I am looking for the Lounsbury family from New York, and have had no luck. My ancestor is
Caroline Lounsbury, born in New York about 1835, so she would be about 15 in 1850. She
may have had a sister, Sarah Elizabeth, born in New York about 1838 (although a later
census says she was born in Indiana), and a brother Alonzo (or A.T. ) also born in New
York. The Lounsbury parents, according to a 1900 Kansas census, were both born in New
York. So far I have had no luck but perhaps I am not being creative enough with the
names.
There is supposed to be a Daniel Lawsberry and Herman Lawsnberry in Blooming Grove Twp @
176 that may be the family I am looking for, and then an Elihu Lownsbury Brookville Twp @
300.
Caroline married Isaac Cooley in 1859 in Franklin County, so I know she was there at that
time. Sarah married David Carey (L.) Cooley (Isaac's son?). Both families moved to
Arcola, Douglas Co., Illinois, about 1860.
Does anyone have access to the 1859 Franklin County Grove and Brookeville Township census
pages that can look up these families for me. It would be a tremendous help. Thank you
very much.
Stephen Carlile
Salem, Oregon