Sylvester Beecher
(1786-1855)
Betsy Bushnell
(1797-1884)
Reuben Center
(Abt 1812-)
Delana Center
(Abt 1809-)
Frederick P. Beecher
(1835-1866)
Cornelia A. Center
(1843-1901)
Sylvester R. Beecher
(1861-1942)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hattie A. May

2. Myrtle R. Francis

Sylvester R. Beecher 3

  • Born: 30 Jul 1861, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH 1
  • Marriage (1): Hattie A. May <1891> in , , OH 1
  • Marriage (2): Myrtle R. Francis on 19 Aug 1926 in , Miami, OH 2
  • Died: 12 Mar 1942, Piqua, Miami, OH at age 80
  • Buried: Piqua: Forest Hill Cemetery, Miami, OH 4

   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.)


Sources


1 1900 United States Census, Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert, Series: T623 Roll: 1329 Page: 174.

2 Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD8B-GGG Sylvester R. Beecher and Myrtle Francis, 19 Aug 1926.

3 1860 United States Census, Ohio, Franklin County, Mifflin Township, Series: M653 Roll: 962 Page: 85.

4 FamilySearch.org, Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8SQ-HLF Sylvester R Beecher, 1942.

5 FamilySearch.org, Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X62K-NHX birth of Frederick F. Beecher, 1907.

6 1870 United States Census, Ohio, Portage County, Mantua Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1258 Page: 350.

7 1910 United States Census, Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert Ward 4, Series: T624 Roll: 1238 Page: 115.



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