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George Reifsnyder
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Elizabeth Spengler
(1786-1878)
Sarah A. Reifsnyder
(Abt 1817-)

 

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William Beecher

Sarah A. Reifsnyder 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: Abt 1817, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2
  • Marriage: William Beecher

bullet   Another name for Sarah was Sarah Reiffschneider.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, Abt 1818, , , Pennsylvania, USA. 3

• Census, 1860, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. 6 William Beecher, 42, blacksmith, is listed in the 1860 Census in Lower Heidelberg Township in Berks County with real estate valued at $350 and possessions worth $175. With him is Sarah, 43; Reuben, 21, mason; Mary, 17; John, 13; and Levi, 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is listed as Stouchsburgh.

• Census, 1870, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. 7 Three Beechers are found on page 423 of the 1870 Census in South Heidelberg Township in Berks County. The post office is Wernersville.

William Beecher, age 52, blacksmith, is living with wife Sarah, 52; Levi, 21; and Ellen, 16. With them is a Sarah Strunk, age 4, and Harrison Beecher, 37, no occupation listed. William's real estate is valued at $1,800 and his possessions worth $400.

Reuben Beecher, 30, farm laborer, is living with wife Emma, 26, and George L., 7 months old, born in Oct. 1869. He has no real estate and $400 of possessions.
Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1880, Penn Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. 3 William Beecher, blacksmith, 62, was living with Sarah A., 63. Also in the home was George L. Beecher, grandson, age 10; and Sallie M. Strunk, domestic servant, age 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


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Sarah married William Beecher, son of George Beecher and Barbara. (William Beecher was born about 1818 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 6 8.)


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Sources


1 1880 United States Census.

2 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Lower Heidelberg Township, Series: M432 Roll: 753 Page: 456.

3 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255100; National Archives Film T9-1100; Page 144C.

4 Montgomery, Morton L, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909
Online at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/montgomery/mintro.html
), Page 853.

5 Berks and Schuylkill Journal, August 24, 1878.

6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Lower Heidelberg Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1075 Page: 388.

7 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, South Heidelberg Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1306 Page: 423.

8 1840 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Heidelberg Township, Series: M704 Roll: 438 Page: 443.


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