Michael Roush ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1820 US Census in Letart Township, Meigs, OH on August 1820. ²

1820 US Census
Roll 88
Letart Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
1 males age 26 to 45 = Michael Roush (age 45)

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1830 US Census in Letart Township, Meigs, OH on June 1830. ³

1830 US Census
Page 239, Roll 135
Letart Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
1 male 50-60 = Michael Roush (age 55)

(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He was buried on 15 February 1851 in the Plants Cemetery in Plants, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 79394331
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Michael married Mary Margaret Weaver, daughter of Nicholas Weaver and Margaret Ann Roush, on 20 December 1811 in Gallia County, OH.¹ (Mary Margaret Weaver was born in 1794 in , Shenandoah County, VA,⁴ died on 17 July 1834 in , Meigs County, OH ⁴ and was buried after 17 July 1834 in Plants Cemetery, Plants, OH ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 20 December 1811, in Gallia County, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1820 US Census in Letart Township, Meigs, OH on August 1820. ²

1820 US Census
Roll 88
Letart Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
1 males age 26 to 45 = Michael Roush (age 45)
1 male under 10 = (either John Roush, age 8 or Jonas Roush, age 1)
1 female 10-26 = (Mary Weaver, wife, age 26)
2 females under 10 = (Deborah Roush, age 6; Margaret Roush, age 3)

5 total in household
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• They appeared on the 1830 US Census in Letart Township, Meigs, OH on June 1830. ³

1830 US Census
Page 239, Roll 135
Letart Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
1 male 50-60 = Michael Roush (age 55)
1 males 20-30 = (unknown)
2 males 15-20 = (John Roush, age 18; unknown unless Jonas' age was wrong)
(1 male 10-15 = Jonas Roush, age 11; supposedly died in 1820 )
1 female 30-40 = (Mary M. Weaver, wife, age 36)
1 female 15-20 = (Deborah Roush, age 16)
1 female 10-15 = Margaret Roush, age 13)
2 females under 5 = Dorothy Roush, age 6; Nancy Roush, age 4)

9 total in household
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Michael Roush
Sex: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1811
Marriage Place: Gallia, Ohio, United States
Source County: Gallia
Spouse's Name: Polly Weaver
Spouse's Sex: Female
Record Number: 259
Reference ID: p27

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD4V-69H : 8 March 2021), Michael Roush and Polly Weaver, 20 Dec 1811; citing Marriage, Gallia, Ohio, United States, p27, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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1830 US Census
Page 239, Roll 135
Letart Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
jun 1830

1 male 50-60
1 males 20-30
2 males 15-20
1 female 30-40
1 female 15-20
1 female 10-15
2 females under 5

9 total in household
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