There are two different Troxell Lines connecting to our Smith Family.
Links to our Troxell Lines:
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Links to our Troxell Lines:
Married
Elizabeth Gungsel
married
Margaret Brengel
married
Juliana Catharina Trauthager 1703 –
1795
married
Anna Maria 1727 – 1795
married
Christina Reichard 1771 – 1814
married
Elizabeth 1796 –
Maria Sophia Traxel 1823-1876
married
Benjamin
Dieffenbacher 1812-1900
Married
Anna Maria Hunsecker
married
Catherine Reeder
Eva Catherine Troxel 1769 – 1840
married
Hannah Stofflet 1803 – 1883
married
Ellen Dieffenbacher
Married
David Smith 1844 - 1923
Benjamin Franklin Smith 1875-1941
married
Susan Bertha Syder
Lloyd William Smith 1908-1991
married
Married
David Smith 1844 - 1923
Benjamin Franklin Smith 1875-1941
married
Susan Bertha Syder
Lloyd William Smith 1908-1991
married
Marian Lucille Smith 1914-2011
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RESEARCH:
The Troxell Family 929.2 LCHS
Anniversary History of Lehigh County PA Vol III 974.827 R LCHS
The family came from Lenk Switzerland to Wolfersheeim Germany.
Hans Trachsel married Elizabeth Gungsel (Gunset)
Jacob Traschel married Margaret Brengel
Johannes Traschel married Anna Maria ----------
Johannes came to America with brother Peter
His first 3 children were to Anna Magdalena (Roth) Screiber, widow of Jacob Schreiber
His second 3 children were to Anna Maria Unknown
Johan Nicholas Troxell married Catherine Reeder,
Catherine is the daughter of Henry & wife Ann
Catherine was baptized Feb 8 1761 as an adult wife of Nicholas
Nicholas born Dec 25 1721 in Germany Died April 27 1797 in Pennsylvania
Nicholas was baptized December 26 1721 in Walcheim/Blies Germany
Sponsor Michel Sieber, Athony Freydinger, John Mickel & Margaretha Henseckel
Nicholas emigrated to America with his parents in 1737, and was naturalized April 10 1761
He lived in Whitehall Northhampton County PA, where he farmed land he owned lying N. of Egypt
Nicholas was a carpenter, the 3rd son of Johannes & Anna Maria
Nicholas and Catherine had 9 children
Nicholas and Catherine belonged to the Egypt Reformed Church
DAVID SMITH, farmer and United State mail carrier, P. O. Exchange, was born in what is now Anthony Township, this county, where Samuel Smith now lives, September 10, 1842, son of John and Hannah (Stufflick) Smith. John Smith, father of David, came to this county from Lehigh and settled where Samuel now resides about 1835. He was married in Lehigh County, to Miss Hannah Stufflick and when they came to Montour County he bought 200 acres, and to this he added until he had 400 acres at the time of his death, which occurred April 25, 1879; his widow survived him until October, 1882. They are buried in Turbotville German Reformed Cemetery. John Smith was always a farmer, and was a strict member of the church. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith were the parents of twelve children, of which David is eleventh. Our subject was reared at the place of his birth, and was married September 26, 1865, to Miss Ellen Dieffenbacher, a native of Derry Township, this county, and daughter of Benjamin and Sophia (Troxell) Dieffenbacher, former of whom was born in Derry Township, this county, May 11, 1812, and latter in Lehigh County, Penn., in 1823. She died July 31, 1876, and is buried at the Strawberry Ridge Church. Mr. Benjamin Dieffenbacher was one of the organizers of that church. He now makes his home with his three daughters: Mrs. William Berger, Mrs. Joel Bitler, and Mrs. David Smith. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. David Smith removed to their present location, and since that time they have made all the improvements on the place, with the exception of the barn. The house was built at a cost of between $2,000 and $2,500, besides the labor. They are the parents of eight children, of whom five are living: William Grant; Ella Minta May; Benjamin Franklin and John Edmund, Elmira and Lillie Birdie. Mr. Smith received his commission to carry the mails daily between Danville and Exchange, from the United States Government in July, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Strawberry Ridge Reformed Church, as is also their eldest son. Mr. Smith in politics is a Republican. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 189 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
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Troxell-Steckel Farm House & Museum
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Troxels in the Egypt Church Records
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His name was Abram P. Steckel and he is described as an industrialist and philanthropist from Youngstown, Ohio who made his fortune by patenting a process for “cold-rolling” steel that revolutionized the steel industry. He purchased the Troxell-Steckel House and donated it to the Lehigh County Historical Society along with funds for restoring and maintaining the homestead. It is now on the National Register of Historic Sites.
As one of the oldest structures in Lehigh County, Troxell-Steckel House is in itself a highly valued piece of the region's past. Lehigh County Historical Society museum curator Andree Mey Miller calls its style German Georgian, a mix of the Pennsylvania-German and the English style known as Georgian because of its prominence during the reigns of Kings George I, II, III and IV who ruled from 1714 to 1830. She sees the house as an example of cross-cultural influences of a German-speaking people in an English colony.
The Troxells arrived in America from what is now western Germany in 1737. It was John Peter Troxell, sometimes known as Johan Peter Trachsel, who acquired the property along Coplay Creek in 1748 and built his home in 1755-56. Over its door is a German inscription that translates as:
1756
God protect this house
against all danger;
Guide our soul to Heaven's hall.
Johan Peter Trachsel
(his wife) Maria Magdelana
In 1768 Troxell sold his house and 410-acre property to Peter Steckel and left the area, eventually settling in Maryland.
Members of the Steckel family were to own the property for the next 140 years. It was to witness a lot of family happiness and at least one tragedy, the suicide by hanging in the house's attic in 1842 of 21-year-old Carl Steckel, who according to contemporary accounts, suffered from mental illness and epilepsy.
In 1905 Albert Steckel sold the home to someone outside the family. It was used as a rental property, and, for a time in the 1920s, the house echoed to the ancient chants of the Russia Orthodox Church taught by a member of that faith from Catasauqua.
On Dec. 6, 1941, the historical society was given the house and 24 acres of ground by Steckel family descendent Abram Peters Steckel, Lehigh University graduate and retired president of the Cold Metal Process Co. of Youngstown, Ohio. He had purchased the property for the society. The home was renovated under the direction of local architect John Heyl and dedicated by the society in 1943.
Obit for A.P. Steckel 8-20-1954
A.P. Steckel, Philanthropist, Dies At 75
Retired Industrialist Contributed 2 Shrines To Lehigh County
A.P. Steckel, 75, who gave Lehigh County two historical shrines, died in his Youngstown, O., home at 4:55p.m. yesterday. He had been ill seven months.
The retired president of Cold metal Process Co., Youngstown, Steckel presented Lehigh County Historical Society with the Steckel homestead near Egypt and the Catasauqua home of George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
In 1942 he bought the Egypt site, a colonial-type farm house built in 1748, and made it a gift to the Society. Two years ago restoration work was started on the site which ultimately will be turned into a public park under the Society's supervision.
OLD LANDMARK
History of the homestead was traced to his great grandfather, Peter Steckel, who acquired the property in 1768, a dozen years after it was built by John Peter Troxell. The Taylor home was purchased by Steckel in 1944. It was erected in 1768. Also contributed to Lehigh County Historical Society by Steckel in 1944, was a rare hammer-klavier piano.
LEHIGH GRADUATE
Steckel was graduated from Lehigh University in 1899. In 1941 he won an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering from Lehigh for "contributions to art and science of steel manufacturers." At Lehigh he was a classmate of Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel Co. He previously had graduated from Mercersburg Academy. He is credited with developing the Steckel method for processing hot rolling and cold rolling metals. This process became known in 1903, three years after he began his career.
By 1921 he was in private research and collaborated with Stephen Pick in handling bulk pig iron with electro magnet and crane. In 1926 he founded the Cold Metal Process Co., retiring seven years later. Steckel was a recipient of the Pioneer Award from the National Assn. Of Manufacturers.
MYERSTOWN NATIVE
Born in Myerstown April 1, 1879, he was a son of the late Lewis D. and Barbara (Peters) Steckel. he was of the Unitarian faith. His wife, Mabel (Rushworth) Steckel, died in 1926. Surviving are a son, Fred R. and daughter, Mrs. Barbara Reese, both of Seattle, Wash.; a sister, Miss Martha Steckel, with whom he resided, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the King Funeral Home, Youngstown. Burial will be in Jamestown, N.Y., on Saturday
Abram P. Steckel lineage = Abram>Lewis>Daniel>John>Peter
Johannes Nicolas Troxell married to Catherina Magdalena Schreiber
Troxel Trails and Tales by Richard M. Troxell
God protect this house against all danger; Guide our souls to heaven's hall
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