Elizabeth Louisa Bicher ²

   Other names for Elizabeth were Elizabeth Beecher,³ Eliza Bicher ⁴ and Eliza Buecher.

   FamilySearch ID: G3GJ-VZB.

  General Notes:

Elizabeth is somehow related to many other Bicher families who came from Lancaster Co. PA to Franklin Co. OH, where they changed surname to Beecher. Most lived near today's Beecher Rd. in Gahanna. They can be found elsewhere in our tree.

Elizabeth Bicher's father in law, Christian Heyl, had a brother Conrad who had Henry Bicher witness his will filed in Franklin County. Henry is obviously related to Elizabeth and could well be her father. At the time the will was proved in 1859, Henry was living in Bloom Township, Fairfield County.

Henry may be either:
Henry Ward Bicher http://www.SearchTrees.com/tree/4449.htm
J. H. Bicher http://www.SearchTrees.com/tree/4437.htm

WILL OF HEYL, CONRAD (D-196) Of Mifflin Twp., Franklin Co., OH; will signed Jan. 7, 1845; codicil Apr. 10, 1858; proven July 27, 1859; mentions: nieces Anna Mitchell and Elizabeth Pilgram; bro. Christian Heyl; nephew and godson, John Konrod Heyl; children of my deceased niece, Maria more, late of Illinois and Elizabeth Hymrod, wife of John Hymrod; nephews: Lawrence, Lewis, William E., George W. and Charles Heyl; niece Mary A. Henkel; nephew Christian Myer; nieces Catherine Lambert and Mary Kaemerer; nephew John Lambert; executor: newphew Lawrence Heyl; witnesses to will: Fernando C. Kelton and E. N. Stelzer, a clerk in merchant establishment of Kelton, Bancroft and Co. and who was deceased at time of proving will; witnesses to codicil: Henry Bicher and George Katzmyer. At time of proving, Henry Bicher was of Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., Apr. 10, 1859.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Baptism on 10 Apr 1827 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA. ⁶ Eliza Buecher, b. 10 Jul 1826, bapt. 10 Apr 1827, parents John & Elizabeth Buecher, sponsor Theresa Fichthorn.

2. Census in 1840 in Jefferson Twp., Franklin, OH. ⁷ The 1840 census recorded John G. Berker [as indexed incorrectly] with this household:
Males (born)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 son (Peter J.)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son (William M.)
15-19 (1821-1825) = 1 son (J. Henry)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 father (John)
Females (born)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 daughter
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Elizabeth)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 mother (Sarah Elizabeth)
They were living next door to John's cousins, William Beecher (1799-1879) and Barbara Beecher Neiswender (1794-1879).

3. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States. ⁸ The 1850 census recorded Charles Heyl, farmer, 28, living with wife Louisa, 23; daughter Esther, 5; and son John, 2. Everyone was born in Ohio.
Living next door is Charles' father Christian Heyl, 62, associate judge, born in Germany, with wife Esther, 58, born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1860 in Mifflin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States. ⁹ The 1860 census recorded Chas Hyle [sic, as spelled by census taker, should be Heyl], farmer, 37, living with wife Eliza, 30; Esther, 15; John F., 12; Georgeanna, 8; Lavina, 3; and Eliza, 6 months old on 20 Jul 1860 when the census was recorded. Everyone was born in Ohio except mother Eliza in Pennsylvania.
Next door is Chas' father Christian Hyle, retired farmer, 72, with wife Esther, 69, and a domestic servant Elizabeth Pilgrim, 53. Christian was born in Bavaria, Germany, Esther in Pennsylvania, and Ms. Pilgrim in Ohio. Christian's real estate was worth $11,500 and personal estate $2,000, and son Charles has no land and $600 personal estate.
On the same page is a neighbor, Chas' brother-in-law - his wife's brother Peter Bigher [as recorded by census taker, should be Bicher], farm laborer, 35, living with wife Elizabeth, 30; Albert, 5; Sarah, 3; Sylvester, 1; Peter's brother John, farm laborer, 16; and Peter's sister Mary, 18, domestic. Peter was caring for them because their father had died in 1851.
Peter and his brother and sister were born in Pennsylvania, everyone else in Ohio. He had no real estate and his personal estates was worth $400, so as a farm laborer he was likely work on Christian's land mentioned below.

5. Census in 1870 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. ² Charles Heyl, 48, was living with wife Eliza, 44; Eliza, 23; Anna, 18; Levenia, 13; Eliza, 10; Charles, 8; Margaret, 5; Samuel A., 2. Also in the home is Charles' father Christian, 82; and Elizabeth Pilgrim, 63. Everyone is born in Ohio, except the mother Eliza in Pennsylvania, and Christina in a German village spelled on the census list, but in handwriting we cannot make out. Next door is Eliza's brother Peter Beecher [spelled Bigher by the census taker].

Elizabeth married Charles Walter Heyl Sr., son of Christian Heyl and Esther Alspach, on 25 Jun 1844 in Columbus: St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Franklin, OH.¹ (Charles Walter Heyl Sr. was born on 3 Mar 1822 in Columbus, Franklin, OH,^{2 10 11} died on 14 Nov 1904 in Columbus, Franklin, OH ^{10 11} and was buried on 15 Nov 1904 in Columbus: Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, OH ^{10 11}.)