The 1870 census of LeRoy, Jefferson County, New York, lists Truman, age 54, as a farmer with $8,000 in real estate and $2,500 personal property. Fanny was 48 years of age. In the same household is Betsey Strickland, age 27, and her son Seth "2nd", age 4; and Sophie Ferguson, age 25, with her daughter Fanny, age 1. Marriage records have not been located at this point to determine who Betsy and Sophia married, or why they were both living at their parents' home with their children.
Truman was living in Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York, in 1900, age 85, near his son Albert.
Children of Truman, Jr., and Fannie (Ellis) Oatman:
1450 Betsy Jane, b. ca 1843; m. _____ Strickland. Children, surname Strickland: A Seth, b. ca 1866
1451 Sarah Sophia, b. ca 1845; m. _____ Ferguson. Children, surname Ferguson: A Fanny, b. ca 1869
1452 Albert W., b. Feb 1850, NY; d. 18 Jun 1925, Philadelphia, Jefferson Co., NY; m. 1) ca 1873, Sarah A. _____ (b. Dec 1852, NY, d. 29 May 1906, Watertown, NY); m. 2) Prudence S. _____, who d. 7 Jan 1945, Philadelphia, NY, naming her sons, Raymond, Lee and Nelson Springsteen in her will. Albert was a farmer. Child of Albert and Sarah, surname Oatman:
A Gertrude, b. Sep 1881, NY; m. _____ Colgan. Lived Philadelphia, NY.
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1860 census, Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY
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