On 1 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports James Thompson household as the first household enumerated and it is next to John T McGee households.[1] James Thompson 27 (1843, male white) b. Norway; James is a farmer with Real Estate valued at $8,520 and personal property valued at $900. George Ash 21 (1849, male white) b. Mississippi; George is a farm laborer. William Brooks 25 (1845, male white) b. Ohio.
Mary A Brooks 21 (1849, female white) b. Ohio; Mary is keeping house. Charles A Brooks 2 (1868, male white) b. Indiana Mary E Brooks 1 (1869, female white) b. Illinois Robert Elliott 25 (1845, male white) b. Illinois; Robert is a farm laborer.
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↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 1 (written), dwelling 1, family 1, James Thompson household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-DPX : accessed 18 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 18 June 2015); citing p. 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-DPX : accessed 21 May 2015), James Thompson, Illinois, United States; citing p. 11, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
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