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• September 19, 2018: Following William G Fortenberry in the Census - Leaves & Branches
  
  
  
  William G. Fortenberry

  
  
  
  20 May 1833 MS – 23 Nov 1920 MS

  Son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry

  My 1^stcousin, 4x removed

  
  
  It is very helpful to find someone in several consecutive census reports. The decades roll by. Children can be identified. We see those children increase in number and then decrease as they move out on their own. In 1920 William, age 86, has moved in with his son. 
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  The U S Census

  
  
  1870 US Census, MS, Pike; digital image,Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed July 2018) William Fortenberry.

  
  
  William                       37 b MS          farmer

  Rebecca                       23 b MS

  William D. son            7 b MS

  Burrell W. son             5 b MS

  Murry L. son               2 b MS

  
  
  
  
  
  
  1880 US Census, MS, Pike; digital image,Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed July 2018) William Fortenberry.

  
  
  William                       46 b MS          laborer

  Rebecca J.                    33 b MS

  William A. son            17 b MS

  Burrell W. son            15 b MS

  Marrel L. son               12 b MS

  Ginest daughter           9 b MS

  Nancy O. daughter      7 b MS

  Calvin C. son               4 b MS

  Sarah O. daughter       1/12 b MS

  
  
  1900 US Census, MS, Pike, Tylertown; digital image,Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed July 2018) William Fortenberry.

  
  
  William                       b May 1833 MS          farmer; m 1862

  Jane                             b Apr 1845 MS            mother of 11/10 living

  Chris son                     b Jan 1878 MS

  Opelia daughter           b Nov 1880 MS

  Narsissa daughter         b Feb 1883 MS

  Charley son                  b May 1885 MS

  Mary daughter             b June 1888 MS

  
  
  
  
  1910 US Census, MS, Pike, Beat 2; digital image,Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed July 2018) William Fortenberry.

  
  
  William                       77 b MS          famer on general farm

  Jane                             64 b MS          mother of 10/10 living

  Esco     son                   24 b MS          farmer laborer

  
  
  
  
  
  
  1920 US Census, MS, Walthall, Beat 3; digital image,Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed July 2018) Charley E. Fortenberry.

  
  
  Charley E                     36 b MS

  Lula                             32 b MS

  Madeedaughter          5 b MS

  Joe Glen son                1 b MS

  William father             86 b MS

  Janie mother                73 b MS

  
  

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