Nellie E. Beecher ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: KFP6-HNB.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Tuscawarus Twp., Stark County, OH. ⁴ In 1840 the household of Isaac Beeker [Beecher] had:

Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 son Anthony Robert
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 son Alexander Washington
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son John William
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 father Isaac
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 daughter Nellie
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter Mary Amanda
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 wife Mary Amanda
70-79 (1761-1770) = 1 mother or mother-in-law.

2. Moved: Oct 1859, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ²

3. Census in 1870 in Tehama Twp., Tehama, CA. ⁵ G.W. Beecher, laborer, 21, was living with wife Jennie, 18, in a building headed by Geo. Champlin, 43, and his wife Nellie, 33. There are 10 other single people in the 20's living with them, so it appears liek Geo. is running a business with his employees living with him. Geo.'s occupation is "Stock." but he has no real estate value and his personal estate is worth $1000. He was born in Rhode Island, his wife in Pennsylvania. G.W. and wife were born in Ohio.

4. Census in 1880 in Red Bluff, Tehama, CA. ³ Geo. Champlin, farmer, 52, was living with wife Nellie [nee Beecher], 44; George, 8; and Mary, 2. Also in this home are others with surname Beecher: Jennie, 26, sister-in-law, housekeeper; Fannie, 18, niece; Jno. W. , nephew, farmer, 23; Chas., nephew, farmer, 21; G. W., brother-in-law, merchant, 29. Also: brother Lester Champlin, 26, stockman; and boarder J. G. Brown, 51, horseman. There were living at 29 Hickory Street.

Birthplaces:
Geo. Champlin: RI, father CT, mother RI
Neillie: PA, father OH, mother PA
George: IN, father RI, mother PA
Mary: CA, father RI, mother PA
Jennie Beecher: OH, father OH, mother PA
Fannie Beecher: OH, father OH, mother PA
Jno W. Beecher: OH, father OH, mother PA
Chas Beecher: OH, father OH, mother PA
G. W. Beecher: OH, father OH, mother PA
Lester: PA, father CT, mother RI.

5. Book: Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, 1891. ²
GEORGE CHAMPLIN.-Among the representative citizens of Northern California...[see George for full text]
...
In November, 1866, he was married, in San Francisco, and went directly thence to Red Bluff. ...In the summer of 1871 he went East with his wife, and while on this trip their son was born in August, 1870, at Lima, LaGrange County, Indiana. They returned to California in the fall of 1876...

Mr. and Mrs. Champlin have two children: George Beecher, who was born at Lima, Indiana, August 25, 1871, and Mamie, who was born in Red Bluff May 6, 1878. Mrs. Champlin's maiden name was Nellie Beecher. She is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster County, and daughter of Isaac and Mary (Shaw) Beecher, the father born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, of German and English ancestry, and the mother in Philadelphia, of Scotch origin. When Mrs. Champlin was in her third year, her parents removed to eastern Ohio and thence to northern Indiana, when she was a young girl. Her father died at Lima, Indiana, about 1873, and her mother now resides there, at the age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Champlin came to California in 1859, arriving in October, and was married to Mr. Champlin at San Francisco, November 24, 1867. She is a lady of rare accomplishments, and with her husband takes a great interest and pride in the future of their promising children.

Transcribed by Betty Wilson. (Thanks, Betty!).

Nellie married George Champlin, son of Jabez Champlin and Sarah Ann Cole, on 24 Nov 1867 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.^{1 2} (George Champlin was born on 14 Jun 1827 in Providence, Providence, RI ^{1 2 3} and died on 19 Aug 1903 in Vina, Tehama, CA ¹.)

Nellie next married John William Wilson.