John was born on on November 11, 1853 in shelby County, Indiana and a son of William Totten and Mary Anders. He passed away on April 25, 1927 and buried in the Fairland Cemetery in Fairland, Shelby County, Indiana. [1]
1860 --- U. S. Census, Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Indiana -- Dwelling Number: 1154 - Page: 790 - Line: 7 - Microfilm Roll: 296 ----- William S. Totten 23 (head) -- Mary J. 21 (wife) -- John J. 7 (son) -- Mary E. 5 (daughter) -- Thomas J. 3 (son) -- Sarah J. 1 (daughter) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870 --- U. S. Census, Brandywine Township, Shelby County, Missouri -- Dwelling Number: 113 - Microfilm Roll: 357 ----- William Totten 37 (head) --- --- Mary 34 (wife) -- Jno. 17 (son) -- Mary 15 (dau) -- Thomas 13 (son) -- Sarah 11 (dau) -- William 8 (son) -- Martha 6 (dau) -- Chas. 2 (son) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.--- Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1900 --- U. S. Federal Census, Brandywine Township, Shelby County, Indiana - Dwelling Number: 214 - Line: 65 - Page: 104B - Microfilm Roll: 403 ----- John J. Totten -46 (head) -- Mary M. 42 (wife) -- Frank S. 11 (son) -- Jessie Orr 20 (servant) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. --- Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
1910 --- U. S. Federal Census, Brandywine Township, Shelby County, Indiana - Dwelling Number: 232 - Line: 21 - Page: 10B - Microfilm Roll: 379 ----- John J. Totten 56 (head) -- Mary M. 52 (wife) -- Frank 21 (son) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. --- Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
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