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Peter Beeler
1843 - 1900 (56 years)
Generation: 1
1. Peter Beeler was born on 22 Feb 1843 in French township, Adams, Indiana; died on 22 Jan 1900 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. Notes:
In the 1850 census for French township, Adams, Indiana Peter is living with parents David 1810 and Catharine 1820 both born in Germany, and siblings John (12), Mary A (10) (Ohio), Peter (8), Daniel (6), David (4), Philip (1), born in Indiana.
Mary Elizabeths parents and siblings are in the same township in 1850, Mary not yet born, so they knew eachother from a very young age. The total population of the township in 1850 was 344 people.
Their children:
Manasses (Manus) Beeler
Sarah Ellen Beeler 1875 –
David Beeler 1877 – 1950
Jennie Beeler 1879 –
Anna Beeler 1882 –
Adam Beeler 1883 – 1947
Lydia Beeler 1886 –
Ada Beeler 1887 –
Nina Beeler 1891 –Peter married Mary Elizabeth Heckathorn on 21 Jan 1873 in Adams, Indiana. Mary (daughter of George Washington Heckathorn and Mary Ann Weist) was born on 5 Dec 1851 in French township, Adams, Indiana; died on 28 Mar 1928 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]