John R. PERSON & Matilda __?_

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John R. PERSON
Matilda __?__

Husband: John R. PERSON
Birth: 1826/7, TN
Occupation: farm laborer
Residence in 1850: Van Buren Twp., Newton Co., MO
Father: Henry PERSON
Mother: Ms. __?__

Marriage:
Residence in 1860: Elk River Twp., McDonald Co., IL

Wife: Matilda __?__
Birth: 1826/7, MO
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 18 Jan 1866, Macon Co., IL, Perry STROPE

Child:

1. Henrietta PERSON, b. 1855/6, KS — possibly in Cherokee Co., KS

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Sources (n.b., Newton Co., MO, is just over the state line from Cherokee Co., KS, so it is not that odd that Henrietta might have been born in KS):

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1998. Marriage Index: Missouri, 1851-1900. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-234): not found.

1b. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: AR, MO, MS, TX, 1766-1981 (Broderbund CD-5): not found.

2. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John is living with his widowed father in Van Buren Twp., Newton Co., MO.

3. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #8 of 10): Enterprize P.O., Elk River Twp., McDonald Co., IL, Roll 633 (Book 1), p. 88, PN 88, 604/604, enumerated 18 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

J R Person 23 M MO

Matilda 23 F Farm hand 25 TN

Henrietta 4 F MO

There had to have been a vertical "frame shift" here, that is, the enumerator got his field notes out of alignment when he was filling in the form (n.b., the population schedules were not filled out in the field, but later, usually in the county court house, based on notes taken in the field, with the obvious potential for mistakes being made in data entry). We know from other sources that John was born in TN, Matilda was born in MO, and Henrietta was born in KS — and surely "Farm Hand" referred to John, not Matilda.

4. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #7 of 28 — indexed "Berry Stief"; online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 28 — indexed "Perry Stiep"): Forsyth P.O., Whitmore Twp., Macon Co., IL, Roll 249 (Book 1), p. 630A, PN 7, 47/47, enumerated 21 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen). This record was very hard to read, partly due to poor handwriting and party due to poor imaging.

Strep Perry 52 M W Farmer 1660 600 Ohio

_____ Matilda 37 F W Keeping House Missouri

_____ Hennrietta 14 F W Kansas

_____ Fannis 20 M W Ohio

_____ Elrna? 13 F W Ohio

5. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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