Almina Beecher ^{3 4 5 6}

   Other names for Almina were Alammina Beecher, Elemina Beecher,⁸ Elmira Beecher ^{8 9} and Elmira Bucher.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: LH8L-CQ3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Jefferson Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States. ¹⁰ The 1840 census recorded William Giher [sic, as written by census taker] with this household:
Males (born)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 2 sons (Henry, William)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 father (William)
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 2 daughters (Julia Ann, Barbary)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 2 daughters (Almina, Matilda)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Harriett)
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 mother (Juliann)
Persons Employed in Agriculture = 3
William was living next door to his sister Barbara Beecher Neiswender's families and also next to the family headed by his cousin, John G. Bicher (1800-1851).

2. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ¹¹ William Reaker [mispelling of Beecher], farmer, 50, was living with wife Julia, 48.; Henry, farmer, 25; Elmina, 19; Matilda, 17; Julia, 14; and Barbary, 12. Everyone's birthplace is Pennsylvania except Ohio for the two youngest children. William's real estate is worth $500, and he is likely living on land given to him by his neighor and father-in-law, Henry Carpenter, occupation "none", 72, and his wife Harriett, 71, whose real estate is worth $400.
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3. Residence: in 1853 in , Franklin, Ohio, United States. ^{4 5}

4. Census in 1860 in East Fairfield, Columbiana, OH, United States. ¹² The 1860 census recorded in Fairfield Township the household headed by Gideon Shale, laborer, 23, living with the family of W. D. Allen, carpenter, 29, and his wife Almina, 29; Marietta H., 4; George Lorman, 2; and Julia A., 5 months old when the census was recorded on 14 Jul 1860. Everyone was born in Ohio except Almina in Pennsylvania. The post office was East Fairfield.

5. Census in 1870 in Jefferson Twp., Miami, IN. ¹³ The 1870 census recorded Wilson D. Allen, carpenter, 39, living with wife Almina, 39; Marietta F., 14; George L., 12; Julia, 10; William B., 8; Ulysses G., 6; and Emma A. 10 months old when the census was recorded on 12 Jul 1870. Everyone was born in Ohio except Almina in Pennsylvania, and Ulysses and Emma in Indiana. The post office was Center. Wilson's real estate was valued at $700 and personal estate $150.

6. Census in 1880 in Saint George, Pottawatomie, KS, United States. ¹⁴ The 1880 census recorded Wilson D. Allen, carpenter, 48, living with wife Almina, 49; George, teacher, 22; William B., laborer, 18; Ulysses G., odd jobs, 16; Emma A., 10; Hattie M. 8; and Walter T., 5. Wilson and his parents, and George and William were born in Ohio. Almina and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. The others were born in Indiana.
A few houses later is Wilson's daughter, Flora, 22, living with her husband, Wm. Fortune, laborer, 23. William and his father were born in Virginia and his mother in Kentucky. Flora and her father were born in Ohio and mother in Pennsylvania.
Next to them is William's father, James Fortune, laborer, 62, and wife Mary, 59 with sons David, farmer, 27, and John, at home, 20. All and their parents were born in Virginia, except Mary and David in Kentucky.
Futher down this census page is Wilson Allen's newlywed daughter, Julia A., 20, living with her husband, Louis Smallwood, railroad employee, 20. She was born in Ohio and he in Missouri.

7. Census on 1 Mar 1885 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States. ¹⁵ The 1885 Kansas State Census recorded on 1 March 1885: W. D. Allen, carpenter, 53, married, born in Ohio, living with wife A. B. Allen, 54, born in Pennsylvania; Emma A. Allan, 16, born in Indiana; Harriet M. Allen, 12, born in Indiana; Grant, 20; Walter T., 10. The record states they came to Kansas from Indiana.
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8. Obituary: Manhattan Republic: Mrs. W. D. Allen died on the 23rd inst., of consumption. The funeral took place to-day, at the Christian church. on 25 Jun 1885 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States. ¹⁶

Almina married Wilson D. Allen, son of David Allen and Susan Icenour, on 28 Jul 1853 in Columbus, Franklin, OH.^{1 2 3} (Wilson D. Allen was born on 11 Jun 1831 in Columbiana, Columbiana, OH, USA,^{3 6 17} died on 20 Feb 1899 in Larned, Pawnee, KS, USA ^{6 17} and was buried on 28 Feb 1899 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States ^{6 17}.)