Samuel William Beecher Sr.
(1785-1870)
Eleanor
(1788-1874)
John M. Pyfer
(-Bef 1850)
Belinda Catharine Beecher
(1820-1902)
Samuel Martin Pyfer Sr.
(1842-1929)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Alverta Jackaway

2. Mary Wagner Beecher

Samuel Martin Pyfer Sr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 30 Jun 1842, , Lancaster, PA 3 5 10
  • Marriage (1): Mary Alverta Jackaway
  • Marriage (2): Mary Wagner Beecher on 22 Jan 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1 2
  • Died: 18 Dec 1929, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 87 3 5 8
  • Buried: 21 Dec 1929, Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 3 5 8

   Another name for Samuel was Samuel Peifer.10

   FamilySearch ID: LDHK-TN6.

  Burial Notes:

Section Bryn Mawr Lot 653

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Manheim Twp., Lancaster, PA. 10 Samuel Beecher, age 62, laborer, has real estate valued at $1,500 in the 1850 Census for Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Living with him is Ellen, 60; Balinda, 28; Samuel Peifer, 8; and William Peifer, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
On the previous page is William C. Beecher. and Henry Albright, 33, and his wife Matilda, assumed to be a relation to Samuel's mother, Mary Albright.

2. Census in 1860 in Manheim Twp., Lancaster, PA. 11 Samuel Beecher, age 74, farmer, is living in the 1860 Census in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, with his real estate valued at $2000 and possessions at $500. With him is wife Eleanor, 72. Also in the home is Balinda Catherine Peifer, widow, 36 with her sons, Samuel Peifer, 18 and William Peifer, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office listed is Oregon.

Also living nearby are the households of William C. Beecher and Mary Beecher, who are likely Samuel's children.

3. Census in 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 12 The 1870 census recorded Samuel Pyfer, brass worker, 27, living with wife Mary A., 33; son Edwin, 6; son Samuel, 4; step-daughter Mary A. Babb, attending school, 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's real estate was valued at $2,500 and personal estate $600.

4. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 13 The 1880 census recorded at 829 Judson Street: Saml M. Pyfer, machinist, 37, living with wife Mary A., 42; son Edwin B., 15; son Saml. M., 13; stepdaughter Mary A. Grider, 23; and step-granddaughter Bertha B. Grider, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
A nearby neighbor on the same census page is Saml. M. Grider, mill wright, 46, with his wife Jeanette, 39, and daughter Annie E., 17.

5. Residence: on 1 Apr 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 14

6. Residence: 3256 North Thirteenth St., PHiladelphia, PA on 7 Feb 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 7

7. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 15 The 1900 census recorded at 709 39th Street: Bertha B. Conley, widow, 39, born Jul 1861, living with son Charles B., 4, Nov 1896; and daughter Henrietta B., 2, Dec 1898. Also with them was cousin Samuel M. Pyfer, widow, inspector, 56, Mar 1844. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Newspaper: The Inquirer: PYFER-BEECHER. In Philadelphia, Jan. 22, Samuel M.Pyfer, formerly of Lancaster and now of Philadelphia, and Mary W. Beecher, also of that city., 26 Jan 1901, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 2

9. Residence: on 1 Feb 1902 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6

10. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 16 The 1910 census recorded at 931 Watts Street: Samel M. Pyfer, finisher in brass factory, 42, living with wife Mary, 45; son Stanley B. Pyfer, 8; and cousin Walter Burkhart, 45. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The census columns state Samuel and Mary were married for 9 years and she had birthed only 1 child. Samuel had been previously married and had another son living elsewhere.

11. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis., 18 Dec 1929, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

12. Occupation: employee of William Sellers Co. on 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

13. Residence: 6620 N. Uber St., Philadelphia, Pa. on 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

14. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Samuel Martin Pyfer on 21 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 8 PYFER - Dec. 18, SAMUEL MARTIN, husband of Mary Beecher Pyfer. Relatives and friends, also employees of william Sellers Co., Inc., and all other orders of which he was a member, are invited to attend funeral services, Sat., 2.30 P. M., residence, 6620 N. Uber st., West Oak Lane. Int. private. Friends may call Fri. eve.


Samuel married Mary Alverta Jackaway. (Mary Alverta Jackaway was born in 1835 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,17 died on 7 Feb 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 7 17 and was buried on 10 Feb 1896 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 17 18.)


Samuel next married Mary Wagner Beecher, daughter of Samuel Finney Beecher Sr. and Elizabeth Shuler Patton, on 22 Jan 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.1 2 (Mary Wagner Beecher was born on 5 Nov 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,4 19 20 21 died on 27 Apr 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 4 21 22 and was buried on 30 Apr 1943 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 4 21 22.)


Sources


1 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951 (FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org)), Samuel M. Pyfer and Mary W. Beecher, 1901.

2 The Inquirer (Lancaster, PA), 26 Jan 1901, page 5. Pyfer-Beecher marriage.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89159072.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 33810. Mary Wagner Beecher Pyfer. Father Samuel F. Beecher. Mother Elizabeth S. Spouse Samuel M. Pyfer.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 116323. Samuel Martin Pyfer. Father don't know. Mother Belinda Beecher.

6 The News-Journal (Lancaster, PA), 3 Feb 1902, page 3. Obituary Mrs. Belinda C. Pyfer.

7 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 9 Feb 1896, page 17. Obituary of Mary A. Pyfer.

8 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 21 Dec 1929, page 18, obituary of Samuel Martin Pyfer.

9 The News-Journal (Lancaster, PA), 11 Aug 1920, page 12. Obituary of William B. Pyfer.

10 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Manheim Township, Series: M432 Roll: 787 Page: 323.

11 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Manheim Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1124 Page: 346.

12 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5K-QNZ Samuel Pyfer, 1870.

13 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJX-FS6 Saml M Pyfer, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 279, sheet 405B.

14 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 2 Apr 1895, page 1. Obituary of William C. Beecher.

15 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3W4-27G Bertha B Conley, Philadelphia city Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241466.

16 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWX-SCZ Samel M Pyfer, Philadelphia Ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 339, sheet 2A, family 32.

17 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6RQ-829 Mary A. Pyfer, 07 Feb 1896; citing certificate # 16453.

18 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91233283.

19 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20-Ward Philadelphia, Series: T623 Roll: 1461 Page: 250.

20 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB1P-DHZ Mary W. Beecher, 1863.

21 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89159073.

22 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 29 Apr 1943, page 37. Obituary of Mary Wagner Beecher Pyfer.



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