1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Bowlan Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 1st day of July, 1870.                                  

Post Office: Russell Hill                                                                                                        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  
21 20 MOORE, Nathen (Nathaniel) 35 M W Farm laborer   Missouri / 1
    , Ann   22 F W Keeping House     Missouri   2
        , Francis 3 F W       Missouri                     3
        , Robert 712 M W       Missouri     Nov.               4
        , William  21 M W Farm laborer     Missouri / / / 5
    CLARK, Noah 20 M W Farm laborer     Missouri                     6
22 21 ESELL, William 38 M W Farmer 2290 800 Kentucky       7
        , Catherine  31 F W Keeping House     Missouri                 /   8
        , Louis  12 M W       Missouri           / /       9
        , Jane   11 F W       Missouri           / /       10
        , Sissie  8 F W       Missouri                     11
        , Surella  1 F W       Missouri                     12
23 22 FORT, (Unclear) Francis? 40 M W Farmer 700 245 Kentucky           / /       13
        , Serrena  38 F W Keeping House     Virginia           / /       14
        ,William   16 M W Works on Farm     Tennessee                     15
        , Purcilla (Priscilla)  13 F W       Missouri                     16
        , Miranda  1 F W       Missouri                     17
24 23 READ, (REED) Tennessee Fancher
Widow of Thomas J. Reed		 34 F W Keeping House 1240 812 Tennessee                   18
        , Mary  16 F W       Missouri                     19
    , Thomas J., Jr.  14 M W   Missouri       20
        , Evaline  12 F W       Missouri                     21
        , William  10 M W       Missouri                     22
        , Robert  8 M W       Missouri           / /     23
25 24 read, (reed) Patric(k) 44 M W Farmer     Tennessee           / /       24
    , Artamissa  33 F W Keeping House Missouri         25
        , Mary  11 F W       Missouri                     26
        , Jasaline?  9 F W       Missouri                     27
        , Sina  6 F W       Missouri                     28
        , Lucy  3   W       Missouri                     29
    DUNCAN, Merrida 16 M W Farm laborer     Missouri                     30
26 25 DILLARD, Louis 36 M W Farmer 1000 250 Missouri           / /   /   31
        , Mary Jane 'Polly' Wilburn  30 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       32
        , George  12 M W       Missouri           / /       33
        , Charles Ephram (Ephraim)  11 M W       Missouri           / /       34
        , Jane  8 F W       Missouri                     35
        , William Alexander  7 M W       Missouri                     36
    , John  4 M W   Missouri       37
        , Rhoda  2 F W       Missouri                     38
    WILBURN, Melinda
Mother of Mary Jane 'Polly'		 57 F W       N. Carolina           / /       39
                                             40

 

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