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James Anway Jr. (abt. 1814 - 1886)

James Anway Jr.
Born about in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1 Jan 1837 in Delaware County, Ohio, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 71 in Ingham Township, Franklin, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

1814 James was born about 14 August 1814 in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio, where his father James Sr. had recently moved to from New York. [1]
1837 On the 1st day of January 1837, Mr James Anway Junior, age 22, and Miss Caroline Jane Odle, about 16, were joined in Marriage in Delaware County, Ohio by Festus Sprague, Justice of the Peace[2]
Together they had 11 children between 1837 and 1863.
Caroline died in August 1867. James then married Nancy Miranda Watkins on 16 June 1868 at Franklin County, Iowa.[3] They had 6 children between 1869 and 1883.
Places James lived:
  1. 1840 US Census James resided with his wife and son in 1840 at East Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, USA James' age is 20-29, his wife 15-19, and 1 male child under 5[4]
  2. 1850 US CensusJames, age 36, a Farmer, lived in Butler Township, Montgomery, Ohio, with his wife Caroline, 27, and their 6 children: Erastus, 13, William, 12, George, 10, Sylvia, 5, John, 4 months, and John Odle, 23, a Laborer, likely Caroline's brother. (household of James Conway (Anway) lines 31-38) [5]
  3. 1860 US Census James and his wife Caroline are living in Albion Township, Howard County, Iowa with 7 children. James and his family are Farmers. Census p 44, lines 34-40, lines 1-3 on next page [6]
  4. 1870 US Census James lived in Ingham Township, Franklin, Iowa with his wife Nancy and 11 children and a granddaughter[7]
1886James Anway, age 72, passed away on 2 April 1886 at Ingham Township, Franklin, Iowa [8]
He was buried at Harlan Cemetery, Butler, Iowa [9]

Sources

  1. Ancestry content view James Anway 1920
  2. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch James Anway and Caroline Odle, 1837.
  3. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch James Anway and Nancy M. Watkins, 16 Jun 1868, Franklin, Iowa, United States
  4. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch James Anway, East Liberty, Delaware, Ohio, United States
  5. Ancestry content view James Anway 1850
  6. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch Caroline Anway in entry for James Anway, 1860.
  7. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch James Anway, 1870.
  8. "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch James Anway, 02 Apr 1886; citing Death, Ingham, Franklin, Iowa, United States]
  9. Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #31301084, citing Harlan Cemetery, Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Ralph Edwards (contributor 46940414) .




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