Names: Davis 

From: Ken & Laurie Huffman [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Brown County, Illinois Index's

Dear Mr. Davis,

I’m afraid that the index is more a help for me to do lookups than for you to do research. I was getting so many lookup requests for the censuses that I produced the indexes to make it possible for persons like you to quickly reference the names and their places in the census. The other thing it did was eliminate searches for persons who never were in Brown County or at least for the census.

 

I really didn’t need to put the index on the web page but decided that it could be of some use. I hope to be able to put the complete censuses on line at some point. 1880 is now nearly finished. It takes much longer to do the full census than I expected.

 

The index numbers are as you suspected the House numbers, except where the enumerator or census copier made errors. All the head of households are indexed as well as other persons in the home of a different surname. It’s not quite a complete surname index because we did not list everyone of a different surname in a household. But it’s more that just a head of household index because of the additional names we entered.

 

I have a fair repository of information. I have all the censuses 1830-1920. I have the “cemeteries of Brown county” book and some history books on Brown and Schuyler county. Other repositories are the Versailles Historical Society  and  The Schuyler Brown Historical Society. Addresses for both of these organizations are on the web page under Helpful Addresses. I have also found the Mt Sterling Public Library very helpful, but it requires you to go there since they do not have any staff researchers. It has some books in its collection, I haven’t found anywhere else.

 

I checked the 1880 census for Arthur Davis and found him in Dwelling # 232:

1880 Brown Co., IL Census

Cooperstown TWP Page 25

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1880 Brown Co., IL Census

Cooperstown TWP Page 25

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Enumerated: 1 Jun 1880

Line #

Dwelling/House #

Family #

Surname

GivenName

Age

Sex

Relationship

Month

Marital Status

Married_this_year

Occupation

Born

Father

Mother

Transcriber's_Comments

1

225

225

Hanis

Isadora

8

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

 

IN

 

 

2

226

226

Loman

Jesse J.

23

M

H

 

S

 

farmer

KY

KY

KY

 

3

 

 

Fanshier

Charles S.

31

M

 

 

M

 

farmer

IL

NC

KY

 

4

 

 

 

Tryplena A.

24

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

MI

TN

 

5

 

 

 

Edna C

4

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

6

 

 

 

George W.

2

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

7

 

 

 

Obedience E.

4/12

M

S

Feb.

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

 

8

227

227

Ross

Phillip

58

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

NC

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

Elisabeth

40

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

TX

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

John H

17

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

NC

 

 

11

 

 

 

Matilda C

14

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

NC

 

 

12

 

 

 

Mary O

12

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

NC

 

 

 

13

228

228

Lanier

Thomas

53

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

NC

VA

GA

 

14

 

 

 

Justin

46

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

TN

TN

TN

 

15

 

 

 

Martha

19

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

NC

TN

 

16

 

 

 

Elmer E.

3

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

NC

TN

 

 

17

229

229

Perry

Gilbert B

25

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

IL

IL

 

18

 

 

 

Elisabeth

24

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

TN

TN

 

19

 

 

 

Dora L

6

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

20

 

 

 

Alva W.

9/12

F

D

Sep.

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

 

21

230

230

Hix

William

35

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

KY

NC

 

22

 

 

 

Margerett

34

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

OH

Ireland

 

23

 

 

 

Loren

13

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

24

 

 

 

Sarah

11

F

D

 

S

 

 

IA

IL

IL

 

25

 

 

 

Emma

9

F

D

 

S

 

 

IA

IL

IL

 

26

 

 

 

Harlin

4

M

S

 

S

 

 

IA

IL

IL

 

 

27

231

231

Perry

Oscar O

23

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

IL

IL

 

28

 

 

 

Lucy Ann

24

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

TN

TN

 

29

 

 

 

Leola

2

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

TN

TN

 

 

30

232

232

Davis

Louis R

21

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

IL

IL

 

31

 

 

 

Julian

18

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

NC

IL

 

32

 

 

 

Arthur G

1

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

 

33

233

233

Perry

Luke W.

47

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

SC

NC

 

34

 

 

 

Susan

38

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

OH

PA

PA

 

35

 

 

 

Laura A

18

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

36

 

 

 

Henry L

12

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

37

 

 

 

Rachiel A

10

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

IL

 

38

 

 

Friday

Sidney A

13

M

SS

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

OH

 

39

 

 

 

Nancy B

12

F

SD

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

OH

 

40

 

 

 

Norah J

9

F

SD

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

OH

 

41

 

 

 

Susan C.

5

F

SD

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

OH

 

 

42

234

234

Perry

Edmond

27

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

IL

IL

 

43

 

 

 

Louella

20

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

Ireland

Ire

 

44

 

 

Smith

Jane

60

F

ML

 

W

 

 

IL

Ireland

Ire

 

 

45

235

235

Angel

Robert

36

M

H

 

M

 

blacksmith

IL

KY

KY

 

46

 

 

 

Sarah A

27

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

MO

OH

VA

 

47

 

 

 

Lela

7

F

D

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

MO

 

48

 

 

 

George W

4

M

S

 

S

 

 

IL

IL

MO

 

 

49

236

236

Hill

Charles

45

M

H

 

M

 

farmer

IL

SC

NC

 

50

 

 

 

Laura

26

F

W

 

M

 

keeps house

IL

NJ

OH

 

 

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Last Updated on 5/1/2000 -- 5:49:32 PM Using Census2Html, copyright 1999
By Ken Huffman
Email:
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Hope this helps a little. The above page is how the 1880 census will look when I get it back online.

Sincerely,

Ken Huffman

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Brown County, Illinois Index's

 

I'm afraid I'm confused with your index system.  I understand the alpha is a designator for the TWP.  The number, I think your saying, is either the house number, the family number or the sequential number listed for that TWP.
Next, are the names listed, the heads of the household?  If so, How do we obtain the rest of the family, ages, sex, occupation and any notation pertinent?  Do we ask you for that information?  My families of Davis', Stephens, and the Bunfill/Bridgewaters were all in and around Brown/ Cass/ Schuyler, and I have a great deal of information on them, with gaps here and there, but with the names in the INDEX format, I can't quite figure the pieces to the puzzle.  The major one missing is Arthur Gilbert Davis, born in Cooperstown TWP abt Nov 1876-77 or even 78 who married Nora E. Stephens, born in Cass Co... June 11, 1877.  marriage date unknown.  They show up on the 1900 census with a son, Harley F. Davis, an uncle, but in between in a mystery as far as all the documentation for Brown County is concerned.  Is there a Central Depository in Brown County one can go and find information like this?

Hope to hear from you

Thank You,

William Arthur Davis

 

 

 

 

Good morning Ken,
Reviewing your MSG again, we do not believe that Lewis Richard Davis' family moved from the area upon his death.  Lewis Richard Davis was buried 1882 in the Crossroads Cemetery, Cooperstown TWP, Brown County, Illinois.
I have an autograph book of Nora's that she evidently received for Christmas 1889 (age 12). On one of the pages there is a message written to the effect that as there is heaven and earth, someday i will have you for my own, signed Arthur Davis, friend.  If this is the same Arthur Davis (We believe it is), he and his mother were evidently living in the area and he and Nora knew each other more than just a chance meeting.  We are speculating that he and his mother (Julian / Julie / Julie Ann / Julie Anne) were either living with another family in the area, or that she remarried.  Because of Lewis' (Louis) and Julie's (Julian) ages in the 1880 census and his death in 1882, we a presuming Arthur to be an only child or at best one of two children, but we have no evidence of any sibling.  We were hoping the 1890 Census would show such evidence in either Brown, Cass, or Schuyler Counties.  Schuyler has a rather thorough Census report as your sample by townships which we have scoured finding nothing of an Arthur and or Julie------ which brings us down to Cass and Brown Counties.  The logic of this is that the entire family unit of the Stephens seems to have been located within these areas and if the mother were relying on family support, she surely would have been close by.  And the information of the other Davis' were still in the area after this, and we have found no evidence that they were living with any of Lewis' family.  The most logical theory of all I have heard thus far is that she lived in the area near, or with, her own family. Whatever their names were, we do not know.
1900 Brown County; Census, Microfilm 238
Cooperstown Twp, Page 21a, Dwelling 200, Family 202
Davis, Arthur   Head  W  M  Nov 1878  21  M  3-years          IL  IL  IL  Farmer
          Nora               W  F   Jun 1878  21  M  3-years          IL  IL  IL
                                                     2 children, 1 living
          Harley F  Son W  M  Dec 1897                                  IL  IL  IL
The birth date of Nora is incorrect  (1877): I read it to mean they have been married 3 years (1897 or 1896).
After Harley, Homer was born, (?) then Horace Arthur was born in Versailles Nov 14, 1908.    The 1910 Census should indicate Homer's birthdate.  In 1910, the three boys were living with their uncle Emsley A. Davis, I believe in Coooperstown Twp..
Thank you again for your support and patience

Regards,

Bill Davis