1870 - U.S. Federal Census - In the 1870 census, Washington Cundiff is enumerated as Wash L. Cundiff, 44, and is living in Ward 3, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri. Living with him are his wife, Mary Cundiff, 41, and his children, Viola, 29; Laura, 18; Edw, 15; Oliver, 12; Ida, 9; Hattie, 6; Lou. 3. Also living with the family is Ellen Peterson, 20. Washington is listed as an editor.[1]
1880 - U.S. Federal Census - In the 1880 census, the Cundiff surname is mispelled as Cudiff. The census shows Washington Cudiff, 53, a widower, living in St. Joseph, Buchanan Children living with him include his children, Ida, 18; Hattie, 16, and, Lee, 13. Washington is listed as running a livery.[2]
Sources
↑ 1870 U.S. census, Buchanan, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, p. 490 stamped, dwelling 110, family 139, Wash L Cundiff; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jun 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 762.
↑ Missouri, Buchanan, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T9, roll 675, St. Joseph, enumeration district (ED) 056, p. 166 stamped, dwelling 117, family 138, Washington Cudiff.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XC-KW3 : 3 January 2021), Lou Cundiff in entry for Wash L Cundiff, 1870. Census Place: St Joesph Ward 3, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: M593_762; Page: 490A; Family History Library Film: 552261.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66X-9RM : 7 September 2017), Lee Cundiff in household of Washington Cudiff, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 56, sheet 166D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,675.
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