9/25/1850 Baker Twp, Morgan Co, IN. The census recorded Samuel atage 5 0, a wagonmaker, with wife Elizabeth, 44, and 6 children: IraG, 18, t wo daughters named Meranda(why?), one was 14, the other 12,son A M, 6, M artha, 4, and Presley, 2. Down the road a James Guy,19, was counted w ith John and Leanner Burpoe, both 60. Grandparents?On the next page w as father Benjamin, 85, also a wagonmaker, with thefamily of James Guy , 24.
7/13/1860 PO Martinsville, Baker Twp, Morgan Co, IN. That year thece nsus taker listed Samuel, 60, a farmer with property worth$800/600, wi th wife Elizabeth, 55, and only two children in thehouse, Martha, 14, a nd Presley J, 12. Leaner Burpo, 64, still livednext door.
8/23/1870 Same place. Samuel was listed in the census as a 70 yearol d farmer with property worth $400/200. Elizabeth was 65 and in thehou sehold were daughter Martha, 23, as well as the family of sonPresley, 2 2, farmer, his wife Kitty, 18, and his daughter Laura, 2.
