1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Birch Tree Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 27th day of June, 1870.                    636

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  
33 32 BUFF, Harry
 21 M W Farmer 100   Tennessee / 1
    , Cassie 
(Found a  J. A. Buff married to Cassa Catherine Smotherman. The date of her birth 25 Nov 1848 is right for this to be the same as Harry and Cassie listed here)		 21 F W Keeping House     Kentucky / /     2
        , Bettie  2 F W       Missouri                     3
34 33 VINSON, (VINCENT) Louisa
Widow of Isaac Vincent) She also had an older son, Ephraim S., b. 1847.		 39 F W Keeping House 700   Tennessee                     4
    , Elizabeth  15 F W     Missouri     5
        , Douglas Luther  
Married Tabitha F. 'Bithy' Smotherman; m. 2nd Laura N. Unknown. Father of 10 children.		 13 M W       Missouri                     6
        , Mary J. 
She married Stephen Ferguson, III; had 7 children.		 12 F W       Missouri                     7
        , Florence  9 F W       Missouri                     8
        , J. Louisa 
She married James Price Webb 20 Mar 1881 and had 11 children.		 6 F W       Missouri                     9
35 34 SMUTHERMAN, Joshuay (SMOTHERMAN, Joshua) 39 M W Farmer 300 250 Tennessee                 /   10
        , Julia  28 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       11
    MULLOCK, Mary 7 F W       Missouri                     12
    STERLING, Samuel 18 M W Works on Farm     Missouri                     13
36 35 SCHNIDER, Napoleon B. Schneider/Snider 22 M W Farmer 400 275 Missouri                 /   14
        , Nancy J.  29 F W Keeping House     Tennessee                     15
    ROSE, Catherine 7 F W       Missouri                     16
37 36 BRAELLEY, (BRAWLEY) Ransome 48 M W Farmer 1800 600 Tennessee           / /   /   17
    , Elizabeth  45 F W Keeping House Kentucky     18
        , William  17 M W       Missouri                     19
        , Francis  15 F W       Missouri                     20
        , Mary Isabelle   12 F W       Missouri                     21
        , Ellen  11 F W       Missouri                     22
    , John 8 M W   Missouri       23
        , Ransome  3 M W       Arkansas                     24
38 37 HOPKINS, James 23 M W Farmer     Missouri                     25
        , Margaret   22 F W Keeping House     Missouri                 /   26
        , Ransome  1 M W       Arkansas                     27
39 38 BELL, Henry 29 m W Farmer 300 250 Tennessee                 /   28
        , Margaret 22 F W Keeping House     Illinois                     29
        , Rosa 3 F W       Illinois                     30
        , Noah 1 M W       Missouri                     31
40 39 THOMAS, William Green  'Wick'
Son of John Williams Thomas, Sr. & Matilda Jane Roberts.		 24 M W Farmer 800 300 Missouri           / /   /   32
        , Martha America Matilda 'Tilda' 'Mary' Weaver (Jun 1837-07 Jan 1907) Daughter of Peter Alexander Weaver, Sr. & Anna Chestnut. Eight children. 33 F W Keeping House     Laurel County
Kentucky
           / /       33
        , James Alexander  4 M W       Missouri                     34
        , Mary Ellen  3 F W       Missouri                     35
        , Darcus Rebecca 'Jane' 
MO Death Cert.#27260 gives dates: 09 Oct 1869-16 Jul 1931. Other researchers give her date of birth as 09 Oct 1868. But if she was age 9 as shown here, she would have been born about 1861, unless they meant to put 9 months old, in which case she could have been born in 1869.		 9 F W       Missouri                     36
41 40  THOMAS, Matilda Jane Roberts
Widow of John Williams Thomas, Sr. Daughter of Alexander Roberts of Oregon Co MO. She had four older sons, William Green 'Wick'William Green 'Wick', Alexander, Absolum & Marshall, not at home.		 47 F W Keeping House Missouri       37
        , Frances Rebecca 'Jane'   18 F W       Missouri           / /       38
        , Thomas L. 'Tom'  15 M W       Missouri                     39
        , Simpson  12 M W       Missouri                     40

NOTE: 41-40 continued on page 6

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