Elizabeth (Housel) Troxel (1809 - 1888)

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Beuford Troxell — married 12 Feb 1829 in Milton, Northumberland County, pennsylvania, USA

Died 28 Dec 1888 at age 79 in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Eliza was born in 1809. She was the daughter of John Housel and Mary Miller. She passed away in 1888 and is buried in the Lewisburg Cemetery in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. ^[1].

Year: 1850; Census Place: Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania^[2]

• Benjamin Troxel 49/m, farmer, $7500, PA
• Eliza Troxel 41/f, PA
• William Troxel 19/m, farmer, PA
• Julia Troxel 16/f, PA
• Mary Troxel 14/f, PA
• Benjamin Troxel 7/m, PA
• Mary Housel 78/f, PA
• Wesley Housel 14/m, PA

Year: 1860; Census Place: Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania^[3]

• Benjamin Troxel 58/m, farmer, $4000 $800, PA
• Eliza Troxel 51/f, PA
• Lizzie Troxel 23/f, PA
• Franklin Troxel 16/m, farm hand, PA, school
• Mary Irwin 14/f, PA, school

Year: 1870; Census Place: Lewisburg North Ward, Union, Pennsylvania^[4]

• Benjamen Troxel 68/m, retired farmer, $1000 $6000, PA
• Eliza Troxel 61/f, keeping house, PA

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #96361383
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_804; Page: 98A; Image: 203; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [1]
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1149; Page: 156; Family History Library Film: 805149; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [2]
4. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Lewisburg North Ward, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1458; Page: 499A; Family History Library Film: 552957; 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.[3]

• Housel - Miller Family Bible. 1812, Published by Matthew Carey, 122 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DAR Family Bible, vol. 9, pp. 47-49. Last owner noted: Mrs. Oliver J. Cummings, 158 North Long Beach Avenue, Freeport, NY. Copied by Alam Troxell, Member of the Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter, N.S. D.A.R. Freeport, NY 10 Feb 1928. Contains births, marriages and deaths for the family of John Housel and Mary Miller Housel family.

• Housel Genealogy, provided by Laura Schmidt, Email: DigMyPast at msn.com, May 2001 has Eliza buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.