We have John Jacob Fouser as a common ancestor. His son William D Fouser was born in Summit County Ohio on 4/14/1845 and died in Ellston Ia 2/10/1918. He was my great grandfather.

John Jacob was born in Wutenburg, Germany to Johannes Fauser (the German spelling) and Catharina (Sybylle) Fauser.

Johannes Fauser was born on 6/14/1778 in Konigreich, Wurttenberg, Germany.

William D evidently lived and farmed in Ellston for some time. I have a photograph reputed to be of he and his wife, Mary M (Engle) and was looking for records of where that exactly that home and their proporty may have been.