Margaret Gleason ^{2 3}

   Another name for Margaret was Margaret Buchanan.¹

   FamilySearch ID: 96DB-GN4.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Feb 1835 and , , , IRL. ^{1 6}

2. Census in 1870 in Wisconisco Twp., Dauphin, PA. ⁷ Samuel Beecher, 47, machinist (woodwork), was living with Margaret, 35; son William, 11; and Malinda, 5. All were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1880 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸ Samuel Beecher, machinist, 50, is living with wife Margaret. He and his parents were from Pennsylvania. Margaret was born in New York, her father in Ohio, and her mother in Connecticut.

4. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 2240 Montgomery Avenue: Eli J. Newnam, driver for ice company, 38, born Dec 1862, living with wife Belinda, 37, Spe 1863; Elizabeth M., 15, May 1885; Eli T., 13, Aug 1887; Harry, 11, Dec 1889; Frank, 9, Apr 1891; Joseph, 6, Nov 1894; Walter, 5, Apr 1985; Agnes, 3, Oct 1897, and mother-in-law Margaret Beecher, 65, Feb 1835. Belinda had birthed 7 children, all alive in 1900. Margaret had birthed 3 children, 2 alive in 1900, and she and her parents were born in Ireland. All the children and their parents were born in Pennsylania. Eli and Belinda and their fathers were born in Pennsylvania and their mothers in Ireland.

5. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Margaret Beecher on 2 Feb 1904 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ BEECHER. -- On January 30, 1904, Mrs. MARGARET BEECHER, aged 65 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, at 8.30 o'clock, from the residence of her son-in-law, Eli J. Newman, 2340 W. Montgomery ave. Solemn high mass of requiem at St. Elizabeth's Church at 10 o'clock. Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery.

Margaret married Samuel William Beecher Jr., son of Samuel William Beecher Sr. and Eleanor, on 27 Apr 1877 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.¹ (Samuel William Beecher Jr. was born in 1821 in , Lancaster, PA,^{1 10 11} died on 23 Oct 1895 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ^{10 11 12} and was buried on 25 Oct 1895 in Lancaster: City Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ¹⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage record states Samuel W. Beecher was born in Lancaster Co. Margaret Buchanan was from Bucks Co. ¹³