I knew I had information on the William Trucks/Trux family. This information is from a very lengthy Court Case sent to me by Nancy Hidinger of the Richland County Genealogical Society. On page 2, of Common Pleas Court Case, 1839-Q-2f: "...April..1831...the said William Trucks the Younger leaving as his children and heirs at law, Lura Vanfossen, formerly Lura Trucks, who has intermarried with Levy Vanfossen and Sophia Lewis, formerly Sophia Trucks who has intermarried with Alvin N. Lewis and Lydia Trucks the Younger of said Richland County and Julia Trucks of Huron County in said State and Lucy Ann Trucks of Lurcen (sic) County State of Pennsylvania and George Trucks and Clarrissa Trucks Charles Trucks John Trucks Emily Trucks and Porter A. Trucks of said County of Richland. The said Lucy Ann, George, Clarrissa, Charles, John & Porter A. being minors under the age of twenty one years ---- and Lydia Trucks the Elder, the widow of the said William Trucks the Younger." Also, a clue that an Abraham Trucks may somehow be connected to this dispute of William Trucks' Estate. Common Pleas Court...1839-Q-2f "The Sheriff of Said County....We command you that you Subpoena Abraham Trucks, James N. Ayres, Daniel Ayres & Pamelia Ayers, his wife, William Ayers and Edward Murphy." Deposition of John Bowers of Luzerne County of state of Pennsylvania, 1839-q-2- u "I the said John Bowers being of Lawful age and duly sworn on my said oath...that I have been well acquainted with William Trucks the Father of Lucy Ann Trucks and that said William Trucks has been gone from Luzerne County to Ohio the year one thousand eight hundred & fifteen in the month of July or August and further saith not." In the same depositon, Lucrecia Bowman of Luzerne County state of Pennsylvania "...When William Trucks and family moved from Luzerne County to Ohio the Mother of Lucy Ann Trucks said that Lucy Ann Trucks was then about two and a half years old and from appearance I...that was about her age and further saith not." Court of Common Pleas 1839-q-2Deposition "I John Bowman of Lawfull age and...I was well acquainted with William Trucks th eElder Late of Said Richland County deceased and I was well acquainted with William Trucks the Younger and George Trucks both of whom were sons of the said William Trucks the Elder. I was acquainted with the said Sylvania Holgate wife of James Holgate and the said Maria Trucks...I do further depose and say that the said Sylvinia and Maria are the daughters of the said George Trucks and the Grand Daughters of the said William Trucks the Elder and the said George Trucks has been reported dead for many Years..." One researcher puts Nicholas Trux as the husband of Ruth Trux, parents of John J. Trux. There is a John Trucks who marries Mary Haller, 12 May 1831 in Huron County, Ohio. A Mary Ann Trux who marries a Silas Bowers 6 January 1833, Huron County, Ohio and a Lydia Trux who marries a Lazerus Evans 5 Dec 1836, Huron County, Ohio. That's all I have for now on the Trucks family. I'm still looking for the parents of Susannah Trucks who married Thomas McCluer. Susannah Trucks, b. about 1790, PA, d. August 1838, Illinois. James W. McCluer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Boyce" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:34:39 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHRICHLA] TRUX or TRUCKS and BOWERS > > The following info is taken from A.A. Graham's History, which uses both TRUCKS and TRUX for both Abraham and William. Abraham gets more TRUX and William gets more TRUCKS: > An AbrahamTRUCKS and his mother Ruth were in Richland County by 1813, because on 9 September of that year, they were appointed as administrators of the estate of father & husband Nicholas TRUCKS. > On the other hand, William TRUCKS is not supposed to have arrived in Ohio (Blooming Grove Twp.) until 1817. > Based on this info, if Mary Ann was, indeed, born in Richland Co. in 1814, I'd be looking at Nicholas or Abraham before William. > > However, William TRUCKS of Knox Co., Ohio is listed as first purchaser of all of Section 31 in Blooming Grove Twp. on 18 May 1812, which puts him back in the running. > > When one Abraham TRUCKS died in Spring of 1838 in Davenport, Scott Co., Wisconsin Territory (now Iowa?), he named his mother Ruth (so he is probably the same one as mentioned above) and sister Mary among his heirs. > Two of the three appraisors of the estate of James Johnston, who died intestate in Summer of 1816, were William Trucks and William Trucks, Jr. Abraham Trucks was an appraisor of the estate of John Wolly, who died intestate in the Autumn of 1817. So maybe you have yet another candidate for father! > > Good hunting! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chamberlin's > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:45 PM > Subject: [OHRICHLA] TRUX or TRUCKS and BOWERS > > > 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 ==== > 1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULES ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/Mortality1850.htm > 1860 MORTALITY SCHEDULES ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/Mortality1860.htm > > -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup