Leman Beecher Jr. (1827 - 1863)

Born 1827 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 24 Aug 1863 at about age 36 in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut

Biography

Birth

Date: 1827

Place: Connecticut

Note: (rootsweb)^[1]

Census

Date: 13 SEP 1850

Place: Kent Twp., Litchfield Co., Connecticut

Note: 1850 census, Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Note: Leman Beecher (23, merchant), boarding on the farm of Pierpoint Edwards. Also boarding there was Philip Beecher (16, clerk).^[2]

Date: 14 JUN 1860

Place: Kent Twp., Kent P.O., Litchfield Co., Connecticut

Note: 1860 census, Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Note: Leman Beecher Jr (33, merchant) & his brother Jacob Beecher (20, Clerk) & their sister Emily Beecher (23, schoolteacher) and their mother Catherine Beecher (65).^[3]

Note

"Leman Beecher Esq, postmaster at Kent, Ct has been removed by the authorities at Washington, and Rufus Fuller Esq appointed in his place. This is another case of Know-Nothingism."

Amenia NY Times Newspaper (Dutchess County), Aug 13, 1853^[4]

Leman Beecher Jr, Judge of the Probate Court for Town of Kent witnessed the Pension application for his widowed mother in regard to his father's War of 1812 service.

Leman Beecher War of 1812 Pension Application #31988^[5]

Leman Beecher, Judge of the Probate Court for Town of Kent witnessed the Pension application for Cynthia Bishop, daughter of Abraham Foot Revolutionary War Veteran.

1862 Judge Leman Beecher^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S36 Page: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billjim&id=I9211 Jim Shaw jimshaw@shaw.ca
2. ↑ Source: #S2 1850; Census Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M432_43; Page: 59B; Image: 345, ancestry.com
3. ↑ Source: #S2 1860 census series M653, roll 81, page 304 heritagequest.com
4. ↑ Source: #S25 Page: Amenia NY Times Newspaper (Dutchess County), Aug 13, 1853, fultonhistory.com
5. ↑ Source: #S22 Page: War of 1812 Pension Files for Leman Beecher's widow Catherine Shew WO25002, WC31988, NARA, Fold.com
6. ↑ Source: #S28 Revolutionary War Pension Application for Abraham Foot & his wife Abby R. 14,246 NARA M804. Footnote.com

• Source: S2 Title: Census, Federal
• Source: S22 Title: US National Archives & Records Administration
• Source: S25 Title: Newspaper Article
• Source: S28 Title: Pension (Military)
• Source: S36 Title: website
• Source: S39 Title: Mildred Shew interview with Katherine Shew Anderson 1915, Interviewer: Mildred Lee Anibal Shew, Informant Address: Schenectady, NY

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Pete Shew for creating WikiTree profile Beecher-148 through the import of Jacob Shew 364 descendants Gedcom.ged on Aug 23, 2013.