IMUS, Sarah (Gibbons) Truax 1830-1905

GIBBONS, TRUAX, PIERSOL

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 7/26/2015 at 17:27:25

Sarah (Gibbons) Truax Imus – February 28, 1830 – August 22, 1905

Sarah Gibbons was born in Kent, England, February 28, 1830 and died at the home of her son, Dr. Walter Truax, in Breckenridge, Minnesota, August 22, 1905.

She came to this country when a little girl and in 1847 married Walter D. Truax at Waterford, Wisconsin. She was the mother of 12 children, seven of whom are living.

She was widowed in 1875. Eight years later she married Tabor C. Imus. She was widowed the second time in 1899, since which time she has lived with her son.

She was a member of the Free Baptist church of this place and the friends she formed in that association were very dear to her.

Marble Rock Journal, August 31, 1905
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Sarah Fittle (Gibbons) was born February 28, 1830 and died August 22, 1905

She married Walter Davis Truax who was born November 13, 1818 in Vermont and died October 18, 1886 in Floyd County, Iowa.

**The above obit says Walter Truax died in 1875 but he was still alive in the 1885 Iowa Census/ Her obit says she married Tabor Imus 8 years later so that must have been around 1894 because by 1900 she is a widow.
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Westside Cemetery, Marble Rock, Floyd County, Iowa

Walter C Truax 1818-1886 (his middle initital is wrong in this record)

Sarah F Truax 1830-1905 (she’s not listed under Imus)

Theres also 2 children in this cemetery

(1) -----h Truax..death June 28, 1871 age 21 years, 8 months, 23 days Children of W. D. & Sarah
(This would have been Sarah Truax born August 4, 1850 in Wisconsin, died June 28, 1871 in Floyd County, Iowa

(2) C---Truax death January 12, 1865 age 1 year 23 days..Children of W. D. & Sarah
( I believe this one to be George Truax born December 16, 1863 in Wisconsin died January 2, 1865 Iowa
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1870 US Census: Union, Floyd, Iowa
Walter D Truax 51 born abt 1819 Vermont
Sarah 40 born abt 1830 England
Mary 18 born abt 1852 Wisconsin
Laura 16 born abt 1854 Wisconsin
Charles 14 born abt 1856 Wisconsin
Emma 11 born abt 1859 Wisconsin
Clara 9 born abt 1861 Wisconsin
Wm. A 4 born abt 1866 Iowa
Nellie 1 born abt 1869 Iowa
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1880 US Census: Aureola, Floyd, Iowa
Walter Truax 61 born abt 1819 Vermont
Sarah 50 born abt 1830 England
William 14 born abt 1866 Iowa
Maggie 3 born abt 1877 Iowa
Eva Smith, grand-daughter 3 born abt 1877 Minnesota.
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1885 Census: Iowa
Walter D 66 born Vermont; Sarah F 53 born England; William A 18 born Iowa; Nellie J 15 born Iowa; Maggie E 6 born Iowa
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In the 1900 US Census: Chanarambie, Murray, Minnesota

Sarah Imus age 70, widow born February 1830 in England is listed as mother-in-law in the home of Wilson Piersol age 46 born December 1853 in Wisconsin and his wife Emma Piersol 41 born April 1859 Wisconsin.

Emma Frances (Truax) Piersol was born April 5, 1859 in Wisconsin and died May 8, 1943 in Napa, Canyon County, Idaho. (death record shows parents as Walter Truax and Gibbons.

Emma was buried in the Spangle Cemetery,Spangle, Spokane County, Washington, spouse James W. Piersol.