John Strunk
(1799-1853)
Maria Margareth Rebecca Michel
(1800-1862)
William Beecher
(1817-1881)
Sarah Anna Reifsnyder
(1817-1881)
Daniel M. Strunk
(1826-1897)
Mary K. Beecher
(1843-1867)
Sarah Margaretha Strunk
(1865-1951)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Harrison Troxel

Sarah Margaretha Strunk 2 3 4

  • Born: 25 Jul 1865, Wernersville, Berks, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): John Harrison Troxel on 18 Mar 1882 in Bernville, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States 1
  • Died: 31 Oct 1951, S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA at age 86 2 3 4
  • Buried: 4 Nov 1951, Ebenezer: Covenant Greenwood Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 2 4

   Another name for Sarah was Sallie Strunk.2

   FamilySearch ID: 966Q-D3L.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in S. Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 5 Two Beecher households are found on as neighbors in 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.

2. Cause of Death: Sarah died in the Lebanon County Home of cardiac failure, myocarial degeneration, ephritis, artiosclerosis, 31 Oct 1951, S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. 4

3. Residence: R. D. 1, Jonestown, PA on 31 Oct 1951 in Union Twp., Lebanon, PA. 4


Sarah married John Harrison Troxel, son of Abraham Troxel and Mary Ann Beecher, on 18 Mar 1882 in Bernville, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.1 (John Harrison Troxel was born on 8 Jun 1858 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA,6 died on 17 Apr 1928 in North Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA 6 7 8 and was buried on 21 Apr 1928 in Ebenezer: Covenant Greenwood Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 6 7 8.)


Sources


1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 4 Feb 2024), entry for John Harrison Troxel, person ID 966Q-D3K.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53156367.

3 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, Family tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

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.), Certificate 86452. Sarah M. Troxel. Father Daniel Strunk. Mother Mary K. Beecher.

5 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, South Heidelberg Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1306 Page: 423.

6 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 19 Apr 1928, page 15. Obituary of John H. Troxel.

7 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 40773. John H. Troxel. Father Abraham Troxel. Mother Mary Beecher. Wife Sallie M. Troxel. Informant Robert D. Troxel.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18035381.



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