Person:Rosanna Kephart (1)

"For his second wife Mr. Stoops, Sr. took Rosanna Kephart and the following children were given them: Joseph (deceased); Polly, who married Nathan Davis; Samuel, Andrew, Ellen, who married Benjamin Springer; Sarah, who married Andrew Vansickle; Franklin, who died in the Federal service in 1863; Robert, who lives in Kansas, having served three years in an Indiana regiment during the war; Delilah, who married John Hanes, of Hancock County, Indiana; Martha who married Jeremiah Coffin, and Jacob." {Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, Originally Published in 1893, by Goodspeed Brothers; <http://www.countyhistory.com/doc.marion/533.htm>}

 In the 1860 census for Warren, Marion Co., Indiana, Rosanna Stoops is 58, born Maryland.  The children are Franklin, 23; Robert, 20; William, 18; Martha, 17; and Jacob, 15 -- all born Indiana. {no page cited, 'Rott', by Cathy Nuzum, WorldConnect database, <www.rootsweb.com>, 9 Sept 2004}
 In the 1870 census, Rosanna is living with the Benjamin Askins household. Benjamin F. Askins is a farmer, age 31, born Indiana.  His wife Mary L. is 29, born Maryland. Mary Askins [mother?] is 70, born Ohio. Sarah Wilson is 25, Joshua Wilson 23; and Asa Wilson 21, were all born in Indiana.  Rosanna Stoops is 64, born Maryland.{no page cited, 'Rott', by Cathy Nuzum, WorldConnect database, <www.rootsweb.com>, 9 Sept 2004}
 In the 1880 census for Blue Mound, McLean Co., Illinois, Samuel Stoops is 49, born Kentucky (father Pennsylvania) and his wife Ellenor is 45, born Ohio (parents Ohio).  The children are (son) Emer, 17; (son) Theadore, 12; Jane, 8 -- all born Illinois (father Kentucky, mother Ohio).  Rosa Stoops is 'grandmother', widow, age 75 from Maryland (father Pennsylvania, mother Maryland).  William Lelor is servant/farm labor, age 25 from Pennsylvania. {p.498b}