• General Notes

  1850 U.S. Census, Harrison County, District 45, p. 403 (Ancestry.com Images Online, image 232)
  Enumeration Date:  15 August 1850
  282/282  Richard Roberts, 32, farmer, value of real estate owned, $400,  b. Indiana
  Jane Roberts, 23, b. Indiana
  James H. Roberts, 4, b. Indiana
  William C. Roberts, 2, b. Indiana
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  1860 U.S. Census, Harrison County, Blue River Township, Indiana, pp. 20, 21 (Ancestry.com Images Online, images 256, 257)
  Enumeration Date:  14 & 15 June 1860
  Richard Roberts, 40, farmer;  value of real estate, $2000; value of personal estate $1000;  b. Indiana
  Mary J., 33, b. Indiana
  William C., 12, b. Indiana, attended school w/in year
  Sarah A., 8, b. Indiana, attended school w/in year
  Lydia E., 4, b. Indiana
  baby girl, 2 months, b. Indiana [error on census; this is Samuel Addison]
  Jane Gardner, 14, attended school w/in year
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  1870 U.S. Census, Harrison County, Blue River Township, Indiana, p. 119
  (Ancestry.com Images Online, image 13)
  Enumeration Date:  4 August 1870
  Richard Roberts, 51, farmer, value of real estate, $4000; value of personal estate, $2000; b. Indiana
  Mary J., 45, keeping house, b. Indiana
  William, 22, farm labor, b. Indiana
  Sarah A., 18, b. Indiana, attended school w/in year
  Lydia E., 15, b. Indiana, attended school w/in year
  Samuel, 10,  b. Indiana, attended school w/in year
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  1880 U.S. Census, Harrison County, Blue River Township, Indiana, p. 20
  (Ancestry.com Images Online, image 20)
  Enumeration Date:  16 June 1880 
  168/168  Richard Roberts, 63, farmer, b. Indiana; both parents born Pennsylvania
  Mary J., 53, wife, keeping house, b. Indiana; father b. Georgia; mother b. N. Carolina
  Sarah A., 27, daughter, school teaching, attended school w/in year, b. Indiana
  Lydia E., 24, daughter, school teaching, attended school w/in year, b. Indiana
  Samuel A., 20, son, farm labor, attended school w/in year, b. Indiana

Details of Richard's family with Mary Jane Hancock