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 28th 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  
8 6 PUMRY, (POMEROY) William Nathan 39 M W Farmer 200 250 Tennessee / 1
        , Nancy McWhorter
They had a son, James T. F., born abt. 1872. She was married previously to a Mr. Snow and had 2 sons, listed here.		 36 F W Keeping House     Tennessee         2
        , Mary Ellen  9 F W       Missouri                     3
        , Elisa (Eliza A. F.) 7 F W       Missouri                     4
    , Andrew J.    5 M W     Missouri     5
        , Lucinda Caroline  3 F W       Missouri                     6
        , Cordelia J.  2 F W       Missouri                     7
        , Margaret M.  4/12 F W       Missouri     Feb.               8
    SNOW, Henry  13 M W       Missouri                     9
   "   , Leavi (Levi) 11 M W Missouri 10
9 7 TEAGUE, William 34 M W Farmer 600 350 Tennessee           / /   /   11
        , Elizabeth 'Betsey'   32 F W Keeping House     Tennessee                     12
        , Sarah A.  10 F W       Missouri                     13
        , John F.  7 M W       Missouri                     14
        , Martha T.  4 F W       Missouri                     15
        , Mary 'Jane'   10/12 F W       Missouri     Aug               16
10 8 TEAGUE, , Joseph
Son of Isaac Teague & Milly Pomeroy		 21 M W Farm Laborer     Tennessee           / /   /   17
        , Sarah   24 F W Keeping House   Tennessee     18
11 9 JOHNSON, Whiting
An older daughter, Sarah Jane, married William S. Chilton; A younger daughter, Susan, born about 1851, is not listed.		 70 M W Farmer 600 300 New York           / /   /   19
        , Mary A. Nilson  54 F W Keeping House     Kentucky                     20
        , Evaline A.  25 F W       Missouri           / /       21
        , Mary Ann  20 F W       Missouri           / /       22
  NORTON, Joseph Jasper Benson 'Joe'
(03 Jan 1848-16 Jan 1905)
Son of David Cass Norton &Emily C. Davidson. Married Susan Adeline Snider 15 Dec 1872 at Carter Co MO. 4 Children		 21 M W Farm Laborer Prairie Twp Audrain Co
Missouri		   / / / 23
12 10 COOPER, James 43 M W Farmer 100 200 Tennessee           / /   /   24
        , Mary  47 F W Keeping House     N. Carolina                     25
        , Sarah  15 F W       Tennessee                     26
        , Lovica  14 F W       Arkansas                     27
        , Thomas C.  11 M W       Arkansas                     28
13 11 PARKMAN, William 41 M W Carpenter   175 Tennessee                 /   29
        , Permelia 39 F W Keeping House     Tennessee                     30
    DESPAIN, James C.
(13 Jul 1851-04 Jun 1929)
Son of James? DeSpain & Mary A. Unknown?. Death Certificate indicates parents' names unknown. He married Margaret A. 'Peggy' Snider 20 Nov 1887. One source has that He married Susan Birlew 1870. I wonder if they could mean his father, since he was only 15 in 1870. Fremont Carter Co MO.		 15 M W       Tennessee                     31
       "  , David Aaron
(23 Feb 1857-29 Dec 1937)
Son of James? DeSpain & Mary A. Unknown. It is said their father was born in Spain. Death Certificate indicates parents' names unknown.He married Mary E.Unknown & had 4 children. Died at Winona Shannon Co MO. 		12 M W       Illinois                     32
14 12 OAKLY, (OAKLEY) Hyram
Son of Unknown Oakley & Parthena Unknown.		 25 M W Farm Laborer     Tennessee           / /   /   33
        , Mary 30 F W Keeping House     Tennessee                     34
        , Margaret 2 F W       Missouri                     35
15 13  HARDER, Thomas A., Sr.
(22 Sep 1797-30 Nov 1876)
Died at Eminence Shannon Co MO; Buried at Pleasant Site Cemetery Fremont Carter Co MO. A son, Joseph, born abt. 1843, died bef. 1860.		 72 M W Farmer 800 200 Orange Co
N. Carolina		                 /   36
    , Louisa 'Ann' Hunter Johnson
(10 May 1816-15 Apr 1890)
Died at Winona Shannon Co MO; Buried at Baptist Hill Cemetery Winona Shannon Co MO		 54 F W Keeping House Sumner Co
Tennessee		       37
        , Mary Jane 
(1842-1884) Married Samuel Alexander Greer Brawley 17 Nov 1881 Shannon Co MO; died after complications from birth of son Charles Newton.		 28 F W       Sumner Co
Tennessee		                     38
        , Elizabeth J.
(10 Aug 1844-01 Apr 1901) Other source has year of birth 1841. Married Merrick D. Price 06 Mar 1887 at Shannon Co MO. 		26 F W       Sumner Co
Tennessee		                     39
        , Thomas A. 'Tom', Jr. 'Judge'
(09 Mar 1847-26 Dec 1920)
Married Louisa Ann Rucker 1877 at Shannon Co MO; buried at Mount Zion Cemetery Winona Shannon Co MO. 9 children.		 22 M W Works on Farm     Sumner Co
Tennessee		                     40

 

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