Some genealogical records show this person as Ruth "Iconnu". Iconnu is French for unknown.
Ruth was born about 1787. Ruth married James Bays, and she passed away after 1860.
In the 1850 Census, Ruth is 63 years old and states that she was born in 1787 in Tennessee[1].
In the 1860 Census, Ruth is 73 years old and is living in the household of her daughter-in-law in Russell County, Virginia. [2]
Sources
↑ 1850 United State Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 54, Russell, Virginia; Roll: M432_975; Page: 227B; Image: 25[1]
↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: M653_1376; Page: 19; Image: 24; Family History Library Film: 805376 [2]
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