Elizabeth (Belt) Trussell (1807 - aft. 1880)

Born 1807 in Fairfield, Ohio, United States

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Died after 1880 after age 73 in Iowa Township, Wright, Iowa, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

• Elizabeth was born in 1807. She died in 1880.

• Parents: Aquilla Belt 1780 - 1848 and Mary Polly (Inscho) Belt 1787 - 1848. They were married 2/29/1804 in Fairfield, Ohio.

• Spouse: Marshall Trussel 1806 -

• Children:

1. Phineas Trussel 1833 - 1906

• Married Catharine Ann Shephard 1836 -

2. Aquilla Trussel 1835 -

• Married Marie Farley 1844 -
• Married Hannah Elizabeth McCormick 1844 -

3. Mary (Trussel) Pitkin 1836 - 1902

• Married William Nelson Pitkin 1819 - 1905

4. Elizabeth (Trussel) White 1841 - 1927

• Married Alfred White 1837 - 1922

5. James Trussel 1845 - 1935

• Married Lydia Ellen Morton 1843 - 1880

6. Emily (Trussel) White 1848 - 1939

• Married Isaac Newton White 1840 - 1925

Sources

• Elizabeth (Belt) Trussel: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9KBG-5PR

• An early record of Elizabeth is in the will of her father, written in June of 1848.^[1]

• The following has been extracted and transcribed from the will: " bequeath unto my beloved wife Polly Belt .... to the heirs of Kitturah Church my deceased daughter and .....the heirs of Angeline Douglass my deceased daughter also to Asbury Belt my youngest ....... mine heirs now living Milcah Crow, Elizabeth Trussell, Aquila Belt Jr, Richard Belt, Asbury Belt & Henrietta Belt..... 20th day of June AD 1848 Aquila Belt Senr"

• Martial (Marshall) Trussell and Elizabeth were enumerated in the 1850 Census of Indiana.

^[2] In what looks like a mistake by the census taker, Martial is listed in the preceeding household, in the line immediately above Elizabeth. There are five children listed under Elizabeth: Phineas 19, Aquilla 16, Polly 13, Elizabeth 9, James 5, and Emily, 2.

• The 1856 Iowa State Census contains Martial Trussell, Elizabeth Trussell and five children.^[3]

• The 1870 census of Iowa has Elizabeth in one of her son's households. Present are Aquilla, whos wife is not listed, along with three of Aquilla's presumed children (ages 6-9), a domestic servant and a farm worker.

^[4] Of interest is that Francis A Belt and Moses Belt are on the same page, while Phineas Trussel is on the preceeding one.

• The final census listing found for Elizabeth is in Iowa in the 1880 household of her son James (widowed) and his five children.^[5]