Leah was born about 1825 to Johan Jacob Bentz and his second wife, Mary Bushey. She married William Beitzel in 1845.[1] They raised a large family in Warrington Twp., York County, Pennsylvania. Leah Bentz Beitzel died in 1889 and is buried at Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg Pennsylvania. [2][3]
Sources
↑ Gibson, John, Editor. History of York County Pennsylvania From the Earliest Time to the Present. F.A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago. 1886. Biography of William Beitzel p.195
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/125418274/leah-beitzel : accessed 25 May 2021), memorial page for Leah Bentz Beitzel (1825–27 Sep 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #125418274, citing Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Peggy Bargen Duey (contributor 46873059) .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZD-LM7 : 24 December 2020), Leah Beitzel in household of William Beitzel, Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVB-3SJ : 4 January 2022), Leah Beitzel in household of William Beitzel, Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
Gibson, John, Editor. History of York County Pennsylvania From the Earliest Time to the Present. F.A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago. 1886. Biography of William Beitzel p.195
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