1870 United States Federal Census

Page No. 4   }    Inquiries numbered 7, 16 and 17 are not to be asked in respect to infants. Inquiries numbered 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 are to be answered (if at all) merely by an affirmative mark, as /.

SCHEDULE 1. - Inhabitants in Birch Tree Township, in the county of Shannon, State of Missouri, enumerated by me on the 25th 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  
25 24 MURRILL, Dredis
(another source has Daniel B. MUNSELL)		 50 M W Farmer   Tennessee   1
    , Mary 'Elsa'  51 F W Keeping House 500 Tennessee / 2
        , Benjamin 'Franklin'  12 M W       Missouri                     3
26 25 NICHOLSON, Martha 'Malinda' Berry
(11 Mar 1825-09 Sep 1908)  Widow of John A. 'Jack' Nicholson (May 1821-08 Nov 1863).		 47 F W Keeping House 700 200 Tennessee           / /       4
    , James Andrew 'Drew'  
(01 Apr 1849-30 Sep 1924); Married Sadie Unknown ca. 1877; one daughter, Malinda E.; Married Sarah A. Grigsby 24 Dec. 1885 in Shannon Co MO.		 20 M W Works on Farm   Georgia / / 5
        , Catherine 
Married John F. DePriest ca. 1872		 18 F W       Georgia           / /       6
        , William 'Alexander' 
Married Mary E. Hess ca. 1877; Married Martha J. 'Mattie' Williams ca. 1905.		 16 M W       Missouri           / /       7
        , John Annes
Married Ida J. Shipley ca. 1879		 13 M W       Missouri                     8
        , David A. 
Married Margret Alice Holden 1882		 9 M W       Missouri                     9
27 26 DEPRIEST, Green Christopher
Son of Green & Hannah DePriest. Married 07 Jun 1857 in Oregon Co MO.		 32 M W Farmer 500 175 Illinois           / /   /   10
        , Louisa Nicholson 
Daughter of John A. 'Jack' Nicholson & Martha Malinda Berry		 29 F W Keeping House     Georgia           / /       11
        , Louella 'Josephine' 8 F W       Missouri                     12
        , Edda 'Martin'   3 M W       Missouri                     13
28 27 BLUNT, William 24 M W Farmer 300   Missouri           / /   /   14
        , Rachel  35 F W Keeping House     N. Carolina           / /       15
    HOLDEN, Francis 20 M W Farm Laborer     Tennessee           / /       16
29 28 EVANS, James 30 M W Farmer 400 200 Tennessee           / /   /   17
     , Ann  25 F W Keeping House Tennessee     18
        , William 9 M W       Missouri                     19
        , Sarah   6 F W       Missouri                     20
        , Ann    3 F W       Missouri                     21
30 29 HARPER, Sampson 56 M W Farmer     Virginia           / /   /   22
    , Ann  40 F W Keeping House Illinois / /   23
        , David 14 M W       Missouri           / /       24
        , Sarah 12 F W       Missouri           / /       25
        , Betsy   10 F W       Missouri           / /       26
        , Lee   7 M W       Missouri                     27
        , Lydia 5 F W       Missouri                     28
31 30 BASKET, (BASKIT), Preston 24 M W Farmer 250   Missouri                 /   29
        , Margaret  25 F W Keeping House     Illinois                     30
        , William  2 M W       Missouri                     31
    DEPRIEST, Harriet 16 F W Domestic Servant     Missouri           / /       32
32 31 BUFF, William 'Will'
(Other source has his wife's name as Theresa Lovins)		 30 M W Farmer 300 275 N. Carolina           / /   /   33
        , Malinie  21 F W Keeping House     Missouri           / /       34
        , James  3 M W       Missouri                     35
        , John 2 M W       Missouri                     36
    , George C.
 (23 Dec 1870-08 May 1921)		 6/12 M W   Missouri Dec     37
          W                             38
              W                             39
              W                             40

 

Return to Shannon County Census Home

 

Next Page

Go Back

 

       

 

 

© 2003 - 2012 by Shannon County Coordinators or individual contributors as shown. No portion of this site is to be considered public domain and is not to be reproduced for any purpose without express written consent of the owner of the material.