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11
May 1987
To Gerald Brown:
Great News!
Clara Hayes has
come up with something no one else seems to have found. Bible Record
of Peter & Rebecca (Logan) Trosper. She says she found it some
time ago at the Fort Wayne, IN Library. She probably did not realize
the full significance of it, or that it was not generally available information...
As soon as I wrote her about my puzzle and told her I needed proof that
my "Polly H. Trosper" was the child of Peter and Rebecca, she came through
with this informative evidence.
It not only solves
my problem, it tells that Mary "Polly's" middle name is Hollan. Now,
there's a clue for you! It gives dates of birth, marriage, and death
of both Peter and Rebecca, as well as birth dates for all their children.
And, it clears
up a discrepancy between the 1840 and 1850 census for this family.
For instance, James was Jane (Sarah Jane).
The Bible data
was copied and submitted by one E. C. Turner, apparently a descendant of
Green Turner and Matilda Trosper.
I believe this
is authentic. It would surely not be necessary to as "Hollan" in
order to make it seem believable, even if one were inclined to fabricate.
Pat Mellor sent
copies of this letter to Wanda Clark, Lucille McTawney, Karen Cooper, Knox
Co., Genealogical Society and Clara B. Hayes.
Patricia Mellor
was contacted, asking her if we might include this information in ALOB.
She said, "Yes" and added the following:
"A couple of
years later, through the efforts of James C. Delph of Gray County, KY,
I (Pat Mellor) was able to locate E. C. Turner who had the original Bible.
"Jay" persuaded E. C. to let him make photocopies of the Bible: he
sent a set of pages to me. These pages verify the transcript which
E. C. had made. E. C. Turner died at Gray, KY a few years, leaving
no heirs, and I do not know what happened to the Trosper Bible."
Peter Trosper
and Rebecca Logan were married 25 Oct 1820. In this union the following
children were born:
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Mary
Hollan Trosper
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12 Sep 1821 |
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Minerva
Trosper
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--
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08 Feb
1823 |
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Elisa
Trosper
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--
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12 Sep 1824 |
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James
Henry Trosper
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--
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25 Dec 1827 |
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Elija
Trosper
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--
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25 Nov 1829 |
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Sarah
Jane Trosper
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--
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24 Feb 1832 |
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Margaret
Trosper
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--
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12 Mar 1834 |
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Martha
Ann Trosper
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--
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20 Oct 1836 |
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Elizabeth
Trosper
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--
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25 Nov 1838 |
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Franklin
Trosper
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--
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08 Jun 1840 |
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Malinda
Trosper
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--
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04 Dec 1843 |
~~~~~
Peter Trosper
was born 15 Apr 1800.
Peter Trosper
died 03 Mar 1862.
Rebecca Logan
Trosper was born 22 Apr 1802.
Rebecca Logan
Trosper died 25 Jun 1888.
E.
C. Turner
27
May 1973
This information
is included in the Hyatt Collection given to OBCGS by Gerald Brown. Pat
Mellor, 5829 Riverside Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33919-2505. Ms. Mellor
resides in Highlands, NC during the summer months. |
