Thanks John for pointing that out John Stout Bushong and his family were living on the land in 1910. See BOSCHONG Archives for March 2010 for a complete view of this family and his obit. Have you or anyone else ever found any census records for Hiram K. Bushong for 1900, 1910 or 1920? If so could you please post them? -------------------------------- 1910 Federal Census: New Mexico Precinct 1, Outside of town of Portales, ED 170, Roosevelt County Enumerated 4 May 1910 Page 9A, Sheet 9 Lines 16-21, HH 140/141 John S. Bushong Head/M/W/68/MdTwice/PresentlyMd6yrs/FarmerMtgFarm/OH/US/US Mary I. Bushong Wife/F/W/46/MdTwice/4children3living/TX/ALA/MO Hubb L. Bushong Son/M/W/28/Single/FarmLaborerHomeFarm/TX/OH/OH {Herbert Lewis} Zellah Levitt StepDau/W/F/25/Single/TX/TX/TX Ernest B. Levitt StepSon/W/M/21/Single/FarmLaborerHomeFarm/TX/TX/TX Ralph H. Levitt StepSon/W/M/19/Single/LaborerHomeFarm/TX/TX/TX --------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: John Fahey <faheyjn@gmail.com> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 3:01 am Subject: Re: [BOSCHONG] 1912 and 1914 Deeds - Government to Hiram K. Bushong & then to George B. Smith - TX and New Mexico Gloria, Thanks for transcribing and posting. Of Note: Though he only owned the land officially for 1 year and 6 months, he would have had to resided on the property for the five years prior to June 1912 per the requirements of the 1862 Homestead act. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message