1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Benjamin WADDLE Spouse: Jane OBERN Marriage: 08 Jan 1852, Marion, Ohio Source: Marriage Records, 1824-1964. Ohio. Probate Court (Marion County)

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 36):  Marion P.O., Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll M653_1006, p. 391B, PN 58, 421/410, enumerated 23 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Benjamin Waddel	31	M		Farmer	13,000	1,000	Ohio
Jane        "	29	F					Do
George      "	8	M					Do
Joseph      "	4	M					Do
Mary Oborn	71	F					Penn
Tena Newberry	35	F					Ohio

Mary (SMITH) OBORN is Jane's widowed mother.

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 27 — indexed "Zedaffdaen"):  Waldo P.O., Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll M593_1240, p. 168A, PN 11, 85/87, enumerated 12 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Waddle ???????	41	M	W	Farmer & Stock Grazer	42460	20000	Ohio
______ Jane	39	F	W	Keeping House			Do
______ George	16	M	W				Do
______ Joseph	13	M	W				Do
______ J Lee	9	M	W				Do
______ Benjamin	3	M	W				Do
______ William	1	M	W				Do
______ Mary	19	F	W				Do
Strine Annetta	7	F	W				Do

Who is Mary?

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 26):  Richland Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll T9_1046 (Book 1), p. 132A, PN 1, SD 5, ED 96, enumerated 1-3 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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5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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7.  1910

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