7/7/1870 South Macon, Macon Co, IL. The census recorded John at 27,S arah at 20, and they had only one little girl, Ticie, 9 months.John w as a farmer.
6/12/1880 Same place. He was a 27 year old farmer and wife Sarah was3 0. They had children: Ticie, 10; Benjamin, 6; Augustus, 2; andJohn's 1 0 year old brother Charles living there.
6/19/1900 Still there. That year at census time John was listed as a5 7 year old farmer, married 33 years to Sarah J, 50, who had birthed12 c hildren, only 9 of whom still survived. Living with them were:Roy, 17 ; Daniel, 15; Winnie, 12; Karl M, 10, and Bessie A, 8.
He owned 140 acres in South Macon Co, IL.
The 1880 census taker said he was 27, making his birth year 1853.
