Hiram PLOTTS & Susanna STRAUB

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Hiram PLOTTS
Susanna STRAUB

Husband: Hiram PLOTTS / PLATTS
Birth: 17 May 1818, Fairfield Co., OH
Death: 19 Nov 1907, Otsego Valley, Allegan Co., MI
Occupation: farmer
Father: Gershom PLOTTS
Mother: Mary Ann PLOTNER

Marriage: 24 Nov 1839, Hancock Co., OH

Wife: Susanna "Susan" STRAUB
Birth: 15 Apr 1822, PA
Death: 23 Apr 1894, Allegan Co., MI
Disposition: buried Poplar Hill Cemetery, Allegan Co., MI
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Benjamin STRAUB
Mother: Elizabeth HAAS

Children (said to have had ten):

— born in Hancock Co., OH:
1. Mary E. PLOTTS, b. 1839/40
2. Sophia PLOTTS, b. 1841/2
3. Benjamin F. PLOTTS, b. 1843/4
4. Hester PLOTTS, b. 1846/7
5. William L. PLOTTS, b. Jul/Aug 1850
6. Alonzo PLOTTS, b. 1856/7

— born in MI:
7. Andrew PLOTTS, b. Jan 1858
8. Margaret J. PLOTTS, b. 1860/1
9. Charity PLOTTS, b. 1861/2
10. (Child) PLOTTS
11. (Child) PLOTTS

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Sources:

1. Anon. 1966. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-400):

Platts, Hiram Stroup, Susannah 24 Nov 1839 Hancock Co.

2. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4-5 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 OH Hancock Co. Ridge Twp. pp. 54A-54B Ln. 29 Hiram Plotts 000 010 - 010 010 0001000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Hiram (b. 1818)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Mary (b. 1839/40)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Susanna (b. 1822)

1 person employed in manufacture and trade

Mary and Susanna are in the wrong age classes, but surely these are our subjects.

3. 1850 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #155-156 of 427; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen): Amanda Twp., Dist. 48, Hancock Co., OH, p. 466B-467A, enumerated 7 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1850: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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97 97 Hiram Plotts/Platts 32 m W farmer 450 O

Susanna 27 f W Pa /

Mary E 10 f W O /

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Sophia Plotts/Platts 8 f W O /

Benj. F 6 m W /

Hester 3 f W

Wm. S ¹/₁₂ m W

In both instances, the vowel in their surname is half-way between an "a" and an "o"; it could be either. Column 10 means "married within the year," but you can't have just the wife or just the husband married within the year, it's both or nothing! Not to mention that we know Hiram and Susanna were married in 1839. This census-taker had some sort of misconception about the purpose of Column 10 because he appears to have misused it, one way or another, througout his enumeration.

4. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 24): Monterey P.O., Monterey, Allegan Co., MI, p. 397, PN 136, 1125/1072, enumerated 30 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Hiram Plotts 42 M Farmer 600 200 Ohio

Susana     " 38 F Pennsylvania

Sophia     " 17 F Ohio

Benjamin F do 15 M "

Hester     " 13 F "

William L " 10 M "

Alonzo     " 3 M Michigan

5. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 33): Monterey P.O., Monterey, Allegan Co., MI, Roll M593_660, p. 263B, enumerated 29 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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62 63 Plotts Hiram 52 M W Farmer 2000 800 Ohio /

______ Susanna 48 F W Pennsylvania

______ William 19 M W Ohio

______ Andrew 12 M W Michigan / /

______ Margaret J 9 F W do /

______ Charity 8 F W " /

6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 31): Monterey, Allegan Co., MI, Roll T9-0569, p. 194C, PN 21, SD 2, ED 10, enumerated 17 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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224 240 Plotts Hiram W M 62 / Farmer OH PA PA

   "   Susannah W F 58 Wife / Keeping house PA PA PA

   "   Andrew W M 23 Son / At home MI OH PA

   "   Margarett J W F 20 Daug / At home MI OH PA

   "   Charity W F 17 Daug / At home MI OH PA

7a. 1890 Census: the Population Schedules were destroyed.

7b. Veterans' Schedules: U.S. Selected States, 1890 (Broderbund CD-131): not found.

8. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #37 of 42): Otsego Village, Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., MI, Roll T623_698 (Book 2), p. 159A, SN 19, SD 4, ED 23, SN 19, enumerated 15 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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490 510 Plotts Andrew Head W M Jan 1858 42 M 17 MI OH OH Carpenter Y Y Y R H

______ Carrie Wife W F Feb 1866 34 M 17 3 2 MI MI MI Y Y Y

______ Fred B Son W M Feb 1884 16 S MI MI MI at School 9 Y Y Y

______ Cora N Daughter W F May 1888 12 S MI MI MI at School 9

______ Plotts Hiram Father W M May 1818 82 wid OH OH OH Y Y Y

Gates Nellie G Sister in law W F Feb 1873 27 M 10 1 1 MI MI MI

_____ Joseph E nephew W M Apr 1891 9 S MI unk MI Paper sorter
(Paper Mill) 0 Y Y Y

Hiram is not in the index, and the reason is undoubtedly the way his name was entered on the schedule, which was as I have shown.

9. Nancy Straub Holben. My Straub Family of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. FamilyTreeMaker User Home Page.

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