Elisabeth Trostle ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Elisabeth was Elizabeth Trussel.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: MYNT-ZPJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ⁸ Name: William Trostle]
Home in 1840: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1.

2. Newspaper: Married: On the 9th. By the same [Rev. B. Keller], Mr. Josiah Beecher of Juniata County, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Trostle, of Menallen tp., 13 Mar 1848, Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ⁹

3. Census in 1850 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. ¹⁰ The 1850 U.S. Census, recorded in October, detailed two interconnected households living side-by-side in Pennsylvania. The first, the Beecher Household, was headed by Peter Beecher (age 60, laborer) and his wife, Catherine (age 58). They hosted a multi-generational family, including three of their children: Ann M. (18), Sam (15), and their son Josiah (aka Jesse, 22, laborer) along with Josiah's wife, Elizabeth (23). The youngest members were two grandchildren, both age one: Mary C., the daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth, and William, the son of Peter's son, John Beecher, and his wife Lydia Leeper. William's mother, Lydia, had died just months earlier in May 1850. Peter's property value was listed as $0, suggesting he may have been renting his home.

The second household, the Rife/Beecher Household, was located next door and was led by Eve Rife (age 57, a widow), who may have been Peter Beecher's landlord. Also residing with Eve Rife were two adults, Jonas Oner (21) and Elenora Figley (21), along with Peter's nine-year-old grandson, Cornelius Beecher (listed as a laborer). Cornelius was William's brother and son of John and the late Lydia Beecher.
Both William and Cornelius were recorded twice in the 1850 census; they also appeared with other siblings in widower John Beecher's household in Cumberland Township, Adams County in August. Five years later their father also died.

4. Census in 1860 in Center Twp., Grant, IN. ³ Jessie Beecher, laborer, 35, was living with wife Elizabeth, 31; Mary C., 11; Elvira, 9; Joannah, 6; and Rosette, 2. Jesse and Elizabeth were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Indiana. Jesse had no real estate value; his personal estate was worth $100. The post office was Marion.

5. Census in 1880 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. ¹¹ The 1880 census recorded Alfred Wilson, works in spoke factory, 33, living with wife Rosetta Wilson, 22. He was born in Ohio, she in Indiana, and their parents in Pennsylvania. In the same household is Rosetta's mother, Elizabeth Beecher, 50. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Elisabeth married Jesse Beecher, son of Peter Beecher Sr. and Catherine Cashman, on 9 Mar 1848 in Gettysburg: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA.^{1 2} (Jesse Beecher was born on 5 Mar 1821 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA,^{1 12} died on 17 Feb 1880 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN ¹² and was buried in Hartford City: Hartford City Cemetery, Blackford, IN ¹².)