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Friday, January 22, 2016

D. A. & A. A Troutman: Charting Their Children


In 2014, I posted information on my Troutman family lineage here. If you want to refresh your memory, click on the link.

Today, I'm charting the family of my paternal great-grandfather, Daniel Absolum Troutman, who was listed on the earlier chart as a son of Henry2 Troutman and Margaret E. (Leonard) Troutman. My purpose for this blog is not to try to reconstruct the entire Troutman clan tree and all its branches, but to tell the stories of my direct ancestors and a little on their siblings to round out the families. At the above link I did not add all my sources for two reasons: (1) I had already added all the sources to their stories, and (2) it is SO time-consuming. This time, I decided to slog through the addition of the sources, so if you want to know—here they are. The most interesting footnotes, at least to me, are numbers 14, 22, and 26 because they hold some of my unsolved mysteries.

My great-grandfather, Daniel Absolum, was the seventh child of Henry and Margaret and the third generation born in America.

vii.       Daniel Absolum3 Troutman (Henry2, Jacob1, Melchior) (20 July 1835, Iredell Co., NC – 21 Mar 1918, Smyth Co., VA1); married America Ann Pratt (10 Sep 1845 – 4 Jan 1929, Smyth Co., VA2) on 3 Feb 1869, Chatham Hill, Rich Valley, VA.3 Their children:
1.     Laura Estelle4 Troutman (3 Feb 1870, Smyth Co., VA – 25 Feb 1941, Douglas Co., NE4); married William Tell “Tell” Worley (Jan 1856, Smyth Co. VA5 – abt. 1933, likely in Madison Co., NE6) on 16 Nov 1891, Smyth Co., VA7; divorced abt. 1923 in NE; second married Marshall W. Hendrick before 1925 in Nebraska or Iowa.8
 2.     John William4 “Bud” Troutman (23 Dec. 1871– 20 Dec. 1910, Smyth Co., VA9); married Virginia Madora Totten (12 Mar. 1878, Smyth Co., VA – 17 Nov. 1962, Smyth Co.10) on 19 Mar. 1897 in Smyth Co.11
3.     Clifton P.4 Troutman (22 June 187412 – 28 Sep. 1879, Smyth Co.13).
4.     Sarah Bessie J.4 Troutman (10 Jan. 1877 – 6 Apr. 1880, Smyth Co.14)
5.     Mary Ellen4 Troutman (12 Nov. 1878 – 15 Sep. 1879, Smyth Co.15).
6.     James Henry4 Troutman (14 July 1880, Smyth Co. – 4 July 1970, Washington Co.16); married Mary Sue “Susie Olinger (18 Nov. 1884 – 19 Jan. 1954, Smyth Co.17) about 1905 in Smyth Co., VA.18
7.     Daniel Clark4 Troutman (27 Sept. 1882 – 2 July 1948, Smyth Co.19); married Carrie Cosby Sexton (19 July 1880, Virginia – 1 Aug. 1954, Washington Co., VA20) about 1905 in Smyth Co.21
8.     Daisy Virginia4 Troutman (22 Jan 1885,22 Smyth Co. – 28 July 1977, Fresno, CA); married William Tell “Will” Worley (20 Jan 1884 – 11 Sep. 1973, Smyth Co.23) about 1905 in Smyth Co. Divorced between 1930 and 1935.24 Second married Leslie Fogleman (11 Dec. 1887, Phillips Co., Kansas – 17 Jan. 1959, Fresno, CA25), before 1935.
9.     Walter Clinton “Clint”4 Troutman (16 Dec. 1887 or 1886, Smyth Co. VA26 - 24 July 1949, Wayne Co. NE27); married Mary Ann Waggoner (20 May 1887, Smyth Co., VA – 24 March 1964, Wayne Co., NE28) on 27 October 1909, Audrain Co., MO.29

10. Lee Roy4 Troutman (08 August 1891 – 13 October 1919, Smyth Co., VA30)

There, you have it. For next week, I plan to write more about my grandparents, Clint and Mary (Waggoner) Troutman, their lives together (finally!).

P. S. I have never been able to figure out why some footnotes appear to be a font size different  from the others. When I copy and paste from my Word file, they are all the same. If anyone knows the answer, let me know, please.


1 Rich Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Smyth County, Virginia); Troutman, Daniel A. and America A., photographed August 2004 by the researcher. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 January 2016), photograph, memorial page for Daniel Absolum Troutman (1835-1918), Find A Grave memorial no. # 29148836, citing Rich Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Saltville, Virginia; photographs contributed by Z. T. Noble
2 Ibid.  Also, Find A Grave memorial page for America Ann Troutman, Find A Grave # 29183256.
3 Smyth County, Virginia, Register of Marriage, Book 1: 30, D. A. Troutman and America A. Pratt, 1869; County Clerk’s Office, Marion.
4 Nebraska, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, Estella Hendrick, 1941. This is the only document found to date that includes the day of her birth; others include only month and year or year. Her birth was not recorded in Smyth County.
5 1900 U. S. census, Smyth County, Virginia, population schedule, Broad Ford Precinct, p. 119 (stamped), enumeration district [ED] 84, sheet A-10, dwelling 166, family 167, Tell Worley; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2016); NARA microfilm publication T623, roll N/A.
6 Death place and date are estimated from Tell Worley’s last known residence on the 1930 census of Madison County, NE. He is not found in the 1940 census; the son he was living with in 1930 moved to Oregon by 1935.
7 Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Marriage, Bk. 1: 83, Wm. T. Worley and Laura E. Troutman, 1891.
8 Time of divorce and remarriage is estimated from Stella’s last known presence in the home of William T. Worley in the 1920 census of Pierce County, NE, and her presence with Marshall Hendrick in the 1925 census of Crawford County Iowa.
9 For birth: Smyth County, Virginia, Register of Births, Book 1: 62, entry for Male (no name) Troutman, Dec. 1871; County Clerk’s Office, Marion. This date conflicts with the date on the tombstone, which was added many years after his death. For birth and death dates: Rich Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Smyth Co., Va.); John W. Troutman, marker; photo. Aug. 2004 by the researcher. Also, Find A Grave memorial for John William Troutman, # 30019835. Also, for death date, see: “In Memoriam,” Marion News, 20 Jan. 1911; digital image Smyth Bland Regional Library > S-B digital collections > Newspapers > Smyth County > Marion News, search word Troutman. The obituary confirms his nickname: Bud.
10 For birth: Smyth County, Virginia Births, 1875-78: 154, database Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2016); entry for Virginia Totten, 12 March 1878. This birth date conflicts with the one on the death certificate and the tombstone, 24 Feb. 1878. For birth and death: Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Totten Troutman, 1962; digital image Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2016). Also, Find A Grave, memorial page for Virginia Madora Troutman (1878-1962), mem. no. # 71338796, citing Ridgedale Cemetery, Rich Valley, VA; photographs contributed by Gary Ratcliff.
11 Smyth Co., Virginia, Reg. of Marriages, Book 1: 98, John W. Troutman and Virginia M. Totten, 1897.
12 Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Births, Book 1: 112, entry for Clifton P. Troutman, 22 June 1874.
13 Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Deaths, Book 1, 1857-1896: no page; Clifton P. Troutman, 28 September 1879. Also confirming the above death date: Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, Clifton P. Troutman, database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2016). Also, U. S. Federal Census and Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Clifton P. Troutman, Sep. 1879, database Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 20 January 2016).  Dates on the tombstone contradict birth and death dates in court house records: Find A Grave, mem. page for Clifton P. Troutman (1875-1880), mem. no. # 72043817, Rich Valley Presbyterian Ch. Cem., Rich Valley, Va.; photos contrib. by James Archer.
14 For birth: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Births, Book 1: 133, entry for S. B. J. Troutman, 10 January 1877. Also, another entry is puzzling: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Births, Book 1: 112, entry for Bessie Troutman, 9 April 1876 (nine months earlier). This clearly looks as if there were two girls. For death: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Deaths, Book 1, 1857-1896: no page; Sarah B. Troutman, 12 March 1880 (reported by her father). Also, U. S. Fed. Census and Mort. Sched., 1850-1885, Bessie Troutman, April 1880. Again, this appears to be two deaths. Also, Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, Sarah B. Troutman, 6 April 1880. (Same month as Bessie) These conflicting records raise the question whether S[arah]. B. J. and Bessie were the same person. If they were two children, the mortality schedule should include both names, but it includes only one. When their brother, James Henry Troutman erected a tombstone for his three siblings’ infant deaths (Clifton P., Bessie J., and Mary E.), he included only the name Bessie J. If there were two girls, why didn’t he include Sarah B.? Also, their mother, America Troutman, reported in the 1910 census having had ten children with seven living. If Bessie and Sarah B. were two children, she should have reported having had eleven children. It’s an unsolved mystery, but for now, I have merged the two names. Also, the tombstone birth date for Bessie J. conflicts with all the other records: Find A Grave, mem. page for Bessie J. Troutman (1874-1880), mem. no. # 72043816, Rich Valley Presbyterian Ch. Cem., Rich Valley, Va.; photos contrib. by James Archer.
15 For birth: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Births, Book 1: 141, entry for Mary Ellen Troutman, 12 November 1878. For death: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Deaths, Book 1, 1857-1896: no page; Mary E. Troutman, 15 Sep. 1879 (reported by her father D. A. Troutman). Also, Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, Mary E. Troutman, 15 Sep. 1879. Also, U. S. Fed. Census and Mort. Sched., 1850-1885, Mary E. Troutman, Aug. 1879. (Minimal conflict with these dates.) The tombstone dates, however, conflict with birth and death dates. Find A Grave, mem. page for Mary E. Troutman (1878-1880), mem. no. # 72043816, Rich Valley Presbyterian Ch. Cem., Rich Valley, Va.; photos contrib. by James Archer.
16 For birth”: Smyth Co., Va., Reg. of Births, Book 1: 158, entry for James H. Troutman, 14 July 1880. For death: Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014, James Henry Troutman, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2016).
17 For birth and death: Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014, Mary Sue Troutman, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2016).
18 1910 U. S. census, Broadford, Smyth Co. Va., p. 1501 (penned), ED 88, sheet 7-A, dwell. 124, fam. 124, James H. Troutman; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1649. Census states they have been married five years.
19 For birth and death: Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014, Dan C. Troutman, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2016).
20 For birth and death: Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014, Mrs. Carrie Sexton Troutman.
21 Estimate of time and place is based on birth date of daughter and location in censuses 1900 and 1910.
22 Daisy’s birth dates vary from source to source. California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Daisy V. Fogelman, database Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2016). Birth date in this source is 22 Jan. 1885. Also, Social Security Administration, “U. S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current,” database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed 18 January 2016), entry for Daisy Fogleman, 1977, ***-**-5048. Birth date in this source is 22 January 1886. Also, Smyth County, Virginia, Register of Births, Book 1: 12, entry for Female (no name) Troutman; County Clerk’s Office, Marion. Birth date in this source is 27 June 1886. This is the only female birth to Daniel A. and America Troutman that could possibly be Daisy. In census records, her year of birth varies from 1884 (1900 U. S. census, Smyth Co., VA) to 1887 (1940 U. S. census, Merced, CA).
23For birth: Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014, William Tell Worley, 20 Jan. 1884, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2016). For birth and death: Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, William Tell Worley, 11 September 1973 digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2016). 
 24 This date estimate is based on Daisy’s location with Will Worley in the 1930 census in Merced, California, and the 1940 census of Fresno, California, which states that she and Les Fogelman were living in the same place in 1935.
25 Find A Grave, mem. page for Leslie Oscar Fogelman (1885-1959), mem. no. # 74355048, Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno Co. California; photos contrib. by “Nancy/catsaver.”  
26 Sources also differ on the year Clint was born. Smyth County, Virginia, Register of Births, Book 1: 19, entry for Clinton Troutman; County Clerk’s Office, Marion. Date is recorded as 16 Dec. 1887. On his WWI draft registrations, Clint reported his birth year as 1886: “U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” images Ancestry.com (http://www. Ancestry.com, accessed 21 January 2016), card for Clint Walter Troutman, serial number 261-61-A, Local Draft Board, Wayne County, Nebraska. Also, 1886 is on his tombstone: Find A Grave, mem. page for Walter Clinton Troutman (1886-1949), mem. no. # 29206046, Pleasant View Cemetery, Winside, Wayne Co. Nebraska; photos contrib. by Z. T. Noble. Also, his death certificate states his birth year as 1886: Nebraska, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, of Death Certificate, Walter Clinton Troutman, 1949.
27 Ne., Dept. of Health., Div. of Vit. Stats., Cert. of Death, Walter Clinton Troutman, 1949.
28 For birth and death dates and places: Ne., Dept. of Health., Div. of Vit. Stats., Cert. of Death, Mary Ann Troutman, 1964.
29 Audrain, Missouri, “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002,” digital image Ancestry.com (http://www. Ancestry.com, accessed 21 January 2016), entry for Clint Troutman and Mary Waggoner, 27 October 1909.
30 For birth: Smyth Co., Va., Register of Births, Book 1: 47, entry for Lee Roy Troutman. For death: Find A Grave, mem. page for Lee Roy Troutman (1891-1919), mem. no. # 29337667, Rich Valley Presbyterian Ch. Cem., Rich Valley, Va.; photos contrib. by Z. T. Noble.

© 2016, Z. T. Noble

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