I am confused. Someone just sent this through the _inspence(a)rootsweb.com_
(mailto:inspence@rootsweb.com) in reply to my query. Anyway, my question is
where did this letter about John Russel come from? I know I have seen it
before but can't find it in my files????? It's not part of Omar Harris
letter??? Was this the letter from your aunt Dorothy?
Gary Clark <gvrjs(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I'm probably not as good or thorough as you are at coming up with the
information, but I too have been looking in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia,
Virginia, and Tennessee for their marriage - no luck here either! Here is
the part of the letter that talks about them coming to Indiana.
(Then comes our Great – Great – Grandpa “John” Russell Conner. He and, his
wife Rebecca were natives of Virginia, which was known at that time as the “
Old Dominion”. They moved to Ohio, and later to Indiana.
In the year of 1820 at the age of 27 John Russell and Rebecca located in
Huff Township in Spencer County, Indiana on a farm known as the Inarend farm.
Chills and Malaria fever forced them to move to the northern part of the county
and locate in Clay Township. This was in 1832. This was when the farm was
purchased – as this was 169 years ago – I don’t know how many acres were
bought at that time – but, they paid 25 cents an acre.)
Maybe we're not looking early enough - if they had already been in Ohio
before 1820 - they were probably married before they started roaming the country?
They were 27 years old, and most people were married at a younger age in
those days. Maybe they had even lost some older children with the sickness it
talks about in Huff township?
I may be way off base, but it's food for thought?
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