Robert McWilliams (1838)

Born 1838 in Illinois

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Biography

The James McWilliams family was living in Lima, Adams, Illinois in 1850.^[1] James was farming and had real estate valued at $1450. The home included James, Jane, and their children: John, William, James, Robert, Joseph, and Elijah.

Some of the boys had left home by 1860.^[2] James and Jane were in the household with their sons, John, Joseph, and Elijah. The others weren't far off, all three living right next door for the next three houses, with their young families. All families were farming. James Sr.'s real estate was valued at $1600 and personal effects at $400.

Living as a farmer in the same area in 1870, of Lima, Adams, Illinois, as his brothers.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12391-218374-59?cc=1438024&wc=M94C-QVG:1910303589 : accessed 27 Nov 2013), Illinois > Adams > Lima; citing NARA microfilm publication M593.

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85F-9DG : 9 November 2014), John Mcwilliams in household of James Mcwilliams, Lima, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing family 33, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1860; Census Place: Lima, Adams, Illinois; Roll: M653_155; Page: 425; Image: 81; Family History Library Film: 803155