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1870 Census, Lafayette County, Missouri


Sni-A-Bar Twp, Lafayette County, Missouri, 28 Jul 1870, Freedom PO
p.364a, dwelling number 3, family number 3
Cheatham  Wm.      42 m w  farmer  $5000/$2000  KY
          Jane     34 f w  keeping house        KY
          Lucy     15 f w                       MO
          William  13 m w                       MO
          Nancy    11 f w                       MO
          Berry     6 m w                       MO
          Alice     4 f w                       MO
          Josie     2 f w                       MO

William T. Cheatham and Eliza Jane were the parents of Laura P. Cheatham who married William Artimus Barnett.  See family number 4 next door for more information.


Sni-A-Bar Twp, Lafayette County, Missouri, 28 Jul 1870, Freedom PO
p.364a, dwelling number 4, family number 4
Barnett  Wm.    23 m w  farmer  $2000/$500  MO
         Laura  17 f w  keeping house       MO

This family was William Artimus Barnett and Laura B. Cheatham.  Laura's parents were living next door in dwelling number 3.

Laura B. Cheatham apparently died about 1878.  William Artimus Barnett's second wife was Mira Margaret (Maggie) Cobb, daughter of James Madison Cobb and Mary (Polly) Peters.  Polly Peters was the daughter of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough of Anderson County, Tennessee.


Sni-A-Bar Twp, Lafayette County, Missouri, 28 Jul 1870, Freedom PO
p.365b, dwelling number 25, family number 31
Cobb  James      56 m w  farmer  $5000/$1500  NC
      Mary       57 f w  keeping house        TN
      Myrah      16 f w  at home              MO  attended school
      Mary       19 f w  at home              MO
      Katherine  14 f w  at home              MO  attended school

Mary (Polly) Peters was the daughter of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough of Anderson County, Tennessee.  James Madison Cobb was the son of James Morris Cobb and Rebecca Godfrey.

The children were Mary Ann Cobb, Mirey Margaret Cobb, and Katie/Caty Jane Cobb.


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