Peter Beeler

  General 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 \endash
David Beeler 1877 \endash 1950
Jennie Beeler 1879 \endash
Anna Beeler 1882 \endash
Adam Beeler 1883 \endash 1947
Lydia Beeler 1886 \endash
Ada Beeler 1887 \endash
Nina Beeler 1891 \endash

Peter married Mary Elizabeth Heckathorn, daughter of George Washington Heckathorn and Mary Ann Weist, on 21 Jan 1873 in Adams, Indiana. (Mary Elizabeth Heckathorn was born on 5 Dec 1851 in French township, Adams, Indiana, died on 28 Mar 1928 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA and was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.)