Benjamin C. Beecher ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² Jacob Beecher, age 64, occupation carter, is listed in the 1860 Census in West Brandywine Township in Chester County. He is living with wife Susan, 41; Lorenzo, 14; George, 12; Benjamin, 8; Emma, 2; and Leah Doan, 64, seamstress [could be Jacob's mother-in-law?]. His real estate was valued at $0 and his personal possessions at $200. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Coatesville, Pa.

• Census, 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ Jacob Bucher, 75, no occupation, is living in Philadelphia in the 88th Division 26th Ward, with Susan, 51; Lorenza, 25, works in rollin mill; George, 22, works in rollin mill; Benjamin, 17, clerk druggist; and Emma, 12, at school. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Jacob's real estate was worth $1,900.

• Census, 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ Jacob Beecher, age 84, is living with wife Susannah, 61; son Benjamin C., 27, who "works in store"; and daughter Susan E., 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Susannah was born in Maryland.

• Census, 1900, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ Living at 1631 Park Avenue in Philadelphia in 1900 is Benjamin C. Beecher, age 47 born June 1853, married for eight years to Bertha P., 43, born Aug. 1857. She had given birth to one child, which appears to be by a first marriage since a stepson is identified as Henry J. Paulus, 21, born July 1878. Also in the house is Christiana Stockinger, mother-in-law, age 75, born Oct. 1824, widowed. The latter and her parents were born in Germany. Benjamin, Bertha, and Henry were born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ Benjamin C. Beecher, 67, was living with wife Bertha, 63, at 1631 Park Avenue, a home he owned. With them was a nephew, Herman E. fisher, 34. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania, along with Benjamin's and Bertha's fathers. His mother was born in Maryland and her mother in Germany.

Benjamin married Bertha P. Stockinger, daughter of Unknown and Christiana, <1892>.¹ (Bertha P. Stockinger was born in Aug 1857 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ¹.)