1870 United States Federal Census

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SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Spring Valley Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 5th day of July, 1870.                    

Post Office: Big Creek                                                                                                   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  
8 8 SMITH, James
Older children Abraham & Margaret.		 46 M W Farmer 800 600 Missouri / 1
    , Mary 42 F W Keeping House     Missouri   2
        , Nancy 16 F W       Missouri                     3
        , Richard 15 M W       Missouri                     4
    , Jacob 13 M W     Missouri     5
        , Sirena (Serena) 10 F W       Missouri                     6
9 9 SMITH, Nelson
A daughter Nancy C. born abt. 1871.		 42 M W Farmer 1000 600 Missouri           / /   /   7
        , Jane 35 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       8
        , Silas 16 M W       Missouri                     9
        , John 13 M W       Missouri                     10
        , Moses B. 8 M W       Missouri                     11
        , Sarah Ann 1 F W       Missouri                     12
        , Robert E. 1 M W       Missouri                     13
10 10 MCCONNEL, (MCCONNELL) John 35 M W Farmer 500 450 Pennsylvania           / /   /   14
        , Harriet 25 F W Keeping House     Ohio           /         15
        , John 4 M W       Ohio                     16
        , Lauretta 2 F W       Missouri                     17
    , William 4/12 M W   Missouri Jan     18
        , John
Father of John, head of household.		 79 M W       Maryland                 /   19
11 11 WOLSEY, (WOOLSEY) Elizabeth J. Birklow
Wife or widow of John Woolsey; 8 children: Solomon, Charles, Pernecia, William, Susan, Mary, Martha, Sterling		 46 F W Keeping House 700 225 Kentucky                     20
        , William 21 M W Works on Farm     Illinois                 /   21
        , Ann (Susan E.?-no other info on a daughter Ann 16 F W       Illinois                     22
    , Mary 14 F W   Iowa       23
        , Martha 9 F W       Missouri                     24
        , Sterling Price 6 M W       Arkansas                     25
    BALLARD, John 13 M W       Arkansas                     26
    HARLER, Virginia 25 F W Domestic Servant     Virginia                     27
12 12 SUMMER, (SUMMERS) Lucinda Renfrow
Daughter of Peter Renfrow; wife or widow of Uriah Bonaparte Summers; 9 children. Older children: George W., W. B. Not listed: Jerry, b. Sep. 1858.  		39 F W Keeping House 800   Missouri                     28
        , Peter 18 M W Works on Farm     Missouri                     29
        , Mary 'Ann' Renfrow
Married 1) Unknown Holland; son Wilson Holland; married 2) Francis Marion Shedd; 4 children.		 16 F W       Missouri                     30
        , Simeon 14 M W       Missouri                     31
        , John 12 M W       Missouri                     32
        , Alesing (Alcey) 9 F W       Missouri                     33
        , Nancy 7 F W       Missouri                     34
13 13 WRENFROW, (RENFROW) Ann (Cynthia Ann Quick)
Widow of Peter Renfrow; 6 children.		 48 F W Keeping House 300 275 Kentucky           /         35
        , Mary 'May' 23 F W       Missouri                     36
    , Peter 15 M W   Missouri       37
        , James 11 M W       Missouri                     38
        , Louis 8 M W       Missouri                     39
                                        40