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Person Info

Name: Adam Fortney
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1820 in Letterkenny Twp Franklin Co PA
Death: 7 MAY 1866 in Taylorsville Fayette Co Iowa
Burial: GrandView Cem Fayette Fayette Iowa.
Person Id: I688
Tree Id: 209066

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Parents

Father:

John Jacob Fortney: Birth: 1770-1775 in Lancaster Co PA. Death: 11 Dec 1851-1860 in Trumbull Co Ohio or Mahoning or Wood Counties

Mother:

Maria Christina Reel: Birth: 29 NOV 1780 in PA. Death: 4 NOV 1867 in Grand Rapids Ohio also known as Galena Weston Twp Wood Co

Family
Marriage:

Married: Emily Dewey on 14 MAY 1841 at Trumbull Co Ohio.^b
Emily Dewey: Birth: 1821 in Ohio. Death: 11 JAN 1869 in Fayette Iowa

Children:

Marianne Fortney: Birth: 1843.
Samuel Fortney: Birth: 1845.
Lydia Fortney: Birth: 1847.
Cordilia Amilia Fortney: Birth: 1849.
Franklin Fortney: Birth: ABT 1852.
Bradley Fortney: Birth: ABT 1853.
Lester Fortney: Birth: ABT 1859 in Iowa.
Everette Fortney: Birth: ABT 1864 in Iowa.
Emily Fortney: Birth: ABT 1876 in Iowa.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Louise Harrison.
Louise Harrison: Birth: ABT 1830.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mamie Huffman.
Mamie Huffman: Birth: ABT 1830.

Notes

a.

Note: N441 MARRIAGE: Marriage #2 for Adam and Louise is listed as 8Mar1870, this would be after Adam died. Emily is probably Mamie's dau.
BIOGRAPHY: 1850: his brother Daniel age 33, a basketmaker, lives with him in Iowa. Adam: Iowa Civil War Muster, enlisted 22 Sept. 1862, @ age 42, resident of Fayette Co, mustered out on 17Oct1865 in Sioux City Iowa. Pension application names wife as Minnie.
Adam moved from Trumbull Co Ohio in abt 1855/56 to Iowa. Possible with nephew Ben. Jacob, his brother is just across the river in Crawford Co, Wisc.

b.

Note: Date of marriage may be 1842 (14May1842/41)

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