Sophia Susanna Beecher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: 2Z37-Z26.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Married: On Wednesday last, by the Rev. S. Gutelius, John Hoover, of Perry county, to Miss Sophia Beecher, daughter of David Beecher, of Franklin township, Adams county., 2 Sep 1840, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ²

2. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴ David Beecher, merchant, 56, was living with wife Mary, 53. Also with them was Archibald Wilson, clerk, 63; and Mary Weigle, 19. His real estate was worth $20,000 making him wealthy by comparison to others. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

His next neighbor is John Hoover, tanner, 37, living with Sophia, David Beecher's daughter, 28, and their children: Amelia, 9; daughter Georgeanna, 6; son Lisle, 4; and Mary, 1. Also in their home is Sarah Rufsell, 20, and Samuel Blythe, 7.

The next neighbor is David Beecher's son Samuel Beecher, laborer, 29; wife Matilda, 25; Calvin, 5; David, 3; Charles, 1 month old when the census was recorded on 13 Aug 1850. Also living with them: David Geyer, manufacturer, 23; and Sara Lower, 16. Samuel has no real estate value suggesting he is living on his father's land. Everyone in all families were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1860 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ¹³ The 1860 census recorded John Hoover, store keeper, 48, living with wife Sophia, 38; Georgianna, 17; Gilbert, 13; Mary C., 11; and Irene, 9. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Arendtsville. John's real estate was valued at $8,000 and personal estate $6,000.

On the same census page is Sophia's father, David Beecher, 66, and wife Mary, 63, and also her brother Samuel Beecher, 40, and wife Sarah A. M.

4. Census in 1870 in Mechanicstown, Frederick, MD. ¹⁴ The 1870 census recorded John Hoover, iron master, 59, living with wife Sophia, 48; son Gilbert, works in iron forge, 21; and daughters Mary A., 18, and Irene, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was valued at $6000 and personal estate $2000. The post office was Mechanicstown.

Next door is Nash Camp, works in iron forge, 32, with his family, and John Pogue, iron forger, 42.

5. Census in 1880 in Dayton, Montgomery, OH. ¹⁵ The 1880 census recorded Sophia Hoover, widow, 56, living with her son, Gilbert, grocer, 28; son-in-law Baker Hall, 29; granddaughter Gertrude Hall, 2; son-in-law Jos. S. Crilly, cabinet maker, 26; Sophia's daughter Irene Crilly, 25; granddaughter Nellie A. Crilly, 3; and daughter Mary C. Hall, 27. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except Gertrude and Nellie were born in Ohio.

6. Residence: on 30 Jul 1887 in Dayton, Montgomery, OH. ¹⁶

7. Census in 1900 in Blaine, Whatcom, WA. ¹⁷ The 1900 census recorded on Clark Street: Mary C. Hall, 50, born Jun 1850, living with daughter Gertrude A. Hall, stenographer, 22, Jun 1878; son Robert G. Hall, at school, 20, Aug 1880; and mother S. S. Hoover, widowed, 78, Sep 1822. Mary C. had birthed 2 children by 1900, both alive. She and S. G. Hoover and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Her children were born in Ohio and their parents in Pennsylvania.

Sophia married John Hoover on 26 Aug 1840 in Beechersville, Adams, PA.^{1 2} (John Hoover was born on 8 Jul 1813 in , Perry, PA,⁴ died on 29 Jun 1877 in Dayton, Montgomery, OH ^{18 19} and was buried on 1 Jul 1877 in Dayton: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Montgomery, OH ^{18 19}.)