Chenoweths In The 1860 Indiana Census

Overview

When Broderbund made available a totally electronic CD of the 1860 Indiana Census compiled by the Indiana Historical Society, it provided a rare opportunity to assemble a display of over 100 Chenoweth families that had settled in the State. Actually with the help of our database we identified 686 family members from 5 different second generation branches in 35 counties. There were about 1,380,000 people in the 1860 Census. This means that about 5 of every 10,000 people in the state were part of the Chenoweth family. This study encompasses about 147 pages of 5980 individuals. There is a descendant's outline to place the names within the family tree, an alphabetical listing and of course the some 147 pages of actual Census data. You can move easily between the displays as each family member is linked.

This unique study will hopefully turn up new information. Seeing ancestors in a census is a interesting experience. You find them surrounded by neighbors and other family members and the wonder of what the relationship between these people begins. This was right before the Civil War. Indiana was in the middle of the huge Western expansion. The population had increase by a third over the last 10 years and was about 4 times as large as it was in 1830. People were pouring into the State and others were already moving on.

Alphabetic Listing

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