Abram P. Truax

1828 -

• Name	Abram P. Truax
  Birth	1828	New York
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I156	Simmons/Truax Family Trees
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Ormsby,   b. 1832
  Marriage	28 Jan 1853	McHenry County, IL
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Nelson Truax,   b. 9 Nov 1854, IL d. 25 May 1928, Mattoon, IL (Age 73 years)   2. Aldo E. Truax   3. Emily A. Truax
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  This is as far as I've been able to trace back the Truax line, just to Abram P. Truax. Sometimes his given name was noted as “Abraham P.” but he went by “Abram.” So, here’s what I’ve been able to piece together thus far about Abram … Various census records from his son, Andrew Nelson, indicate that his father Abram was born in New York and his mother, Mary Jane (Mary J.) Ormsby was born in Michigan. In the 1850 U.S. Census records, Mary J. Ormsby is living in McHenry, IL with Marquis Ormsby, Betsey Ormsby, and Otis Ormsby. These people are somehow related other than parents and children, since the oldest in the house, Marquis and Betsey, are just 11 years older than Mary. We know that Marquis and Betsey are married; Betsey Hitchcock was born in New York in 1824, and Marquis was born in Connecticut that same year (as documented by Ancestry.com records and death certificate of Marquis Fayett Ormsby). What I don’t know is the relationship of Mary Jane and Marquis Ormsby. Records indicate that Mary Jane was born in Michigan – and Marquis ends up in Michigan later in life per his death certificate. Were they brother and sister? I can’t be certain. Abram P. Truax married Mary Jane Ormsby on January 28, 1853, in McHenry, IL. Abram and Mary had 3 children: --Andrew Nelson (born in 1854 in Illinois) --Aldo E. (born in 1856 in Illinois, and sometimes listed as “Alvo”) --Emily A. (born 1858 in Illinois) Abram P. and Mary Truax are in the U.S. Census with Andrew Nelson and other children in 1860, living in Michigan. Aldo E. Truax was found in census records as an “inmate” of the Lake County Poor Farm in 1900, and as an inmate in the same state farm location in 1920 and 1930 censuses. Aldo died May 7, 1935, and was buried at the Elgin State Hospital. I couldn’t easily locate what happened to Emily A. Truax. There is also another record on an older website that I found back in 2004 that indicated Mary Jane Ormsby married a man named John Bascheider in 1865, and she died in Gurnee, Illinois. This is not accurate, since I have census records of Abram and Mary Truax living together in 1860. There is another "Abram Truax" that was born in New York, served in the Civil War in the Michigan Infantry, and is buried in Michigan. When you research his wife and descendants, it is a completely different family. So when doing Ancestry.com research, it's important to really make sure the data is accurate. Not all their "hints" are viable.