1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Delaware Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 18th day of June, 1870.                                                          648  

Post Office: Eminence                                                                                                        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		 / 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
16 16 ALLEY, Silas
Son of David K. Alley & 2nd wife Delilah Carter.		 23 M W Farmer
 700 150 Missouri / / / 1
    , Margaret A. 'Peggy' Snider
Was also married to James C. DeSpain, not sure if before or after marriage to Silas.		 21 F W Keeping House     Missouri / /   2
        , Zimeri (Zimri James)
Son of David K. Alley & 2nd wife Delilah Carter.		 19 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri           / /       3
17 17 catlet,  Henry 31 M W Farmer
 11,000 6851 District of Columbia           / /   /   4
    , Margaret 22 F W Keeping House   Missouri / / 5
        , William 4 M W       Missouri                     6
        , Robert   2 M W       Missouri                     7
    BUFFINGTON, Sarah
Daughter of Phillip Buffington & Rhoda A. Stephens.		 17 F W Domestic Servant     Missouri                     8
18 18 MAHAN, James 57 M W Farmer
 1000 900 Census has born in Missouri; other sources have Pennsylvania.           / /   /   9
        , Sarah Perkins 56 F W Keeping House     Missouri                     10
        , James P. 29 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri           / /   /   11
        , Annice (or Annas) 22 F W       Missouri                     12
        , Charity 18 F W       Missouri                     13
        , Marion 16 M W       Missouri                     14
        , Adaline 13 F W       Missouri                     15
19                                       16
20 19 DAUGHERTY, John M. 36 M W County Clerk 5500 1500 Tennessee           / /   /   17
    , Mary V. 30 F W Keeping House Tennessee /   18
        , Jefferson Davis 8 M W       Missouri                     19
        , Sarah 'Ellen' 5 F W       Missouri                     20
        , Marietta 2 F W       Missouri                     21
21 20 ALLEY, Elizabeth Ann Mahan
Daughter of James Mahan & Sarah Perkins; Married Walter Alfred Alley in 1857; Children born 1858-1866; he must have divorced her. He was married in 1866 to Mary Carter, and in 1869 to Francis Embree Lee. He died in 1912. Elizabeth died in 1895.		 33 F W Keeping House 800   Missouri                     22
    , Martha Ann 11 F W   Missouri       23
        , Nancy Jane 10 F W       Missouri                     24
        , Amanda 'Mandy' 8 F W       Missouri                     25
        , George W.   6 M W       Missouri                     26
        , Lytha (Talitha) 3 F W       Missouri                     27
22 21 MAHAN, Samuel (M. or William?) 46 M W Farmer
     Indiana                 /   28
        , Louisa 'Elizabeth'  Marcus   38 F W Keeping House     Missouri                     29
        , James 'Andrew'  16 M W       Missouri                     30
        , Clarissa 'Jane' 14 F W       Missouri                     31
        , John E. (or F.) 12 M W       Missouri                     32
        , Francis 'Marion' 10 M W       Missouri                     33
        , Samuel W.  9 M W       Missouri                     34
        , Joshuay (Joshua) 4 M W       Missouri                     35
        , Martha L.  2 F W       Missouri                     36
    , Mournin(g)
Daughter of Samuel William Mahan & 1st wife Mourning Maulding.		 20 F W   Missouri       37
        , Alice Emaline   
Daughter of Mourning Mahan		 11/12 F W       Missouri     July               38
                                         39
                                           40

 

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