Robert,
You found lots of great information there. That Wayne Shoemaker from 1850
may match this one in 1870, right next door to Harriet and
Francis. The 1850 through 1870 county census is transcribed and available
on the web site.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inkosciu/
I found two marriages in Kos. Co. for a Francis M. Shoemaker (if it's the
same one) in addition to the one some found in Grant County.
Karen in Arizona
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Pg. 443 A Seward Township 6th day of August, 1870
Post Office: Pierceton, Indiana
19 SHOEMAKER William 56 Ohio
SHOEMAKER Nancy 35 Ohio
SHOEMAKER Joseph 18 Indiana
SHOEMAKER James 14 Indiana
20 SHOEMAKER Harriet 35 Ohio
SHOEMAKER Francis M. 14 Indiana
SHOEMAKER Emma J. 12 Indiana
SHOEMAKER Rebecca 6 Indiana
SHOEMAKER Mary E. 3 Indiana
SHOEMAKER William R. Indiana
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I learned his middle name from the 1860
census, because he is listed as
"Marion". (Palestine P.O., Seward Twp., Kosciusko Co., IN, images 17-18 at
Ancestry.com)
I still am unsure his parents' names, but I believe his grandparents were
Thomas and Elizabeth Shoemaker, both from Pennsylvania. This couple
probably had
most of their children in Ohio before moving to Indiana.
I am guessing (and it's a good guess) that Francis' father was a William
Shoemaker, probably the son of Thomas. William was 35 in the 1850 census
for
Franklin Twp., Kosciusko Co., Indiana (image 3 of 29 at
Ancestry.com).
There is a
Harriet Shoemaker in this large, extended family household, and she may have
been Francis' mother, because by the 1870 census for Pierceton, Seward Twp.,
Kosciusko Co (Image 3 of 34), she seems to have assumed a parental role in
Francis' life.
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