John Henry Paul Ward Beecher ¹

  Burial Notes:

His ashes were scattered out to sea 30 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1910, Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA. ² Renting at 373 King St: William J. Beecher, 33, was married for 9 years to wife Emma, 26. She had given birth to 11 children, 6 alive in 1910. Living with them: Anne, 7; Willie, 6; Arthur, 5; May, 3; John, 2; and William's father, Hiram, 68, widowed. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. No one had an occupation.

• Census, 1920, Castroville, Monterey County, California, USA. ⁴ William J. Beecher, laborer in salt works, 43, was living with wife Emma, 36; William J., 16; Arthur, 14; May, 13; John L., 11; and Benjamin Franklin, 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. William was renting his home, and had served in World War I.

[Note: since Benjamin age 10 was not listed in the 1910 Census when the family was living in Tulare, CA, and he was born in 1910, we assume his actual birthplace is Tulare and not Pennsylvania as listed in the 1920 Census.]

• Residence, 1969, , , Oregon, USA. ¹

• Residence, 1986, White City, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. ⁵

John married Charlotte Cecelia Moline in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA.¹ (Charlotte Cecelia Moline was born on 9 Feb 1907 in Hollister, San Benito County, California, USA,⁶ died on 5 Oct 1982 in Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA ⁶ and was buried in Seaside: Mission Memorial Park, Monterey County, California, USA ¹.)

John next married Betty Jean Warford, daughter of Floyd Warford and Myrna Talitha Thompson, on 7 Sep 1945 in San Francisco: St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, San Francisco County, California, USA.¹ (Betty Jean Warford was born on 6 Oct 1924 in Arcadia, Valley County, Nebraska, USA,^{1 5} died on 19 Jul 1997 in White City, Jackson County, Oregon, USA ^{1 5} and was buried in Medford: Memory Gardens Cemetery, Jackson County, Oregon, USA ¹.)