Martha Ellen Baltimore ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L7ZN-JD9.

  Burial Notes:

Buried in Section 5, Row 8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ⁷ The 1850 census recorded Benjamin Baltimore, farmer, 41, born in Ohio, living with wife Eliza, born in New Jersey; and their children born in Indiana: Harriet 19; Henry, 15; Martha, 13; Charlotte, 8; James K., 5; Columbus, 3; and Eliza, 1. Benjamin's real estate was valued at $1600.

2. Census in 1870 in Richland Twp., Miami, IN. ⁸ The 1870 census recorded John Bucher [indexed wrong]], blacksmith, 27, born in Ohio, living with wife Martha, 30, born in Indiana. His real estate was valued at $700. They were married in August, 1869. They could not read or write. The post office was Chili.

3. Census in 1880 in Rochester Twp., Fulton, IN. ⁹ The 1880 census recorded at 290 Madison Street: John Beecher, black smith, 37, born in Ohio, living with wife Martha E., 40, born in Indiana. John's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Martha's parents were born in New York.

4. Census in 1900 in Rochester Twp., Fulton, IN. ³ Living on Madison Street: John Beecher, black smith, 57, born Feb 1843, was married for 30 years to wife Martha E., 62, Dec 1837. He was born in Ohio, his parents in Pennsylvania. She was born in Indiana, her father in Ohio, and mother in New Jersey.

5. Census in 1910 in Rochester, Fulton, IN, USA. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded renting at 911 Madison Street: John Beecher, 67, born in Ohio, living with wife Martha E., 72, born in Indiana. His parents and Martha's father were born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Indiana.

6. Cause of Death: sarcoma right liumb., contributory pneumonia, 3 May 1930, Chili, Miami, IN. ⁵

7. Obituary: Pharos-Tribune: obituary of Mrs. Martha Ellen Beecher on 5 May 1930 in Logansport, Cass, IN. ⁴ Aged Miami County Lady Passes Away
(By Special Correspondent)
CHILI, Ind., May 5 -- Mrs. Marth Ellen Beecher, 92 years old, died Saturday at the home of her niece, Mrs. Charles King, here. Deceased was one of the oldest women in Miami county.
Mrs. Beecher had lived 39 years in Rochester, Ind.
Funeral services were held at the residence of the niece here this afternoon and burial made in the Chili cemetery.

Martha married John Beecher, son of John G. Bicher and Sarah Elizabeth Sands, on 8 Aug 1869 in Miami, Miami, IN.¹ (John Beecher was born on 3 Feb 1843 in , Franklin, Ohio, United States,^{2 3 11 12 13} died on 4 Aug 1914 in Rochester, Fulton, IN, USA ^{2 12 13 14} and was buried on 6 Aug 1914 in Chili: Chili Cemetery, Miami, IN ^{2 13 15}.)