William Peter Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: MYNT-ZG4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ⁷ Jessee Beecher, works in brick yard, 51, was living with wife Elizabeth, 42; Mary, 21; Ellen, 17; Rosetta, 11; Irene, 9; ? 6; Willie, 4; and Louisa, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except the three youngest children in Indiana. The post office was Hartford City.

2. 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.

3. Census in 1910 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ⁸ 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.

4. Census in 1920 in West Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded William Beecher, machiinist in paper mill, 55, with wife Luella, 53; Ruth, stenographer, 20; William, laborer in paper mill, 17; Watson, 12. Also in the home is Opal Williams, 19; Opal's daughter Helen Williams, 1 year 1 month; Watson P. Vance, 38; Alta Vance, 29; Thelma Vance, 11; William Vance, 9; and Pauline Vance, 1 year 5 months. Everyone was born in Indiana except the elder William, Helen, and Pauline were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1930 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded renting at 316 West Tenth Avenue: William P. Bucher [indexed wrong, two e's look like a u], machinist in paper mill, 63, living with wife Louella M., 60; and granddaughter Helen Williams, 12. William was born in Indiana, his parents in Pennsylvania. Louella and her parents were born in Indiana. Helen was born in Pennsylvania, her parents in Indiana.

6. Occupation: merchant grocery store in 1939 in Gladwyne, Montgomery, PA. ⁶

7. Occupation: merchant, grocery store. Church Rd. & Ardmore Rd., Gladwyne, Pa. In Aug 1939 in Gladwyne, Montgomery, PA. ⁴

8. Cause of Death: William Beecher died of cirrhosis, nephritis at Bryn Mawr Hospital., 28 Dec 1939, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, PA. ⁴

9. Obituary: Muncie Evening Press: Death of William Beecher on 1 Jan 1940 in Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹¹ HARTFORD, Jan. 1. Word was received here today of the death at Gladwyne, Pa., of William Beecher, a former widely known resident of this city. His death occurred Thursday evening at a Gladwyne hospital following a hernia operation. For many years, he was employed here as millright at the Hartford City Paper Company. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Alta Vance, William and Watson Beecher and Mrs. Opal Fernside of Conshohocken, Pa., and Mrs. Walter Jones, of Norristown, Pa. Two sisters also survive, including Mrs. Josephine Townsend, of Muncie, and Mrs. Josie Rabbins of Mill-grove. Funeral services and burial will take place at Gladwyne.

William married Louella May Creek, daughter of Jacob Creek and Delila Cortwright, on 29 Jan 1888 in , Blackford, IN.¹ (Louella May Creek was born on 23 Oct 1869 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN,^{1 12} died on 25 Apr 1937 in Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery, PA ¹² and was buried on 28 Apr 1937 in Ambler: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Montgomery, PA.)