"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XW-4TY : accessed 25 May 2015), Shelvey Brown, Missouri, United States; citing p. 29, family 212, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,257.
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