Francis "Frank" Roush b. 24 Jun 1812 Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Jan 1894 Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1812 - 1894 (81 years)

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Name	Francis "Frank" Roush [1]
Born	24 Jun 1812	Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Census	4 Oct 1850	Springfield township, Lucas County, Ohio, USA [6]
	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	1 Sep 1859	[Francis Roush patent], Howell County, Missouri, USA [7]
	Francis Roush was issued patent no. 34773 on 312 acres in Oregon County.
	". . . 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	25 Jul 1860	Thomasville, Moore township, Oregon County, Missouri, USA [1]
	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	24 Aug 1870	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	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
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.
Died	25 Jan 1894	Missouri, USA [5]
Newspaper Article	25 Aug 1938	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [9]
	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.\"
Buried	Chapel Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA [5]
Person ID	I3269	Full
Last Modified	25 Jun 2021

Father	John Roush, b. Abt 1785, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1846, Whitehouse, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 61 years)
Mother	Catherine Bickel, b. Pennsylvania, USA , d. Pennsylvania, USA
Married	Abt 1803	Pennsylvania, USA [10]
	Estimate based on Baptismal records; first child born 1804.
Family ID	F74	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Catherine [Inknown], b. Pennsylvania, USA , d. Between 1850 and 1860

Married Between 1830 and 1836

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

Children

	1. Samuel Roush, b. Abt 1834, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Sahprana Roush, b. Abt 1838, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
+	3. Adam Roush, b. 3 Nov 1841, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 17 Jun 1921, Sisson Township, Howell County, Missouri (Age 79 years)
+	4. George Roush, b. Abt 1844, Ohio, USA , d. Bef 1880, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 35 years)

Last Modified 8 Feb 2009

Family ID F68 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Elizabeth Spade, b. Pennsylvania, USA

Married Bef 1837 [11]

The death certificate of John Roush indicates that his mother's name was Elizabeth Spade. It is unknown whether the Catherine found as Frank Roush's wife in the 1850 Lucas Co OH census is the same individual, or a second wife - or indeed, whether the info on the death certificate is correct.

Children

+	1. John Roush, b. 20 Mar 1837, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 28 Oct 1915, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 78 years)

Last Modified 3 Feb 2012

Family ID F380 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		John Roush, death certificate, 1915, Howell County, Missouri Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 1 February 2012), for John Roush, certificate no. 33539, Howell County, Missouri (1915).
		Francis "Frank" Roush, land patent, 1859, Oregon County, Missouri, 312 acres Francis Roush (Oregon County, Missouri), homestead patent no. 34773 (1 September 1859); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 2 February 2012).
		Francis Roush, 1850 Lucas County, Ohio, census 1850 U.S. census, Lucas County, Ohio, population schedule, Springfield township, [no penned p. no.], p. 124 (stamped, recto), dwelling 1783, family 1809, Francis Rausch [Roush] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 706.
		Francis Roush, 1860 Oregon County, Missouri, census 1860 U.S. census, Oregon County, Missouri, population schedule, Thomasville (post office), Moore township, p. 65 (penned), p. 199 (thickly penned, verso), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 440, family 442, Francis "Raush" [Roush] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm…
		John Roush, 1870 Howell County, Missouri, census 1870 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, p. 5 (penned), p. 476 (stamped, recto), dwelling 28, family 28, John Roush household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 790.
		Adam Roush, death certificate, 1921, Howell County, Missouri Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 3 February 2012), for Adam Roush, certificate no. 14660, Howell County, Missouri (1921).

Sources

[S2127] 1860 U.S. census, Oregon County, Missouri, population schedule, Thomasville (post office), Moore township, p. 65 (penned), p. 199 (thickly penned, verso), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 440, family 442, Francis "Raush" [Roush] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 637.
[S179] DeBoard, Mary - interview, (Mary DeBoard (Mountain View, Missouri), interview by Janis Walker Gilmore (author), mid-1990's; regarding the Joel F. and Margaret Ann (McKenzie) DeBoard family; Mrs. DeBoard was the daughter-in-law of Andy and Ruth DeBoard.), Stated that John Roush's father was buried at the same cemetery as John -- which further confirms that Frank was John's father. (Reliability: 3).
[S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Chapel Township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 52, Pg 19 (penned), Pg 466 (stamped), Dwelling 152, Family 152, John Roush household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

In the 1880 Howell Co MO census, John Roush states that his father was born in Pennsylvania.
[S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
John Roush states in the 1880 census that his father was born in Pennsylvania.
[S2125] Chapel Hill Cemetery (Howell County, Missouri), Frank Roush marker; personally read, 2009.
[S2126] 1850 U.S. census, Lucas County, Ohio, population schedule, Springfield township, [no penned p. no.], p. 124 (stamped, recto), dwelling 1783, family 1809, Francis Rausch [Roush] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 706.
[S2124] Francis Roush (Oregon County, Missouri), homestead patent no. 34773 (1 September 1859); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 2 February 2012).
[S2128] 1870 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, p. 5 (penned), p. 476 (stamped, recto), dwelling 28, family 28, John Roush household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 790.
[S5568] ?Roush Family\'s First Reunion Held At Elevenpoints Sunday,? The West Plains Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 25 August 1938, p. 1, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 February 2019).
[S47] Roush - book, History of the Roush Family, Julia Roush O'Melia and Lester Le Roy Roush, (Parkersburg, West Virginia : Melvin C. Roush, 1942), Vol II, pgs 188 - 121 (Reliability: 3).
[S2117] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 1 February 2012), for John Roush, certificate no. 33539, Howell County, Missouri (1915). .