I locate my ancestor, F.T. Phillips on the 1860 Census for Boon Hill, page 859, showing him to be a Merchant. Is there anyway to find out what kind of merchant? It also shows his value of personal estate to be 4,637 and I would like to know what that is equivalent to in todays dollars. Thank you.

> From: "Kathleen L. Davis" <daviscraig@home.com> > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:27:24 -0500 > Subject: [NCJOHNST] value of personal estate > > I locate my ancestor, F.T. Phillips on the 1860 Census for Boon Hill, > page 859, showing him to be a Merchant. Is there anyway to find out > what kind of merchant? It also shows his value of personal estate to be > 4,637 and I would like to know what that is equivalent to in todays > dollars. Thank you. "What cost $4637 in 1860 would cost $85774.90 in 2000. Equivalently, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2000 and 1860, they would cost you $4637 and $250.68 respectively." http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ Stewart