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