Peter Bicher
(1765-1858)
Susanna Pennebacker
(from 1775/1784-Bef 1839)
Benjamin Biecher
(1797-1876)
Ellen Weidner
(1804-1856)
Sarah Ann Biecher
(1831-1872)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Adam Stains Sr.

Sarah Ann Biecher 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 1 Sep 1831, , Lebanon, PA 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Adam Stains Sr. on 20 Jul 1851 in , Lebanon, PA 1
  • Died: 8 Sep 1872, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA at age 41 7
  • Buried: Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 7

   Another name for Sarah was Sarah Ann Bicher.6 8

   FamilySearch ID: LWJB-7KM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. 6 The 1850 Census lists the household of Benjamin Bicher, age 54, living with his wife, Eleanor, age 47, and children Sarah, age 19 and George, age 16. All were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Der Libanon Demokrat: Married. On the 20th of this month, by the Rev Mr. Kremer, Mr. Adam Steins of Lebanon with Miss Sarah Bicher of South Lebanon., 25 Jul 1851, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 1

3. Residence: on 25 Jul 1851 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. 8

4. Census in 1860 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. 9 The 1860 census recorded Adam Stains, carriage maker, 31, living with wife Sarah Ann, 26; Charles P., 8; Susan M., 5; Thomas, 4; Ellen, 3; and Morris, 10 months old when the census was recorded on 4 Jun 1860. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Lebanon.

5. Census in 1870 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 10 The 1870 Census for District 247 in Lebanon lists Adam Stains, 40, who is married to Sarah A., age 39. Living with them is Charles 19; Matilda 16; Ellen 12; Millard 9; Kate 4; Adam 2; and Sarah's father Benjamin Beicher (should be Biecher or Bicher), 62.


Sarah married Adam Stains Sr., son of Thomas Stains and Catharine, on 20 Jul 1851 in , Lebanon, PA.1 (Adam Stains Sr. was born on 1 Jan 1829 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 10 11, christened on 1 Jan 1830 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA,12 died on 13 Feb 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA 11 13 and was buried in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 11.)


Sources


1 Translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman, Marriages Reported by Der Libanon Demokrat, a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, c1990), Page 23.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 116370, Thomas Stains, father Adam Stains, mother Sarah Biecher.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 27113. Mrs. Matilda Hersberger. Father Adam Stains. Mother Sarah Beicher.

5 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 27 Feb 1915, page 1.

6 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, South Lebanon Township, Series: M432 Roll: 791 Page: 97.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37627749.

8 Translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman, Marriages Reported by Der Libanon Demokrat, a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, c1990).

9 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5X-XC6 Adam Stains South Lebanon Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Household 10.

10 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Lebanon Borough District 247, Roll 1361 Book 1, Page 273a.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37627745.

12 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFMQ-C7X Harry A. Smith and Florence M. Stains, 29 Oct 1900.

13 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HR-ZQ9 Thomas Stains, Lebanon county, part of, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 607.



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