1830 Isum was not listed in any census that year. Where was thisfami ly?
1833 TN. Son Hiram was born there.
Bef 1839 Morgan Co, IN where he remarried and daughter Mary was born.
1840 Again the census taker did not find them. Were they on themove?
By 1844 IL, when son Henry was born.
11/8/1850 Wabash Precinct, Coles Co, IL, may have been the sameaddres s as the previous entry. The census taker recorded his name asIsan, a ge 45, a farmer but he had no property. He and second wifeMary, 36. h ad 5 children living with them: Louisa, 23 (why? where washe husband?) , Hiram, 17, Elizabeth, 9, Hezekiah. 7, and John N, 6.
4/1857 Mode, Shelby Co, IL, where daughter Mary married.
bef 7/1857 Mo where daughter Eliza was born.
7/25/1860 Polk Twp near Beatyville, Adair Co, MO. was where the nextc ensus found the family. "Isham," 54, was a farmer with propertyvalued a t $400/395. Mary was 44 and children were Hezekiah, 15,Isaac, 6, and E liza, 2. They were the only Guys in the county butdaughter Louisa and J ames Vandeventer were in the same township..
1860s The children told of their parents hiding Union soldiers undert he floor to prevent "Bushwackers" from getting them. Copperheadswere r ife in the area as evidenced by the riot at the Charleston, ILcourthou se.
2/1/1868 Cumberland Co, IL. His current residence was not recordedwh en he bought 40 acres of railroad land there. He paid $9.00/acrefor a t otal of $360 for the property located at S4 T09N R08E.
1870 Where was Isum that year at census time? On the move again?
1873 Sumpter Twp, Majority Point, Cumberland Co, IL, was where Isuman d Hiram, were listed as Legal Voters.
