Al Growl (abt. 1860)

Descendants

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Biography

Lou Wilson told the following story in The Jefferson N. Wilson History, Lost Links and Tangled Threads Unravelled, 1981 by Ruth Holt Patten this manuscript has not been published: While married to Al Growl, her mother, Sarah, died. By 1887 Jefferson N. Wilson was living with a son at the Osawatomie, Kansas area. When Lue left Al Growl, she walked with a 5 year old child (Effie) to where her father was living. The marriage between Mary Louisa Taylor and Al Growl lasted from 1881-1888.

Research Notes

No information seems forthcoming for Al Growl. There is a possibility his name may be spelled Grawl, Graul etc. I have made multiple attempts to find information with no results.

Know of his existence from a personal interview with her step-sister, Fannie May Taylor to Carol McKinney Woodcox.

I found an individual listed in the Kansas State Census of 1885 for Franklin County as A.J. Grauel. He was born in 1862 in Indiania. Further research shows he remained in Franklin County, Kansas per the 1920 US Census showing A.J. Grauel. However, when i checked out the Find A Grave site, I found Andrew Jackson Grauel.

Could this possibly be the father of Lou's daughter Effie? When talking to my grandmother, she remembered the name Growl (sounds like, not necessarily correct spelling) and thought the first name was something like Al. I'm wondering if what she was remembering was AJ. I checked out the 1885 Census for other Grauel, Growl, Grawl etc and there was only the one listing for a Grauel familyl AJ's mother, Marthia was listed as widowed and he and his sister E.M. were listed as single.

This is the first possibility I have ever found for Lou's first marriage and Effie's father.

Sources

• Fannie May Taylor interview with Carol McKinney Woodcox
• The Jefferson N. Wilson History - Lost Links and Tangled Threads Unravelled 1981 by Ruth Holt Patten manuscript is unpublished