Hi and thanks,
I have been in the 1885 Iowa census, but I don't remember looking in the 1865 census
(this was long before I had a computer). I do know if I had, I would have most likely been
looking in the wrong place. I have not had much luck with Absalom and land records. At
least he didn't own any in Washington county--or rather I never found any. (I lived in
Iowa in the early 1980s and had done some research, I've also used the microfilm from
the FHLC). But again, its only recently I found them in the 1870 census--in Des Moines
County (a surprise).
In 1850 Catherine Dill was living in Ohio with her mother and siblings--I have not found
Absalom in the 1850 census, but there is an A.M. Frazier of the right age in Franklin Co,
Ohio. Since Catherine's family was Quaker, I have my *suspicions* that the Francis
Frazier (a Quaker) living in Randolph County is a relative of my Absalom (combined with
the fact that he is related to 3 of the 5 Absaloms I have found).
The child Catherine and Absalom had adopted was their illegitimate granddaughter (my 1/2
great aunt).
Christina
You can narrow down when they moved a few ways that I know
of. Look for them
in the Iowa State Census of 1865, which I am searching for
right now. The
other would be to look for a land sale in the
recorder's office in the
Randolph County Courthouse. That's pretty easy to look
for, they are in
date order in big books. I have noticed in some papers
locally, that when a
family sold out and moved it was put in the paper, now that
you would have
to look through the local papers available through the
Indiana State
Library. Another thing is to look for them in the 1865
wall map of Randolph
County IN. I did find them in the 1885 Iowa State Census
living in
Washington Ward 3, Washington Township, they adopted a
little girl according
to that, she was born in Washington Township, Frank age 17
born in Louisa Co
Iowa, and Bert age 15 born in Louisa Co as well. Have you
done a page by
page search for them in 1850 census for Randolph County in
the same township
you found them in 1860? The museum has a different index
for that year
(1850), it lists every Frazier grouped together, it was
done locally, so you
might find his parents through that index if he moved here
with them and
still lived at home, which could be if he married in 1853,
you never know
when you will have a breakthrough. Andrea