Aquilla Sevilla Roush

Notes:

Probably had daughter named Gladys Gilliam.

Birth:
Probably born in Howell County Missouri

Died:
Probably died in Howell County Missouri.

Aquilla married Lemuel W. Gilliam on 28 Feb 1886 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Lemuel (son of Thomas Gilliam) was born on 31 Oct 1858 in Tennessee, USA; died on 12 May 1940; was buried after 12 May 1940 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Walton Gilliam was born on 15 Nov 1889; died on 3 Aug 1890.
2. Samuel F. Gilliam was born in 1891; died in 1931.

Other Events:

• NEWS: 15 Jul 1921, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "Obituary Adam Roush was born in Pennsylvania, November 3, 1840; died June 17, 1921, at his home south of this city. When a boy he moved to Indiana, from there to Ohio, and came to Missouri in 1859 and resided the rest of his life in Howell county, except for about two years. He was married to Miss Livona Chowning in 1862. To this union were born eleven children?four boys and seven girls?of whom six are now living?R.E. Roush of near Mountain View, Mo,.; Mrs. W. M. Winchester of Moorfield, Ark.; Mrs. S. W. Gilliam of Peace Valley, Mo.; Mrs. P. T. Payne of Batesville, Ark; Mrs. J. M. Morse of Paola, Kans.; Mrs. D. J. Gale of Peace Valey, Mo. He had 57 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren."

Notes:

My mother, Lu Walker, and her distant cousin Ruth Kenaga remember that Adam Roush could not read or write and wore wooden shoes to work in his garden.

Birth:
Based on Chapel Hill cemetery marker and 1860 Oregon Co MO census

NEWS:
The newspaper in which the obit appeared was dated 15 June, but the obituary gives the death date as 17 June. Weekly paper, possibly accounts for odd dating.

Adam married Livonia Chowning about 1863. Livonia (daughter of Isaac Chowning and Julia A. Burnham) was born about 1845 in Illinois, USA; died on 23 Jul 1905 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Based on the fact that son Isaac F. was b ca 1864 (1870 Howell Co census shows him as 6)

Other Events:

• Census: 4 Oct 1850, Springfield township, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
• Land Patent: 1 Sep 1859, [Francis Roush patent], Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Francis Roush was issued patent no. 34773 on 312 acres in Oregon County.

• Census: 25 Jul 1860, Thomasville, Moore township, Oregon County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 24 Aug 1870, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Missing Census: 1880;

  Although Frank lived until 1894, he has not been located in census; it is likely that he was in Howell or Oregon County.

• Newspaper Article: 25 Aug 1938, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Roush reunion article, naming many descendants: \"Roush Family\'s First Reunion Held At Elevenpoints Sunday The first Roush family reunion was held Sunday, August 21, at the R. E. Roush home on Elevenpoints, seven miles south of Mountain View. Approximately 100 members of the Roush family met for a basket dinner and afternoon of visiting and recalling old times. Of the original family, only five children are living who are R. E. Roush, Mrs. J. M. Morris of Paola, Kan.; Mrs. Lem Gilliam of Peace Valley, Mrs. Della Payne of Peace Valley and Mrs. Mitchel Winchester of Charlotte, Ark. Mrs. Winchester and Mrs. Morris had not seen one another in thirty years. Besides the brother and four sisters other members of the family present were: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Morris and daughter, Wayne of Paola, Kan.; Mitchell Winchester, Charlotte, Ark.\' P. E. Payne and daughters, Dorothy and Mary Catherine and Florence Hubbard; Mrs. and Mrs. Adam Gilliam and son , Orville; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benton and two daughters, Velma and Betty Jean; Mrs. Lexie Gilliam and two sons, Cecil and Virgil; Lem Gilliam, Jim Gilliam, Sallie Payne, all of Peace Valley, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Roush and grandson, Frank R. Bolin, of Sikeston, Mo.\' Mrs. and Mrs. Byron Guthrie of Charleston, Mo.; Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. John Maxey and three daughters, Virginia, Vada and Betty, of Pomona, Mo. Dud Gale and sons, Verline and Kenneth; Mrs. Laura Hargroves, Mrs. Analiza Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Snowden DeBoard and son Luie [sic]; Cora Gilliam, W. R. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Couch and daughter, Patty; S.P. Couch, Mrs. Sylvia Grant and four children; Mr. and Mrs. Rans [sic] Holden and son, Darrel; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Chouning [sic] and daughter, Burdena; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Spence and four children; Letha Holden, Wanda Hope Donaldson, Chas. Rough of Blytheville, Ark.; Virgil Roush, Tom Hall and Harold Parsons of Hannibal, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Roush and son, Lee; Mrs. Nora Ledbetter of Birch Tree; Mr. and Mrs. Ola Roush of Eminence; Mr. and Mrs. Will Hargroves, Mtn. View; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis of West Plains, Mo. Mrs. R. E. Roush, daughters Auda Pearl, Reva, Noma, and son, Vernon.\"

Notes:

Census:

1. Roush, Francis, 35, male, farmer, Germany
2. _____, Catherine, 40, female, Germany
3. _____, Samuel, 16, male, farmer, Germany
4. _____, Sophrana, 12, female, Ohio
5. _____, Adam, 11, male, Ohio
6. _____, George, 6, male, Ohio

Land Patent:

". . . the West half of Section five, in Township twenty five, North, of Range Six, West . . . containing three hundred and twelve acres and seventy seven hundredths of an acre."

Census:

1. Raush [Roush], Francis, 42, farmer, real estate $400, personal $1550, Pennsylvania
2. _____, John, 23, male, Pennsylvania
3. _____, Adam, 19, male, Pennsylvania
4. Arbogast, Phillip, 23, male, Pennsylvania
5. Roush, George, 22, male, Pennsylvania
6. _____, Elizabeth, 21, female, Ohio

Census:

1. Roush, John, 32, male, white, farmer, real estate $500, personal $100, Pennsylvania
2. _____, Francis, 58, male, white, farmer, Pennsylvania
3. _____, Emeline, 21, feel, white, keeping house, Indiana
4. _____, Adam, 3, male, white, at home, Missouri

Francis married Catherine [Inknown] between 1830 and 1836. Catherine was born in in Pennsylvania, USA; died between 1850 and 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Present in 1850 Lucas Co OH census, not present at the time of the 1860 Oregon County MO census.

Notes:

Married:
Estimated from birth year of son John (1836) and possible birth years of Frank Roush.

Notes:

See attached sources.

Died:
Some notes say that he died in "Cobalt, MO, now Mt. View." He is buried at Chapel Hill cemetery.

Isaac married Julia A. Burnham on 25 Mar 1844 in Coles County, Illinois, USA. Julia was born in 1822 in Kentucky, USA; died on 24 Dec 1902 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 9 Oct 1850, Waterville, Lucas County, Pennsylvania, USA; 1. Rousch, John 65, male, farmer, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Salma, 64, female, Pennsylvania 3. Arbogast, John, 22, male, laborer
• Census: 10 Jul 1860, Monclava, Lucas County, Ohio, USA; 1. Roush, John, 74, male, farmer, real estate $80, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Solema, 75, female, Pennsylvania [same dwelling household 891] 1. Black, Adam, 49, male, farmer, real estate $6,000, $500, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Anna, 48, female, Ohio 3. _____, John, 17, male, Ohio, attending school 4. _____, Wm, 15, male, Ohio, attending school 5. _____, James, 13, male, Ohio, attending school 6. _____, Madison, 11, male, Ohio, attending school 7. _____, George, 9, male, Ohio, attending school 8. _____, Adam, Jr., 7, male, Ohio, attending school 9. _____, Catherine, 22, female, Ohio 10. _____, Sarah, 20, female, Ohio 11. _____, Lydia A., 2, female, Ohio

Notes:

Per Baptismal Records, 1781-1808, some one-fourth of the membership of Zion (Morr's) Lutheran Church, near Freeburg, Snyder Co., PA, were/had been Rev. War soldiers:

Jacob ROUSH (wife, Barbara; children: Eva Barbara, bap. 1783; Cath. Eliz., bap. 1784; Mary Eliz., bap. 1786; David, bap. 1798) Andrew & Barbara DILLMAN were the sponsors at Eve Barbara's baptism;

Died:
Roush book states he died in Lucas County, Ohio, iin 1846, but he and Salome are found in the 1860 census there.

John married Catherine Bickel about 1803 in Pennsylvania, USA. Catherine was born in in Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Baptismal Records, 1781-1808, some one-fourth of the membership of Zion (Morr's) Lutheran Church, near Freeburg, Snyder Co., PA, were/had been Rev. War soldiers:

John BICKEL, Sr. (wife, Catherine; son, John Jr., bap. 1782); Simon BICKEL (wife, Elizabeth; daughter, Rosina, bap. 1783); Thomas BICKEL (wife, Barbara; daughter, Mary Julia, bap. 1784);

Notes:

Married:
Estimate based on Baptismal records; first child born 1804.