Gideon's, older brother, Oliver, 22, acting head of the family, can be seen for about the first time in Shell Rock, Bulter, Iowa in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census. One sister, Anna Aspey, 19, is also present with their house keeper. [Shell Rock is a city in Butler County, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River.]
The 1880 U.S. Federal Census finds Gideon P. Aspey, 24, working as a farm laborer and staying with a farming family in the same county where he was found in the 1870 census, Bulter County, Iowa. He is now 10 years older and on his own.
The Oregon Death Index gives the county of his death as Lane.
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The 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth Aspey [mother]
Age: 35
Birth Year: about 1815
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: East Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
John Aspey 35
Elizabeth Aspey 35
Joseph Aspey 13
Salathiel Aspey 10 [Later a Civil War Soldier.]
Elias Aspey 8
Ezra Aspey 6
Oliver Aspey 4
Rachel Aspey 1
Gideon Aspey -5 years [Not yet born.]
Gideon's, older brother, Oliver, 22, acting head of the family, can be seen for about the first time in Shell Rock, Bulter, Iowa in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census. One sister, Anna Aspey, 19, is also present with their house keeper. [Shell Rock is a city in Butler County, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River.]
The 1880 U.S. Federal Census finds Gideon P. Aspey, 24, working as a farm laborer and staying with a farming family in the same county where he was found in the 1870 census, Bulter County, Iowa. He is now 10 years older and on his own.
The Oregon Death Index gives the county of his death as Lane.
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The 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth Aspey [mother]
Age: 35
Birth Year: about 1815
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: East Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
John Aspey 35
Elizabeth Aspey 35
Joseph Aspey 13
Salathiel Aspey 10 [Later a Civil War Soldier.]
Elias Aspey 8
Ezra Aspey 6
Oliver Aspey 4
Rachel Aspey 1
Gideon Aspey -5 years [Not yet born.]
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