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Me again. Robert didn't show up on the LDS 1880, so I looked for Richard. I found:
Household:
(Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace)
Richard CADY Self W Male W 58 IN Blacksmith PA PA
Elissabeth INKER Dau M Female W 32 TX K. House IN TX
James INKER Cousin M Male W 28 MO Farm Laborer --- TX
Lewis INKER Son S Male W 19 MO Farm Laborer --- TX
Sterling INKER Son S Male W 16 MO Farm Laborer --- TX
Samanthia INKER Dau S Female W 14 MO --- TX
Robert INKER Son S Male W 12 MO School --- TX
Nancy INKER Dau S Female W 9 MO --- TX
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Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 2, Hill, Texas
Notice Robert is the right age, has a father Richard and a sister Nancy. They are just one
county away from Dallas, too. I looked at the images themselves. (If you get serious about
this and can afford it, buy a subscrition to someone's census images. It is cheaper
than cable TV and WAY more fun than "Seinfeld" re-runs.)
In the images, everyone below Elissabeth has a line instead of a surname; the line they
use to mean "Same as above". It looks to me like the "same as above"
line meant "Cady", not "Inker". Note also that Robert is born in
Missouri again.
James and Elissabeth look a lot like a married couple, except he is 4 years younger than
her, which was rare. It would make sense for the eldest daughter to move back in with dad
to darn his socks, cook his meals and take care of the youngsters. My guess is that James
and Elissabeth are married, the rest of the kids are really Richard's and their
surname is really Cady. James could be a cousin and a son-in-law, given the customs of the
time.
This is all conjecture on my part, and, while I read a lot of detective stories, not all
of my deductions are accurate. We can safely guess which side of the Civil War Richard
favored, unless he lied to fit in, but we can't tell when he moved to Texas. If
Elissabeth really was born in Texas in 1848, Richard was there awfully early.
Back to RWWC
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
there are two people who have a Richard Cady who
1) Was born "abt" 1822 in Indiana COUNTY, Pennsylvania
2) Worked as a blacksmith
3) Was in Missouri in 1850.
4) Married an Eleanor/Ellen Reed
IF - big IF - the enumerator in 1880 mangled Richard's birthplace also mangled the
names, this might be your Richard, and Robert Inke rmight be Robert E. Lee Cady.
I hope this helps. I'd appreciate knowing if any of my guesses turn out to be
accurate.