Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Name: Henry Roush
Birth: 24 Jan 1780, Shenandoah, VA1,2
Death: 12 Apr 1861, Danville, Highland, OH1,2
Burial: Old Dutch Cemetery, New Market, Highland, OH1,2
Father: Phillip Roush (1741-1820)
Mother: Catherine Kelchner (1748-1821)
Misc. Notes
!CHRISTENING: Old Pine Lutheran Church, Woodstock, Shenandoah, VA
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Old Dutch Cemetery, New Market, Highland, OH1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31452218
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Henry Roush, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCTP-TW7
!MARRIAGE: 14-Dec-1799 Shenandoah, VA marriages461, Henry Roush and Barbara Fanchler
!REFERENCE: 1908 Pioneer History of Meigs County870, page 94, "We find in the records of deeds of Washington county and of Gallia county names of men who bought land and made homes in what is now Meigs county. Ezra and Joshua Chapman and Levi Chapman purchased land dating to 1787. Ezra and Joshua Chapman lived and died in Letart township. Henry Roush
bought thirty-six acres of land in 1808 in Letart."
!CENSUS: 1820 Letart, Meigs, OH, Henry Roush Junior
!CENSUS: 1840 Salem, Highland, OH, Henry Roush
!CENSUS: 1850 Hamer, Highland, OH, Henry Roush
!REFERENCE: Shenandoah, VA marriage bond for Michl Will and Sally Roush, bondsmen: John Will Jr. and Henry Roush
!REFERENCE: History of the Roush Family in America800, page 75
Spouses
Birth: 18 Sep 17801,2
Death: 24 Sep 1852, Danville, Highland, OH1,2
Burial: Old Dutch Cemetery, New Market, Highland, OH1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Old Dutch Cemetery, New Market, Highland, OH1, Barbara Roush, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31450771
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Barbara Fanchler, 2nd spouse Thomas Jones, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCTP-T36
!MARRIAGE: 14-Dec-1799 Shenandoah, VA marriages461, Henry Roush and Barbara Fanchler, father Dietrich Fanchler
!CENSUS: 1850 Hamer, Highland, OH, Barbara Roush
!REFERENCE: History of the Roush Family in America800, page 75, Blum or Bloom
Marriage: 14 Dec 1799, Shenandoah, VA461
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 14-Dec-1799 Shenandoah, VA marriages461, Henry Roush and Barbara Fanchler
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