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Philemon Beecher, Esq.

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Name	Philemon Beecher, Esq.
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	19 Mar 1776	Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage		Fairfield, Ohio, United Statesto Susan Gillespie
Residence^[2]	1801	Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Death^[2]	30 Nov 1839	Fairfield, Ohio, United Statesage 63
Burial^[2]		Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

References

Wiseman, C. M. L. Pioneer period and pioneer people of Fairfield County, Ohio. (Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1901)
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PHILEMON BEECHER came here a young man form Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1801, and opened a law office.

He soon married Susan, a daughter of Neil Gillespie, whom he met while she was visiting her sister, Mrs. Hugh Boyle, in Lancaster.

One of the daughter by this marriage married Henry Stanbery, and the other Colonel P. Van Trump.

General Beecher was a good lawyer and an honorable man. He served as a member of the Ohio Legislature and as a member of Congress for ten years.

He died in 1839, aged 64 years.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Philemon Beecher, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

Philemon Beecher (March 19, 1776 – November 30, 1839) was an Anglo-American attorney and legislator who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. ...