John met Rosetta on a farm near Arthur, Illinois where he worked as a hired man on the farm of Roe Murphy, and she was helping in the home. They married soon therafter.
IGI Birth index: Number: 5012680 Sheet: 40 Source Call No.: 1553549 Type: Film, John Wesley Troy was born on July 15, 1869 in Bethel Twp, Clark, Ohio to a Martha Adams, no father listed. John W. Troy died on June 2, 1943.
IGI Marriage Index, Batch No.: M533966 Dates: 1878 - 1885 Source Call No.: 1312202 Type: Film JOHN W. TROY Male Event(s): Birth: Ohio Parents: Father: JAMES H. TROY Mother: MARTHA ADAMS Marriages: Spouse: ROSETTA ADAMS Rosetta Adams was born in Indiana, parents listed as James M. King and Quintella King. Marriage: 11 AUG 1895 , Douglas, Illinois Husband Age at Marriage: 26 Wife Age at Marriage: 19