1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Pike Creek Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 29th day of June, 1870.                              665          

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  
16 14 PIPKIN, William 43 M W Farm Laborer   N. Carolina / 1
        , Nancy  34 F W Keeping House     Illinois / /     2
        , George  13 M W       Illinois                     3
17 15 TUTTLE, Hyram (Hiram) 52 M W Farmer 1200 300 New York           / /   /   4
    , Sarah  47 F W Keeping House   Ohio     5
        , Hyram (Hiram)  23 m W Works on Farm     Ohio                     6
        , William  20 m W Works on Farm     Pennsylvania                     7
        , Thomas  17 m W Works on Farm     Pennsylvania                     8
        , George  13 m W Works on Farm     Indiana                     9
        , Adalade  11 f W Attending School     Indiana         /           10
        , Susan  8 f W Attending School     Indiana         /           11
        , Elnora  3 f W       Missouri                     12
18 16 BIRLEW, John, Sr.
Had a son, James, b. 1845, not listed; son John, II , b. 1851 at Christian Co KY, not listed.		 54 M W Farmer 1000 675 N. Carolina           / /   /   13
        , Millberry (Milbrey Robinson)  56 F W Keeping House     Tennessee           / /       14
        , Stephen 'Steve' 
(01 Jan 1841-14 Feb 1923)
Married Nancy Jane Taylor; 11 children; died at Winona 		28 M W Works on Farm     Smith Co
Tennessee		           / /   /   15
        , Susan
Married James C. DeSpain 1870; 2 children. 		 22 F W       Christian Co
Kentucky		           / /       16
        , William 17 M W Works on Farm     Christian Co
Kentucky		                     17
        , Mary Nancy
(06 Jan 1855-04 Jul 1941)
Married Thomas M. Hasty; 3 children.		 15 F W     Shannon Co Missouri     18
        , Robert S.
(03 Jun 1858-07 Jun 1945)
Married Margaret Yurth Baird 16 Jan 1879; 12 children.		 12 M W Attending School     Shannon Co Missouri                     19
19 17 SEFFLER (TEFLER) John
A son, James, not listed. A daughter, Margaret A., born Sep., 1876 in Tennessee.		 46 M W Farmer 300 175 Tennessee           / /   /   20
        , Arrena  39 F W Keeping House     Illinois                     21
        , Malinda  15 F W Attending School     Missouri         /           22
    , William  10 M W Attending School Missouri   /       23
        , Jefferson  7 M W Attending School     Missouri         /           24
        , Effiev  7 F W Attending School     Missouri         /           25
20 18 MYERS, William Jasper
(01 Apr 1841-06 Jan 1915)
Married Abt. 1866; children with Nancy born after 1870: William J., Sarah E., Mary A. & Thomas A. Myers. Jasper married Doshia Isabelle Gossett 30 Jan 1910 at Shannon Co MO; 1 son, Ira Hugh.		 23 M W Farmer     Carter Co
Missouri		           / /   /   26
        , Nancy   26 F W Keeping House     Illinois           / /       27
        , Mahala 'Jane'  
Married George R. Vanarsdall; 5 children.		 5 F W       Missouri                     28
        , Lewis 'Franklin' 
Married Cynthia Evaline Crafton; 7 children.		 2 M W       Missouri                     29
        , James N.
Married Salinda C. Duncan 27 Jan. 1901.		 3/12 M W       Missouri     Mar.               30
21 19 LOWRY, Tobias B.
Widower with 2 small daughters. He remarried abt. 1871 to Evaline Johnson & had 10 more children.		 33 M W Farm Laborer      Tennessee           / /   /   31
        , Nellie   6 F W       Tennessee                     32
        , Francis  1 F W       Missouri                     33
22 20 LAXTON, Jesse James
(02 Oct 1814-10 Dec 1899) Son of Thomas Laxton & Elizabeth Unknown. Married 16 Nov 1839 at Anderson Co TN. Died at Shannon Co MO. Older children: Thadeus Granville, Barton Pembrooke, Sarah E., Iredel Fenton, William Dillard & John Calvin.		 55 M W       Anderson Co
Tennessee		                     34
        , Nancy A. Duncan 
(17 Jun 1820-06 Aug 1899)		 49 F W       Tennessee                     35
        , Icy Jane (died young)
(03 Dec 1857-30 Sep 1877)		 12 F W       Missouri                     36
    , Evaline (Electa Evelyn)(16 Aug 1862-25 Feb 1940)
 Married John Preston Norton 01 Sep 1892 at Shannon Co MO;  2 sons, J. Bryan & Jesse 'Horner'		 7 F W   Shannon Co
Missouri		       37
23 21 LAXTON, Thadius (Thadeus Granville)
(27 Apr 1841-20 Sep 1899)
9 children; Died at Oregon Co MO		 29 M W Farmer 200 300 Humphrey Co
Tennessee		           / /   /   38
        , Cinda (Frances Lucinda 'Cinderella' Norton) 
Daughter of David Cass Norton & Emily C. Davidson.		 28 F W Keeping House     Prairie Twp Audrain Co
Missouri		           / /       39
        , Emily  6 F W       Shannon Co
Missouri		                     40

NOTE: Family of Thadeus Laxton continued on page 4, which is Eminence post office.

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