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Ruhama Pool Squire

Birth	:	15 Nov 1807
Death	:	8 Jul 1846
Burial	:	Taylor Cemetery, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4382000, -91.8305000
Description	:	The Bible records the birth and death of Ruhama as 15 Nov 1807 and 8 Jul 1846, respectively. The place of birth is presumed to have occurred in Ohio, the death in Iowa. She came to Iowa around 1845 with her family and is said to have died there according to her son J. W. Squires in his obit. There was an outbreak of Cholera that occured in SE Iowa about this time and it is probable that she die from that or Typhoid. She is buried in Taylor Cemetery in Linecreek Twn, Washington County, Iowa, one of the... Read More	The Bible records the birth and death of Ruhama as 15 Nov 1807 and 8 Jul 1846, respectively. The place of birth is presumed to have occurred in Ohio, the death in Iowa. She came to Iowa around 1845 with her family and is said to have died there according to her son J. W. Squires in his obit. There was an outbreak of Cholera that occured in SE Iowa about this time and it is probable that she die from that or Typhoid. She is buried in Taylor Cemetery in Linecreek Twn, Washington County, Iowa, one of the earliest cemeteries in the area. The History of Washington County notes that a Mrs. Squires who resided on Smith Creek was the first to die in the Spring of 1842. Ruhama married Thadeus Squires in Scioto County, Ohio on 28 Feb 1828 as confirmed by the Bible and County Records. Thadeus is identified as the son of Nathaniel Squires and Mary his wife in a Court Case filed in Scioto County on 23 Dec 1856. Based on analysis of the 1820 and 1830 censuses Thadeus was born about 1803, presumably in New York State. Thaddeus died shortly after Ruhama and both died in Washington County, Iowa where they had settled in 1845. Land records of Scioto County, Ohio and Washington County, Iowa suggest that Ruhama and Thaddeus sold property in Scioto County before October 1845, prior to removing to Iowa along with brothers Nathaniel and Green B Squires, all three of whom previously filed for Iowa Land Patents in April of 1845. Thaddeus also purchased acreage from John McCallister on 25 Jul 1846 and witnessed land transactions of brother Nathaniel in Aug 1846, both in Washington County, Iowa. A land mortgage taken by Thaddeus in Scioto County in Nov 1844 was presented for recording on 10 Apr 1847 which may have been occasioned by concerns of his demise. Harvey Taylor, brother-in-law of Thadeus, secured a bond as Guardian of the minor heirs of Thadeus Squires, deceased, on the 8th day of February 1848 in Washington County. A deed was also given to Fenton L. Squires, Joseph W. Squires, Perrin Squires, and Lucetta Squires on that date from Nathaniel Squires. (Note 09) Three of the children returned to Ohio with their uncle Nathaniel prior to 1850, and are shown with relatives in the 1850 Census for Scioto County. The fourth child, Fenton L. Squires, was not located in 1850 and is known to have died in November of 1851, as given by Affidavit of Brother Joseph in 1888. His demise is further confirmed by a land transaction of 8 Nov 1853 from McKenzie Stockham and his wife Lucetta of Scioto County, to Joseph Warren Squires of Washington County, Iowa, selling the undivided one-third of the land inherited from the father Thaddeus. Fenton was probably born about 1829 and is shown in the 1830 census as 1st born. The 1840 census suggests there may have been others. The three remaining Squires children rejoined the migration of many Scioto County residents to southeast Iowa around 1857. There they joined many who had previously settled in Washington, Keokuk, Van Buren, Davis and other counties of Iowa in 1844. 09-From the History of Washington County, page 124, Biography of John H. Squire."John H. Squire,---was born in Scioto County, Ohio, March 17, 1857, a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Mead) Squire. His father was also a native of that county, where he was reared until he was twenty-one years of age, at which period of life he took up the occupation of freight boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, going as far as New Orleans. After following that pursuit for about three years he came to Iowa, locating in Lime Creek township, Washington County, about a half mile east of Wellman. In 1844 he entered land on the present site of the town of Wellman, and remained upon his farm for about four years when, owing to the illness of his father and mother, returned to Ohio, where he was married. In the fall of 1857 he drove back to Iowa in a prairie schooner drawn by a span of mules, bringing with him his wife and their six months child.---"

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Latitude: 41.4382000
Longitude: -91.8305000

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