COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS I do hereby certify that I solemnized the marriage contract between Christian Airhart and Susanna Boushong the 23rd of August in the year of our Lord 1831. Minister of the Gospel H. E. T. Voigt Returned 4th November 1831 and recorded by G. C. Coffin, Clerk -------------------- Boschong Subscribers, While trying to figure out Susannah Bushong of the above marriage, we searched census records looking for this couple and could not find them in the 1850 census under those names. Has anyone else found them? If not, then this means one of three things. They both died before 1850, or they are using other names besides Christian and Susannah or one of them died and the other remarried going by one of his other names. Like John Christian Airhart? We are looking into the premise that Susannah Bushong might have been the daughter of Jacob Bushong and Rachel Keller of Fayette County, Ohio. Susannah is a family name in the Bushong family. She might have died before her father Jacob Bushong's Will was made in 1838 but then again possibly not since Samuel was not named and we know him to be a son. We already know that this couple had more children then we can account for. Jacob Bushong and Rachel Keller were married in 1811. If their first born daughter was Susannah born around 1818/19 then she would have been about 20 when she married in 1831 and would not show up on the census records for Jacob and family. Her husband could have been older as the John Airhart below was born around 1798. For the time being this is all speculation but wanted to throw it out there in case someone has found something that might prove or disprove this premise. See Archives for posts December 2004, May 2007, June 2007, January 2008, July 2008, May 2009 and September 2009 for further information on Jacob Bushong married to Rachel Keller. Since we could not find Christian Airhart in the 1850 census we had to look for another Airhart old enough to marry in 1831 but possibly going under another name and with a second wife. We found a candidate in Fayette County where Jacob Bushong married Rachael Keller lived and who could fit the bill. 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Wayne Township, Fayette County Enumerated 12 August 1850 Page 103A & B Lines 29-42 & 1, HH 588/588 John Airhart 52/Male/Farming/VA {Is this the husband of Susannah Bushong?} Mary Airhart 40/Female/VA {Second wife?} Elizabeth Airhart 18/Female/OH {Daughter of Susannah Bushong?} Eliza A. Airhart 15/Female/OH Ann M. Airhart 13/Female/OH Sarah Airhart 8/Female/OH John Airhart 7/Male/OH Jacob Airhart 5/Male/OH Martha E. Airhart 4/Female/OH Solomon Airhart 3/Male/OH William H. Airhart 2/Male/OH Alexander Cowhick 27/Male/Laborer/Iowa Mary Cowhick 21/Female/VA Margaret Keller 24/Female/VA Mary C. Keller 4/Female/OH ---------------------- Thoughts on this? ----------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong