Born and educated in Weimar, Germany, Mr. Becher came to the United States at the age of 20, and to Milwaukee in 1857. That same year he married Miss Johanna Krueger, daughter of early settlers, and they had one son, Franklin A., and an adopted daughter, Emily. He engaged in the grocery business for two years, and then opened a real estate office in 1859. He was successful, and remained in that business until he retired in 1891. During the Civil War, Becher was commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Thirty-fourth Wisconsin Regiment until September, 1863. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Immigration and served from 1869 to 1871, when the board was abolished from the legislature. He again served on the board when it was re-established from 1879 until 1887, and was elected its president. He was a member of the City School Board from 1873 to 1877, and a member of the legislature from Milwaukee in 1873. Mrs. Becher died in Philadelphia in 1892 as the couple was returning from a trip to Europe. John Becher lived in the Cudahy Apartments in his later years, and died of pneumonia on December 30, 1915. Becher Street was named for him in 1871, and for most of its existence has been mispronounced "Beecher." The name Becher is a varient spelling of the German name, properly pronounced "Becker". Their son married Adda M. Wolf, of Milwaukee, a daughter of Commodore W. H. Wolf, the well-known ship builder, and they had a daughter, Marion, who married Harry L. Bradley, a grandson of William Pitt Lynde, a prominent Milwaukee attorney. The Bradley and the Lynde familys are also buried at Forest Home Cemetery.
Born and educated in Weimar, Germany, Mr. Becher came to the United States at the age of 20, and to Milwaukee in 1857. That same year he married Miss Johanna Krueger, daughter of early settlers, and they had one son, Franklin A., and an adopted daughter, Emily. He engaged in the grocery business for two years, and then opened a real estate office in 1859. He was successful, and remained in that business until he retired in 1891. During the Civil War, Becher was commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Thirty-fourth Wisconsin Regiment until September, 1863. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Immigration and served from 1869 to 1871, when the board was abolished from the legislature. He again served on the board when it was re-established from 1879 until 1887, and was elected its president. He was a member of the City School Board from 1873 to 1877, and a member of the legislature from Milwaukee in 1873. Mrs. Becher died in Philadelphia in 1892 as the couple was returning from a trip to Europe. John Becher lived in the Cudahy Apartments in his later years, and died of pneumonia on December 30, 1915. Becher Street was named for him in 1871, and for most of its existence has been mispronounced "Beecher." The name Becher is a varient spelling of the German name, properly pronounced "Becker". Their son married Adda M. Wolf, of Milwaukee, a daughter of Commodore W. H. Wolf, the well-known ship builder, and they had a daughter, Marion, who married Harry L. Bradley, a grandson of William Pitt Lynde, a prominent Milwaukee attorney. The Bradley and the Lynde familys are also buried at Forest Home Cemetery.
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