Census Images for Louis Cass Britton (1851-1932)

Born - 15 May 1851 in Golden, White Pine Twp, Barry County, Missouri
Parents - Riley Britton & Julia Ann Strong

Wife - Hannah Catherine Odell, daughter of Abraham Odell & Cynthia Ann Smith
Married - 1 Mar 1870 in Hartville, Wright County, Missouri

Children -
William Isaac "Ike"
Marie (died as a baby)
Sarah Alice
John (died as a baby)
Paralee
Stella
Cora Florence

Wife died - 15 Jun 1919 in Williams Twp, Stone County, Missouri (age 69) after being bedridden
Louis died - 6 Aug 1932 in Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma

1870 Census - Wright County, Missouri (PO: Hartville) Odle, Abraham - 57, farmer, $500/$700, b TN Odle, Cynthia - 49, b MO, illiterate Odle, Enoch - 20, in school, b MO Odle, Sarah - 15, in school, b MO Odle, Martha - 11, in school, b MO Britton, Louis - 20, in school, b MO Britton, Hannah - 22, b MO Next door - Riley/Julia Britton (no kids) Next - Louis's sister Fannie w/ siblings	1880 Census - White River Twp, Barry Co, Missouri Britton, Louis - 28, farmer, b MO, parents b TN Britton, Hannah - 32, can't write, b MO, parents b TN/IL Britton, William I - 9,  in school, b in MO Britton, Sarah A - 2, b in MO Next door - Perry Eldridge Britten family
1900 Census - Williams Twp, Stone County, Missouri Britton, Louis C - 49, farmer, b May 1851 MO, m 30 Britton, Hannah - 51, b 1849 MO, m 30, 5/7 kids living Britton, Paralee - unknown age, b MO Britton, Stella, unknown age, b MO, in school Britton, Cora - unknown age, b MO, in school Deaton, John - 19, b KY, servant / farm laborer Britton, Fannie (Louis' sister), unknown age, b MO, single 2 farms away - Bilyeu family (re: Stella's story later on)	1910 Census - Williams Twp, Stone County, Missouri Britton, Louis C - 58, m 39 yrs, farmer, b MO Britton, Hannah - 60, m 39, 5/7 kids alive, b MO, can't write Britton, Stella - 25, b MO Blue/Bilyue, Vernie - 4, Louis' grandson, b MO Britton, Fannie - 65, widowed, Louis' sister, b MO Next door - Cora (Louis' daughter) and family
1920 Census - Williams Twp, Stone County, Missouri Britton, Louis - 68, widowed, farmer, b MO Britton, Stella - 36, single, b MO Blyeu, Vernie - 14, Louis' grandson, b MO, in school 2 farms away - Paralee (Louis' daughter) and family (Paralee's husband wasn't living with her at the time) Next door - Fannie Burris (Louis' sister) - 75, widow, b MO	1930 Census - Ruth Twp, Stone County, Missouri Lynes, Sherman - 44, 22 at 1st marriage, farmer, b MO Lynes, Stella (Louis' daughter) - 45, 36 at 1st m, b MO (Stella's son, Vernie, died by gunshot ca. 1924) Lynes, Kenneth - 8, in school, b OK Britton, Louis - 78, widowed, 19 at 1st marriage, b MO (Fannie had died in 1924)

Background and Conclusions:

8 Oct 1840 (Parents' marriage) - Louis' parents were married in Steelville, Crawford Co, Missouri

16 Aug 1850 (Census) - Louis' parents lived in District 24 of Crawford County, Missouri

10 Feb 1851 (County) - Stone County was formed from land originally belonging partly to Crawford Co

15 May 1851 (Birth) - Louis was born at Golden, Barry County, Missouri

1860 (Census) - missing (he may have lived in Barry or Wright County, Missouri)

1 Mar 1870 (Marriage) - Louis/Hannah were married somewhere in Missouri (no record found)

18 Jun 1870 (Census) - Louis/Hannah were near Hartville in Wright Co, MO living with her parents                                                   - next to his parents and sister, Fannie

8 Feb 1873 - Louis' father died near Hartville, Wright County, Missouri

31 Aug 1874 - Probate of Louis' father, issues due to him dying without a will

1874-1876 - Louis' widowed mother married Mr. Eads

13 Nov 1876 - Louis' mother was still trying to get her late husband's land to go to her minor children

Louis lived in Stone County, Missouri for most of his adult life, with or near his sister, Fannie. Though he died before any census could reflect such, he moved to Oklahoma toward the latter part of his life. At that time, his brother, Perry, was living with Fannie there in Oklahoma. Louis lived with his daughter, Cora, and her family. In 1935, three years after Louis' death, Cora still lived in rural Mayes County, Oklahoma (the county in which Louis had died) and was at Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma by the following year.