This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TRUAX Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oEC.2ACE/566 Message Board Post: From the Wisconsin Leader [Merrillan, Jackson Co., WI], Friday October 5, 1888, Page 1 Jacob TRUAX, of Eau Claire, died in that city last Saturday, aged 100 years and 4 months. He was born in New York and was a passenger on Fulton's first steamboat. He came west fifteen years ago. Submitter: Joan M Benner <jmbenner@tznet.com> Golden Rule Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm Specializing in Central Wisconsin Records Member, Association of Professional Genealogists