1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Birch Tree Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 27th day of June, 1870.                    

Post Office: Birch Tree                                                                                                        Henry Post, Ass't Marshal     (Note: annotated in italics; information from Carol Williamson)

Dwelling
 in order
of
 visitation		 Name of
every
person
whose
usual
abode
on the
first day
of June
1870
was in
this
family		 Families numbered
in order of visitation		 Age Gender Race Profession,
Occupation
or Trade of
Every Male
over age 15		 Value
of Real
Estate
Owned		 Value of
Personal
Estate		 Place of birth,
naming state or
territory of US,
or country if
of foreign birth.		 Parentage If born
within
year,
state
month.		 If married
within
year,
state
month.		 Attended
school
within
the
year.		 Education Whether
deaf and
dumb,
blind,
insane,
or idiotic.		 Constitutional
Relations
Father
of
Foreign
Birth		 Mother
of
Foreign
Birth		 Cannot
Read		 Cannot Write Male
citizens
of 21
years
of age
and
upwards		 Male
citizens
of 21
years
of age
and
upwards
whose
right to
vote is
denied or
abridged
or other
grounds
than
rebellion
or crime.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  
41 40 (Household of Matilda Thomas cont.)
THOMAS, Ridley B. 'Ridd'
(03 Dec 1860-08 Aug 1905)  Married Louella 'Josephine' DePriest 26 Oct 1878Married Louella 'Josephine' DePriest 26 Oct 1878; had eight children.		 11 M W     Missouri / /   1
42 41 HODGES, John 19 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri / /   2
        , Catherine  24 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       3
43 42 BROWN, James
Son of William Henry Brown & Permelia Whitson		 19 M W Farmer 100 140 Tennessee                     4
    , Augusta 'Gustie'  20 F W Keeping House   Tennessee / / 5
        , Thomas  7/12 M W       Missouri     Nov.               6
44 43 BROWN, Permelia Whitson
Widow of William Henry Brown (1831-1869); 9 children.		 40 F W Keeping House 1000 400 Tennessee           / /       7
        , Margaret P.  17 F W       Tennessee           / /       8
        , Thomas B. 14 M W       Missouri           / /       9
        , Samuel Porter
(06 Jul 1858-13 Nov 1928)
He married (1) Sarah Bockman and had a daughter, Sarah; He married (2) Mary J. 'Molly' Wyatt in 1880 and had 6 other children.		 12 M W       Missouri           / /       10
        , John A.  
Married Jane Unknown; had 1 known child, a daughter, Lula E. Brown.		 10 M W       Missouri                     11
        , David Morgan  
He married Burnetta (or Bernettia) O. Parker 12 Mar. 1891. Children Fredrick O., Burr O., Mary C. & Robert Earl Brown.		 8 M W       Missouri           / /       12
        , Franklin  6 M W       Missouri                     13
45 44 REASER, Jacob Bartlett
(17 Apr 1837-25 Nov 1900)
Son of Peter Reaser & Emaline Brown. Married 25 Dec 1857		 33 M W Farmer   200 Jackson County
Tennessee		           / /   /   14
        , Francis (Frances Rebecca Bockman) 
Daughter of Christopher Bockman & Nancy Ann Fultz. Had 6 children.		 27 F W Keeping House     Smith County
Tennessee		           / /       15
        , James Bartlett
(29 Jul 1858-20 Jan 1911)
Married Sarah Elizabeth Hoops 28 Dec 1884 at Shannon Co MO; had 6 children.		 11 M W       Missouri           / /       16
    DOUGLAS, John 13 M W Farm Laborer     Tennessee                     17
46 45 JOLLIFF, James Erasmus
(1826-1880)  Son of Unknown Jolliff & Lucinda Nobles. Married 26 Feb 1848. Older children not at home: Randolph C. and Mary E.		 43 M W Farmer 200 250 Jefferson County
Illinois		           / /   / 18
    , Martha J. Waymon
(1830-1880) died at West Plains Howell Co MO.		 40 F W Keeping House Illinois / /   19
        , Lucinda 16 F W       Missouri           / /       20
        , Rachel Ann
Married Daniel Perry Wright; 3 children.		 12 F W       Illinois           / /       21
        , William H. 'Bill Muck'
(Feb 1863-1947)
Married 5 times: his 1st cousin's widow, Eliza J. Jolliff (widow of William Randolph Jolliff); Bessie B. Barrer, 29 Oct 1885; Eliza J. Stewart, 19 Jun 1890; Ellen Ellis, 23 Jun 1914; and Octavia Willard, Aft. 1917.		 4 M W       Illinois                     22
        , Willis Jonas Francis
Married Sarah D. Kimbrough 28 Dec 1888; 6 children.		 2 M W       Illinois                   23
47 46 FOWLER, David 32 M W Farmer 200 500 Illinois     /   24
        , Cathern  20 M W Farm Laborer     Illinois                   25
48 47 DEPRIEST, Abriham Abraham 'Marion'
(07 Jul 1830-02 Jun 1891)  Married 2 previous times: Mary 'Polly' Huddleston 06 Apr 1851 at Oregon Co MO; Elizabeth J. Adin, 06 Jun 1853, at Oregon Co MO.		 29 M W Blacksmith Jefferson County
Illinois		 / / /   26
        , Elizabeth Jane Campbell 
(23 May 1849-11 May 1915); (married Abraham 15 Apr 1887); Daughter of Silas Campbell & Susanna Riggs; Married 1st Elijah Francisco Gardner 16 Oct 1872 at St Louis MO; 3 sons, Silas Campbell Gardner, Ira and Romeo J. Gardner.		 40 F W Keeping House     Missouri
(Another source has Chillicothe, Ohio)		           / /       27
        , Mary 'Elizabeth' 
Child of Abraham & second wife, Elizabeth J. Adin.
Married James Chilton; 4 children.		 16 F W       Missouri           / /       28
        , Missouri M.  
Child of Abraham & second wife, Elizabeth J. Adin. Married Charles Sylvester Seaman in 1877; 1 son.		 14 F W       Missouri           / /       29
        , Sarah 
(03 May 1858-30 Apr 1913)
Child of Abraham & second wife, Elizabeth J. Adin. Married Green Stinch DePriest; 2 children.		 12 F W       Missouri           / /       30
        , Edie (Phillip Edward 'Eddie')
Child of Abraham & second wife, Elizabeth J. Adin.		 7 M W       Illinois                     31
        , Louis Harvey
Child of Abraham & second wife, Elizabeth J. Adin.		 5 M W       Illinois                     32
    EARLS, Samuel 12 M W       Missouri                     33
49 48 DEPRIEST, Issac (Isaac Casey) (18 Apr 1807-02 Oct 1878)  Son of William DePriest & Rebecca Casey; 63 M W Farmer 3000 3000 Smith County
Tennessee		           / /   /   34
        , Elizabeth Buffington 
(06 Apr 1806-15 Sep 1884)
Daughter of Abraham Buffington & Margaret Ward.		 64 F W Keeping House     Ohio
(Another source has Blenerhasset Island WV)		           / /       35
        , Abraham 'Marion'
(22 Jan 1857-03 Mar 1910)
Son of Isaac W. DePriest & McNorris A. Smith. Grandson of Isaac C. & Elizabeth. His father died in 1860 and his mother remarried to John Henderson Neal. Marion married Emma Alice Derrick 19 Aug. 1900; his children were Clyde Elmer and Dollie M. DePriest.
 		 12 M W       Birch Tree Shannon Co Missouri           / /       36
    BUFFINGTON, Emaline 23 F W Domestic Servant     Illinois         37
50 49 TAYLOR, John 29 M W Farmer 300 250 Tennessee   / / /   38
        , Josephine  23 F W Keeping House     Tennessee           / /       39
        , Missouri  1 F W       Missouri                      40

 

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