Benjamin F. Beecher 1
- Born: 15 Oct 1883, , Queen Anne's, MD 1
- Died: 17 Oct 1914, Centreville, Queen Anne's, MD at age 31
FamilySearch ID: GF4L-SY5.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census in 1900 in Queenstown, Queen Anne's, MD. 1 James Beecher, bridge keeper, 63, born Sep 1836, was married for 35 years to Louisa, 56, born Jan 1844. She had birthed 13 children, 6 still alive in 1900. Living with them: Joseph H., 23, Feb 1877; Luther L., 21, Apr 1879; William, 15; Sep 1884; Benjamin F., 13, Oct 1886. Also with them: Richard L. Collier, brother in law, 35, Apr 1865, indicating that Louisa a Collier. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland.
On the same census page a few households later is listed:
Wrightson Beecher, 28, born Feb 1872, was married for 6 years to wife Sallie, 25, Feb 1875. She had birthed 3 children, one still alive in 1900: Mildred, 1, born Aug 1878. Sallie and her parents were born in Delaware, all others and their parents in Maryland. Wrightson's occupation was "oyster tonger."
2. Newspaper: Evening Journal: Suicide of B. F. Beecher, 17 Oct 1914, Centreville, Queen Anne's, MD. 2 Son Dead By His Father's Grave
B. F. Beecher Ends Life by Shooting, as His Parent Had Done
BURY HIM BY SIDE OF PARENT
CENTREVILLE, Md, Oct. 17 -- Standing by the grave of his father, James Beecher, who also committed suicide by shooting three years ago, Benjamln F. Beecher, 39 years old, fired a load of shot into his head and fell dead beside the mound in the Methodist Protestant churchyard at Winchester, Queen Anne's county. Beecher, who was a sailor, was apparently in good health and had seemingly been in excellent spirits all day. He made his home with his brother, William Beecher, and yesterday, after supper, took his shotgun, remarking that he was going on board his oyster boat. A few minutes later his brother and John Howard heard the shot and upon investigating found Beecher lying beside his father's grave. He had placed the muzzle against his forehead and used a stick to pull the trigger. Dr. Rowland H. Ford, of Queenstown, was summoned, but the man was dead long before he arrived. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. The funeral was held today, and his burial was beside his father in the Methodist Protestant churchyard. The grave was on almost the exact spot where Beecher's body rested.
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