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1850 Census, Fairfield County, Ohio


Walnut Twp Dist. 41, Fairfield County, Ohio, 3 Sep 1850
p.213a, dwelling number 1237, family number 1237
Mauk    Michael          48  m w  farmer  $5325  VA
        Juliann          44  f w                 VA
        John William     18  m w  farmer         OH
        Amanda           16 f w                  OH
        Marshall         14 m w                  OH
        Margaret         12 f w                  OH
        Sydna            10 f w                  OH
        Louisa            8 f w                  OH
        Jacob             6 m w                  OH
        Marion            4 m w                  OH
        Madora         4/12 f w                  OH
Wilson  William          73 m w                  VA
Davis   Charles          38 m w  carpenter       VA

Margaret E. (Maggie) Mauk age 12 later married Jacob C. Bryan.  Maggie was the daughter of Michael Mauck Jr. and Juliet Wilson.

Jacob Bryan was the son of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer.  It is not yet proven, but I believe that Enoch was the great grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan.  Which is to say, I believe that Enoch was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. and the grandson of John Andrew Bryan.  I am descended from John Andrew Bryan's brother Thomas Bryan Sr.


Walnut Twp Dist. 41, Fairfield County, Ohio, 4 Sep 1850
p.214a, dwelling number 1249, family number 1249
Harshbarger  Abraham    49  m w  farmer  $5420  VA
             Elizabeth  50  f w                 MD

Abraham Harshberger married first Elizabeth Boblett age 50 and married second Hannah Jane Bryan.

Hannah Jane Bryan was the daughter of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer.  It is not yet proven, but I believe that Enoch Sr. was the great grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan.  Which is to say, I believe that Enoch Sr. was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. and the grandson of John Andrew Bryan.  I am descended from John Andrew Bryan's brother Thomas Bryan Sr.


Walnut Twp Dist. 41, Fairfield County, Ohio, 4 Sep 1850
p.214b, dwelling number 1260, family number 1260
Armstrong  O. S.     35  m w  physician  $400  CT
           Ann       26  f w                   OH
           Phebe     10  f w                   OH  attended school
           Sarah H.   9  f w                   OH  attended school
           Charles    6  m w                   OH  attended school
           David      4  m w                   OH
           Joseph     2  m w                   OH

Phoebe Eliza Armstrong age 10 later married Enoch George Bryan Jr.

Enoch George Bryan Jr. was the son of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer.  It is not yet proven, but I believe that Enoch Sr. was the great grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan.  Which is to say, I believe that Enoch Sr. was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. and the grandson of John Andrew Bryan.  I am descended from John Andrew Bryan's brother Thomas Bryan Sr.


Walnut Twp Dist. 41, Fairfield County, Ohio, 6 Sep 1850
p.219a, dwelling number 1326, family number 1326
Geiger  Daniel         52  m w  farmer  $1600  VA
        Jane           49  f w                 DE
        Jesse          22  m w  farmer         OH
        Margaret       20  f w                 OH
        Jackson        17  m w  farmer         OH
        Levina         15  f w                 OH
        Eliza Jane     12  f w                 OH
        Elizabeth      10  f w                 OH
        James K. Polk   5  m w                 OH

Levina Geiger age 15 later married Cornelius Bryan.  Cornelius was the son of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer.  Enoch was probably the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. who was the nephew of my sixth great grandfather Thomas Bryan Sr.

This branch of the Bryan family moved to Ohio from Rockingham County, Virginia.  Daniel Geiger was obviously from Virginia, but I don't know if he was from Rockingham County.


Pleasant Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, 30 Sep 1850
p.343a, dwelling number 115, family number 120
Broils  John     36  m w  laborer  VA
        Nancy    38  f w           OH  cannot R/W
        Mary J.  16  f w           OH
        James    14  m w           OH  attended school
        Lydia    12  f w           OH  attended school
        William  11  m w           OH  attended school
        John      9  m w           OH  attended school
        George    7  m w           OH  attended school
        Martin    5  m w           OH  attended school
        Martha    1  f w           OH

James Broyles age 14 later married Rebecca Bryan, daughter of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer.  It is not yet proven, but I believe that Enoch was the great grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan.  Which is to say, I believe that Enoch was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. and the grandson of John Andrew Bryan.  I am descended from John Andrew Bryan's brother Thomas Bryan Sr.

The parents of James Broyles were John Moses Broyles and Nancy Burnside.


Richland Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, 17 Oct 1850
p.393b, dwelling number 117, family number 118
Bryan  E. G.      50 m w           VA
       Rebecca    47 f w           PA  cannot R/W
       Hannah J.  22 f w           IL
       Mary       21 f w           OH  attended school
       Cornelius  18 m w  laborer  OH  attended school
       Jacob      16 m w  laborer  OH  attended school
       W. G.      14 m w           OH  attended school
       Rebecca    12 f w           OH  attended school

I believe that Enoch George Bryan Sr. was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr.  Cornelius was the son of John Andrew Bryan and the grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan.  So Enoch's father Cornelius Bryan was probably the first cousin of my fifth great grandfather Peter Bryan.


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