Carson Lafayette SHIFFLETT - SHIFLETT

  General Notes:

1839 BIRTH of Carson Lafayette Shiflett

Carson's surname is consistently spelled "Shiflett" in census records (one "f"). He was a son of Nelson Shiflett.

1840 CENSUS, Virginia, Greene County (Carson was one of two males under age 5 in the household of his father, Nelson) ("Shiflett" in census)

This census reveals a long list of males surnamed Shiflett in Greene County, Virginia

1850 CENSUS, Virginia, Greene County ("Carson," age 12, is with his father, Nelson, age 37, "Farmer," and mother Carey, age 34) ("Shiflett" in census)

1860 MARRIAGE of Carson Lafayette Shiflett and Mary Ann Morris on February 8 in Greene County, Virginia

1860 CENSUS, Virginia, Greene County, P. O. Swift Run ("Carson," age 22, "Farm Hand") (wife "Mary A.," age 18) ("Shiflett" in census)

1870 CENSUS, Virginia, Greene County, P. O. Stanardsville ("Carson," age 31, "Farm Laborer") (wife "Mary A., " age 25) ("Shiflett" in census)

MIGRATION from Greene County, Virginia to Iowa

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Cedar County, Sugar Creek Township ("C. L.," age 41, "Farmer") (wife "Mary," age 38) ("Shiflett" in census)

1885 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township (Carson L., age 49, "Farmer") (wife "Mary A.," age 45) (Carson L. is "Corson S." in some census indexes) (This is the only census in which Carson's surname is spelled with two f's -- Shifflett)

1893 DEATH of mother, Carrie Shiflett, on April 6 (buried in Sixteen Cemetery, Thornburg, Keokuk County, Iowa)

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township (Carson L., age 62, "Farmer") (wife "Mary A.," age 59) (Mary's age is incorrect at "39" in some census transcriptions) (Mary is documented as having 9 children living in the year 1900; she had, however, given birth to 11 children) (Carson and Mary had been married 40 years) (Carson is transcribed "Cariex l Shiflet" in this census)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Clarke County, Osceola ("C. L." and wife "Mary") (names only are in the 1905 census) (Shiflett in census)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Clarke County, Osceola ("Carson L.," age 71, "Own Income") (wife "Mary A.," age 68) (Mary is shown as the mother of 11 children, with 7 children living in the year 1910; she and Carson had been married 51 years)

1911 DEATH, Carson Lafayette Shiflett, at 72 years 2 months 4 days

1914 DEATH of wife, Mary Ann (Morris) Shiflett, at 71 years 9 months 4 days

Carson married Mary Ann MORRIS on February 8, 1860 in Greene County, Virginia. (Mary Ann MORRIS was born on July 15, 1842 in Greene County, Virginia, died on April 19, 1914 in What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa and was buried in Sixteen Cemetery, Thornburg, Keokuk County, Iowa.)