Vicki Titus wrote: > > The articles in the Berrien Co. MI history says the whole family was in > Indiana before the move. That would explain John's presence there in 1838. > He probably married his girlfriend and started a family before coming to > MI to join the rest of the family. I could never identify the county, so > that gives me a location to look. > > I do have a John married to a Nancy Soesbee in Vigo Co. Indiana Jan 18, > 1835 - CD 228 FTM. The date is odd though - Either the date for the > marraige is wrong, or the 1850 census is wrong as to John's age. > > TRYON John * marr. SOESBEE Nancy 18-Jan-1835 > > There are a lot of Vigo Co marraiges - Not all of them are Rowland's kids, > but the Edwin may be. Clay Co. is right next to Vigo. > > TRYON Allen * marr. WOOD Susan 11-Jun-1848 > TRYON Edwin * marr. CARVER Julina 14-Sep-1848 > TRYON Hiram * marr. WELLMAN Esther 06-Aug-1850 > TRYON Jeremiah * marr. BOUNDS Rebecca Jane 05-Mar-1848 > TRYON Joel * marr. RINGO Rachel 28-Feb-1830 > TRYON John * marr. SOESBEE Nancy 18-Jan-1835 > TRYON Mary Ann marr. SMITH John W. * 20-Mar-1834 > TRYON Matilda marr. JOHNSON Benjamin * 27-Jul-1826 > TRYON Nancy marr. SANDERLIN Devotion * 10-Mar-1836 > TRYON Russell * marr. RINGO Mary 17-Jan-1836 > TRYON Sally Ann marr. SANDERLIN Robert * 12-Oct-1837 > > 1840 census had some families already in Vigo, so it might be two families > - like cousins/brothers traveling together. Most of the Vigo tryons appear to be descendants of Noah Tryon (1772- ), son of John Tryon + Rhoda Lucas of Middletown. Noah went west early in life and had a pretty big family. I suspect that Rowland's presence in the same county may be more a coincidence than not. They have remote common ancestry - specifically, their common ancestor is William who came from Bibury. > > RE: Charles E. Tryon - William Henry's write-up uses Charles E, and since > he lived at home with William and Mary (according to article), I have > always used Charles Edwin as his first name, noting differences. > > But then, who am I to talk. My grandfather went by George, G.L., George > Lucian, Lucian George and Lucian. My mother didn't know his first name was > George, but I finally traced his birth cert - George LUCIEN Hall, born in > MI in 1867. Most of his census's say NY. > > Well, I suppose we ought to try to resolve it one way or the other. What concerns me is the VR entry that says Edwin C, then parenthetically adds Charles E - are they the same? Or is the clerk confused? Or what? You have certainly whetted my appetite for that Berrien History!!! Dan