I have been working on the Troxel family. Frederick Troxel married Alabama Williams after her first husband Job Downen died. Margaret Downen lived with her mother Alabama and the Troxel family before she married Robert Shearer. I am looking for more infomation on the Downen line. My line is through William Ford Troxel (the son of Frederick Troxel and Jane Cox), he married Elizabeth J. Downen in DeWitt County, IL in 1846. She was born in IL on 14 Jul 1827. I figure that Job Downen and Elizabeth Downen must be related somehow, but I am not quite sure how yet. Do you have info. that might help?
Also are either of you related to the line of Margaret Downen? Do you have any idea if the descendants of Alabama Williams and Job Downen kept in contact with the Troxel family, especially those that moved to Kansas? Do you have any Troxel info. by chance? Thanks for any help you might provide, especially on the Downen line.