On 1 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the Benjamin H Burns household in between John Masterson ousehold and William Enos household.[1] Benjamin H Burns, 26 (1854, self, married), b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky, Benjamin was a farmer. Sarah A. Burns 21 (1859, wife, married), b Ohio; no parent location listed. Sarah was keeping house Robert F. Burns 8m (1879, son, single) b. Illinois, father born Illinois and mother born Ohio. Robert, a baby, was at home.
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↑ 1880 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, population schedule, Buffalo Hart Township, p 2, enumeration district 200, sheet 2 (written), dwelling 10, family 10, Benjamin H Burns household, index, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-V1N : accessed 30 April 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 30 April 2015); citing enumeration district 200, sheet 206, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.