The letters found in this Project have been transcribed and provided through the generosity of Yvonda Robinett. She will be working through these wonderful glances into the history of Noble County and its people. Yvonda also hopes to provide this site with photographs of some of the people mentioned in these letters. I hope you enjoy looking back through the years and a brief glimpse into the lives of the ancestors of our Noble County researchers. I thank Yvonda for her kind time and generosity in the transcription and provision of these letters and photos for others to look back together.
Where Yvonda or I am able to uncover additional information on the subjects included in these letters, we will attempt to add those notes.
DECEMBER 15, 1869 To: Sophronia Troup From: Noah Daniel
MARCH 20, 1870 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Rebecca J. Hartman
MAY 24, 1870 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Noah Daniel
DEC 06, 1870 To: Unknown From: Noah Daniel
FEB 05, 1871 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Lizzie Troupe
FEB 12, 1871 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
APR 2, 1871 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
JUNE 19 1871 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
JULY 9, 1871 To: Israel Troupe From: Lydia [Stahl] Hanas
DEC 4, 1871 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
FEB 2, 1872 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Israel Troup
FEB 17, 1873 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Troupe
APR 6, 1873 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Sarah Feebles
SEP 15, 1873 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Lydia Hanas
DEC 17, 1873 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Troupe
JAN 30, 1874 To: (blank) From: Sarah & Eli Feebles
MAR 30, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Lydia Story
APR 5, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
APR 17, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe and Susannah [Stahl] Hutchins From: Anna Lisa Hutchins and Lydia Story
APR 30, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
MAY 30, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Sarah Elizabeth Troupe
JUNE 8, 1874 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
APR 17, 1875 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Jonas M. Hutchins
AUG 24, 1875 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Maria Elizabeth Beuchat
DEC 16, 1875 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Maria Beuchat
DEC 29, 1875 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Tena and Andy Foster
JAN 24, 1876 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Maria Beuchat
JUNE 7, 1876 To: Sarah Stahl and Friends From: Lydia Story
JULY 5, 1876 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Maria Beuchat
JULY 16, 1876 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Lydia Story
JULY 30, 1876 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Amos Troupe
APRIL 30-MAY 5 [1876] To: Mother & Friends From: Lydia Story
To: Sophronia Troupe From: Henry Hutchins
APRIL 10 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Unknown
APRIL 1 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Unknown
FEBRUARY 1 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Anna Liza Hutchins
NOVEMBER 22 To: Sophronia Troupe From: Susana Hutchins [Susannah Hutchins]
DATE ILLEGIBLE To: Israel Troupe From: Melinda S. Troupe
DATE ILLEGIBLE To: Sophronia Troupe From: Lydia Hanas [Lydia Stahl Hanas]
NO DATE To: Sophronia Troupl From: Jonas Hutchins
NO DATE To: Sophronia Troupe From: Israel Troupe
PHOTOS
Charles Adna Troupe. The only child to Dr. Amos W. Troupe, and Carrie Sloan Troupe.
Photo by Shinn & Drew, Pine Bluff, AR.
Carrie Sloan Troupe. Wife to Dr. Amos W. Troupe. She is mentioned in the letters as "Carrie" or "C" at times. Photo by Shinn & Drew, Pine Bluff, AR.
Amos W. Troupe. He is a brother to Sophronia Troupe Beuchat. He writes
many of the letters to his Sister. He went to school to become a doctor.
Later moving to Pine Bluff, AR where he practiced and died in Arkansas.
Photo by Shinn & Drew, Pine Bluff, AR.
This is Rebecca (maiden name unknown at this time) Troupe. She was the Step-Mother to Sophronia Troupe Beuchat. Referred to as "B", "Beck," or "Becca"in these Troupe Letters.
John Troupe, Father to Sophronia Troupe Beuchat. Photo taken by Ball,
Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Date unknown
Beuchat Family at their farm. From left to right; Lois Beuchat, Edith Beuchat, Earl Wiltrout, Mabel Issola Mae Beuchat, William Henry Beuchat, and Billie Bonenfarger (a farmhand). Date unknown.
Israel Troupe. This is the other brother to Sophronia Troupe Beuchat. Hewrites many of the Troupe Letters also. Photo by Ball, Fostoria, Ohio.
Sophronia Troupe Beuchat. The receiver of most of these letters. This was taken as she was much older. B. 4 Mar 1853 Iler, Jackson Twp., Seneca Co. OH - Married William Henry Beuchat 25 Sept. 1884 Fairfield Twp., DeKalb Co., IN - d. 5 Nov 1933 Fairfield Twp., DeKalb Co. IN.
This is Sophronia Troupe Beuchat and her husband William Henry Beuchat at the wheel. Imagine driving to Kendallville in this!
From left to right; Joan Likes, William Henry Beuchat, and Mabel Issola Mae Beuchat Likes. Date unknown.