7/13/1860 T13 R6E, PO Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. At census timeThoma s was a 29 year old farmer with personal property only worth$300. Wif e Sophia was 21 and their infant daughter, Mary was 9months. Living w ith them were Thomas' orphaned brothers, John, 20,and Robert, 22, both l aborers. Four doors down the road was cousinGeorge Purvis,33, and thr ee doors in the other direction was secondcousin Fielding Purvis, 44.
1880 Petersburg, Menard Co, IL. The census that year recorded thefoll owing:
Bracken, Thomas W. - head, m, w, age 49, married, laborer, IL-KY-KY
Sophia - wife, f, w, age 40, married, keeping house,IL-KY- VA
Mary - daughter, f, w, age 21, single, IL-IL-IL
Cynthia - daughter, f, w, age 19, single, IL-IL-IL
Artemise - daughter, f, w, age 16, single, IL-IL-IL
Mahala - daughter, f, w, age 15, single, IL-IL-IL
Menian - daughter, f, w, age 13, single, IL-IL-IL
Vienna - daughter, f, w, age 10, single, IL-IL-IL
Robert - son, m, w, age 6, single, IL-IL-IL
Sarah - daughter, f, w, age I month, single, IL-IL-IL
