Speculatively, he was enroute, he died on the way there, he was there and dead but not yet buried, he was so near death as to be recorded as dead, or....???? The zero years in the state would seem to indicate that he was not with the family at all, but rather was on his way or for some reason missing--on a journey to join the family is my guess--and so overdue as to be presumed dead. Nobody in the family knew his age or birthplace. Penny Ellis Athey Ozark, MO Major research lines: ARNETT, ATHEY/ATHY/ATHA, BETTIS, BLAND/BLAN/BLANN/BLAIN/BLAINE, BOON/BOONE, BURGESS, CARR, CARTER, COLE/COLES/COAL/COALE(s), CROCKETT, DARST/DURST, DORSEY, ELLIS, FLETCHER, FORD/FORDE/FOARD, FOSTER, HANKS, HOPKINS, ILES, JONES, KAUP, LAWRENCE, LINCOLN, MAIN/MAINE, MARCUM/MARKHAM, McDANNALD/McDANNOLD/McDANIEL/McDONALD, McELVAIN(E)/McILVAIN(E), McKISSICK/McKISSACK, OLDFIELD, OSBORNE/OSBORN/OSBOURNE, PRIBBLE, RAY/RHEA/WRAY, SANDUSKY/SADOWSKI/SODOWSKI, WHEELER, WILCOXEN/WILCOXSON/WILCOCKSON etc WILSON and OTHERS. > [Original Message] > From: Sue Thielmann <sthielmann@machlink.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 9/12/2004 3:29:33 PM > Subject: Re: [IOWA] 1856 Hardin County Question > > Just speculating . . . . > Since the family members are all listed as living in the state for 0 years, > perhaps he was returned to the place of former residence for burial. Could > Hiram have died at census time? Perhaps his name had been written in the > ledger but none of the info had been entered at the time of his death. > Rather than mark out an entered name, the enumerator chose this way of > dealing with an unusual circumstance. The date of death on the death > certificate and possible burial information from his former residence might > clear this up. > Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelly Shaw" <kelly647@yahoo.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:01 PM > Subject: [IOWA] 1856 Hardin County Question > > > > Hello list, > > re: Hiram Davis > > Would anyone know why a person would be listed in 1856 Hardin County, > > Providence twp, http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahardin/56census/56dcnss.html > > census without any information and his wife (Catherine) to be listed as a > > widow.? > > I also do not see a burial in Hardin County for him either. > > If anyone can figure this out, I know its the wonderful people on this > > list. > > > > Thanks so much, > > Kelly Shaw > > > > > > > > > > > > Kelly Shaw, Polk County Coordinator, IaGenWeb > > > > Researching: Appleby,Buyers/Byers,Davis,Fodrea,Parisho Surnames > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237