Enoch Smith Bruton [10195]

  General Notes:

From a query posted on the Henry Co., Iowa genforum:
"BRADLEY, BRUTON, EDWARDS, HUXLEY posted by Laura Moody on Thursday, July 15, 1999
Enoch S. Bruton was listed in the 1850 Census in Salem Twp. and this is the last time I've seen his name. Did he divorce his wife, Luvisa Edwards Bruton and leave his six children? Was he killed? Does anyone know what happened to him? His widow married widower, John Hobson in 1854.Enoch's daughter Melissa Jane married John William HUXLEY (in Lee Co.) and lived for a while in Henry County and I can not find where they moved. Warren James Bradley enlisted in the Spanish American War with his place of residence as Salem and that he was a student. Was there a college in Salem at that time? He was a resident of Illinois before his enlistment, so something must have drawn him to Salem."

On the familysearch.org LDS site this: Enoch S. Bruton b. 1794 in Spartanburg, SC to Enoch Bruton and wife Dorcas Woffard.

On the Rootsweb.com Bruton Genforum: Enoch S. Bruton b. 1817 in Frankfort, KY to Enoch Bruton (1791 KY) & Edith Grant Jackson.

1850 Salem Twp., Henry Co., Iowa: Enoch S. Bruten aged 32 b. KY "farmer" / wife Fairca (first name not sure) aged 32 b. NC / children: Melissa J. aged 13, Susan E. aged 11, Mary F. aged 7, James A. aged 5, Morten L. aged 3, Clarissa A. aged 1/12. All children b. in Iowa.

Also on Rootsweb search of KY records: Enoch Bruton, county jailer in the Business Directory of Mt. Sterling, KY as of 1 Jan., 1881. (Montgomery Co., KY).

From obit of dtr. Clarissa in the Cowden, Shelby County, IL paper on Friday, march 21, 1930: When Clarissa was 16 (abt. 1866) the family "moved ... to Pittsburg, Kansas." After Clarissa's marriage to Dr. John Holin, " ... her brothers then owned the farm land which later became the main business section of Pittsburg, KS."

More About ENOCH SMITH BRUTON:
Census: 1850, Salem Twp., Henry Co., Iowa

Notes for LUVISA EDWARDS:
There is a photo of Luvisa Edwards Bruton on the wall in the living room of Mary and H.C. Dixon. She is referred to as the "scary woman in the bonnet".

Taken "word for word" from a paper inserted into Rebecca Temperance Hobson Harding Seibert's family Bible:
"Prescot, father of Mary who was stolen from England & brought to America & who married _____ Brown. Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Prescot Brown who married John Martin. Clarissa, daughter of Elizabeth Brown Martin who married Richard Edwards. Levissa, (also spelled Lovisa) daughter of Clarissa Edwards who married Enock Bruton & John Hobson." then added " Clarissa Ann, daughter of Lovisa Prescot Brown Martin Edwards married Dr. John Holin."

Spent one month each winter in California for her health.

Enoch married Luvisa Edwards [10196] [MRIN: 3413], daughter of Richard Edwards [10197] and Clarissa Martin [10198], on 25 Mar 1838 in Henry, Iowa. (Luvisa Edwards [10196] was born on 1 Jul 1813 in Orange County, North Carolina and died on 12 Jan 1911 in Pittsburg, Kansas.)