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.                             637

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  
51 50 HESS, William R.
(1840-09 Feb 1894)
They had other children born after 1870: Asa R., Abraham M., George W., Margaret E., Olie and William R.		 29 M W Farmer 300   Tennessee / 1
    , Margaret Susan DePriest
(13 Feb 1842-12 Aug 1914)
Daughter of Isaac Casey DePriest &Elizabeth Buffington. 		26 F W Keeping House     Missouri / /   2
        , Mary E. 
(22 Mar 1861-23 Sep 1901)
Married William 'Alexander' Nicholson; Had 13 children.		 9 F W       Missouri                     3
        , John A.  
Married Mary A. Hines 13 Sep 1883 at Shannon Co MO. Three sons: Ruphus, Homer and Lee H.		 6 M W       Missouri                     4
    , Frances R. 
(28 Jul 1867-18 Jul 1876)		 3 F W     Missouri     5
        , Isaac Casey  9/12 M W       Missouri     Sept               6
52 51 BAWKAM, Jessie 25 M W Farmer 100   Tennessee           / /   /   7
53 52 DEPRIEST, John Harvey
(05 Oct 1844-16 Apr 1915)
Son of Isaac Casey DePriest & Elizabeth B. Buffington.		 25 M W Farmer 600 200 Thomasville Oregon Co
Missouri		                 /   8
        , Lydia Gregory 
(21 Dec 1841-03 Jan 1915)
Daughter of Jacob Gregory & Mary Garrison		 26 F W Keeping House     Illinois                     9
        , Issac (Isaac G.) 
(10 Feb 1866-12 Oct 1870) (Other. sources have year of birth1867, 1870)		 4 M W       Illinois                     10
        , Allice (Mary Alice ) (Other. sources have year of birth 1869, 1871)
01 Oct 1868-23 Jan 1954		 1 F W       Missouri                     11
54 53 DAVISON, George 40 M W Blacksmith 160 250 Alabama           / /   /   12
        , Rabecca (Rebecca) 36 F W Keeping House     Alabama           / /       13
         , Nancy 19 F W       Mississippi                     14
        , Elizabeth  19 F W       Mississippi                     15
        , Eliza  17 F W       Mississippi                     16
        , Jane  15 F W       Mississippi                     17
    , James  13 M W   Mississippi     18
        , William  4 M W       Illinois                     19
55         W                             20
56 54 JHONES, (JONES) John A.
Other children born after 1870: Mary Ann, William Morgan, Sarah L. & Rosa I. Jones.		 21 M W Farmer 200 175 Missouri           / /   /   21
        , Mary Elizabeth Dean 27 F W Keeping House     Tennessee           / /       22
    , Elizabeth 'Ellen'  2 F W   Missouri       23
        , Amanda  2/12 F W       Missouri     Mar.               24
57 55 SEMMONS, (SIMMONS) James 54 M W Farmer 1200 450 N. Carolina                 /   25
        ,  Nancy 38 F W Keeping House     Tennessee           / /       26
        , Jane  16 F W       Missouri           / /       27
        , James  13 m W       Missouri           / /       28
        , Alexander  9 m W       Missouri                     29
        , Robert  2 m W       Missouri                     30
58 56 MILLS, Thomas Govan
(10 Dec 1833-03 Jan 1913)		 37 M W Farmer 500 300 N. Carolina                 /   31
        , Susanna A. 
(22 Mar 1823-15 Apr 1913)		 43 F W Keeping House     Georgia           / /       32
        , Mary 16 F W       Georgia           / /       33
        , Martha 12 F W       Georgia           / /       34
        , William 9 M W       Georgia                     35
        , Amanda 4 F W       Georgia                     36
59 57 PORTERFIELD, Catherine 52 F W Keeping House 400 N. Carolina       37
        , Sarah  25 F W       Tennessee                     38
        , Parilee   23 F W       Tennessee                     39
        , Ann  21 F W       Tennessee                     40

Family 59/57 Porterfield continued on pg. 8

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