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1 1850 US Census (Loran, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Slocum (age 35, b. NJ), wife Hannah [Lowell] (age 27, b. NY) and children Eugene (age 4, b. IL), Alvina (age 2, b. IL) and Clarissa (age 8 mos, b. IL), living in Loran, Illinois. Also in the household are Layfayette Buck (age 26, b. NY), who may be the brother of Hannah's sister, Elvira's, first husband, Major Buck, and Jesse Buck (age 12, b. NY), who may be a son from that marriage, or Lafayette's son. Samuel is listed as a "farmer." Living next door is Hannah's brother, Truman Pease Lowell, and his family. And living several houses away is John Shoemaker and his family, who are related to Truman Pease Lowell's wife, Eleanor [Shoemaker].

2 1860 US Census (Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Samuel Slocum (age 50, b. NJ), wife Hannah [Lowell] (age 37, b. NY) and children Eugene (age 14, b. IL), Alvina (age 12, b. IL), Pouey (age 10, b. IL), Winfield (age 8, b. IL), Leroy (age 6, b. IL) and Effie (age 2, b. IL), living in Fairview, Illinois. Samuel is listed as a "farmer." Living next door is Hannah's sister, Betsey [Lowell] Marble, and her family.

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