It certainly looks as if that's the guy I'm looking
for! Thanks for your help!
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:36:36 -0800
From: Diane McInnes <mcinnes(a)dccnet.com>
To: INWHITE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INWHITE] Re: Nelson in 1860 Census
Hi Lena,
I don't have an index - but I did scan through Big
Creek Township
digitalized images of the microfilm, and did not
locate any Nelsons in that
Township in 1860 White County Indiana census. Is
'your' Nathan Nelson the
one who married Mary M. Eddings in 1870 in
Tippecanoe County? If so, you
might want to check Tippecanoe County 1860 census
for him there? (Heritage
Quest Indiana Vital Records CD - IN Marriage Index
(WPA extractions) lists
that marriage on March 17, 1870; Tippecanoe County
Book C-13, pg 1),
whereas the 1870 census entry in Big Creek reports
they were married in May
of 1870. There are no other Nelsons (or any
Eddingtons) in Big Creek Twp
in 1870 census.
Using Tippecanoe County as a perhaps clue, I
searched through 1860 census
entries for Prairie Twp, White County, which
borders on Tippecanoe county
and found this following entry which could possibly
be 'your' Nathan (I do
not know the relationship of these people - but one
would guess that at
least some are related in some way - perhaps Malinda
and Nathaniel are
siblings - ?children of Maria? - note in the Malinda
Barnes 1870 census
entry she lists her parents of foreign birth, altho
that is not noted on
Nathan and Mary Nelson's 1870 census entry):
Prairie Twp, White Co, IN 1860 Census; entry
635/637; pg 555:
James E. Barnes; 36y; Farmer; $13000/2650; Ohio
Maria Sefton(?); 45y; Ireland; (cannot read or
write)
Malinda Nelson; 22y; Indiana
Nathaniel Nelson; 13y; Indiana
George Oppel; 30y; Germany
There is a marriage listed in the above Marriage
Index CD for a Melinda
Nelson and James E. Bernes on May 21, 1865 in White
County, Indiana (Book
C-3, pg 10). They are still in Prairie Twp in 1870
Census; entry 365/366;
pg 265A:
Barnes, James E; 45y; farmer; $22500/$2600; Ohio
Barnes, Melinda; 30y; keeping house; IN; father of
foreign birth; mother of
foreign birth
Barnes, Elizabeth A; 2y; IN
Barnes, Lilly A; 2y; IN
Barnes, Minnie M; 8/12y; IN; born in Aug
Kruining?, Matilda; 17y; domestic servant; Holland;
parents of foreign birth
Williams; Frederick; 32y; laborer; VA
Bostic, Jesse; 18y; laborer; IN
Cottingham, Dora?; 20y; male; laborer; IN
I hope you may find some of this info useful - more
questions than answers,
though!
Good luck!
Diane McInnes
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
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