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1880 US Census (District 155, East River, Page County, Iowa). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Spencer Morgan (age 36, b. IL), wife Pluma (age 29, b. IL), and children Edna (age 8, b. IA), Maud (age 6, b. IA), and Roy (age 3, b. IA), living in East River, Iowa. Spencer is listed as a "farmer." He indicates that both his parents were born in Ohio. Pluma is listed as "keeping house," and indicates that her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother in New Hampshire.
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1900 US Census (District 85, East River, Page County, Iowa). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Spencer Morgan [spelled S.D] (age 56, b. IL), wife Pluma (age 49, b. IL), and children Maude (age 25, b. IA), Roy (age 23, b. IA), Roy's wife, Bertha (age 23, b. OH), Sisle (age 18, b. IA), Eva (age 15, b. IA) and Lorena (age 10, b. IA), living in East River, Iowa. Also in the household is Spencer's mother, Elizabeth [Shoemaker] Morgan (age 84, b. OH). Spencer is listed as a "farmer." Roy is also listed as a "farmer." Sisle is listed as a "school teacher." The record indicates that Roy and Bertha have no children at this time, Spencer and Pluma have had 8 children, 6 of which are living, and Elizabeth has had 7 children, 4 of which are living. Spencer indicates that both his parents were born in Ohio. Pluma indicates that her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother in New Hampshire. Elizabeth indicates that her parents were both born in New York [info probably provided by son or daughter-in-law, as this is incorrect]. Bertha indicates that both her parents were born in Ohio.
