926 in , Miami, OH.² (Myrtle R. Francis was born about 1893 in , , OH.)