Chester Earl Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: MW84-KZZ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ¹ Renting at 119 Chestnut St: William P. Beecher, 33, born May 1867, was married for 13 years to wife Luella M., 30, Oct 1869. She had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900: Chester E., 11, Dec 1888; Alta E., 10, Jan 1890; and Ruth J., 2, May 1898. He was a laborer in a paper mill. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except William's parents were from Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded renting at 418 Washington Street: Chester E. Beecher, backtender paper mill, 21, living with wife Edith S., 16; and Chester A., 0. They had been married 1 year. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

On the same census page at 718 Water Street is Chester's father, William P. Beecher, millright in paper mill, 43, with wife Lewella M., 41. They had been married 21 years and she had birthed 7 children, 6 alive in 1910. Living with them: Ruth J., 11; Opal M., 9; William R., 6; and Watson H., 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 12 Aug 1912 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ⁷

4. Occupation: paper maker on 21 Jan 1916 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ⁴

5. Residence: 719 E. Kickapoo St., Hartford City, IN on 21 Jan 1916 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. ⁴

6. Occupation: paper maker at Hartford City Paper Co. On 5 Jun 1917 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ²

7. Residence: 719 E. Kick, Hartford City, IN on 5 Jun 1917 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ²

8. Census in 1920 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded renting at 806 Maple Street: Chester E. Beecher, superintendent paper mill, 33, living with wife Edith, 26; Arthur, 9; Charles, 7; Murletta, 6; and Marie, 3. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

9. Residence: 1929 Eaton Directory: Beecher Chester E. (Edith S.), president in 1929 in Eaton, Delaware, IN. ¹¹

10. Census in 1930 in Whitpain Township, Montgomery, PA. ¹² The 1930 census recorded Chester E. Beecher, 41, widowed, paper maker in paper mill, living only with his children: Chester A., 19; Charles L, 17; Murletta, 16; Marie, 14; and Betty, 9. Everyone was born in Indiana except Betty in Pennsylvania. [Note: while he is listed as widowed, his ex-wife Edith Beecher is found in the 1930 census in Eaton, Indiana as divorced and living with her father, John Barrett.]].

11. Residence: 1933 Green Bay City Directory: Beecher, Chester E. Supt. H517 Crooks in 1933 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. ¹³

12. Residence: 603 S. Oakland Ave., Green Bay, WI on 26 Nov 1937 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. ⁶

13. Census in 1940 in De Pere, Brown, WI. ¹⁴ The 1940 census recorded at 203 Reid Street: Chester E. Beecher, superintendent paper mill, 52, born in Indiana, living with wife Elise, 42, born in Wisconsin. In 1935 he was living in Green Bay, and she was living in the same place.

14. Obituary: Green Bay Press-Gazette: Obituary of Chester Earl Beecher on 18 Jul 1949 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. ¹⁵ Chester Beecher Dies in Florida
DE PERE - Chester Earl Beecher, 61, 213 Reid street, former general superintendent of the Nicolet Paper corporation plant here, died at 4 o'clock this morning in an Orlando, Fla., hospital. He had been in ill health for the last six months, and had spent the last few months in Florida. His two sons, Chester A., and Charles L., both of De Pere, flew to Florida Saturday and with Mrs. Beecher were with their father at the time of his death. The body will be brought to the Ryan Funeral home but arrangements for services are incomplete. Mr. Beecher retired from work three years ago, after 16 years as superintendent of the Nicolet Paper corporation plant. He had worked in the paper-making industry all his life, starting at the age of 14 at Hartford City. Ind. Later he was associated with the Glassine Paper company In Conshohocken. Pa., and while there invented a process whereby glassine paper was improved and more efficiently manufactured. He came to Green Bay about 2 years ago and was a member of the Holy Name society of St. Joseph church. Besides his wife, the former Elsie Westcott, and his two sons, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Paul Regial, Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Ted McCleery, Muncie, Ind., and five grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters of Philadelphia also survive.

15. Obituary: Muncie Star Press: obituary of Chester Beecher on 19 Jul 1949 in Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁶ Chester Beecher, 68, of Green Bay, Wis., a former resident of Hartford City, died Monday at Orlando, Fla., where he had gone in the interest of his health. His wife, Elsie Beecher, was at his side at the time of his death. The body is to be returned to Green Bay for burial. Surviving other than the widow are two sons, Charles and Arthur, of Green Bay, and two daughters, Mrs. Murletta Riegel, of Eaton, and Mrs. Betty McCleery, of Anderson. Mr. Beecher was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Beecher, and was born in Hartford City.

Chester married Edith Sarah Barrett, daughter of John H. Barrett and Susan, on 10 Jul 1909 in , Delaware, IN. The marriage ended in divorce about 1928. (Edith Sarah Barrett was born on 3 Sep 1893 in Eaton, Delaware, IN,^{9 17 18} died on 9 Sep 1979 in Muncie, Delaware, IN ^{18 19} and was buried on 12 Sep 1979 in Eaton: Union Cemetery, Delaware, IN ¹⁸.)

Chester next married Elise I. Westcott on 19 Sep 1938 in De Pere, Brown, WI. (Elise I. Westcott was born in 1897 in , , WI,^{14 20} died in 1988 ²⁰ and was buried in Menasha, Winnebago, WI ²⁰.)