Update: I just found some census information that places Osiah in Wapello, Iowa for the 1850 census. So far I have not seen the census info, just the index listing for Osiah. By the way I live in central CT in the Hartford, Wethersfield area. I am willing to try to help people who need early family information from this area. Genforum now has a page for Madison County, Iowa. You can access it through the Iowa State page. My message about Osiah and his family that I put on the page is lonely. It needs company. Marilyn Moser M J Moser wrote: > > Osiah Anthony and Mary (Ruckman) are my gggrandparents. Their youngest > child, Oran Alexander (b. 1871, Paterson) is my grandfather. Osiah and > Mary were married in Ohio, probably Pike County, in the mid 1840's. I > don't know when they moved to Iowa, but they are not listed in the > 1850 Ohio census. Their two oldest children, daughters Rebecca E. (b. > 1846) and Clarinda S. (b. 1848), were born in Ohio. The rest of their > children were born in Iowa. The family lived in Madison County until > approximately 1880 when Osiah and Mary moved to Kansas. > > Osiah Anthony was born in 1823 in Northampton County, PA. He had a > twin brother Owen Joseph (this may be a surprise to many in the > family). A sister, Hannah Louise was born in 1829. (Have baptismal > records for all three children on which their parents are named.) > > His parents were Peter Moser (b. abt 1797) and Magdalena (daugh. of > Daniel) Horlacher (b. abt 1800). Peter and Magdalena were married in > Easton, PA in 1822 (proven). (I have birth dates, but they are not yet > proven to my satisfaction.) Magdalena was born in Northampton County, > and to the best of my knowledge Peter was also born there. (IGI > records for their children suggest that the family moved to Ohio > around 1840.) > > Osiah served in Company K, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the > civil war. At the time of his enlistment he gave his place of > residence as Winterset (proven). > > Osiah died in Jewel County, KS, in 1893 (proven). > > Mary Ruckman, the daughter of John and Polly F. Ruckman, was born in > Pike County, OH, in 1824. She died in Jewel County, KS, in 1893. > > I would like to make contact with other descendants of Osiah and Mary, > and other descendants of Peter and Magdalena. Willing to share > information. Right now I am trying to identify Peter's parents. > > I would also appreciate information from the 1850, 1860, and 1870 > census. Family may have been in Wapello in 1850. Actually, I would > appreciate any information of any kind. > > Thank you > > Marilyn Moser