John married LOCHRIDGE, Lynn Blocker on 7 Feb 1942 in Forest Hills, Queens County, NY. Lynn was born on 17 Dec 1919; died on 16 Jan 1988 in East Aurora, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/9/1942

The marriage of Miss Lynn
Blocker Lochridge, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pampell of
Forest Hills, to Ensign John L.
Beyer Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Beye,r of Clinton street,
was solemnized Saturday, February
7, in the Church of the Gardens,
Forest Hills

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/9/1965

BEYER - John L. Beyer Sr.,
73, of 138 Clinton St., Tonawan-
da, died Tuesday (June 8, 1965)
at DeGraff Memorial Hospital af-
ter a short illness. He was born
in Tonawanda and had lived in
Tonawanda all his life. Mr. Bey-
er was a member of the Buffalo
and Erie County Historical Socie-
ty, from which he received acit-
izenship award in 1954. He was
known as "Mr. Democrat" of
Tonawanda for many years. Mr.
Beyer was mayor of Tonawanda
for three terms and also was
Erie County Supervisor for several
terms. He is survived by his
wife, Florence (nee Mackey)
Beyer; one son, John L. Beyer
Jr. of Amherst; one daughter,
Mrs. James (Mary) Williams of
California' also survived by five
grandchildren. Friends may call
at the Hilliard Funeral Home
Inc., 147 Delaware St., Tonawan-
da, starting Wednesday after-
noon, June 9, from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Services will be there
Friday, June 11, at 2 p.m. the
Rev. Karl H. A. Rest will offi-
ciate. Interment Elmlawn Ceme-
tery.

John married MACKEY, Florence A on 1 Aug 1917 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Florence was born about 1897 in Wilmington, New Castle County, DE; died on 1 Aug 1971 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/2/1971

Private funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday for Mrs.
Florence A. Beyer,,75, of 138. Clinton
St., Tonawanda, a former Tonawanda
schoolteacher who died yesterday in
DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Beyer is survived by a son,.
John L. Beyer of Amherst; a daughter,
Mrs. James Williams of Lakeport,
Calif.; a brother, Joseph Mackey
Tonawanda and five grandchildren.
Her late husband, John L. Beyer,
who died in 1965, served as mayor of
Tonawanda from 1928 to 1933 and as an
Erie County supervisor from 1936 to
1937.
~A native of Wilmington, Del., Mrs.
Beyer had resided in Tonawanda for 60
years. She was a graduate of Buffalo
Stafe Teachers College and taught
fourth grade at Highland Elementary
School for 26 1/2 years.
In 1966, Mrs. Beyer was awarded an
honorary life membership in the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers for "devoted and
distinguished service to children and
youth."
She was a member of the State
Retired Teachers Association and the
Historical Society of the Tonawandas.
Hilliard Funeral Home Inc. is in
charge of arrangements. Burial will be
in Elmlawn Cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/19/1917

Mr. John L. Beyer and Miss Florence
A. Mackey, both of Tonawanda,
announce their marriage, which took
place on Monday, July 2nd Mr. and
Mrs. Beyer will be at home In 288
Payne avenue after August 1st.

Notes:

Batavia NY Daily News - 7/29/1901

TONAWANDA, July 29.-Gottleib Beyer, a
member of the Board of Trustees, was
shocked to death while trimming an arc
lamp this morning He was found lying In
the road shortly after receiving the shock.
He was still alive, but died before a phy -
sician arrived. He leaves a family.
About the same time Alden Sparks, another
employe of the Tonawanda Power
Company, received a shock while doing the
same work in another part of the town,
one of his hands is disabled. The wet condition
of the grounds Is supposed to be responsible
for the accident.

ALSO

Buffalo NY Courier - 7/30/1901

Tonawanda., July 29.-After receiving
2,000 volts of electricity, Gottlieb Beyer,
aged 42 years, a well-known and popular
German Democratic politician and
member of the Common Cot|ncil of this
village, raised to his knees examined
his hands and fell over dead. The
electrocutiorl occurred shortly before 9
O'clock this morning in Fillmore Avenue,
while Beyer, who is employed by
the Tonawanda Power Company, was
adjusting a carbon in an arc lamp.
His body was carried in the yard of
a house nearby and Dr. Regan summoned,
who upon his arrival pronounced
life extinct. In the absence of
Coroner Edmonds of this village, Coroner
Wilson of Buffalo was notified.
He came to the scene at once, took
charge of the body and impaneled a
Jury. The body was taken to the undertaking
establishment of C. J. Miller
of South Niagara Street, after
which it was taken to the Home of his
family at No. 32 Park Avenue.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
news of the death of Beyer, President
O. H. Gorton of the village issued a
special call for a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, of which the deceased was
a prominent member, for this evening.
At the meeting a resolution of condolence
was passed and the board decided
to turn but in a body.; It is quite
probable that the entire lire depart
ment of the village will accompany
the body to the grave.
The date of the funeral has not as
yet been set.

Gottlieb + Mary. Mary was born about 1869; died on 7 Jan 1897 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier - 1/7/1897

Mrs. Mary S. Beyer, aged 27 years, wife
of Gottlieb Beyer, died of diphtheria at her
home on Park Avenue, Tonawanda, this
morning. Mrs. Beyer had been sick since
New Year's Eve. The family had a child
die of the same disease yesterday morning.
The burial of Mrs. Beyer will be
private.