I should also mention that on the Unbroken Truax listing for your Peter F. Truax, it mentions with the children an Anna Truax b. 1 Aug. 1822, m. 17 Nov. 1847 and an Edwin D. Truax b. 5 Feb. 1826, d. 3 Nov. 1843. Since both sons James and Edwin have the middle initial "D." and James named a son DeForest Truax, I'm wondering if Edwin and James might have been named after an Edwin DeForest and a James DeForest on the Mary (DeForest) Truax side of the family.