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Author: qkghost81
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Thank you both for your replies!
I'm never been able to ascertain (and likely never will) as to why Malinda chose to
leave Morgan county upon the death of her husband; Abraham's brothers and their
families, along with several of her own brothers were still living in Morgan County when
she and the children departed. As far as I can tell, she and the children made the trip
alone, without any other family or friends.
What I have been able to conclude from study of Vigo/Stafford area census records is:
1) there are no familiar names listed as living nearby in the Jefferson/Vigo/Stafford
townships area; I've found no Bowmans, or any other Palatinate German names she would
have associated with back home in Morgan County.
2) her eldest child, Abel, was born Abraham Jr. He lived at least the first 13 years of
his life as Abraham and following the death of his father he is listed as Abel in the 1870
Vigo, Knox census.
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