Has anyone gathered more information on this Jesse Canada?
Born (1810-1820) per the 1840 census -- He was then living in Goshen
twp, Macon Co. with a wife and two daughters. [Mary "Polly" and
Elizabeth; I don't have the given name for this wife.]
[According to a history of the township, it "fell into" Adair Co.
when it he was created the next year, and then was dissolved when
Schuyler County was created from the northern part of Adair in 1845.
The most northern part of township included "up to ten miles past the
current boundary line of Iowa".]
The next record for Jesse is 1842 when he m. Polly Morrow in Adair
County. He probably didn't move, the county lines just
changed. [Two (perhaps three) sons were born to them -- John S.,
William Austin and possibly Joseph]
In 1846 Jesse married Mary Ann Adams in Knox County -- her father
owned town lots in Edina, which was in Scotland Co. when he purchased
the lots, but fell into Knox Co. when it was created in 1845. [Six
children were born to them: James Q., Alexander J. (or J.
Alexander), Marshall Lafayette "Lafe", Columbus C., Lucinda Jane and
Jessee Ann.]
Jesse was dead by April 1856 when "Mary A. Canada" entered land in
the newly opened area of Macon Co. near her father and
brother. Guardian records for "minor heirs of Jesse Canada were
filed in Macon Co. January 1860 with Alfred Belmear, guardian. The
first Annual Settlement of the account begins with the deposit of
$224.65 made to him by "Joel C. Hill, administrator of estate Jesse
Canada dec'd."
The estate papers were not found in the courthouse by the
researcher I hired to copy "the probate packet". The guardian records
were all she found. Is it possible that the estate papers are in
another county?
Has anyone backed Jesse out of Missouri? On census records
his children give the following places of his birth: PA, Ind, Iowa
and MO. This is interesting because the county histories say this
area was settled by people from Kentucky. The other Canada family
living in Adair Co. were from Adair Co. KY, but a brother was born in
TN. Any additional information will be most appreciated. Linda
Linda Sparks Starr lsstarr(a)pilgrimage.us
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr