Thanks for responding to me personally. Just wanted the list to know, how helpful you were. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cary Gould" <cgould@worldchat.com> To: "lms" <jaclin@usachoice.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] Rupp - census > Date sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:55:04 -0800 > From: "lms" <jaclin@usachoice.net> > To: PAARMSTR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAARMSTR-L] Rupp - census > > > In the 1850 Wayne Township Armstrong County Census, Adam Rupp is living with wife Rosena, and his father Christopher is living with them. > > > > I can only find two Adam Rupp's in the 1860 Armstrong County Census. One is over 70 and the other is over 40 - 42, I think. > > > > There is one George Rupp listed in the Wayne Township, Armstrong County Census, in 1860, with wife Mary, and no Adam listed under him. > > > > If Adam Rupp, age 18, enlisted in 1861, was Adam his first name? > > > > In the cemetery, the Civil War Marker for Adam is beside a Nathaniel Rupp who was also in the Civil War, and has no date on it,. Fifteen or so feet from this marker for Adam, is Adam Rupp, married to Rosena, with their stone. > > > > It is still somewhat puzzling. I think the muster papers will probably settle the issue. > > > > ______________________________ > > There is a George and Elizabeth Rupp living in Pine Twp., Armstrong Co., in the > 1850 Census. Two of their children are Nathaniel 13 y.o.and Adam 9 y.o. > > On the muster role for the 78th PA Volunteers there is Nathaniel Rupp as well as > Adam Rupp listed, with Nathaniel having been wounded but surviving the Civil War > and Adam being killed. I do not have the proof but I do believe these two were the > sons of George and Elizabeth Rupp. Also the Civil War Pension List shows > Elizabeth Edwards as the beneficiary of Adam Rupp's pension, she being listed as > his mother. Elizabeth Edwards could be the wife of George Rupp. Edwards being > the name of a second husband. > > Adam Rupp m. Rosannah would be relatives but I do not think he is the one who > died in the Civil War. His parents were Christopher and Barbara Rupp. > > Cary Gould > > Burlington, Ontario, Canada > L7P 2K8 > > cgould@worldchat.com > > Ancestral Lines -- PA > Dickey/Dickie,Hadden,Callen,Gould,Wadding,Say > Indiana, Westmoreland, & Armstrong Co. > > > >