David was born 8 May 1823 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois to parents Peter Ausmus and Rhoda (Roberts) Ausmus. It is thought that David's middle name may have been "Crockett." He was married twice.
David Ausmus was an Illinoisan.
First marriage:
David Ausmus married Mary Ann Cogburn, daughter of Zachariah Cogburn, on 29 January 1846 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. [1]
Mary Ann passed away in 1876 in Scott County, Arkansas.
Occupation: Carpenter and Farmer (per census data and birth record of daughter)
Second marriage:
He then married widow Eliza Jane (Sessions) Blackwell, daughter of James Augustus Sessions. They married in 1877 in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas. She was the widow of Ambrose Blackwell with whom she had six children before he passed away in 1875.
Records of the Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; database and digital images, "1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 April 2018); citing Year: 1880; Census Place: Mountain, Scott, Arkansas; Roll: 56; Family History Film: 1254056; Page: 378B; Enumeration District: 170; Image: 0441.
United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls; database and digital images, "1900 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 April 2018); citing Year: 1900; Census Place: Mountain, Scott, Arkansas; Roll: T623_75; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 115; FHL microfilm: 1240075.
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, compiler. Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860; database and digital images, "Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 April 2018).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David: