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Mary Catherine (Troxell) Henry

This genealogical summary is part of a larger work on the descendants of Jacob Troxell (1797-1885) of Fayette County, Indiana. An earlier work was published in 1998. These summaries are part of a new publication which is in progress. Mary Catherine Troxell was the eighth and youngest child of Jacob Troxell and his first wife, Mary Catherine (Ranck) Troxell. She was his second daughter.

Connersville Evening News, 1 August 1912, p. 5, col. 4

9. Mary Catherine⁵ Troxell (Jacob⁴, Abraham³, Christian², Peter¹), born 7 January 1837, Fayette County, Indiana;[1] died 31 July 1912, Wayne County, Indiana.[2] She married on 6 September 1860, Fayette County, Indiana, John Calvin Henry, son of William and Sarah M. (Shaw) Henry.[3] He was born 16 April 1839, Fayette County, Indiana, and died 5 April 1911, Lewisville, Henry County, Indiana.[4]

Children of Mary Catherine⁵ Troxell and John C. Henry were as follows:

44. i. JACOB⁶ HENRY, born 15 July 1861, Fayette County, Indiana; died 30 December 1862, Fayette County, Indiana. Burial at Robinson Chapel Cemetery, Springersville, Indiana.[5]

+ 45. ii. SARAH EMMA HENRY, born 10 August 1862, Fayette County, Indiana;[6] married James O. McClerney;[7] died 6 July 1949, Richmond, Indiana.[8]

+ 46. iii. ANNA MELINDA HENRY, born 1 January 1865, Fayette County, Indiana;[9] married Horace M. Wright;[10] died 22 October 1917, Falmouth, Rush County, Indiana.[11]

+ 47. iv. WILLIAM HENRY, born 30 March 1867, Fayette County, Indiana;[12] married Lucy E. Baker;[13] died 6 December 1894, Falmouth, Indiana.[14]

+ 48. v. JONATHAN H. HENRY, born 20 November 1869, Connersville, Indiana;[15] married Viola Bilby;[16] died 23 September 1944, Cincinnati, Ohio.[17]

+ 49. vi. SAMUEL HENRY, born 30 July 1872, Fayette County, Indiana;[18] married Minerva Moore,[19] Blanche M. (Hubbell) Arbuckle,[20] Ethel (Baker) Cameron,[21] and Mattie J. (Boyle) Brickey;[22] died 11 March 1949, College Corner, Union County, Indiana.[23]

+ 50. vii. MAUDE HENRY, born 24 December 1874, Fayette County, Indiana;[24] married Albert Hinchman;[25] died 16 February 1918, Greenwood, Rush County, Indiana.[26]

51. viii. ELIZABETH HENRY, born 13 April 1878, Fayette County, Indiana; died 13 August 1882, Fayette County, Indiana. Burial at Robinson Chapel Cemetery, Springersville, Indiana.[27]

+ 52. ix. HARRY HENRY, born 15 May 1881, Fayette County, Indiana;[28] married Sarah Jane Thomas;[29] died 1 July 1953, Straughn, Henry County, Indiana.[30]

Stone of John C. and Mary C. (Troxell) Henry, image courtesy of *Find A Grave*, photographed by Mary Louise Reynolds (2014)

[1] Indiana death certificate no. 278 (1912), Mary C. Henry; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[2] Indiana death certificate no. 278 (1912), Mary C. Henry.

[3] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriage , v. 1: 133, John C. Henry and Mary Troxell, 1860; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,515, image 100/710. Also, “Dies Many Years After Accident,” obituary, Rushville Republican (Rushville, Indiana), 6 April 1911, p. 4, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 26 February 2023).

[4] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 181 (1911), John C. Henry; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[5] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Jacob Henry (1861-1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 49,968,716, citing Robinson Chapel Cemetery, Springersville, Fayette County, Indiana.

[6] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 23402 (1949), Sarah Emma McClerney; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[7] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 3: 211, James O. McClerney and Sarah E. Henry, 1886; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #00,454,0516, image 140/668.

[8] Indiana death certificate no. 23402 (1949), Sarah Emma McClerney.

[9] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 496 (1917), Malinda Ann Wright; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[10] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 3: 198, Horace M. Wright and Anna M. Henry, 1885; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 134/668.

[11] Indiana death certificate no. 496 (1917), Malinda Ann Wright.

[12] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Will Henry (1867-1894), Find A Grave Memorial no. 120,399,850, citing Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Rush County, Indiana.

[13] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 3: 433, William Henry and Lucy Baker, 1890; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 256/668.

[14] “Will Henry Dead,” Connersville Daily News (Connersville, Indiana), 7 December 1894, p. 2, col. 5; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 February 2023).

[15] Ohio Department of Health, death certificate no. 56293 (1944), Jonathon H. Henry; “Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,024,525, image 3,219/3,348.

[16] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, b. 4: 73, Jonathan Henry and Ola Bilby, 1894; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 398/668.

[17] Ohio death certificate no. 56293 (1944), Jonathan H. Henry.

[18] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 9816 (1949), Samuel Henry; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[19] Rush County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 14: 142, Samuel Henry and Minnie Moore, 1896; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,168,331, image 72/293.

[20] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 5: 106, Samuel Henry and Blanche M. Arbuckle, 1904; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,517, image 81/119.

[21] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 6: 363, Samuel Henry and Ethel Baker Cameron, 1928; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,443, image 193/639.

[22] Union County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 2: 346, Samuel Henry and Mattie J Brickey, 1935; “Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #007,580,044, image .

[23] Indiana death certificate no. 9816 (1949), Samuel Henry.

[24] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 6441 (1918), Maud Hinchman; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[25] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 4: 84, Albert Hinchman and Maude Henry, 1894; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 404/668.

[26] Indiana death certificate no. 6441 (1918), Maud Hinchman.

[27] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Lizzie Henry (1878-1882), Find A Grave Memorial no. 49,968,832, citing Robinson Chapel Cemetery, Springersville, Fayette County, Indiana. Also, Daughters of the American Revolution, Indian Hill Chapter, Old Cemeteries, Fayette County, Indiana: a record of the known cemeteries and family burying plots in Fayette County, Indiana (Connersville: 1964), p. 176; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #007,827,469, item 3, image 650/999. Lizzie, daughter of J. C. & M. C. Henry, age 4 years 4 months.

[28] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 21923 (1953), Harry Henry; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[29] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 1: 10, Harry Henry and Sadie J. Thomas, 1905; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,517, image 296/549.

[30] Indiana death certificate no. 21923 (1953), Harry Henry.

Levi Troxell

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This genealogical summary is part of a larger work on the descendants of Jacob Troxell (1797-1885) of Fayette County, Indiana. An earlier work was published in 1998. These summaries are part of a new publication which is in progress. Levi’s biographical sketch is more developed than some of the others at this time as he has no known living descendants. His only child who lived to adulthood never married.

Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 21 May 1884, p. 8, col. 4

6. Levi⁵ Troxell (Jacob⁴, Abraham³, Christian², Peter¹), born 1830, Fayette County, Indiana;[1] died 20 May 1884, Connersville, Indiana.[2] He married on 21 November 1869, Fayette County, Indiana, Sarah Jane Campbell, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Jones) Campbell.[3] She was born 21 May 1849, Fayette County, Indiana, and died 12 December 1909, Anderson, Indiana.[4] She married (2) on 16 February 1886, Fayette County, Indiana, Mahlon Warner.[5] He was born 17 June 1846, and died 12 December 1910, Anderson, Indiana.[6]

Born and reared in Fayette County, Levi likely spent his whole life as a resident of the county. Enumerated with his father in 1850[7] and 1860,[8] he appeared as the head of his own household in 1870, living next door to his brother Jacob.[9] However, his exact whereabouts in 1880 are unknown but presumably somewhere around Waterloo as his obituaries four years later state he was a well-known citizen of the township.[10]

Levi and his brothers registered for Indiana’s statewide military draft in 1862 and again in 1863 for the federal draft.[11] However, Levi did not serve during the Civil War.

Levi died tragically in a wagon accident on 20 May 1884. While helping his brother Jacob move furniture into a new house in Connersville, Levi drove a two-horse team with his son Elzirus and Jacob’s wife, Marinda, accompanying him while Jacob followed behind in another wagon. After waiting over for over an hour at the Sixth Street railroad crossing in Connersville, Levi’s horses became spooked by the steam engines and unmanageable. Once the wagon cleared the tracks, the horses bolted. Levi was thrown from the wagon and dragged a short distance; his head was crushed by a wagon wheel. The unmanned horses continued to pull the wagon and collided with a buggy occupied by Mrs. Charles Brookbank several blocks later. The horses were finally caught be Thomas Hinebaugh.[12] The following week, Fayette county coroner John Farner determined that “Levi Troxell came to his death by being thrown from his wagon while his team was running away, causing his skull to be crushed and fractured, and that said team became frightened at an engine standing on the White Water railroad track, while…Troxell was driving it along Sixth Street.”[13]

Levi’s widow, Sarah, appeared before the probate court the following fall on September 30, 1884:

“At this day Sarah J. Troxell widow of Levi Troxell deceased presents to the Court her application to have the property of her deceased husband set apart to her, alleging the sum to be less than $500 in value. She also files the Inventory of Said property, appraised by Jesse Chrissman Selected by the clerk of this court, and Horace L. Hurst chosen by herself, at the Sum of $388.00 and asks that the ownership of the same may be invested on her said inventory application and affidavits read as follows. To wit (Ite. I). And the Court having seen and examined said papers orders and adjudges the said Sarah J. Troxell to be the absolute owner of all the property belonging to her deceased husband Levi Troxell and the court further directs the clerk upon application to issue to said Sarah J. Troxell – a certified copy of this order. All of which is ordered and adjudged by the court.”[14]

Almost exactly a year later, Sarah lost her twelve-year old son Levi to typhoid fever.[15] The newspaper described Sarah’s situation in the year between the two deaths: “The widow and children have fought the wolf from their door in their little home near Waterloo ever since…the brightest side of which is the kindness displayed by Horace Hurst and other neighbors of the stricken family.”[16] The following year, on 16 February 1886, Sarah married widower Mahlon Warner.[17] Mahlon’s first wife was Polly A. Youngs whom he married on 17 April 1868, in Franklin County, Indiana,.[18] Mahlon and Polly had at least two children, Thomas Warner, who died on 7 March 1891 and Martin Warner, who died 11 January 1901.[19]

Mahlon and Sarah eventually moved to Anderson, Indiana, where they lived in 1900, and remained until their deaths.[20] They had three sons: Louis, Jesse, and Charles.[21]

Known children of Levi⁵ Troxell and Sarah Jane Campbell:

36. i. DAVID⁶ TROXELL, born about 1868, Indiana.[22] No further information but likely died before 1884 as most sources indicate that Levi and Sarah had only two children. David was not named as an heir of Jacob Troxell in 1885.[23]

37. ii. ANDREW TROXELL, born 2 October 1871, Fayette County, Indiana;[24] died 25 October 1957, Anderson, Indiana.[25]

38. iii. LEVI ELZIRUS TROXELL, born about 1873, Fayette County, Indiana;[26] died 15 May 1885, Waterloo, Indiana.[27]

[1] 1850 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Harrison Township, p. 200 (stamped), dwelling 6, family 6, Jacob Troxell; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 144. Levi was recorded as a 20 year-old male, born in Indiana.

[2] “Fatal Runaway Accident,” Connersville Examiner (Connersville, Indiana), 21 May 1884, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 February 2023). Also, “Terrible Accident,” Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 21 May 1884, p. 8, col. 4; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 February 2023).

[3] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 1: 612, Levi Troxell and Sarah J. Campbell, 1869; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,452, image 334/693. Also, Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 352 (1909), Sarah J. Warner; State Department of Health, Indianapolis. Sarah’s parents are recorded as Thomas Campbell and Rachel Jones on the death certificate.

[4] Indiana death certificate no. 352 (1909), Sarah J. Warner.

[5] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 3: 217, Mahlon Warner and Sarah J. Troxell, 1886; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 139/319.

[6] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 437 (1910), ‘Mahilon’ Warner; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[7] 1850 U.S. census, Fayette Co., Ind., pop. sch., p. 200 (stamped), dwell. 6, fam. 6, Jacob Troxell.

[8] 1860 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Waterloo Township, p. 149 (penned), dwelling 1094, family 1088, Jacob ‘Troxuell;’ NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 256.

[9] 1870 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Waterloo P.O., p. 14, dwelling 485, family 491, Levi Troxell; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 312.

[10] “Fatal Runaway Accident,” Connersville Examiner, 21 May 1884. Also, “Terrible Accident,” Connersville Times, 21 May 1884.

[11] “U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2023), citing Levi Troxell, 5^th Congressional district, Fayette county, Indiana, volume 6, unpaginated, line 18, image 58/63 and Levi Troxell, 5^th Congressional district, Fayette County, Indiana, volume 2, p. 465 (penned), line 2, image 440/541.

[12] “Fatal Runaway Accident,” Connersville Examiner, 21 May 1884. Also, “Terrible Accident,” Connersville Times, 21 May 1884.

[13] “Coroner’s Verdict,” Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 28 May 1884, p. 4, col. 6; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 February 2023).

[14] Fayette County, Indiana, Probate Order Book 8: 517, Estate of Levi Troxell; “Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 February 2023), citing Fayette, Order Books, Vol. 7-8, 1878-1885, image 601/641.

[15] “Additional Local,” Connersville Daily Examiner (Connersville, Indiana), 20 May 1885, p. 2, col. 5; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 February 2023).

[16] “Additional Local,” Connersville Daily Examiner, 20 May 1885.

[17] Fayette Co., Ind., Marriages, v. 3: 217, Warner and Troxell.

[18] Franklin County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 8: 583, ‘Malon’ Warner and Polley A. Youngs; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 February 2023), FHL film #004,170,990, image 46/1193.

[19] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2023), memorial page for Thomas M. Warner (1869-1891), Find A Grave Memorial no. 46,294,709, citing Duck Creek Stone Church Cemetery, Blooming Grove, Franklin County, Indiana. Also, 1870 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Columbia P.O., p. 20, dwelling 136, family 152, Mahlon Warner; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 312. Also, Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 281 (1901), Martin Warner; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[20] 1900 U.S. census, Madison County, Indiana, population schedule, Anderson 1^st ward, enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 13-B, dwelling 252, family 266, ‘Malon’ Warner; NARA microfilm publication T623.

[21] 1900 U.S. census, Madison Co., Ind., pop. Sch., Anderson 1^st ward, ED 80, sheet 13-B, dwell. 252, fam. 266, ‘Malon’ Warner.

[22] 1870 U.S. census, Fayette Co., Ind., pop. sch., Waterloo P.O., p. 14, dwell. 485, fam. 491, Levi Troxell. David was enumerated as a 2 year old male. David was born prior to the marriage of Levi and Sarah in November 1869. Several scenarios are possible: David was actually two months old (an enumerator error), Levi had a wife, prior to Sarah, who was the mother of David, or Sarah had a prior husband who was David’s father. However, at this time no marriage records for either Levi or Sarah have been located prior to their 1869 marriage.

[23] “Notice to Heirs and Creditors,” Connersville Daily Examiner (Connersville, Indiana), 22 July 1885, p. 2, col. 8; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 February 2023).

[24] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 033466 (1957), Andy Troxell; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[25] Indiana death certificate no. 033466 (1957), Andy Troxell.

[26] “Additional Local,” Connersville Daily Examiner, 20 May 1885, p. 2, col. 5.

[27] “Additional Local,” Connersville Daily Examiner, 20 May 1885, p. 2, col. 5. Also, “Additional Local,” Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 20 May 1885, p. 5, col. 4. Also, Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 27 May 1885, p. 1, col. 4.

John Troxell

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John Troxell was the third child of Jacob Troxell, and second son.

Obituary of John Troxell from the Connersville Times, 18 January 1911

4. John⁵ Troxell (Jacob⁴, Abraham³, Christian², Peter¹), born 29 April 1825, Montgomery County, Ohio;[1] died 11 January 1911, Waterloo, Indiana.[2] He married (1) on 3 February 1848, Fayette County, Indiana, Louisa Sampson, daughter of James J. and Sarah (Gear) Sampson.[3] She was born in July 1830, Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died 6 February 1855, Fayette County, Indiana.[4] John married (2) on 24 December 1857, Fayette County, Indiana, Ann Elizabeth Gruwell, daughter of John and Belinda (Hurst) Gruwell.[5] She was born abt. 1838, Indiana, and died April 1885, Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana.[6]

Known children of John⁵ Troxell and Louisa Sampson:

+ 26. i. SARAH CATHERINE⁶ TROXELL, born 5 December 1848, Fayette County, Indiana;[7] married August Fiest;[8] died 2 December 1912, Miami County, Indiana.[9]

27. ii. INFANT TROXELL (twin), born and died 11 June 1850, Fayette County, Indiana. Burial at Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Indiana.[10]

28. iii. JACOB TROXELL (twin), born 11 June 1850, Fayette County, Indiana; died 12 March 1853, Fayette County, Indiana. Burial at Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Indiana.[11]

+ 29. iv. WINFIELD SCOTT TROXELL, born 4 September 1852, Fayette County, Indiana;[12] married Lucina C. Sampson;[13] died 17 January 1916, Miami County, Indiana.[14]

30. v. LEVI TROXELL, born about 1854, Fayette County, Indiana;[15] died 21 January 1890, Miami County, Indiana.[16]

Known children of John⁵ Troxell and Ann Elizabeth Gruwell:

+ 31. i. MARY ELLEN⁶ TROXELL, born 1858, Fayette County, Indiana;[17] married Lafayette Reed;[18] died 30 June 1889, Milton, Wayne County, Indiana.[19]

32. ii. EMMA B. TROXELL, born 1860, Fayette County, Indiana;[20] died 30 December 1883, Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana.[21]

+ 33. iii. JOHN ABRAHAM TROXELL, born 30 April 1862, Fayette County, Indiana;[22] married Florence E. Brattain;[23] died 26 June 1937, Connersville, Indiana.[24]

+ 34. iv. EDWIN CORT TROXELL, born 19 January 1864, Fayette County, Indiana;[25] married Mary B. Elkins;[26] died 6 July 1949, Wayne County, Indiana.[27]

+ 35. v. DELL TROXELL, born 8 July 1871, Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana;[28] married Reuben A. Brattain;[29] died 7 March 1895, McFarlantown, Fayette County, Indiana.[30]

Family monument for the John Troxell family

[1] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 195 (1911), John Troxell; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[2] Indiana death certificate no. 195 (1911), John Troxell.

[3] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. F: 52, John Troxell and Louisa Sampson, 1848; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,514, image 604/795.

[4] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Louisa Sampson Troxell (1830-1855), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39,216,164, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana.

[5] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. F: 401, John Troxell and Ann E. Gruwell, 1857; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,541, image 785/795.

[6] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 February 2023), memorial page for Ann Elizabeth Gruwell Troxell (1838-1885), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39,216,277, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana.

[7] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 102 (1912), Sarah Catharine Feist; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[8] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 1: 602, August Fiest and Sarah C. Troxell, 1869; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : 7 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,515, image 677/693.

[9] Indiana death certificate no. 102 (1912), Sarah Catharine Feist.

[10] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 February 2023), memorial page for Infant Troxell (1850-1850), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56,616,479, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by genealogylady (member #47,137,469) is faded and not particularly legible. Also, Beverly Yount, Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne County, Indiana, 4 vols. (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Public Library, 1968)2: 356.

[11] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 February 2023), memorial page for Jacob Troxell (1850-1853), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56,616,410, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by genealogylady (member #47,137,469) is covered with snow and not particularly legible. Also, Yount, Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne County, Indiana, 2: 356. Inscription reads, “Jacob, son of J. & L. d. 3-12-1853, 2y, 9m,1d.

[12] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 374 (1916), Winfield Scott Troxell; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[13] Champaign County, Illinois, Marriage register, 1878-1883, v. 1: 15, Winfield Troxell and Lucina C. Sampson, 1878; “Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 February 20223), FHL microfilm #4,010,635, image 49/1104.

[14] Indiana death certificate no. 374 (1916), Winfield Scott Troxell.

[15] 1860 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Waterloo Township, p. 148 (penned), dwelling 1086, family 1080, Jno ‘Troxwell;’ NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 256. Levi was recorded as a 6 year-old male, born in Indiana.

[16] Miami County, Indiana, Circuit Court, Will Record, 1889-1895, v. 1: 37-38, will of Levi Troxell; “Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2023).

[17] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 February 2023), memorial page for Mary Ellen Troxell Reed (1858-1889), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56,615,406, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana.

[18] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 3: 23, Lafayette Reed and Mary E. Troxell, 1882; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : 8 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 45/668.

[19] “[Death notice,]” Connersville Daily Examiner (Connersville, Indiana), 1 July 1889, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 8 February 2023). “Mrs. Lafe Reed died Sunday at her home near Waterloo…” Also, Find A Grave, Mary Ellen Troxell Reed, memorial no. 56,615,406.

[20] 1870 U.S. census, Fayette County, Indiana, population schedule, Waterloo Post Office, p. 14 (penned), dwelling 479, family 485, John Troxell; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 312. Emma was recorded as a 10 year-old female, born in Indiana.

[21] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 February 2023), memorial page for Emma B. Troxell (1860-1883), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56,616,592, citing Valley Grove Cemetery, Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana. Also, Yount, Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne County, Indiana, 2: 356. Also, “Nipped in Her Bloom,” Connersville Times (Connersville, Indiana), 2 January 1884, p. 8, col. 3; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 8 February 2023).

[22] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 19266 (1937), John A. Troxell; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[23] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 4: 134, John A. Troxell and Eva F. Brattain, 1895; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : 8 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 429/668.

[24] Indiana death certificate no. 19266 (1937), John A. Troxell.

[25] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 23439 (1949), Edwin C. Troxell; State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[26] Wayne County, Indiana, Marriage licenses, 1893-1897, v. R: 193, Edwin C. Troxell Mary B. Elkins, 1895; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : 8 February 2023), FHL film #007,030,223, image 128/326.

[27] Indiana death certificate no. 23439 (1949), Edwin C. Troxell.

[28] “Obituary,” Connersville Daily Examiner (Connersville, Indiana), 5 April 1895, p. 4, col. 5; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 8 February 2023).

[29] Fayette County, Indiana, Marriages, v. 4: 119, Reuben A. Brattain and Dell Troxell, 1895; “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : 8 February 2023), FHL film #004,540,516, image 87/327.

[30] “Obituary,” Connersville Daily Examiner, 5 April 1895.

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Fayette Friday – Eugene B. Scofield, 7 July 1905

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Indianapolis 7.7.05

Dear Sister Lena:

I am just in receipt of a note from Ralph Eugene Scofield, Kansas City, stating that he has traced our “line” back to Daniel Scofield who came to Stamford, Conn. 1641, and farther back to Sir Cuthburt Scofield, Scofield Manor, Rochdale, England. He will soon have his work in

[page 2] shape for all who may want the genealogy.
I spent all last week in Illinois. Am spending this at home. Was with George and May at Mt. Summit, (together with Etta, who is still there) over the Fourth of July. Never enjoyed myself better.

[torn paper]

With love, and with best to Brother John
Your brother
Eugene

Presume you knew of the death of Bro. J.M. Land. I held him in highest esteem and Christian love.
E.B.S.

Lena’s Postcards #105 – Ed and Annie

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[Postmark – none, but stamp is crossed out with a pencil]

Address: Mr. John W. Hackleman, Connersville Ind, R.R. No 2

Marth 14 – 1913
We wish you a
happy Birth day
Ed and Annie

Fayette Friday – A Wedding

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Elwood, Ind., Jan 23 1894

Dear Sister Lena:

I understand by your letter of yesterday that you fixed the hour for Thursday morning February 8^th.

If I am still here I will come the day before, if at Thorntown I will arrive at Connersville at 5.17 a.m. Thursday, & return to Indianapolis on 10.25 train.

I do not have any idea that Etta can come but I will write her.

We have had over 30 added and great crowds every night. We had a meeting for men only last Sunday and the house was full.

With love to all

(You will hear further) Eugene

Connersville Daily Examiner, 1894-02-08, p. 4, cols. 2 & 4

Lena’s Postcards #98 – Grace (Lamberson) Hackleman

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[Postmark: Indianpolis, Ind., 22 December 1914 [?], 4 PM[?]]

Address: Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Hackleman, Connersville, Ind. R.R.

Dear Folks at Home,
We all wish
you a Merry Christ-
mas & a Happy
New Year – with
all the good
things that go
to make them
so. With love
Grace

[Editor’s note: Grace was Lena’s step daughter-in-law. She was the wife of Charles W. Hackleman.]

Grace Lamberson Hackleman, date unknown. Photograph courtesy of kaceeclark1 via Ancestry.com

Fayette Friday – Eugene B. Scofield, 28 April 1891

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Noblesville, Indiana, April 28^th, 1891

Dear Sister Lena:

Yours of the 24^th, just received, but as I was at Indianapolis yesterday it may have come sooner. I have not been feeling at all well for more than a month, I first had a severe cold for two weeks or more & then had trouble with my stomach. I can hardly say what is the matter, I took considerable unwholesome “dosing” to cure my cold, such as pepper-vinegar stews, lemons, & at the same time drinking too much coffee, & in this way, no doubt, got my stomach disordered. I have had no fever at any time, yet I feel almost past going most of the time. I was a good deal better the latter part of last week, & until yesterday afternoon, but feel indisposed again to-day.

Letter from Eugene B. Scofield, 28 April 1891

Having lost so much time from my elocution, I tried a lesson Monday & one Tuesday. Met Celia at Uncles, she said that Ella & the twins were at her house Sunday. Reported the babies as growing so fast & as looking so sweet in their short clothes. I should like so much to see them. She said that Dan is looking well also. We are very well pleased at Noblesville, my time will not expire until the close of the year. We have a crowded house every Sunday night. Our work goes on satisfactorally & I do not expect it to let up in the least. Kiss the little ones for me & tell them that I should be glad indeed to see all.

Love to Ella, Bal, & my best regards to Dan. & his Mother & Maria.
With much love, I am your brother Eugene.

Fayette Friday – Eugene B. Scofield, 4 September 1888

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Rushville Ind. 9.4, 1888

Dear Sister Lena

I received your kind missive on my return home, and presume you received a card from me about the same time.
I am still improving—am very much better able to perambulate than a week ago.
Was at Flatrock Sunday and got along finely.
I do not wonder at Thad’s making Dem. speeches. The Rep. candidate for Pres. is a time-servant of all that is contrary to the interest of a laboring man—has always voted in favor of capital & against labor, and as Thad is a laboring man, & chief among them I am surprised that he had to wait to get to

[page 2] Chinese—“Ah Ben!”—ridden California to get his eyes opened. No! I am not at all surprised.
As for Bro. Chase’s chances I do not like to guess—the outlook is too hazy—Just look—Gov. Hovey—Live-long-friend-of-Saloons L.F. Chase—Friend of all righteousness Treus Lemptke—Leading Brewer of Indiana. Looks like they would catch all on both sides if they can. My opinion is, that the whole Republican Ticket will be defeated in Ind. by from 6,000 to 10,000 votes. Harrison was defeated in 1876 by some 6,000 I do not think him stronger now than then. Besides this the Dem. party is in favor which gives it the advantage. Porter evidently believed this, and when all the Rep.’s in the State wanted him to run for Gov. & were expecting him to do so, he refused without giving a reason, choosing rather to enjoy the pleasures of stump-speaking

[page 3] for a reason, than to suffer the affiction of defeat with his chosen people. He was not like Moses see Heb. 11.25
Beside all this the Prohi’s will cut an interesting figure in the play on the cool day in the month of November.
Bro C. would, I think, serve God better by devoting his excellent powers to the building up of his church, than by running a wild goose chase after no commendable purpose. Over Against all such we read: “Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is & of that which is to come.”
The Rep. party is notorious for breaking of promises—but this year they are afraid to even make promises. I believe they do declare for Local option in Ind. a

[page 4] measure that has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Ind.
I am tired of writing; as I cannot use a pen on account of being nervous.
With Love to all,
You Brother
E.B.

Fayette Friday – Eugene B. Scofield, 21 November 1887

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Middletown Ind Nov 21, 1887

Dear Sister Lena:

I am here holding a series of meetings. Commenced Saturday evening under very unfavorable circumstances there being very few in attendance. Last night, however, the house was full. I am using a new fangled pen, and as you see, with varied effect. Am quite well, as was Ettie Saturday when I saw her last.

Desiring to try the metal of a horse I wished to buy I loaded Ettie into a bugy and drove to Summit on Saturday afternoon. Drove six miles, somewhat hilly, in 45 minutes. Drove back after half an hour in same time. Unhitched the horse—ran two squares carried two doz. cans of fruit=a doz. each trip down seller—also a box of onions—packed my valirse—hurried four squares to depot—saw the train moving out but succeeded in stoping it, and was on the cars all in 25 minutes from the time I drove up to Saffles stable.

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We expect to move next week. We will pack up and ship our goods on Friday and will go down and have the floors scrubed Saturday—haul in our goods and on Monday Ettie will go down, and in a few day we will be all right.

I was called to Greenfield and preached Thursday & Friday & Sat. evenings to large audiences. Had a very pleasant time. Saw their gass wells and sat by my first gas fires. I will not try to tell of the conveniences of natural gas as you have heard so much about it. There is gas now burning in the grate behind me as write in the pleasant home of Bro. J.P. Shoemaker.

I am in a historic community—this being the home of the family of Franklin’s who have produced so much discord on the organ question. I remain ofer 27^th

Enclosed find clipping that will arouse old memories. Place in one of my books after you read it.

With kisses for little ones and love to all I am your Brother E.B.