William Beecher
(1769-1835)
Elisabeth M. Herr
(1793-1874)
William Smith
(1788-1862)
Jane Miller
(1793-Bef 1822)
Samuel Beecher
(1816-1889)
Margaret Jane Smith
(Abt 1819-Bet 1870/1880)
Francis Lee Beecher
(1850-1906)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lucretia B. Anderson

Francis Lee Beecher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: Mar 1850, Washington, Franklin, MO 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Lucretia B. Anderson on 12 Jan 1876 in Shakopee, Scott, MN 1
  • Died: 15 Jan 1906, Rochester, Olmsted, MN at age 55 2 5
  • Buried: Rochester: Oakwood Cemetery, Olmsted, MN, USA 5

   Another name for Francis was Edward Beecher.6

   FamilySearch ID: L6KS-9TC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in District 31, Franklin, MO. 6 Samuel Beecher, carpenter, 33, was living with wife Margaret, 30; William, 11; Sam, 8; James, 3; and Edward, 9 months old when the census was recorded on 5 Dec 1850. Samuel was born in Pennsylvania, everyone else in Missouri.

2. Census in 1860 in Boueff Twp., Franklin, MO. 7 Samuel Beecher, farmer, 45, was living with wife Margaret, 42; William, 21; Adrian, 18; James, 13; Francis, 11; John L., 7; and Mary E, 3. Also in the home was Charles Matthias, 23, laborer, born in Germany. Everyone else was born in Missouri. Judging by the names and birthplaces of neighbors, they were living in a community with German roots. The post office was Dundee.

3. Minnesota State Census census in 1875 in Shakopee, Scott, MN. 8 Doctor F. L. Beecher was listed in the Minnesota State Census of 1875 living in Shakopee City, Scott County. He was 25, born about 1850 in Missouri. The census states his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Kentucky. He was in a housing unit with Lizzie Madden, Doctor L. S. Thompson, Andrew Gamble, Joseph Orindible, Chrish Henningon, Ch H Lord, Minnehaha Lord, and Eugene Brown. This appears to be a boarding house or hotel or apartment building.

4. Occupation: dentist on Zumbro Drive opposite Post Office in 1878 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. 9

5. Census in 1880 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. 10 The 1880 census recorded living on Grove Street in Rochester: Francis L. Bucher [poor handwriting two e's look like one u], dentist, 29, was living with wife Loucretia, 25; Stanley, 3; sister-in-law Fanney Anderson, 22; sister-in-law Josey Anderson, 9; and Annie Blass, servant, 20. Everyone was born in Missouri except Stanley in Minnesota. Loucretia's father was born in Virginia and her mother in New York. Francis parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1900 in Rochester, Olmsted, MN. 11 In the 1900 Census in Rochester was listed Frencis S. Beecher, dentist, 47, born Mar 1853, was living with wife of 24 years Lucretia A., 44, born Oct 1856. His father was born in Maryland and mother in Missouri. Lucretia's father was born in New York and mother in Virginia. Living with them is son Sidney F., 7, born in Minnesota. Lucretia had given birth to 2 children by 1900 and both were alive that year.


Francis married Lucretia B. Anderson, daughter of William H. Anderson and Rachel Lindsey, on 12 Jan 1876 in Shakopee, Scott, MN.1 (Lucretia B. Anderson was born in 1854 in Lebanon, Laclede, MO, United States,12 13 died on 26 Nov 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USA 13 14 and was buried in Rochester: Oakwood Cemetery, Olmsted, MN, USA 13.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Minnesota, Marriages, 1849-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDXM-QXS Francis L. Beecher and Lucretia B. Anderson, 12 Jan 1876.

2 Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 (FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDMG-YWB Francis Lee Beecher, 15 Jan 1906.

3 Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 (FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDWN-24N Stanley L. Beecher, 14 Mar 1945.

4 The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania) (Hanover, York, Pennsylvania.), 7 Feb 1979, page 30. Obituary of Francis S. Beecher.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203221511.

6 1850 United States Census, Missouri, Franklin County, District 31, Series: M432 Roll: 399 Page: 121.

7 1860 United States Census, Missouri, Franklin County, Bueoff Township, Series: M653 Roll: 619 Page: 3.

8 Missouri Death Cerfiticate (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/), 1875, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKNT-KDM Doctor F L Beecher in household of Lizzie Madden, Shakopee City, Scott, Minnesota.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 18780-1879, page 468, Rochester, Beecher Francis L.

10 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ9J-88L Francis L. Bucher, 1880.

11 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M937-RHR Frencis S Beecher, ED 115 Rochester city Ward 1, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240779.

12 FamilySearch.org, Minnesota, Territorial Census, 1857, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3D3B-3ZM Lucretia B Anderson in entry for W H Anderson, 1857.

13 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203221305.

14 Ancestry.com, Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003, Obituary, Washington D.C., 1956, Washington Post, Beecher, Lucretia A.



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