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 ___th day of June, 1870.                    

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  
32 30 JHONES, (JONES) Charles 51 M W Farmer   England / / / / / 1
    , Mary  55 F W Keeping House     England / / / /   2
        , Joseph  17 M W       Ohio / /       / /       3
        , Hannah 15 F W       Pennsylvania / /       / /       4
33 31 ANDERSON, John
3 children born aft 1870: Rosetta, William A. & Thomas G. Anderson.		 30 M W Farm Laborer   Illinois / / / 5
        , Elizabeth Evans  29 F W Keeping House     Illinois           / /       6
        , Henry 'Franklin'   3 M W       Illinois                     7
        , Sarah 'Evaline' 2 F W       Illinois                     8
        , Alice 6/12 M W       Missouri     Dec.               9
34                                       10
35 32 BOWLAN (BOWLIN) James
There is some speculation that the surname was Bolding or Bolin..		 56 M W Farmer 250   S. Carolina           / /   /   11
        , Susan 54 F W Keeping House     S. Carolina                     12
        , James Olliver (Oliver) 28 M W Farm Laborer     Tennessee           / /   /   13
        , Elizabeth 25 F W       Tennessee                     14
        , Julia 'Ann' 22 F W       Alabama                     15
        , Matilda 19 F W       Alabama                     16
        , Thomas 15 M W       Missouri                     17
    , William 13 M W   Missouri     18
36 33 MILLER, Abram
Another source has 'Abraham'. 3 children born aft 1870: Louis O., Isaac W. & Lee Miller.		 24 M W Farm Laborer     Missouri                 /   19
        , Susan   32 F W Keeping House     Missouri                     20
        , Charles Harvey 4 M W       Missouri                     21
    sweeney, James 2 M W       Missouri                     22
37 34 BOWLAN, (BOWLIN) John H.
Son of James & Susan Bowlin. There is some speculation that the surname was Bolding or Bolin..		 23 M W Farm Laborer Missouri     / 23
        , Mary Buffington
Daughter of Phillip Buffington & Rhoda A. Stephens. 		 26 F W Keeping House     Illinois           / /       24
        , James 'Phillip'    1 M W       Missouri                     25
        , Julia 'Elizabeth'  1/12 F W       Missouri     Apr.               26
38 35 BUFFINGTON, Joseph C.
Son of Abraham Buffington & Margaret Ward. Married 1st Sarah Unknown; children William M., Ruth Emiline, Asa 'Jackson' and Elizabeth Buffington.		 50 M W Farmer 600 250 Ohio           /     /   27
        , Elizabeth 'Betsy'
A son born abt. 1858, Lafayette, not listed.		 40 F W Keeping House     Illinois                     28
        , Charles Westley 19 M W       Illinois           / /       29
        , Elizabeth  18 F W       Illinois                     30
        , John L. 16 M W       Missouri                     31
        , Peter 'Simeon' 8 M W       Missouri                     32
        , Lloyd H. (or A.)   6 M W       Illinois                     33
        , Missouri  5 F W       Illinois                     34
        , Louis (Lewis R.) 3 M W       Missouri                     35
        , Issac (Isaac) 3/12 M W       Missouri     Feb.               36
39 36 BATES, Elijah 45 M W Farmer 400 150 Missouri           / /   /   37
    , Matilda 40 F W Keeping House   Tennessee       38
        , George 21 vM W Works on Farm     Alabama                 /   39
        , Arlinda 19 F W       Alabama                     40

Bates household continued on pg. 6

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