Elizabeth Catherine (Burns) Constant (1835 - 1887)

Born 7 Jun 1835 in Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1887 at age 51 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

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Biography

Origins

Arrival

Early Life

Family

On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports John Thomas Constant household in between Joseph W Martin and Robert E Burns households.^[1]
John F Constant 40 (1830, male, white) b. Illinois; John was a farmer with Real Estate valued at $8,280 and personal property of $2000.
E C Constant 34 (1836, female, white) b. Illinois; Elizabeth was keeping house.
Mattie S Constant 14 (1856, female, white) b. Illinois. Mattie attended school.
Robt F Constant 11 (1859, male, white) b. Illinois; Robert attended school.
Emma Constant 1 (1869, female, white) b. Illinois;

On 10 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the Widow Pasty Burns household in between the Samuel R Campbell and Scott Cass households.^[2]
Others in the household not reported as in the same household on the index as on the census.^[3]
Patsy Burns 77 (1803, self, widowed) b: Kentucky; no parent's location listed.
John T Constant 50 (1830, self [son-in-law], married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.
Catharine Constant 44 (1836, daughter [wife of John T Constant, married) b. Illinois; father born in Virginia and mother born in Kentucky.
Mattie S Constant 24 (1856, granddaughter [daughter to Catherine and John], single) she and both parents born in Illinois.
Robert F Constant 21 (1859, grandson [son to Catherine and John], single) he and both parents born in Illinois.
Emma M Constant 11 (1869, granddaughter [daughter to Catherine and John], single) she and both parents born in Illinois.
Cora C Constant 8 (1872, granddaughter [daughter to Catherine and John], single) she and both parents born in Illinois.
T Constant 5 granddaughter [daughter to Catherine and John], single) she and both parents born in Illinois.
Mary McClung 43 (1837, boarder, widowed) she and both parents born in Ireland.
John H Switzer 23 (1857, boarder, single). he and both parents born in Kentucky.

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Sources

1. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 4 (written), dwelling 23, family 24, John T Constant household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-2BD : accessed 15 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 June 2015); citing p. 4, family 24, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-J2Q : accessed 18 May 2015), Patsy Burns, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 210B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-J27 : accessed 18 May 2015), John T Constant, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 210B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.

• Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.