>Thank you for the help on the location of Union. FYI, the TROTH she >worked for was William Troth (age 65 in 1880 census). > > >Scott Cisney Scott.. I suspect this is the William Troth to whom you refer: ....................................................... Billy (William Travis) Troth, son of William Troth and Elizabeth Grady, was born in Highland County, Ohio on October 20, 1814. At an early age, while in Ohio, he became a wagon maker and a carpenter. In 1835 he moved from Ohio to Indiana and three years later, in October of 1838 moved to Scotland County Missouri where he obtained 160 acres of land. He is known to have lived in Scotland County "at the top of the hill west of Snake Lake where the road to Lawn Ridge turns south". Later his property was known as the "Otis & Stella Parish Place". Billy added to his original 160 acres till he eventually held 1400 acres in the county, most of which he gave to his children. He was once a Magistrate and also held two consecutive terms as Postmaster at the Wyaconda Post Office which was located at his farm (This "Wyaconda P.O." not to be confused with the town of "Wyaconda" in Clark County). He was a member of the Christian Church and a Republican. About 1837-1838 he married Eliza A. Ruse probably in Indiana. Eliza A. Ruse was born about 1815-1820. She died in 1848 in Scotland County, Missouri. About 1849-1850 in Missouri he married Annie Billups. Annie Billups was born in Virginia about 1823. She died about 1862 in Scotland County, Missouri. About 1865 in Missouri he married Sarah C. Sharp. Sarah C. Sharp was born about 1815-1825. Before 1865 she had been married to __ Fisher. On September 8, 1885 in Missouri he married Mattie. Mattie was born in Clark County, Missouri about 1815. Before 1885 she had been married to __ Cotton. Billy died in Missouri. He was buried at the Old Billups Cemetery in Scotland County, Missouri. This cemetery is northeast of the location of "Clay Point" School. ......................... Phil Phil Knox <pknox@earthlink.net> Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~pknox/ All incoming e-mail attachments are automatically scanned by McAfee antivirus.