Valerie, I looked on Ancestry.com & found this: 1870 census for Pleasant twnship, Switzerland co.,IN page 2 Shafer - David 62 farm laborer KY Elizabeth 58 IN Mary C. 20 IN Aldie C. 18 IN Edward 16 IN Bessie 12 IN William 2 IN page 1 Ragan - William 35 farm laborer IN Rebecca 30 IN I tried many ways to find Francis Warden but couldn't find anybody even close living in the same town. There were a couple of close matches in Missouri though. Without having any more info on him, I can't help ya. Hope this helps though! Marci VHAuld@aol.com wrote: Does anyone have access to the 1870 Census for Switzerland Co. I am looking a family...DAVID and ELIZABETH SHAFER/SHAVER or SHAFFER should be the parents with teenage children probably and hopefully with a 1 or 2 year old named Bill or William in the household that is their grandchild. If anyone finds them I would love to have all the names in that household with ages and birthplaces. I am also looking for right around them, their daughter Rebecca Shaffer who by 1870 was married to BILL REAGAN...they should be in a household by themselves. Then also, not too far there should be someone named FRANCIS MARION WARDEN or WORDEN born about 1850 so he'd be about 20. He may still live with his parents at this point because at some point after 1870, he marries one of David and Elizabeth Shafer's daughters, Mary Caroline Shafer, who I hope you find in the David Shafer household. The little Bill age 2 in the Shafer household was brought to Missouri at age 14 by his aunt Rebecca and Uncle Bill Reagan. Bill Shafer's mother, Mary Shafer, who later married Francis Warden and came to Missouri and had more children, so all these families are intertwined. If anyone could help me with this I would be very grateful. I checked the usgenweb site and 1870 census is not listed on the Switzerland County webpage as having been transcribed yet. Thanks MUCH! Valerie in Kansas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INSWITZE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message the "Soukup crew" - Draw near to God & He will draw near to you. James 4:8a

Excuse my curiosity, but could 2-year old William really be the son of David and Elizabeth Shafer? She would have been 56 years old when he was born. Is it possible instead the he is a grandson born to an unmarried daughter? Phil Turner marci <4spongecrew@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Valerie, I looked on Ancestry.com & found this: 1870 census for Pleasant twnship, Switzerland co.,IN page 2 Shafer - David 62 farm laborer KY Elizabeth 58 IN Mary C. 20 IN Aldie C. 18 IN Edward 16 IN Bessie 12 IN William 2 IN page 1 Ragan - William 35 farm laborer IN Rebecca 30 IN I tried many ways to find Francis Warden but couldn't find anybody even close living in the same town. There were a couple of close matches in Missouri though. Without having any more info on him, I can't help ya. Hope this helps though! Marci The little Bill age 2 in the Shafer household was brought to Missouri at age 14 by his aunt Rebecca and Uncle Bill Reagan. Bill Shafer's mother, Mary Shafer, who later married Francis Warden and came to Missouri and had more children, so all these families are intertwined.