Elizabeth Friend, wife of John Firebaugh
Searching for *PROOF* of the parents of Elizabeth Friend b. 1793 OH, married John Firebaugh 10 May 1812 Tuscarawas Co., OH.The Firebaugh - Fierbaugh Family in America by John Franklin Fierbaugh (available on FHC microfilm) indicates Elizabeth Friend was a daughter of Jacob Friend and Margaret Bower of Miami Co., OH. The Commemorative Biographical Record of Harrison County Ohio (J.H. Beers & Co. Chicago, 1891) agrees, further saying Elizabeth "...had been left motherless when but two years of age, and she was reared at the home of her uncle, John Bowers (of Tuscarawas Co. OH)".John Bower of Tuscarawas County was a son of Conrad Bower, who died 1810 in Tuscarawas County. Census records for Conrad's family indicate he did have another daughter who is unaccounted for in his Will. John Bower went to Indiana (what county?) by 1830. Finding a Will or probate for John Bower may be productive.
The Friend Family Association < friendfamilyassociation.org > records show Jacob Friend of Miami County married Susan Smith in KY bef 1800. They do not acknowledge that Jacob may have had a previous marriage.