Truman served in the War of 1812. In 1810 he was living in Adams, New York, with two children under 10. Since his oldest known child was Leonard, born in 1811, there may be two other children either unaccounted for or who died young. In 1820 there were two males under 10, one male 10-15, and one male 26-44, one female under 10, one female 10-15, and one female 26-44; one person was listed in agriculture and one in manufacturing. By 1830 he was the head of a family consisting of one male child under 5, one male 5-10, one male 15-20, one male 40-50, one male 70-80 (unknown), one female 30-40, one female 50-60, and one female 80-90 (unknown). By 1850, Truman had died, and Orra and her youngest son Silas were living in the household of her daughter Lucy Chamberlain.
Children of Truman and Orra (Perry) Oatman, all b. Jefferson Co., NY:
408 Leonard, b. 26 May 1811; d. 22 May 1903, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY; m. Huldah Cordelia Barnard
409 Truman Jr., b. Oct 1814; m. Fannie Ellis
410 Lucy, b. ca 1818; m. Silas Chamberlain, who was b. ca 1817. He was a carpenter-joiner. They apparently had no children; both are buried in Union Cemetery, Adams Center, NY.
411 Delos W., b. ca 1820; m. Autha _____
412 Daniel D., b. 23 Jun 1823; d. 28 Oct 1846
413 Philinda, b. ca Mar 1826; d. 25 Oct 1895, Adams Center, NY; m. Zebe Buell. Zebe's Will was dated 26 Jan 1889 and in it names his wife and daughter. Children, surname Buell:
A Emma Amelia, m. ______ Parker. Children, surname Parker:I Ella MayII George B.
414 Ezra, b. ca 1828; m. Amanda "Mandy" Sopher. Ezra was listed as a shoemaker in 1850. Children, surname Oatman:
A Annette, b. Jan 1850, Jefferson Co., NY
415 Gaius, b. ca 1830; d. 16 Apr 1856, age 26; bur. State Road (Honeyville) Cem., Adams Center, Jefferson Co., NY; m. Eliza A. Rogers, 1 May 1849, NY. This family was originally reported as having two children, Mary G. and Edgar B. In the 1860 census, Eliza, 29, is a widow working as a milliner, with two daughters, Nettie, age 11, and Nellie, age 8, Edgar having died earlier. It is unknown whether Nettie and Mary are the same. Children, surname Oatman:
A Mary G., b. May 1850, Jefferson Co., NYB Nellie, b. ca 1852, Jefferson Co., NY
C Edgar B., b. Jun 1853, Jefferson Co., NY; d. 1 Aug 1854; bur. State Road (Honeyville) Cem., Adams Center, NY
Eliza apparently remarried after Gaius' death to Enoch Todd. In 1870 the family of Enoch, 53, and Eliza, 40, consists of Ellen Todd, 18, Lizzie Todd, 5, and Nellie Oatman, 18.
416 Silas, b. ca 1833. Silas was listed as a carpenter-joiner in 1850, when he was living with his mother in the household of his sister Lucy.
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 census, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY
1825, 1835 State census, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY
1851, 1861, 1871 census, South Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
Records of State Road (Honeyville) Cemetery, Adams Center, NY
Vital records of Adams, NY
Will of Zebe Buell
Helen B. McDonald, Alexandria Bay, NY
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