>From: "Merle Southern" <mjsouth@rollanet.org> >The 1870 Effingham Co, IL, Watson Twp, census reportedly shows a Samuel >Southern/Southard and his wife Susan, and children Thomas, Alfred, and >Mary. Can someone check to varify this data and show the state and year >born. I believe this may be my long lost Greatgrandfather and grandmother. Home in 1870: Watson, Effingham, Illinois Post Office: Watson Roll: M593_219 Page: 563 Image: 571 Year: 1870 house visit 147, family visit 150 Samuel Southern 52 1817 North Carolina White Male farm labor Susen Southern 45 1824 Virginia White Female keeping house Thomas Southern 18 1851 North Carolina White Male works on farm Alpherd Southern 12 1857 North Carolina White Male Mary Southern 12 1857 North Carolina White Female none in school none have parents of foreign birth I can't find any of the family in 1880 anywhere in U.S. Head of household only index: 2 in 1850, but neither is even close to his description; Southern, Samuel Western District, Bienville, LA 1850 Southern, Samuel Harpersfield, Delaware, NY 1850 Southern in NC, 1850: Southern, Martin W. Unknown Townships, Forsyth, NC 1850 Southern, George Unknown Townships, Forsyth, NC 1850 Southern, Reuben Unknown Townships, Forsyth, NC 1850 Southern, Stephen Unknown Townships, Forsyth, NC 1850 Southern, Alexander Beaver Island Dist, Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Reuben Buck Island Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Biddy J. Peters Creek Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Laudon Shore'S Reed Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, James C. Shore'S Reed Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Joshua Shore'S Reed Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, William C. Shore'S Reed Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Reuben Shore'S Reed Dist., Stokes, NC 1850 Southern, Joshua Unknown Townships, Wilkes, NC 1850 Southern in IL, 1850: Southern, Jacob St Charles, Kane, IL 1850 Southern, William Unknown Townships, Logan, IL 1850 Southern, William Wakefield District, Shelby, IL 1850 Southern, Robert Lockport, Will, IL 1850 _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/