This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FICKES Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/odB.2ACI/465 Message Board Post: 1870 PA Census; Perry County Oliver Twp., Newport PO 83/82: Benjamin FICKES; 35y; farmer; PA Melissa Fickes; 32y; wife; PA Mary M. Fickes; 11y; PA Rebecca Fickes; 10y; PA Retha Fickes; 6y; PA Maria Fickes; 2y; PA Valentine Fickes; 97y; PA; "An old man of Revolutionary times, did not participate but remembers the events well, he is hearty and well, with good prospects of seeing a century, his life has been ___ eventful one. He will soon be numbered with the good & great who have gone before."