Mahala (Horn) Vennum (abt. 1816 - 1890)

Born about 5 Feb 1816 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died 7 Sep 1890 at about age 74 in Illinois, USA

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Biography

Mahala Horn was born in February 1816 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of John Horn and Mary Closser.

1830 census -- Amwell Twnp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Name:John Horn

Home in 1830 (City, County, State):Amwell, Washington, Pennsylvania

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:2 (Robert, ?)

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:1 (Andrew,?)

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:1

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:1 (John)

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:1 (Maria)

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:2 (Harriet, Mahala)

Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:1 (Mary)

Free White Persons - Under 20:7

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:2

Total Free White Persons:9

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):9^[1]

She married Christopher Vennum sometime before 1850.

1850 census -- Iroquois Co., Illinois, USA

Christoper C Vennum, age 40, male, , farmer, $3000 real estate, born Pennsylvania; Mahala Vennum, age 34, female, , born Pennsylvania; Hiram Vennum, age 14, male, , born Illinois, attended school; Philo Vennum, age 7, male, , born Illinois, attended school; John Vennum, age 1, male, , born Illinois; Thomas Vennum, age 17, male, , farmer, born Pennsylvania, attended school^[2]

1860 census -- Milford Twnp., Iroquois Co., Illinois, USA

Chrystoper C Vennum, age 55, male, , farmer, $10800 real estate, $1675 personal property, born Pennsylvania; Inehella Vennum, age 44, female, , born Pennsylvania; Mary E Vennum, age 1 6/12, female, , born Pennsylvania; Frank Vennum, age 5, male, , born Illinois, attended school; George Vennum, age 9, male, , born Illinois, attended school; John Vennum, age 12, male, , born Illinois, attended school; Evangeline Beckhaus, age 15, female, , born Indiana, attended school; Philo Vennum, age 17, male, , farmer, born Illinois; Hew Barron, age 20, male, , born unknown^[3]

1870 census -- Onarga, Iroquois Co., Illinois, USA

Mary Vennum, age 54, female, , keeps house, $2000 real estate, $300 personal property, born Pennsylvania; Frank Vennum, age 15, male, , works on farm, born Illinois; Mary Vennum, age 11, female, , born Pennsylvania;^[4]

1880 census -- Onarga, Iroquois Co., Illinois, USA

Mahala Vennum, white, female, age 64, widow, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Frank M Slusher, white, male, age 19, grandson, single, student, attended school, born Illiniois, fathern born Indiana, mother born Illinois; Alfred Hyde, white, male, age 28, single, student, attended school, Illinois, father born England, mother born England^[5]

She died 7 September 1890 in Illinois. She is buried in Bellflower Township Cemetery in Bellflower, Illinois.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPT-61D : 10 September 2017), John Horn, Amwell, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 132, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 163; FHL microfilm 20,637.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85T-5TD : 12 April 2016), Mahala, Iroquois county, Iroquois, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH9-TWJ : 13 December 2017), Inchella Vennum in entry for Chrystopher C Vennum, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WS-CQX : 12 April 2016), Mary Vennum, Illinois, United States; citing p. 22, family 187, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,730.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJR-GB6 : 22 August 2017), Mahala Vennum, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 138, sheet 298A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0214; FHL microfilm 1,254,214.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVV-DWZV : 13 December 2015), Mahala Horn Vennum, 1890; Burial, Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United States of America, Bellflower Township Cemetery; citing record ID 21479088, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.