1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Pike CreekTownship, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 29th day of June, 1870.                    

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		 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  
23 21
cont		 (Family of Thadeus)
LAXTON, William
Married Jennie Taylor 20 Nov 1889		 5 M W     Shannon Co
Missouri		   1
        , Sarah 4 F W       Shannon Co
Missouri		         2
        , Nancy   1 F W       Shannon Co
Missouri		                     3
24 22 WHITWORTH, Louis J.
(11 Dec 1835-01 Jul 1895)
Son of William Whitworth & Lucinda Hessley; Married 10 Oct 1858 at Oregon Co MO; daughter Matilda, b. 1859, not listed, may have died in childhood. 2 children, Sara L. & Charles B., born aft. 1870.		 35 M W Farmer 500 650 Alabama           / /   /   4
    , Martha F. Johnson
(16 Feb 1841-May 1904 ) 		 29 F W Keeping House   Missouri / / 5
        , Maleta E.  
Married Robert Perry Lowther; 5 children.		 10 F W       Missouri                     6
        , Jane  8 F W       Missouri                     7
25 23 SMITH, Simeon 38 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri           / /   /   8
        , Elmira 30 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       9
        , William 15 M W       Missouri                     10
        , Jane 13 F W       Missouri                     11
        , Ann  10 F W       Missouri                     12
        , Jonathan 8 M W       Missouri                     13
        , Catherine  2 F W       Missouri                     14
26 24 stephens, Marion 28 M W Farm Laborer 400 100 Tennessee           / /   /   15
        , Mary   22 F W Keeping House     Tennessee                     16
27 25 McCaskil(l), Rebecca 
(21 Aug 1790-19 Jun 1886)
Wife of Allen McCaskill; He died 16 Mar 1871; don't know why he wasn't on this census unless the date death is wrong.		 75 F W Keeping House 500 660 N. Carolina           /         17
        , Lucinda
(This may be a granddaughter) Rebecca & Allen had a son, William M., who had 9 children but none named Lucinda that I can find.		 14 F W     Missouri     18
28 26 DUTTON, William 52 M W Farm Laborer     Massachusetts           / /   /   19
        , Elizabeth  42 F W Keeping House     Kentucky                     20
        , John    19 M W       Missouri                     21
        , Angeline 17 F W       Missouri                     22
    , Mariah 15 F W   Missouri         23
        , Marion     13 M W       Missouri                     24
        , Jane 10 F W       Missouri                     25
        , Edward    7/12 M W       Missouri     Nov.               26
29 27 ALLBERRY, Maxil 36 M W Farmer 300 450 Ohio           / /   /   27
        , Nancy  30 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       28
        , Alexander  15 M W       Illinois           / /       29
        , Ann  4 F W       Illinois                     30
30 28 OAKLY (OAKLEY), Parthena
A son, Hiram, b. abt. 1845 in Tennessee, is not listed with the family. 		52 F W Keeping House     N. Carolina                     31
        , Ann  32 F W       Tennessee                     32
        , Josephine  16 F W       Tennessee                     33
        , Margaret  14 F W       Tennessee                     34
31 29 DEHART, Andrew J.
Children born aft. 1870: Harvey, Rebecca, Emmet & Eliza Jane.		 32 M W Farmer 250 150 Tennessee           / /   /   35
        , Mary 'Jane ' 25 F W Keeping House     Illinois           / /       36
    , William Carl 6 M W   Illinois       37
        , Charles  2 M W       Illinois                     38
    TAYLOR, Nancy 5 F W       Illinois                     39
                                        40

 

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