from the "History of Green Co., Wisconsin, Together with Biographies of Representative Citizens"; Union Publishing Co., Springfield, Illinois 1884. Brodhead p824.
SAMUEL TRUAX, of Brodhead, came to Green county, April 19, 1839, from Vermilion Co., Ill. Several families and a number of young men came at the same time. Among them were Asa Brown, whose wife was an aunt of Mr. Truax; Dickson [Dixon] Bailey and family; Thomas Morton and family; Mrs. Ruth Morton and family, and the young men, Solomon Bishop and Isaac Crahill. Mr. Truax was a young, unmarried man at this time. He lived in the town of Adams for two years, then sold out and bought a farm near Monroe, which in June, 1877, he sold, and it is now known as the county farm. After selling his farm he removed to the city of Monroe. He came to Brodhead to reside in August 1881.
Mr. Truax was born in Nelson Co., Ky., May 13, 1818. He removed to Indiana with his parents, in 1822, the family settling in Owen County, in that State, where they remained five years, then removed to Vermilion Co., Ill. There the subject of this sketch resided with his father's family, till he came here. His mother died in Illinois, in January, 1839. His father came, several years later, to this county, and settled in the town of Mount Pleasant, where he lived until his decease.
In September, 1841, Mr. Truax of this sketch, returned to Illinois and was married to Mary Ann Whitesitt, who was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1824. Her father, Samuel Whitesitt, was an early settler in the town of Mount Pleasant, in this county, where he died Dec 27 1879. His widow now lives with Mr. Truax. Mr. and Mrs. Truax have had no children, but have brought up, from infancy to maturity, five adopted children ~ Samuel M. and George R. Truax, sons of his brother Charles H., Daniel W. Carter, and an adopted daughter, Flora Belle Whitesitt. Mr. Truax has given his adopted sons, all of whom have left home, a good education, and enabled them to start well in life. Charles H. Carter, brother of Daniel, is a physician, a graduate of the State University, at Madison, also of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
SAMUEL TRUAX, of Brodhead, came to Green county, April 19, 1839, from Vermilion Co., Ill. Several families and a number of young men came at the same time. Among them were Asa Brown, whose wife was an aunt of Mr. Truax; Dickson [Dixon] Bailey and family; Thomas Morton and family; Mrs. Ruth Morton and family, and the young men, Solomon Bishop and Isaac Crahill. Mr. Truax was a young, unmarried man at this time. He lived in the town of Adams for two years, then sold out and bought a farm near Monroe, which in June, 1877, he sold, and it is now known as the county farm. After selling his farm he removed to the city of Monroe. He came to Brodhead to reside in August 1881.
Mr. Truax was born in Nelson Co., Ky., May 13, 1818. He removed to Indiana with his parents, in 1822, the family settling in Owen County, in that State, where they remained five years, then removed to Vermilion Co., Ill. There the subject of this sketch resided with his father's family, till he came here. His mother died in Illinois, in January, 1839. His father came, several years later, to this county, and settled in the town of Mount Pleasant, where he lived until his decease.
In September, 1841, Mr. Truax of this sketch, returned to Illinois and was married to Mary Ann Whitesitt, who was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1824. Her father, Samuel Whitesitt, was an early settler in the town of Mount Pleasant, in this county, where he died Dec 27 1879. His widow now lives with Mr. Truax. Mr. and Mrs. Truax have had no children, but have brought up, from infancy to maturity, five adopted children ~ Samuel M. and George R. Truax, sons of his brother Charles H., Daniel W. Carter, and an adopted daughter, Flora Belle Whitesitt. Mr. Truax has given his adopted sons, all of whom have left home, a good education, and enabled them to start well in life. Charles H. Carter, brother of Daniel, is a physician, a graduate of the State University, at Madison, also of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
from the "History of Green Co., Wisconsin, Together with Biographies of Representative Citizens"; Union Publishing Co., Springfield, Illinois 1884. Brodhead p824.
SAMUEL TRUAX, of Brodhead, came to Green county, April 19, 1839, from Vermilion Co., Ill. Several families and a number of young men came at the same time. Among them were Asa Brown, whose wife was an aunt of Mr. Truax; Dickson [Dixon] Bailey and family; Thomas Morton and family; Mrs. Ruth Morton and family, and the young men, Solomon Bishop and Isaac Crahill. Mr. Truax was a young, unmarried man at this time. He lived in the town of Adams for two years, then sold out and bought a farm near Monroe, which in June, 1877, he sold, and it is now known as the county farm. After selling his farm he removed to the city of Monroe. He came to Brodhead to reside in August 1881.
Mr. Truax was born in Nelson Co., Ky., May 13, 1818. He removed to Indiana with his parents, in 1822, the family settling in Owen County, in that State, where they remained five years, then removed to Vermilion Co., Ill. There the subject of this sketch resided with his father's family, till he came here. His mother died in Illinois, in January, 1839. His father came, several years later, to this county, and settled in the town of Mount Pleasant, where he lived until his decease.
In September, 1841, Mr. Truax of this sketch, returned to Illinois and was married to Mary Ann Whitesitt, who was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1824. Her father, Samuel Whitesitt, was an early settler in the town of Mount Pleasant, in this county, where he died Dec 27 1879. His widow now lives with Mr. Truax. Mr. and Mrs. Truax have had no children, but have brought up, from infancy to maturity, five adopted children ~ Samuel M. and George R. Truax, sons of his brother Charles H., Daniel W. Carter, and an adopted daughter, Flora Belle Whitesitt. Mr. Truax has given his adopted sons, all of whom have left home, a good education, and enabled them to start well in life. Charles H. Carter, brother of Daniel, is a physician, a graduate of the State University, at Madison, also of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
SAMUEL TRUAX, of Brodhead, came to Green county, April 19, 1839, from Vermilion Co., Ill. Several families and a number of young men came at the same time. Among them were Asa Brown, whose wife was an aunt of Mr. Truax; Dickson [Dixon] Bailey and family; Thomas Morton and family; Mrs. Ruth Morton and family, and the young men, Solomon Bishop and Isaac Crahill. Mr. Truax was a young, unmarried man at this time. He lived in the town of Adams for two years, then sold out and bought a farm near Monroe, which in June, 1877, he sold, and it is now known as the county farm. After selling his farm he removed to the city of Monroe. He came to Brodhead to reside in August 1881.
Mr. Truax was born in Nelson Co., Ky., May 13, 1818. He removed to Indiana with his parents, in 1822, the family settling in Owen County, in that State, where they remained five years, then removed to Vermilion Co., Ill. There the subject of this sketch resided with his father's family, till he came here. His mother died in Illinois, in January, 1839. His father came, several years later, to this county, and settled in the town of Mount Pleasant, where he lived until his decease.
In September, 1841, Mr. Truax of this sketch, returned to Illinois and was married to Mary Ann Whitesitt, who was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1824. Her father, Samuel Whitesitt, was an early settler in the town of Mount Pleasant, in this county, where he died Dec 27 1879. His widow now lives with Mr. Truax. Mr. and Mrs. Truax have had no children, but have brought up, from infancy to maturity, five adopted children ~ Samuel M. and George R. Truax, sons of his brother Charles H., Daniel W. Carter, and an adopted daughter, Flora Belle Whitesitt. Mr. Truax has given his adopted sons, all of whom have left home, a good education, and enabled them to start well in life. Charles H. Carter, brother of Daniel, is a physician, a graduate of the State University, at Madison, also of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
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