Daniel and Nancy's family conflicts from census to census. Childrenan d birth dates posted are from Hoots family researcher, Rod Hoots.
According to children's birth places the family moved back and forthbe tween IL and MO.
Residences & events in his life:
10/14/1850 St Clair Co, Dist 79, MO. The couple must have movedshort ly after marriage with Nancy's brother John who lived next doorat cens us time. Daniel was 30, a farmer, Nancy was 21 and their onlychild wa s son Josiah, 1 yr 10 mo.
7/24/1860 S Okaw Twp, PO Mattoon, Coles Co, IL. Daniel, 44, wasliste d in the census as a farm laborer with personal property = $300in the c ensus. Nancy was 35 and living with them were 4 children:James, 14, E liza J, 8, John, 6, and Margaret, 2. They lived betweenNancy's widowe d mother and the Hamilton family where sister MindaPrice and children l ived, followed by more relatives....Miles Priceand John Whitley, etc.
5/31/1864 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. Daniel gave estray notice for ab ay horse. Wm Hendricks was the Justice.
12/20/1865 Same place, another estray notice, this time for a steerwi th Jesse Ellis as the Justice.
7/1870 PO Hartville, Wright Co, MO. Having moved before the nextcens us, he was 51, a farmer with property valued at $300/300.Children were J oseph, 22, farmer; Louisa Jane, 19, school girl; John,17, school boy; A manda, 8, Marinda, 6, Elisha, 3, and Nancy E, 1
6/10/1880 Van Buren Twp, Wright Co, MO was where the census takerfoun d the family and recorded Daniel, 63, a farmer with Nancy, 52,Louisa, 2 4, Arminda, 17, Elisha, 12, and Nancy C, 9. Next door wasJosiah Hoots , 30, followed by John Hoots, 23, sons.
