Sophia Beecher ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: 9VH8-5M6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ³ David Bucher, farmer, 35, was living with Elizabeth, 40; Mary, 8; Elizabeth, 5; Sophia, 4; Lydia, 1, and John, 7 months old when the census was recorded on 10 Aug 1850. David has no real estate value. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Neighbors are 70-year-old John Altlande and his wife Elizabeth, 64 whose farm is worth $3,000.

2. Census in 1860 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴ David Beecher, farmer, 44, was living with wife Elizabeth, 49; Mary, 18; Elizabeth, 15; Sophia, 14; Lydia, 12; John, 9; Sarah, 7. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. David's real estate was worth $3,000 and personal estate $1,000. The post office was Mummasburg.

3. Census in 1870 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded David Beecher, farmer, 56, living with wife Elizabeth, 60; Mary, 25; Elizabeth, 23; Sophia, 22; John, farm laborer, 18; and Sarah, 16. Also in the home was farm laborer Francis Dittenhafer, 18. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. David's real estate was valued at $10,000 and personal estate at $2,500. The post office was Mummasburg.

4. Residence: on 13 Mar 1873 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ⁵

5. Newspaper: Gettysburg Times: Married: On the 13th inst., by Rev. M. Bushman, Mr. Joseph Black, of York county, to Mrs. Sophia Beecher, of Franklin township., 15 Mar 1873, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ⁵

Sophia married Joseph Black on 13 Mar 1873 in , Adams, PA.¹ (Joseph Black was born about 1848.)