Ancestors of Gary and Ardis Dahlstrom Morrison

64. Joseph Morrison, born Abt. 1816 in Ireland; died Bet. June 20, 1860 - June 26, 1861 in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa. He married 65. Eliza Forsyth Abt. 1851 in Pennsylvania.

65. Eliza Forsyth, born March 10, 1827 in Ireland; died June 10, 1866 in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 130. John Forsyth, Sr. and 131. Elizabeth McKinley.

Notes for Joseph Morrison and Eliza Forsyth: See the link from my Home Page "Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line" or click here. Joseph and Eliza first show up in an Iowa document in the 1854 State of Iowa Richland Township, Wapello County census (page 1).  Joseph and family appear on line 17 with 2 males (Joseph and John Thomas) and 1 female (Eliza).  Appearing on line 15 is William Forsythe, line 26 John Forsyth, and line 13 of page 2 Elizabeth Forsyth.  Joseph's entry is consistent with the 1856 State of Iowa Richland Township census (page 369) where Joseph, age 35 and born in Ireland, Elizabeth, age 27 and born in Ireland, and Thomas, age 2 and born in Pennsylvania, are enumerated.  They are shown as having been in the state 2 years at that point.  No grave or gravestone has been found for Joseph or Eliza, and there evidently was none in evidence when the WPA did their cemetery survey as they were not enumerated.  All evidence indicates they were very poor and would have not been able to afford very enduring headstones, so likely the headstones were destroyed by the elements long, long ago.

66. John Forsythe, born December 11, 1813 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died March 02, 1883 in Davis County, Iowa. He was the son of 132. Thomas Forsythe, Jr. and 133. Elizabeth ?. He married 67. Mary Ann Johnson.

Notes for John Forsythe:      The 1850 Pennsylvania census shows John living in South Huntington Township, Westmoreland County (page 281A) with occupation of potter and real estate value of $500.  The 1856 State of Iowa census shows John and his family living with John's parents in Marion Township, Davis County (page 451).  He helps his father on the farm and was also identified as being in the militia.  This census also identifies they had been in the State one year when this census was taken, making their migration to Iowa in 1855.  Seven households away, page 454, is John's sister Mary Ann Forsythe, and her husband William Forsyth and six year old daughter Elizabeth.  Their census entry shows Mary Ann and Elizabeth as arriving in Iowa two years ago (1854), and her husband as having arrived three years ago (1853).  This is the William Forsythe family mentioned in the Joseph Morrison narrative above.      It is uncertain who was the first link in the chain of migration to Iowa.  The Glassburner family lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for serveral decades when they decided to move to Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa in 1847.  In 1851, John and Elizabeth McKinley Forsyth, Mary Ann's in-laws, moved from Westmoreland County to neighboring Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa.  In 1853 William Forsyth, brother-in-law of John, moved to Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa to be with his ailing father.  In 1854 John Forsythe, Thomas' brother and this John's uncle, moved to neighboring Appanoose County, Iowa and William Forsyth's wife, Mary Ann, moved to Richland Township, Wapello County to be with her husband.  And Thomas and John and families moved to Marion Township, Davis County in 1855, at which time William and Mary Ann moved south one county to join them in Marion Township.  Who wrote to whom and who was the first to make the decision is not known.      The 1860 Federal Marion Township census (page 695) notes that John had no real estate value and a $300 personal estate value.  John and family are enumerated in their own household, but it appears John is still assisting his father on the farm as John is shown as a farmer and his father shows real estate value of $1,200.  This is consistent with John and Thomas jointly purchasing the Marion Township property (see notes for his father Thomas, Jr.).  According to the 1870 Federal census John, age 54, was a farmer in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa (Post Office Bloomfield, page 113A).  His real estate was valued at $3,500 and he had a personal estate valued at $1,000.  In this census Thomas Forsyth, age 71, was living with the John Forsyth family, thus Elizabeth was deceased and John had taken over the family farm.      A cetain amount of information is known about this family from the letters written by John to his cousins back in Fayette County, Pennsylvania as quoted in the book "The Pioneer Forsythes of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Their Descendants" by Glenn Luther Forsythe.  In one such letter to cousin Thomas dated 6 June 1859 he gives farm to market information and speaks of the health of the farm land - "I will now giv you our Market.  Wheat 1.00, Corn .75, oats .50, potatoes .50 . . . . 8 to 10, horses 15, cows 10 to 15.  We have had a verry soft open winter and a cold spring and verry wet.  The farmers is not done planting corn but if we git done the grain will git ripe (by the) 4th of July.  I think Iowa is the healthiest part of the United States."      Both John and Mary Ann are buried in Glassburner Cemetery in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa.

67. Mary Ann Johnson, born August 20, 1815 in Ohio; died September 06, 1885 in Davis County, Iowa.

Notes for Mary Ann Johnson      Little is known of Mary Ann other than she was born in Ohio as gathered from the various census entries for her.  John did spend time with his parents in Brown County, Ohio as witnessed by their presence in the 1820 Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio census, page 383.  Now Thomas, Elizabeth and daughter Mary Ann appear to be in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1830.  If this is indeed Thomas, where was John?  Was John, age 17 in 1830, apprenticed out (in 1850 he was listed as a potter)?  When did Thomas and family return to Allegheny County?  Could John have remained in Brown County with uncle John Forsythe past 1830?  Could he have met Mary Ann there?  No marriage in Brown County has been found for John and Mary Ann.  Mary Ann's last name is known from the 1925 State of Iowa census.  In the 1925 Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa census (page 48) daughter Sophia Forsythe Adams, age 82, is enumerated in the household of her grandson Marion M. Adams.  That census asks the father's name and the mother's name and Sophia states John Forsythe, born Pennsylvania, and Mary Ann Johnson, born Ohio.  She also states her parents were married in Pennsylvania.  It is unknown whether she truly knew where they were married, or if it was a guess on her part.  The obituary for the first born child of John and Mary Ann, Eliza Jane Forsythe Glassburner, stated she was born September 11, 1838 near Johnstown, Pennsylvania.  There is a Johnstown in the southwestern corner of Cambria County, near the eastern border with Westmoreland County and the northern border of Somerset County.  Could John have gone in that direction to apprentice as a potter?  The answers to these questions are unknown at the present.  What we know is that both John and Mary Ann are buried in Glassburner Cemetery, Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa, along with most of their children.

68. Alexander Johnson Elder, born June 20, 1828 in Jackson County, Ohio; died January 02, 1905 in Davis County, Iowa. He was the son of 136. Robert Elder, Jr. and 137. Rachel McKinnis. He married 69. Marcia Jane Baker August 17, 1850 in Jackson County, Ohio.

Notes for Alexander Johnson Elder:      I have no definitive document identifying Alexander as the son of Robert Elder, Jr.  No obituary could be found for Alexander in the few newspapers of the time.  Death records for 1905 Davis County, Iowa were not found on the microfilm.  Father Robert Jr. was last known to live in Greene County, Missouri in the household of son Lineas and family in the 1880 census.  It is not known when he died, nor if he left a will naming children.  What I know of Alexander Johnson Elder follows.      The 1830 Clinton Township, Jackson County, Ohio census entry for Robert Elder, Jr. (page 116) shows one child, a male aged under 5 years (1825-1830).  The 1840 Clinton Township, Jackson County census (page 20) shows the Robert Elder, Jr. family with 5 children, the oldest being a son aged 10-15 (1825-1830).  The 1850 Washington Township, Jackson County census (page 660) for the Robert Jr. family shows no Alexander and the oldest male being Lineas, born about 1831.  It appears Alexander was out of the Robert Jr. household by June 1, 1850 (official census day), and was not enumerated by a census taker for he can not be found in the 1850 census, yet he was not dead.  August 17, 1850 in Jackson County, Ohio, Alexander Elder and Marsha J. Baker were married by John Swain, E.C.C. (FHL film #0301043 - Jackson County, Ohio, marriage records, v3, 1843-1857, Jackson County Probate Court, and book "Marriage records, 1818-1865, Jackson County", Jackson, Ohio: Captain John James Chapter, D.A.R.).  Marcia Jane was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and moved with her family to Jackson County, Ohio about 1844.  And, of course, Marcia Jane is not found in the Benjamin Baker household in the 1850 Jackson Township, Jackson County, Ohio census (page 370).  The above lends credence to Alexander being in Jackson County, as does the obituary of their 5th child, Clarissa Jane, which states she was born in Jackson County, Ohio on December 12, 1859.  Another point of corroboration comes from a 1914 history done for the McKinnis reunion.  That history includes the names of the children for Robert and Rachel McKinnis Elder as Alex, Lineas, Martha, Nancy, Jane and Clara Elder.      According to the 1860 Polk Township, Jefferson County, Iowa census (page 294A) Alexander, age 33, was a farmer with no real estate value listed and $100 personal estate value listed.  This location of Polk Township, Jefferson County shares the eastern border of Wapello County.  Across the border and one township south in Wapello County is Pleasant Township, where Robert Elder, Jr. and family are found (page 890).  The census for Alexander and family was enumerated on July 16, 1860, just 7 months and 4 days after Clarissa was born in Jackson County, Ohio.  This is consistent with Clarissa's census entry which shows her age as 7/12.  Robert Jr. and family preceded them to Iowa, arriving likely in late 1856 or early 1857 since they were not enumerated in the 1856 State of Iowa census, but daughter Nancy Ellen married Isaac Meredith in Wapello County, Iowa on July 30, 1857.  In the 1860 Jefferson County census, the next family enumerated after Alexander Elder is the Isaac and Nancy Ellen Elder Meredith family.      The 1860 Jefferson County entry for Alexander shows him as 33 years old and a farmer with no value for real estate and only $100 for personal estate value.  He was likely a tenant farmer and they were of very modest means.  Not owning land made it easier for them to move, and it appears they did so frequently in that first decade in Iowa.  The 1895 State of Iowa census for their last two children, both born in Iowa, showed the county in which they were born.  William Alexander Elder, born in 1863, stated in the 1895 Marion Township, Davis County census (page 326) that he was born in Lucas County, Iowa.  Rachel Louella Elder, born in 1866, stated in the 1895 Pleasant Township, Monroe County census (page 391) that she was born in Polk County, Iowa.  By 1870 Alexander has moved to the county immediately south of Wapello County and appears in the 1870 Soap Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa census (page 167A).  There Alexander, age 42, is shown as renting a farm and his personal estate was valued at $500.  This census also reports that Alexander could not write.  His brother, Lineas, has also moved to Davis County, appearing on page 168B of Soap Creek Township in the 1870 census (Lineas, with a badly namgled first name, is family 140 and Alexander is family 117).  They may have moved to Soap Creek Township in the late-1860s as their mother, Rachel, who died August 24, 1867 is buried in Baer Cemetery in Soap Creek Township.      Alexander continues to be on the move.  In the 1880 Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa census Alexander is shown on page 167A as a farmer, and again shows Alexander as unable to write.  Times must have been tough at that time as Alexander states he has been unemployed the past 10 months (as of the official census day of June 1) and his son William, a farm hand by occupation, has been unemployed the past 12 months.  Others on that census page displayed similar numbers.  At this point only two of their 7 children remain at home.  The 1885 State of Iowa census shows Alexander as a farmer and states he could read, but not write.  This same census also lists Lucia Baker and Thomas Good, laborer, living in the Alexander Elder household.  Lucia is Alexander's mother-in-law, and shows a birth of May 1815 in New York.      The 1900 Marion Township, Davis County census (page 83A) shows Alexander and Marcia Jane as having remained settled in the same relative location for some 25 years.  At age 72 he has finally "arrived" as he is shown as owning/mortgaging the farm on farm schedule 73.  This census shows Alexander and Marcia Jane having been married 49 years as of June 1, and living with them is Marcia's mother Lucia Baker and servant Emma Walden.  Lucia's birth is consistent with the 1885 State of Iowa census, born May 1815 in New York.  Alexander and Marcia are buried in Breeding Cemetery, Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa.

69. Marcia Jane Baker, born January 27, 1835 in Pennsylvania; died May 17, 1909 at Finley Maines' Home, Soap Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 138. Benjamin Baker and 139. Lucia Phinney.

Notes for Marcia Jane Baker      Marcia Jane was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  According to her mother's obituary, "about 1844 they moved still farther westward to Jackson county, Ohio, near Jackson."  It was there that Marcia met Alexander.  She married Alexander when she was but 15 1/2 years old.  Her father died in Jackson County in 1869, and her mother is shown in the 1870 Jackson County, Ohio census (page 59A and listed as Lucius) as living alone and having an occupation as midwife.  Sometime during the 1870s she moved west to Iowa and is found in the Alexander and Marcia Elder household in the 1880 and 1900 Marion Township, Davis County censuses.  The 1900 Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa census (page 83A) also shows Marcia Jane had 7 children, all living in 1900 and all were living on their own.  Marcia's obituary in the May 27, 1909 issue of the Bloomfield Democrate newspaper identified her birthdate as January 27, 1835 and her death as occuring at the home of Fin Mains on May 17, 1909.  Finley J. Maines/Mains was the husband of Marcia's sixth child, Clarissa Jane Elder and living in Soap Creek Township, Davis County when Marcia died.  The obituary stated the funeral service was also held at the Fin Mains residence.  At Marcia's death six of her seven children were yet alive.  She and Alexander had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

70. Conrad Moots Tharp, born November 07, 1835 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died September 11, 1926 in Daughter's home in Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa. He was the son of 140. Abner Tharp and 141. Sarah Moots. He married 71. Margret Sidwell February 1858 in Davis County, Iowa.

Notes for Conrad Moots Tharp:      Conrad and family must have been very itinerant.  Conrad shows up nowhere in the state of Iowa in the 1870 census and then is lost again after the 1880 census.  In the 1880 census Conrad is recorded as being a farm hand and being unemployed 10 months at the time of the census.  The Sidwell's (Margret's relatives) were in Schuyler County, Missouri - the county immediately to the south and a little west of Davis County, Iowa.  They spent their time going back and forth between the two counties.  The 1880 census also identifies two of the children, Eddie and Charlie, as being born in Missouri.      Conrad's obituary states he was buried in Center Cemetery near Ash Grove, Marion Township, Davis County, IA while his wife was buried in Mounts Cemetery near Ash Grove.  I am not clear whether Center and Mounts are one in the same or not.  The stone next to Mary Tharp Elder (in Mounts Cemetery) is inscribed with C. Tharp and has a G.A.R. marker 1861-1865, indicating he served in the Civil War.

71. Margret Sidwell, born October 27, 1835 in Fayette County, Illinois; died January 21, 1907 in Davis County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 142. David Sidwell, Sr. and 143. Mary Ann Guthrie.

72. William Riley Robertson, born January 02, 1822 in Claiborn County, Tennessee; died October 31, 1908 in Taintor, Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. He was the son of 144. Lazarus Robertson and 145. Jane Leeper. He married 73. Elizabeth Jane Bailey September 06, 1849 in Monroe County, Indiana.

Notes for William Riley Robertson:      In 1856 William Riley Robertson, his wife and three children left Brown county, Indiana for Iowa.  Family lore has it that about three days into Iowa, after crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry, their horse and dog left during the night.  They went all the way back to the ferry to look for the animals.  The ferryman had their horse but said the dog had gone onto the ferry and slipped off the other side.  The Robertsons collected their horse and went on to their new home in southern Poweshiek county.  Later their Indiana relatives wrote that their dog had returned to its old home.      They located in Sugar Creek Township in Poweshiek county, near Taintor, Iowa.  They located near his brother Moses and uncle Joseph who preceded him to Iowa.  Joseph received an honorable discharge in 1847 after serving in the Mexican War and a warrant for 160 acres of land, the location of which was his homestead Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek county.  Lazarus served with Joseph in the Mexican War, but died at American Army Headquarters at Agua Nueva.  I assume William Riley claimed his father's land warrant in settling nearby to uncle Joseph.  William Riley was a farmer and Quaker preacher.  William Parker followed in his father's footsteps as a farmer and Quaker preacher in the Taintor area.      He, his wife Elizabeth, and his mother Jane are buried in Stewart Cemetery near Taintor.

73. Elizabeth Jane Bailey, born 1827 in Kentucky; died 1892 in Mahaska County, Iowa.

74. John William Knox, born Abt. 1822 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died June 06, 1885 in Logan, Phillips County, Kansas. He was the son of 148. Moses Knox, Sr. and 149. Susannah Perkins. He married 75. Elizabeth Clark March 15, 1843 in Mercer County, Illinois.

Notes for John William Knox:      I had identified Sarah E. Knox as the person who married William Parker Robertson.  I first found her as part of the John Knox family unit in the 1870 census for Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, page 392A.  Sarah at age 15 in this 1870 census would say that she was born in late 1854 or early 1855.  This is consistent with the birthdate given in her obituary of 13 December 1854.  Knowing that a large contingent of Maine Knoxes settled in Mercer County, Illinois was also consistent with her obituary stating she was born in Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois.  In checking the 1860 Mercer County, Illinois I found a Sarah Knox in Keithsburg Township, page 733.      The ages are fairly consistent between the common members of the two censuses, but the names are somewhat different.  The biggest difference is that the head of household in 1860 Mercer County is William and in 1870 Poweshiek County is John.  What makes me think they are the same family?  John and William's ages and birth locations are consistent as are the ages and birth locations for his wife Elizabeth.      Additionally, two of the children in the 1860 Mercer County census were present in Poweshiek County.  Daughter Marilda Jane, and husband Marion Stanton, and daughter Sophronia Orilla, who married Michael Fleener in Poweshiek County, were there.  Chances are they were there because of family ties.  Also, in the 1870 Poweshiek census John and Elizabeth have an Ennis McCauslin listed among their household, and when daughter Sophronia married Michael Fleener she gave her name as Sophronia McCauslin (first husband's name).      In addition to Sarah and Sophronia marrying in Poweshiek County, son Lafayette Columbus Knox married Rebecca Jane Hiller 19 January 1872 in Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County.      I have given him the name of John William since both names were used in different census records as well as the fact that he had a grandson that was given that name as well.

75. Elizabeth Clark, born November 1821 in Maine; died Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Dewey County, Oklahoma ?.

76. Calvary T. Sexton, born May 20, 1824 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died September 06, 1892 in Mahaska County, Iowa. He was the son of 152. William Sexton and 153. Mary Jarrett. He married 77. Nancy Young Dodd March 25, 1847 in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Notes for Calvary T. Sexton:      C. T. is buried in Peoria Cemetery, Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.  His name on the headstone is listed as Calverny T.  The headstone also lists him in Co. D 2nd Infantry Reg. of Illinois.  While his headstone lists his first name as Calverny, his Mexican War papers identify him as Calvary and several of the Morris and Swann families that were close to William's parents named their children Calvary.  I have chosen Calvary as the primary name, with Calverny as his aka.      Calvary served as a private in the Mexican War, under Captain Achilles Morris.  Calvary's father William served as a private in a one month engagement under Captain Achilles Morris in 1831 during the distrubance called the Black Hawk War.      According to his Mexican War pension application, "On this 2nd day of March A. D. 1887, personally appeared before me F. E. Smith Clerk of the District Court that same being a Court of Record within and for the County and State aforesaid Calvary T. Sexton aged 62 years, a resident of Mahaska County, State of Iowa, who being duly sworn by me according to law, declares that he is the identical person who served under the name of Calvary T. Sexton as a private in Company "D" commanded by Captain Achellis Morris, in the 4th regiment of Illinois infantry vols. Commanded by Colonel E. D. Baker in the war of 1846 with Mexico, that he enlisted at the City of Springfield, County of Sangamon, and State of Illinois, on or about the 1st day of June A. D. 1846, for the term of one year and continued in actual service about five months and was honorably discharged at the City of Comargo, Mexico, during the month of November A. D. 1846.  The following is a brief statement of his services as he now remembers the same viz: He marched with said Company and regiment from the City of Springfield to the City of Alton, State of Illinois; thence went by steem-boat to Jefferson Barracks, State of Missouri, thence to the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, thence by ship to Brazos de Santiago near the mouth of the River Rio Grande; thence to Lower Camp Patterson, thence to Middle Camp Patterson, thence to Comargo, Mexico; thence about two-day's march toward Monterey Mexico as body guard of General Shields; thence with the guard he returned to Comargo, Mexico and as while he was acting as body guard for General Shields, he was attacked with measles, he was never able for duty again after his return to Comargo, Mexico."      Later in that same application, "Applicant declares that he was born in Cavel County State of Virginia, that he is 62 years old, 6 feet high, of Dark Complexion, Black eyes, Black hair, now a little gray, and by occupation a farmer, his occupation at and before the time of his enlistment was that of a farmer."  Calvary and his first wife Nancy are buried in Peoria Cemetery, Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.

77. Nancy Young Dodd, born April 11, 1827 in Tennessee; died October 06, 1880 in Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 154. Josiah Dodd and 155. Elizabeth Duncan.

78. Joseph Farr, Jr., born March 02, 1827 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died March 30, 1916 in Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. He was the son of 156. Joseph Farr, Sr. and 157. Catherine ?. He married 79. Ellen Funk November 15, 1853 in Avendale, Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.

Notes for Joseph Farr, Jr.:      "Jos. Farr Sr., son of Joseph and Catherine Farr, was born March 2, 1827 in Fayette county, Pennsylvania and died March 30th, 1916, aged 89 years 28 days.  The death of Mr. Farr makes the passing away of the last one of the old family of four brothers and four sisters.      "He came with his parents, when seven years of age to Avendale, Coshocton county, Ohio.  Soon after his father died, he and his eldest brother were then mothers only support.      "Nov. 15th, 1853, he was united in marriage with Ellen Funk, daughter of Jacob and Annie Funk.  To this union were born six children, three of which proceeded him to the Spirit Land.  Those who survive him are his wife and children, Mrs. Mary Sexton, of New Sharon, Iowa, Joseph of Mahaska county, Iowa, and Jasper of Newark, Ohio.      "He was a successful farmer.  Their principal trading place was Eddyville, Iowa, long before Oskaloosa was thought of as being the county seat.  The year 1902 he sold his farm and then bought a few acres near Oskaloosa where he resided until affected with total blindness after which he came to live near his daughter at New Sharon, Iowa.  In the summer of 1896 he united with the Dunkard church and remained in that faith until death.      "Until his death, Mr. and Mrs. Farr were the oldest known couple of Prairie township."      From Joseph's obituary appearing in April 5, 1916 New Sharon Star newspaper.

79. Ellen Funk, born January 22, 1833 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; died August 31, 1916 in Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 158. Jacob Funk and 159. Anna Margaret Miller.

Notes for Ellen Funk:      "Mrs. Ellen Funk, daughter of Jacob and Annie Funk, was born in Washington county Pennsylvania, Jan. 22, 1833.  She departed this life August 31, 1916; age 83 years, 7 months and 9 days.      "About three weeks previous to mother Farr's death, she stepped out into the yard and in some manner caught her foot on a short piece of board and received a hard fall, and that with other infirmities and old age caused her death.  She suffered a great deal in her last days but bore her sufferings with great patience.      "Father Farr will be removed from the Appel Cemetery to the Friends Cemetery and interred beside mother Farr."      From Ellen's obituary appearing in September 6, 1916 New Sharon Star newspaper.

80. Unknown Father(s), born Unknown; died Unknown. He met 81. Carolina Ottosdotter.

81. Carolina Ottosdotter, born November 15, 1832 in Ostra Loa Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 162. Unknown Father and 163. Maja Ottosdotter.

Notes for Carolina Ottosdotter: From Ramsberg parish birth records: "Födda Ramsberg 1832 "No 105 Carolina Nov. 15 döpt 18 Pig. Maja Ottosdotter hos Bon. P. A. S.: "Ö. Loä Grufdr. And. Persson, hu Cathr. Bergdahl son Carl Johan, a pig "Maja Sunaström alls från Flöjfonper --- "Oäkta 25-30." Oäkta translates to false.  Carolina is the illigitimate daughter of Maja Ottosdotter.  Thus while she goes by Ottosdoter, since her father is unknown she then went by her grandfather's name.      So, if Carolina went by her grandfather's name in the absence of a father, why did her son Andrew not go by his grandfather's name in the absence of a father?  Nabben Gård, Nederhyttan Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden parish records for 1865-1871 - Film #0424146, Page 140 - Here Karolina is shown in line 5 with her family unit at the time, father Lars, brothers Per and Lars, and sister Lovisa.  Karolina is identified as "dotter" of Lars (actually step-daughter).  The line below Karolina has Anders August listed and identified as oäkta, illegitimate.  The Flyttat till (move to) column shows Karolina left here 19 December 1865 for Näsby Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden.  Carolina Ottosdotter was found in Näsby parish records, film #0423922 page 12, but she was listed as Carolina Larsdotter and was shown with daughter Anna Lovisa, but no Anders August.  The birth record for Anna Lovisa shows the name of Anders Jansson and Carolina Larsdotter and the column trolofvad is checked indicating Anders and Carolina were engaged/betrothed.      Norlund Rote, Fellingsbro Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden parish records 1866-1875 - Film #0423915, Page 126 - Carolina Larsdotter is found with three children (Anna Lovisa, Emma Carolina and Gustaf Adolf) and her "partner" Anders Jansson.  The Äktenskap Gift (marriage) column for Carolina and Anders is blank indicating no record of them being married, and there is a notation of o. d., meaning oäkta dotter (illegitimate daughter) for Anna Lovisa and Emma Carolina and o. s., meaning oäkta son (illegitimate son) for Gustaf Adolf.  Thus, while the birth record for Anna Lovisa indicated that Carolina was betrothed to Anders, they never married and thus Anna was declared illegitimate.      Could this be why Andrew's name was Andersson?  Could Anders Jansson have been his father, but since his mother never married him Andrew was declared illegitimate?

82. Johan Pettersson Grund, born January 03, 1836 in Grundsjöhyttan Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown. He was the son of 164. Petter Larsson and 165. Maria Nilsdotter. He married 83. Maja Lovisa Ramkvist June 23, 1865 in Grufarbetare, Norra Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden.

Notes for Johan Pettersson Grund:      Johan was the son of Petter Larsson and Maria Nilsdotter.  Thus his name would be Johan Pettersson.  But for some reason he took the surname of Grund.  His middle name shows as Pettersson because it appears he made the decision himself to take the name Grund when he reached an age to make such a decision.  It is presumed he took the name from the farm where he was born, Grundsjöhyttan Rote, althought it is not known why he did that.      Johan moved 27 May 1865 to Grängesberg, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg Län, where he married Maja Lovisa Ramqvist 4 weeks later and Anna Lovisa was born 2 weeks after that.  22 April 1869 Johan moved to Amerika, leaving his family behind.  He was never heard from again.  Death records for Grangärde in 1872 states that Maja died at age 27 years, 5 months, 6 days from complications of childbirth.  Now if Johan disappeared in 1869, then who was the father of Maja's child in 1872?  Chances are though that Johan's disappearance is not just another family story since the 1900 Arvon Township, Baraga County, Michigan census, page 2A, shows an entry for a J. Peter Grund, born in Sweden in January 1836 and who immigrated to this country in 1869.  Could this be the same person?  It certainly seems so.

83. Maja Lovisa Ramkvist, born May 22, 1845 in Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died October 28, 1872 in Guvdrängshustru Gård, Norra Grängesberget Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden. She was the daughter of 166. Per Ersson Ramqvist and 167. Anna Andersdotter.

84. Isaac Waterhouse, born August 13, 1823 in New York; died May 12, 1914 in What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa. He was the son of 168. John Waterhouse, Sr. and 169. Sarah Reynolds. He married 85. Elizabeth Philenia Palmer March 08, 1844 in Scott County, Iowa.

85. Elizabeth Philenia Palmer, born October 20, 1824 in New York; died May 13, 1913 in What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 170. William Palmer, Sr. and 171. Amanda ?.

86. Isaac Watson Coghlan, Sr., born September 05, 1809 in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio; died September 07, 1880 in Van Buren Township, Keokuk County, Iowa. He was the son of 172. James Coghlan, Sr. and 173. Peggy Watson. He married 87. Lydia Easton December 23, 1859 in Keokuk County, Iowa.

87. Lydia Easton, born Abt. 1838 in Ohio or Germany?; died Bef. 1881.

88. Johannes Zimmermann, born October 13, 1829 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation; died April 24, 1895 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire. He was the son of 176. Adam Zimmermann and 177. Maria Barbara Leisle. He married 89. Katharine Schwarz May 13, 1856 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.

Notes for Johannes Zimmermann:      According to the baptismal records of Johannes he was the son of Adam Zimmermann, a citizen and weaver of Massenbachhausen and Maria Barbara nee Leisle.  Johannes was born at 11:00 p.m. and the witness was Leobold Gartner, the single son of Johann Gartner, master wagon builder of Massenbachhausen.      At the christening of Maria Barbara in 1857, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.      At the christening of Elisabeth in 1858, Johannes is shown with occupation of baker.      At the christening of August in 1859, Johannes is again shown with occupation of weaver.      At the christening of Adam in 1861, Johannes is back to being a baker again.      At the christening of Theresa in 1862, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.      At the christening of Johann Adam in 1864, Johannes is shown with occupation of baker again.      At the christening of Johann in 1865, Johannes is shown with occupation of baker.      At the christening of Nicolaus in 1866, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.      At the christening of Pauline in 1867, Johannes is shown with occupation of trader.      At the christening of Joseph in 1869, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver again.      At the christening of Katharina in 1872, Johannes is not shown with an occupation.      At the christening of Margaretha in 1873, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.      At the christening of Nikolaus in 1876, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.      At the birth of their stillborn child in 1877, Johannes is shown with occupation of weaver.

89. Katharine Schwarz, born October 22, 1831; died February 24, 1901 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire. She was the daughter of Adam Schwarz and Therese Neumeiler.

91. Katharina Eva Hochwarth, born June 11, 1830 Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 182. Karl Johann Hochwarth and 183. Dorothea Margaretha Fasch.

92. Samuel McKay, Sr., born December 20, 1835 in Ireland; died January 02, 1929 in his home near Sherrard, Mercer County, Illinois. He was the son of 184. William McKay and 185. Margaret Longhery. He married 93. Margaret Flemming 1863 in Ireland.

93. Margaret Flemming, born Unknown in Ireland; died Bef. 1929.

94. Robert Jones, born March 16, 1832 in County Fermanagh, Ireland; died October 04, 1904 in home near Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois. He married 95. Ann Whan March 23, 1865 in Mercer County, Illinois.

95. Ann Whan, born January 25, 1829 in County Antrim, Ireland; died June 07, 1908 in Mercer County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 190. Francis Whan and 191. Esther ?.