1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Delaware Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 20th day of June, 1870.                    

Post Office: Eminence                                                                                                        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  
23 22 CARTER, Minerva Mahan
Daughter of Wallace Mahan & May Luckey; Married 1st Unknown Carter; Later married George Davis and had 3 sons: Edgar Alexander, Daniel, George M. Davis.		 27 F W Keeping House 200 Missouri   1
    , William 11 M W       Missouri   2
        , James  2 M W       Missouri                     3
24 23 MAHAN, Alexander
Son of Wallace Mahan & May Luckey; 		21 M W Farmer 600 175 Missouri                 /   4
    , Daniel   
Son of Wallace Mahan & May Luckey; 		15 M W     Missouri     5
        , Joshuay (Joshua) 
Son of Wallace Mahan & May Luckey; 		12 M W       Missouri                     6
25 24 MAHAN, Walace (Wallace)
Son of Son of William Mahan & Margaret 'Peggy' Gordon; Later married Ruth Emiline Buffington (1871); children born after 1870 to Wallace & Ruth: Martha Alice, Mary I., Joseph A., George W., Bishop M., Charles S. Olie Mahan.		 33 M W Farmer 500 250 Missouri                 /   7
        , Amanda 'Melvina' DePriest  38 M W Keeping House     Illinois                     8
        , Issac (William 'Isaac')  6 M W       Missouri                     9
        , John H.  4 M W       Missouri                     10
        , Charity E. 2 M W       Missouri                     11
        , Margaret S. 4/12 M W       Missouri     Jan.               12
26 25 MAHAN, William, Sr.
Son of James & Jane Mahan. 12 children: Jane, Wallace, Grace, Mary, Jesse, James P., Andrew, William, Jr., Margaret, Matilda, Sarah J. & Eleanor E. Mahan.		 60 M W Miller 700 200 Pennsylvania           / /   /   13
        , Margaret 'Peggy' Gordon  60 F W Keeping House     Kentucky           /         14
        , Mary 32 F W       Missouri                     15
        , Grace 30 F W       Missouri                     16
        , Sarah J. 18 F W       Missouri                     17
27                 18
28 26 TAPPER, Sylvester 41 M W Farmer 700 600 Pennsylvania           / /       19
        , Mary 50 F W Keeping House     Ohio           / /       20
        , Henry 20 M W Works on Farm     Indiana           / /       21
        , Francis? 18 M W Works on Farm     Indiana           / /       22
    KESTELLEY (or HESTELLEY)? Louisiana 16 F W Domestic Servant Arkansas       23
29 27 HOOVER, Jhonas (Jonas) 42 M W Farmer 500 300 Pennsylvania           / /   /   24
        , Corgena F. 40 F W Keeping House     Ohio           / /       25
        , Charlie 20 M W       Ohio           / /       26
        , Jessie 18 F W       Ohio           / /       27
        , Ella 15 F W       Ohio           / /       28
        , Frank 9 M W       Illinois                     29
30 28 ROOK, Miles 40 M W Farmer 250   Tennessee           /     /   30
        , Ann 28 F W Keeping House     N. Carolina                     31
        , Benjamin 12 M W       Missouri                     32
        , Mary 8 F W       Missouri                     33
        , Miles 1 M W       Missouri                     34
31 29 SMITH, George 38 M W Farmer     Ohio           / /   /   35
        , Hannah  25 F W Keeping House     Ohio           / /       36
    , Lula 2 F W   Iowa       37
        , Irvin 5/12 M W       Iowa     Jan.               38
                                        39
                                        40

 

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