Census Sunday: The Patrick family & Assorted Family

Amanda (Brown) Patrick was the daughter of my 4^th great grandfather, Moses Brown, with his second wife, Nancy Perkins. Amanda married Samuel A. Patrick. Various books show them as being the parents of two daughters. However, it looks like they also had a son, James Patrick, shown in the 1850 census. There is also an assortment of other family members living with them.

1850 US Census, MI, Cass, Jefferson; ancestry.com; Samuel Patrick Family.

Samuel Patrick, 40, b OH, farmer $1,200

Amanda Patrick, 37 b MS

James Patrick, 14 b OH; son?

Eliza Patrick, 9 b OH; daughter

Emily A. Patrick, 4 b MI; daughter Elma

Nancy Brown, 43 b SC; Amanda’s widowed mother with an incorrect age

Samantha Brown, 21 b OH; Amanda’s sister

1860 US Census, MI, Cass, Jefferson; ancestry.com; Samuel Patrick family.

Samuel Patrick, 51 b OH; farmer

Amanda Patrick, 47 b MS

Elma Patrick, 14 b MI; daughter

James M. Reed, 14 b OH; unknown child

Nancy Brown, 73 b SC; Amanda’s mother with her correct age

Resana Brown, 4 b OH; unknown child

1870 US Census, MI, Cass, Jefferson; ancestry.com; Samuel Patrick family.

Samuel Patrick, 60 b OH, $6,000, farmer

Amanda Patrick, 57 b MS, keeping house

Ella Patrick, 24 b MI; daughter, Elma

Elizabeth Patrick, 16 b MI; Amanda's niece, orphaned daughter of Nancy (Brown) & Johnston Patrick

1880 US Census, MI, Cass, Cassopolis; ancestry.com; Amanda Patrick family.

Amanda Patrick, 67 b MS, widow, keeping house

Elma Patrick, 32 b MI, daughter, at home

Rolfe Patrick, 9 b MI, grandson

and assorted borders

 I imagine Amanda & Samuel's big farm house as a place of welcome for all family members.