Carson Archives

Here you will find information on the ancestors and descendents of Chester Carson and Kathleen Rogers. Articles are listed newest to oldest. Start by reading the oldest articles first, then work your way back to the newest. I have also included links to their Online Family Trees. Please provide your own stories, additions, corrections, or feedback by clicking on the word "Comments" at the end of any article, or by e-mailing me. Enjoy!

Monday, July 03, 2006

Benjamin & Ezadiah Truax - Update

The next item from my May Genealogy Road Trip is additional information on the life and family of Benjamin Truax, Jr. and his wife, Ezadiah Palmer.

The book "History of Tonoloway Baptist Church", included an entry for these GG Grandparents of Chester Carson. The extract is below:

"Benjamin Truax joined the church in the beginning of the last century. He served as a messenger to the association in 1834. His father, Benjamin Truax, Sr., was one of the early settlers of Bethel Township. He ", . "came from New Jersey (some of the Truax family lived in Monmouth County) and settled within the present borders of Thompson Township. His son Benjamin married Ezediah Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, the immigrant. She died March of 1879, aged ninety-nine years and twelve days. She was supposed to have been very active - in mind and body - at the time of her death. The Truax family included nine children: William, who died before 1884; Joseph; Stillwell; Samuel; Elizabeth Fisher; Job; David; Rebecca Fisher; and Mary Fisher. Their father died in 1846 at the age of seventy-two."

One new fact provided here is that Ezediah's father was an immigrant. I don't believe there was an entry for John Palmer, so we do not know his country of origin.