1870 United States Federal Census

Page No. 4  }    Inquiries numbered 7, 16 and 17 are not to be asked in respect to infants. Inquiries numbered 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 are to be answered (if at all) merely by an affirmative mark, as /.

SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Jackson Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 8th day of July, 1870.                    

Post Office: Pine Hill/Big Creek                                                                                                        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  
25 25
cont.		 RITTER, household of Isaac
    , Samuel		 1 M W     Missouri   1
CARVER, Isabella 'Jane'
Daughter of James Joseph Carver & Maranda B. Ritter; Married William H. Medley; 14 children.		 20 F W Domestic Servant     Missouri   2
26 26 CARTEE, (or Carter?) John 80
(60)		 M W Farmer 650 425 Missouri           / /   /   3
        , Emily 54 F W Keeping House     Missouri                     4
RITTER, Nancy
Daughter of Henry & Amelia Ritter; 		16 F W Domestic Servant   Missouri     5
    WILSON, Ruth Caroline 35 F W Domestic Servant     Missouri                     6
    DOOLEY, Joshaway (Joshua) 16 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri                     7
27 27 CLARK, Jessie (Jesse) 28 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri           / /   /   8
        , Patsie (Patsy) 27 F W       Missouri                     9
        , Mahalah (Mahala) 3 F W       Missouri                     10
        , Carrol (Carroll) 1 M W       Missouri                     11
28 28 PRUETT, (PRUITT), John Peter
Son of Hardin Pruitt & Mary Louise Lawson.
They had 3 other children aft. 1870: Mary Frances, Martha & Rosa Pruitt.		 27 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri                 /   12
        , Mary 'Ann' Cook
Daughter of A. J. Cook & Unknown Dobbs. 		26 F W Keeping House     Missouri                     13
        , William 'Hardin' 6 M W       Missouri                     14
        , Gilbert 3 M W       Missouri                     15
29 29 DOOLEY, Nancy Emily Massie
Wife or widow of Matthew Dooley; older children: Daniel & Sarah Melvina.		 35 F W Keeping House 600 200 Tennessee                     16
        ,  Elizabeth 16 F W       Missouri           /         17
    , Martha 15 F W   Missouri /   18
        , Clement 'Clem' 12 M W       Missouri                     19
        , Jane 10 F W       Missouri                     20
        , Mary 9 F W       Missouri                     21
        , George 7 M W       Missouri                     22
30 30 BRIGGS, Mahalah (Mahala)
Wife or widow of William Briggs; 2 older children, Martha & Nancy, not listed.		 50 F W Keeping House 200 150 Missouri       23
        , Melinda (Malinda) 19 F W       Missouri                     24
        , John 16 M W       Missouri                     25
        , George 12 M W       Missouri                     26
        , William 8 M W       Missouri                     27
        , Caroline 7 F W       Missouri                     28
31 31 PURCELL, Thomas 61 M W Farmer 700 400 Indiana           / /   /   39
        , Selina (Celina Sarah) 45 F W Keeping House     Tennessee           /         30
        , Nancy 12 F W       Missouri                     31
        , Melisa (Melissa) 10 F W       Missouri                     32
32 32 PURCELL, Francis Marion
They had 10 children: Dora, Thomas W., George C., Francis Marion, Jr., Nancy Charlotte 'Lottie', Amos M., Orin Gray 'Doc', Belford Sylvanus 'Venus', John and Orlina.		 26 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri           / /   /   33
        , Sarah Melvina Dooley 19 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       34
        , Thomas W. 3/12 M W       Missouri     Feb.               35
33 33 PURCELL, Samuel 22 M W Farmer 400 140 Missouri           /     /   36
        , Nancy 23 F W Keeping House Missouri       37
        , Melinda 7/12 F W       Missouri     Nov.               38
                                        39
                                        40

 

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