Did you see in 1880 Census Mary Ann is in Saratoga, Douglas Co., NE living with her son Silas S. Bower. Silas S. BOWER Self S Male W 35 WI Farmer OH OH Mary Ann BOWER Mother W Female W 66 OH Keeping House PA OH Ecobud BOWER Brother S Male W 16 NE Farm Laborer OH OH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska Family History Library Film 1254748 NA Film Number T9-0748 Page Number 384D Travis LeMaster E: [email protected] W: http://www.travislemaster.com Rootsweb List Admin. : METZNER-L, WOOLSTON-L, HECK-L, USCW-SHILOH-L, USCW-CHICKAMAUGA-L --- "Chamberlin's" <[email protected]> wrote: >My great-great-greatmother was Mary Ann Trux, according to my information, >she was born in Richland County in 1814. according to an 1885 Nebraska >census her father was from PA (and I assume named Trux or Trucks) and her >mother was born IND. IND would either be from Indiana before there was even >a territory called Indiana and any settlements other than Native American or >French, or it might mean Indian. The family tradition is that she was French >and Indian, and sometimes Cherokee. There actually was a Cherokee settlement >in Indiana in the 1700's so that is not totally implausible. > >Mary Ann married Silas Bowers son of Silas Bowers and Marvel in Huron County >on Jan 6, 1833. Their first son was William W. Bowers, born in Blooming >Grove Township of Richland Co. in 1835. The family moved west through >Illinois, Iowa (maybe to Scott and Clinton counties because other Trux >family members had gone there, and maybe some older Trux or Bowers were with >them in 1840 in Illinois) and then to the Mormon settlements across from >Omaha and then to Nebraska (Kearny and later Florence/Omaha). They had 12 >children. Mary Ann seems to have gone to school, since she is listed as >reading and writing on the census, but some children did not read and write. >Mary Ann died in Omaha after 1900. > >I know there were many Trucks or Trux in Richland County. Some family >records have the Bowers in Trucksville/Ganges. > >I would appreciate any clarification or extension of what I have. I >wondered if Mary Ann's father might be William since that is what they named >the first son. The second son was Emory and they also had a John and an >Ichabod or Ekebod. > > >==== OHRICHLA Mailing List ==== >1902 RICHLAND CO. DIRECTORY ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/1902.htm >1920 MANSFIELD CITY DIRECTORY ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/1920Directory/1920.htm >1896 RICHLAND CO. PLAT BOOK ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/PlatBook/PlatBook.htm _____________________________________________________________ Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [email protected] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag