1860 Where was Hiram and the family that year at census time? On them ove?
8/6/1870 Paradise Twp, Coles Co, IL. He was a farmer at census timeb ut no property was listed so perhaps they had just returned from MOwit h his father's family. He was 36 years old, born in TN, Dulcenawas 34 , and their children were: James, 13, Mary, 7, and Jeremiah,1. Next d oor neighbors were the families of Thomas and Gore.
1873 Sumper Twp, Majority Point, Cumberland Co, IL. According to then ewspaper Hiram and his father were Legal Voters there.
6/2/1880 W of IL Central RR, Mattoon, Coles Co, IL. The census thaty ear said he was a laborer born in PA as were both parents. He was46, D ulcena was 44, and had the 6 children: James M, 23; May I, 16;Jeremiah , 11; Nancy Ellen, 9; Albert F, 5; and Nellie D, 1.
Hiram's birthplace depends on which census is being read, one saysTenn essee, another says Pennsylvania.
He died of old age and was a widower at the time.
