Shep's Place Family Tree

During the ten years since the previous census, Clark and Nancy had produced four children: Francis nine, Willard five, Ida three and John D. one. who were born in three different states, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Clark was a farm laborer who had personal assets worth $300.00. On his page of the census form, nobody had assets worth more than his. Their residence at this time was Roaring River, Barry Co., Missouri, with a postal address of Cassville.

Clark's brother Winfield, aged 18, was living with them. His occupation was "teamster," and he had personal assets worth $200.00.

Three years later Clark died leaving Nancy with five young children.

We don't what happened in the intervening years until the 1880 census when we find Nancy back in Corydon, Iowa, with her youngest child, Delmar, who is nine years old. She has remarried D. W. C. Gallup, a 49-year-old widower, who is a painter. Four of his children are at home: Thomas E. Gallup 16, a mail carrier ‎(born Iowa)‎ John W. 14 ‎(born Kentucky)‎; Robert C. ‎(born Iowa)‎; and Samuel J. Tilden four ‎(born Iowa)‎. Obviously his wife died within the past four years. Since he and Nancy had no children as yet, I suspect that they had married within the past year.

On two pages of the census report in 1900 we can immediately see how Corydon has grown into a substantial town or city just from the occupations listed: editor of "Democrat"; dealer in hedge plants; hack driver; type setter, physician; harness maker; speculator; printer; druggist; music teacher; railroad engineer; milliner; hotel keeper; carpenter and joiner; butcher; teamster; huckster; baker and barber. There was even a restaurant. I wonder what it served.