Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Beecher, H. 1829 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  H. BEECHER, blacksmith, Palestine, was born 1829, in Vincennes, Ind. He is a
son of Alva Beecher, born March 31, 1793, in Massachusetts; he was a patent
right dealer by occupation, having come to Palestine at an early date. He was
married to Miss Achsah Bloss, born in 1794, in Massachusetts. She is the mother
of ten children, four boys and six girls. Mr Beecher went to school in
Vincennes, Ind. He learned the blacksmith trade, which he has followed all his
life. In 1841, he came to Palestine, where he was married, in 1849, to Miss
Elizabeth Leatherman, born February 18, 1827, near Montezuma, Ind. She is a
daughter of David and Catharine Leatherman. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher are members of
the Christian Church. He is a Republican, and is known as an honest,
hard-working man. Zelim Beecher, who was born, 1815, in Pennsylvania, is living
in Palestine, where he was married to Charlotte Leatherman. She is the mother of
five children now living: Catharine, Emma J., Sarah E., Will W. and Ida.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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