Elizabeth Bushong Fravel
BIRTH 4 Jan 1759
Manchester, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 9 Sep 1839 (aged 80)
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Birth record revealed Elizabeth Bushong was born January 4, 1759 in Christ Church, York County, Pennsylvania and her parents were John Bushong and Elizabeth Sprinckel.
Marriage Record revealed George Fravel and Elizabeth Bushong married on May 19, 1780 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
George was twenty-four and Elizabeth was twenty when they married.
George was engaged in farming and keeper of a tavern in Woodstock at the time of the stage line.
The 1820 census revealed George was a farmer and they were living in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Household members: George (45 and over), Elizabeth (45 and over), one son (16-25), one son (26-44), one daughter (26-44), one male slave (15-26), one female slave (under 14), one female slave (26-44), one free colored male (under 14) and one free colored female (15-25).
Their children:
Henry Fravel (b.1781 d.1851)
John Bunyan Fravel (b.1783 d.1825)
George Fravel (b.1784 d.1825)
Jacob Fravel (b.1786 d.1860)
Benjamin Fravel (b.1789 d.1853)
Joseph Fravel (b.1789 d.1866)
Mary Fravel (Rinker)(b.1791 d.1821)
Isaac Fravel (b.1794 d.1873)
Abraham Fravel (b.1796 d.1879)
David Fravel (b.1796 d.1833)
George died on their forty-third wedding anniversary in 1823.
The 1830 census revealed Elizabeth (70's) was a widow and was living with her son, David and family in Eastern District, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Three of her sons, Jacob, Joseph and Henry lived close by.
Death record revealed Elizabeth died in Shenandoah County, Virginia on September 9, 1839.
Elizabeth lived to age 80.
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