Sophia Beecher ^{1 4}

   FamilySearch ID: MT6D-93D.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: on 17 Oct 1846 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. ³

2. Newspaper: Gettysburg Times: On the 17th inst., by the Rev. J. Albert, Mr. Edward Long to Miss Sophia Beecher -- both of Mountpleasant township., 21 Oct 1846, Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. ³

3. Census in 1850 in Oxford Township, Adams, PA. ⁶ The 1850 census recorded Edward Long, labourer, 25, living with wife Sophia, 24; Sarah L., 4; and Rosana C., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Edward's real estate was valued at $300.

4. Census in 1860 in York, York, PA. ⁷ The 1860 census recorded Edward Long, laborer, 35, born in Maryland, and his family born in Pennsylvania: wife Sophia, 33; Sarah L., 13; Rosanna, 11; Helen E., 9; Mary L., 5; and Irene J., 3.

Sophia married Edward Long on 15 Oct 1846 in Hanover: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, York, PA.^{1 2 3} (Edward Long was born about 1825 in La Plata, Charles, MD ¹ and died on 29 Dec 1881 in York, York, PA ⁸.)