William C. Beecher ^{3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1870, Peru, Miami County, Indiana, USA. ³ William V. Beecher, 38, farmer, was living with wife Julia H., 34; Margaret J., 16; Mary J., 12; Elizabeth E., 11; George L., 7; Cyrus M., 5; William, 2; Benjamin, 68; and Margaret, 64. Benjamin, Margaret, and William V. were born in Pennsylvania. George, Cyrus, and young William in Indiana, and the others in Ohio. William's real estate was worth $3800, his personal estate $1240.

• Census, 1880, Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA. ⁵ William Beecher, 48, farmer, is found in the 1880 Census in Jefferson in Miami County living with his wife, Julia A, age 44; Mary J., 22; Elizabeth E., 20; George L, 17; Cyrus M., 15; William C.; 13; Grant U.S., 10; Charles W., 7; and Gracie P., 4; plus Margret Beecher, mother, age 75. William and his mother were born in PA; Julia, Mary and Elizabeth in OH; and all other children in IN.

• Census, 1900, Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA. ⁴ William Beecher, farmer, 68, born Dec 1831, was with wife Julien A., 64, Oct 1835. They had been married 47 years. She had birthed 9 children, 8 alive in 1900. Living with them: son Grant, school teacher, 29, Jun 1870. Grant was born in Indiana, his mother in Ohio , and his father and all grandparents in Pennsylvania.

Living next door is a son William Beecher, farm hand, 32, born Mar 1868. He was married for 9 years to wife Merry, 32, Apr 1868. She had one child born: Dwight, son, 7, Sep 1892. All were born in Indiana, including Merry's parents. William's father was born Pennsylvania and mother in Ohio.

• Residence, 7 Dec 1931, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA. ⁶

William married Mary A. Hoover on 18 Dec 1890 in Miami, Miami County, Indiana, USA.¹ (Mary A. Hoover was born on 19 Apr 1868 in , , Indiana, USA,⁴ died on 27 Dec 1914 and was buried in Mexico: Greenlawn Cemetery, Miami County, Indiana, USA.)

William next married Emma C. Madary on 26 Jan 1916 in Miami, Miami County, Indiana, USA.²