Erastus Church

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1808	VT
Marriage			To Lucy (unknown)
Death
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 5           Generation 6            Generation 7

                                         +-- Samuel Church
                                         |   (????-????)
                    +-- Erastus Church --+
                    |   (~1808-????)     |
Carolyn R. Church --+                    +-- Elizabeth (unknown)
(1832-????)         |                        (????-????)
                    +-- Lucy (unknown)
                        (????-????)

Sources:

Children

(children with Lucy (unknown))

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Carolyn R. Church	F	1832	VT		direct line
Warren Church	M	~1833	VT
Langdon Church	M	~1835	IN
Uzziel Church	M	~1837	IN
Oscar Church	M	~1839	IN
Melville Church	M	~1841	IN
Arminta Church	F	~1843	IN
Chester Church	M	~1845	IN
George Church	M	~1847	IN
Lucy Ann Church	F	~1848	IN
Orange Church	F	~1851	IN
Rebecca Church	F	~1853	IN

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp., Hancock Co., Indiana, page 5 and 6. Census dated 9 Sept 1850. Lines 32-42 (page 5) and 1-2 (page 6): Erastus Church, 42, farmer, $1500 real property; Lucy, 42; Warren, 17, farmer, Caroline, 19; Langdon, 15; Uzziel, 13; Oscar, 11; Melville, 9; Arminta, 7; Chester, 5; George, 3; Lucy Ann, 2; Elizabeth Church, 76. All children attended school. Erastus, Lucy,Warren and Caroline b. Vermont, Elizabeth b. New Hampshire, all others b. Indiana.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Vigo Co., IN, page 11. Census dated 12 Jun 1860. Lines 14-15: Langdon Church, 25, and his wife Jane, 26. They are both carpenters. Langdon was born in Indiana, Jane in Vermont. Next door, lines 16-27, is Erastus Church, 52, living with his wife Lucy, 52; Uzziel Church, 23; Oscar Church, 20; Melville Church, 19; Arminta Church, 17; Chester Church, 15; George Church, 14; Ann Church, 12; Orange Church, 9; Rebecca Church, 7; and Elizabeth Church, 89. Erastus, Lucy, Uzzeil, Oscar, Mellvile, Arminta, and Chester all work on the farm. Erastus was born in Vermont, Elizabeth and Lucy in New Hampshire, all others in Indiana. Next door, lines 28-32: Warren Church, 24; July(?), 25; Laura Church, 5; Harriet Augustus, 16; and Henry Church, 3. Warren and July work on the farm, Harriet is a domestic. Warren was born in VT, July in NY, Harriet in KY, Laura and Henry in IN.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Vigo County, Sugar Creek, IN, Page 22 lines 1-10, lists Erastus Church, 62, living with Lucy Church, 57, Geo Church, 24, Lucy A. Church, 22, Orange Church, 20, Caroline Murphy, 38, Marion Murphy, 13, Willie Murphy, 10, Oscar Church, 30, and Martha Church, 22. Oscar and Martha are listed as being a separate family but living in the same dwelling; they were married the previous November. Geo, Lucy A., Orange, Marion, and Oscar were born in Indiana. Erastus, Lucy, and Caroline were born in Vermont. Willie was born in Illinois. No one had parents of foreign birth. Marion and Willie were in school. Everyone is either a farmer or a house keeper, except for Caroline who is a seamstress.