Christopher Disher
(1840-1916)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Matilda Beecher

Christopher Disher 1 2 3

  • Born: 14 May 1840, , Madison, IL
  • Marriage (1): Matilda Beecher on 27 Sep 1866 in Miami, Miami, IN 1
  • Died: 1 Nov 1916, Peru, Miami, IN at age 76 2
  • Buried: Warsaw: Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko, IN 2

   FamilySearch ID: KC8P-7H6.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Peru, Miami, IN. 4 The 1870 census recorded Christopher Disher, laborer, 30, living with wife Matilda, 34. He was born in Illinois and she in Pennsylvania. There were no children in the household.

2. Census in 1880 in Etna Green, Kosciusko, IN. 5 The 1800 census recorded Christopher Disher, 40, living with wife Matilda, 43. He was born in Illinois and his parents in Kentucky. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Christopher married Matilda Beecher, daughter of William Beecher and Julia Ann Carpenter, on 27 Sep 1866 in Miami, Miami, IN.1 (Matilda Beecher was born on 11 Oct 1833 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA 3 6 7 8, christened on 29 Apr 1834 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA,7 died on 4 Apr 1916 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, IN 3 9 and was buried on 5 Apr 1916 in Warsaw: Oakwood Cemetery, Kosciusko, IN 3 9.)


Sources


1 Miami County Indiana Marriages (Online at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berta/micmg/b.html), County Courthouse, Book C3, page 520.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34012557.

3 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 12863. Matilda Disher. Father William Beecher. Mother Julia Carpenter. Spouse Christopher Disher. Informant Chas. W. Beecher.

4 1870 United States Census, Indiana > Miami > Peru Ward 3, Christopher Disher.

5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH9F-DVT Matilda Disher in household of Christopher Disher, Etna Green, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 65B, NARA microfilm publication T9.

6 1860 United States Census, Ohio, Franklin County, Mifflin Township, Series: M653 Roll: 962 Page: 107.

7 Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Note: Some very early records that appear in this church register were from Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in East Cocalico Township, before the congregation moved to New Holland.).

8 1850 United States Census, Ohio, Franklin County, Mifflin Township, Series: M432 Roll: 680 Page: 87.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43739413.



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