William Truax Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: William Truax: was born in New Jersey, in 1805. Came with his father to Brooke County when but young. Formed the acquaintance of Miss Dorcas Stansberry, and was married to her in 1826. She bore him four children. Her death took place in 1834, and then he married Miss Jane Adair, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1837. In 1845 he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania where in 1864 he died. His widow lived there until 1871, when she, with her family, returned to Hancock County, settling in Butler District, where they are still living.