Charles Angell, my 3rd great uncle on RootsMagic tree

Charles Angell was born in Utica, New York to Dexter Angell and Clementine Benight. He grew up in Prairieton, Indiana and by 1845 he was in Illinois where he married Eleanor Black on April 2. They had eight children and were farmers in Illinois then in Butler County, Iowa near Clarksville.

The 1870 US agricultural census shows Charles owned a 120 acre farm, valued at $4800. He had 4 horses, 5 milk cows, 5 other cows, 41 sheep and 17 swine. The farm produced 240 bushels of wheat, 350 of Indian corn and 180 of oats. 146 pounds of wool, 30 pounds of potatoes, 150 pounds of butter, 40 bales of hay and 40 gallons of molasses were also recorded.

Sources

• U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1870; Butler, Iowa; -at Ancestry
• New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 Wills, 1792-1922at Ancestry