Katherine Beck Jacoby

  Noted events in her life were:

• Newspaper: York Daily Record, 1949, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA. Beecher's new digs
The Katherine Beecher Company, maker of butter mints and other candies, moves into a new factory. Katherine Beecher began making mints for her friends and neighbors in 1930. The demand grew, and Beecher's husband, Henry W., hit the road to market the candy more broadly. The Beechers sold their candy to Army PX stores and Navy ship commissaries. They were thereby able to secure sugar during the war years. Their government contracts introduced their candy on a national scale. "She was right on top of everything," a son later recalled. "She was at home among the salesmen. She could meet with them and discuss the business and the problems with customers and she always came up with an answer."

• Evidence: Photo and article about Katharine Beecher on YorkBlog.com. http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/2007/12/legacies_4.php

• Newspaper: York Daily Record Article: 25 influential people from York County history, 1 Jun 2008, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ 23. Katherine Beecher -- During the Depression, this businesswoman founds candymaker Katherine Beecher Company in Manchester. The company continues to feed sweet tooths today.

Katherine married Henry Ward Beecher, son of John Henry Beecher and Ellen Godfrey, in 1913. (Henry Ward Beecher was born on 28 Jul 1887 in , York County, Pennsylvania, USA ².)