Elijah CLINGINGSMITH

                   Shawnee, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1860 Census

2488/2501.  Welty, Peter, 35
-- Jane, 25, Kentucky
-- Alex 3
-- Elizabeth 1/12
2489/2502.  Clingingsmith, Elijah, 35
-- Caroline, 27
-- Jas P., 3
-- Davis F., 5
-- Wm. ?, 4/12
Welty, Nancy, 50, Kentucky
-- Sarah, 73, North Carolina
Meyers, Fredric, 23, Germany
2490/2503.  Welty, John, 44
-- Elizabeth, 50, Kentucky
-- Jasper, 8
-- Sarah, 7
-- Laura, 5
Vastin(?), George, 22, Kentucky
[no one on page was identified as born in Missouri, so I think all the blanks were born in Missouri.]

Applecreek, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1870 Census
151/144.  Clingingsmith, Elijah, 40 (hard to read)
-- Caroline, 38
-- James, 13
-- David 16
-- William 10
-- Miles 7
-- John 6
-- Dora 11/12
152/145.  Welty, Miles, 61, Kentucky
-- Elisabeth 45
-- William 36
-- Markhart (?) 20, F
-- John 18
-- Barbara 13
-- Ellen 9
-- Henry 8
-- Charles 6
155/148.  Meyers, Fredrick 32, b. ??
-- Mary 23
-- Allie 6
Welty, Nancy 61, Kentucky
Everyone else b. Missouri

Shawnee, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1880 Census
Clingingsmith, Elye, 52, MO-PA-PA
-- Caroline, 48, wife, MO-PA-KY
-- Marion, 20, son, MO-MO-MO
-- John, 14, son, MO-MO-MO
-- Dora M., 10, daughter, MO-MO-MO
Welty, Alexander, 23, laborer, MO-MO-MO

Shawnee, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1920 census
Caroline, home owned free, 86, widowed, cannot read or write, MO-PA-KY
-- Miles, son, 55, single, cannot read or write, MO-MO-MO
-- John, son, 52, widowed, cannot read or write, MO-MO-MO
-- Nicolis, grand-son, 35, single
Brown, William great-grandson, 12, single, school