Household Record 509

Res.1/Male/Husb}   LaPlant, Lewis		Family History} Olson
Res.2/Fem./Wife}   Ferson, Margaret (Maggie)		HH Type} Historic household
Address/Location:   Name(s)} Lewis & Margaret LaPlant Optional} Ottawa County Str./Apt.} Pipe Creek P.O. City/etc.} Logan Twp., Kansas		Household Dates:   Source}     Exa  1 Mar 1875   Move-In}   Cir 1872   Move-Out} Cir 1912
Source 1} 1178=1875 KS cen Source 2} 303 = 1880 USA cen Source 1} 1178=1885 KS cen Source 3} 396 = Geog history	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 26 Aug 2014 Date Created}  22 Sep 2011
Notes:  Lewis and Margaret LaPlant (1842-1914) came to Ottawa County, Kansas from Michigan in 1872.  They took up a homestead near Pipe Creek in the Logan Township.  Lewis had been born in Canada and was in the Civil War.  Margaret was born in Wisconsin, and was one-fourth Indian.  They brought with them four children, born in Michigan. In the 1875 Kansas State census, L. LaPlant, 39, farmer, and his wife M. LaPlant, 34, housewife, were living in the Pipe Creek P.O. district, Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas.  Their children were P. LaPlant, 12, laborer, W. LaPlant, 9, P. LaPlant, 8, M. LaPlant, 4, and E. LaPlant, 1, the last being born in Kansas.  The value of personal property was $200. In the 1880 U.S. census, Logan Twp., the family was enumerated as Lewis Laplant, 45, farmer, Maggie, 40, keeping house, and Phillip, 15, farm laborer; Willie, 14, Priscilla, 14, and Mollie, 9, attending school; and Lizzie, 7, Eva, 4, and George, 2. About 1884, after their last son was born, Lewis left the family and went west as a lumberjack.  Margaret was left to raise her family alone.  In the 1885 Kansas State census, Pipe Creek P.O., Margaret Laplant, 44, is enumerated with Phillip, 21, William, 19, Pricilla, 18, Mollia, 13, Lucy, 12, Eva, 7, George, 7, and Amos, 1.
Total # of Residents} 10   Other Residents:	Household   His Last HH} ___  His Next HH} ___ Links =>  Her Last HH} ___ Her Next HH} ___
3rd Res.} LaPlant, Phillip ___   4th Res.} LaPlant, William 510   5th Res.} LaPlant, Priscilla ___   6th Res.} LaPlant, Mary (Mollie) ___   7th Res.} LaPlant, Elizabeth (Lizzie) ___   8th Res.} LaPlant, Eva ___   9th Res.} LaPlant, George ___ 10th Res.} LaPlant, Amos ___
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