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Elizabeth M. Sites
(Abt 1845-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Beecher

2. Hiram C. Feger

Elizabeth M. Sites 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1845, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): William Beecher on 7 Nov 1865 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Hiram C. Feger on 7 Aug 1879 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA 1

bullet   Other names for Elizabeth were Lizzie M. Beecher, Lizzie M. Liter and Elizabeth M. Site.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Name. 1 Her name is handwritten in the church records at Trinity Reformed but always difficult to read. It may be Liter, Liten, Lites, or Sites depending upon which record is examined. Further research is needed to determine the correct surname.

• Residence, Oct 1865, , Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. 1

• Census, 1870, Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. 2 William Beecher, wholesale spice merchant, 55, was living with Elizabeth, 25; Myers, 21, farm laborer; Alice, 14; Martha H., 3; Bertha M., 1. Also: Coleman Beecher, 24, farmer, and Ellen, 21, who had been married in May of this year according to the census. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William's real estate was worth $20,000 and personal estate $1,000. The post office was Pottstown.

• Census, 1880, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. 4 After the death of William Beecher, his wife marries a Feger. The Beecher children are now found living with the new family.

Hiram C. Feger, machinist, 56, was with wife Elizabeth, 35; stepdaughters Martha H. Beecher, 13, and Bertha Beecher, 10; and stepson Emmanuel Beecher, 9. Also in the home: daughte r Leticcia Feger, 30; daughter Fanny Feger, 24; daughter Mary E. Feger, 19; and John Boyer, 25, clerk. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


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Elizabeth married William Beecher, son of William Beecher and Elisabeth Herr, on 7 Nov 1865 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (William Beecher was born on 9 Sep 1811 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA 5, christened on 24 Nov 1811 in Hagerstown: Zion Reformed Church, Washington County, Maryland, USA,5 died on 27 Feb 1878 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA 1 and was buried in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA 1.)


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Elizabeth next married Hiram C. Feger on 7 Aug 1879 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Hiram C. Feger was born about 1824 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 4.)


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Sources


1 Trinity Reformed Church, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

2 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pottsgrove Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1378 Page: 254.

3 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (Online at http://search.labs.familysearch.org
), Death record for Emanuel Herr Beecher.

4 1880 United States Census, Film 1255160; National Archives Film T9-1160; Page 559C.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of December 17, 2005), Batch #: C507751, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0014145, Printout Call #: 1002748, Dates: 1807 - 1849.


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