Jean,
Missouri was pro-South during the Civil War, having become a state with
large plantations maintained by slaves. Perhaps Hoosiers who migrated
there felt uncomfortable with the increasingly Southern sentiments. After
all, they came from an anti-slavery state. They could have chosen to go on
to Kansas, which was settled by small farmers who planned to work their own
40 acres, but life in Kansas was not comfortable at that time of early
settlement.
My history classes didn't include much on the raging battles that occurred
between Kansas and Missouri "irregular" forces that caused much havoc,
murder, and destruction in both states. I began studying the issue when
confronted with a KS family that lost soldiers to ambush and massacre by MO
"irregular" forces. Near the end of the War you couldn't tell that
magnificent plantations had formerly thrived in Missouri.
I wouldn't stop with the MO census, I would check Illinois and Iowa also.
Sharon Mills
At 10:24 AM 4/23/2005, you wrote:
I have noticed in many, many questions and comments that our relatives
went to Missouri during the 1850's. What drew them from Indiana to
Missouri only to return to Indiana by the next census?
That must be why I can't find my gggrandfather and family in the Indiana
1850 census. Conrad Williamson and wife Melinda (Roberts) and
children. Or as it is on their marriage record of 1843--Coonrad Williamson
Jean
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