Elizabeth Stitsel was born in May 1793, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, likely daughter to Ephriam Stitzell, and Lovinia Brown .She married Jacob Joseph Byers in 1809. . Of Jackson Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States on the 1860. She died on 16 February 1898, in Edinburg Township, Portage, Ohio.

Name Elizabeth Byers

Gender Female

Death date 16 Feb 1898

Death place Edinburg Township, Portage, Ohio

Age in years 107

Birth date 1791

Race White

Marital status Widowed

Batch number B05177-3

Record group Ohio-EASy

Film number 891395

Reference number v 3 p 48

Elizabeth Stitzel,

wife of Jacob Byers.

Children-

Fredrick Byers 1819–1896

Elijah Byers 1820–1880

David Byers 1823–

John Byers 1827–1897

William George Byers 1837–1913

Belle 1828 - 1917

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Elizabeth Byers

in the 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Elizabeth Byers

Age: 63

Birth Year: abt 1787

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Home in 1850: Newark, Licking, Ohio, USA

Gender: Female

Family Number: 322

Household Members:

Name Age

J M Byers 37

E J Byers 8

AR M Byers 6

Elizabeth Byers 63

AR M Byers 27

J M Byers 27

H H Byers 26

1860

Jacob and Lizzie

Newcomer family in household

Name Jacob Byers

Sex Male

Age

60 years

Birth Year (Estimated) 1800

Birthplace Pennsylvania

Race White

Event Type Census

Event Date 1860

Event Place Jackson Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States

Page Number 34

1870 Edinburg post office, Palmyra, Portage, OH census

William J (G) Byers 34 OH

Emeline 31 OH

John W 2 OH

George E 1 OH

Elizabeth 79 PA

1880 PORTAGE PALMYRA

Robert Winfield 58 NJ NJ OH

Laura J Winfield 50 OH OH OH

James W Winfield 23 MI NJ OH

Gertrude J Winfield 15 OH NJ OH

Elizebeth Byres (other) 89 PA GER GER

"Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve"

published under the auspices of the Woman's Department of the Cleveland

Centennial Commission in 1896, edited by Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer

Wickham.

PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY: PALMYRA 1800 - 1850

Mrs. Elizabeth STITSEL BYERS was born in Franklin county,

Pa., in 1793. Her mother died when she was seven years

old. She was then bound out till she was eighteen, was

married at twenty-two, boarded the first men that worked

on the old Sandy and Beaver Canal, and raised a family of

nine children, her husband being blind for eight years

before he died. She lived in Palmyra six years and has

lived in several other places, and now at nearly one

hundred and three years of age is living with her son

William, in Edinburg township. She has a remarkably

preserved mind, can converse on present topics of the day

as well as the past, is interested in the farm work, and

keeps posted on prices of grain, stock, etc.

PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY: EDINBURG 1800 - 1850

"One other whom we must

not pass by although not a pioneer of Edinburg, is Mrs.

Elizabeth BYERS. Her life has been an exceptionally hard

one. For thirty-three years she maintained the family by

her own efforts, her husband being blind. During that

time she was robbed of a home twice or thrice by

dishonest persons, who took advantage of her inability to

defend her rights. Yet, in spite of her numerous

misfortunes, the wrongs which she has endured, and the

privations she has experienced, she is a hale, merry,

active centenarian. In May, 1896, if still living, she

will celebrate her one hundred and third birthday."

Edinburg Cemetery Founded 1811

Edinburgh, Portage County, Oh

Elizabeth Byers

Died Feb. 16, 1898

Aged 107 years