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Facts and Events
On 1 Sep 1885, he gave permission for his stepdaughter to marry:
- I, Thomas Johns, of Monroe Co., Iowa, do solemly swear that my daughter, Ida M. Johns, for the marriage of whom license is applied for, is of the age of 17 & upward, of sound mind and unmarried, and I hereby consent that license may issue for her marriage to Wilbur D. Smith.
- Thomas [his mark] Johns
- Note: Ida apparently was informally "adopted" by her stepfather -- a common occurence in this complex family. On the death cert. of Mrs. Della Silvers (Russell County, Kansas, 1952), her parents are listed as "John S. Johns" & "Lizzie Sapp."
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Davis County, Iowa, 1870 census:S2
- Johns, Thomas 28 yrs Farmer (real estate = $3,300; personal estate = $400) b. Ohio
- Elizabeth 25 yrs Keeping House b. Indiana
- Morgan 11 yrs b. Iowa
- Ida 8 yrs b. Iowa
- [Not the same "Ida" as in the marriage permission, above.]
- William 6 yrs b. Iowa
- James 3 yrs b. Iowa
- [Is this him, with a 1st wife? This is the only "Thomas Johns" in the 1870 Iowa census. Next door is "Lucinda Johns," age 52 and evidentally a widow, who is probably his mother.]
Louisa County, Iowa, 1880 census:S3
- Johns, Samuel 36 yrs Head Farmer b. Indiana (father, b. Ohio; mother, b. ___)
- Elizabeth 31 yrs Wife Keeping House b. Virginia (parents, b. Virginia)
- Emerson H. 9 yrs Son b. Iowa
- Della M. 7 yrs Dau b. Iowa
- Eugene 3 yrs Son b. Iowa
Monroe County, Iowa, 1915 state census:S1
- Johns, Thomas 69 yrs b. Illinois (parents, b. South Carolina) "County Farm" Widowed (16[?] yrs in Iowa)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monroe County, Iowa. 1915 Iowa State Census.
- ↑ Davis, Iowa, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
Bloomfield, p. 166, house/family 105/105.
- ↑ Louisa, Iowa, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
ED 125, p. 444, house/family 108/111.
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