Arthur CLINGINGSMITH

                   U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861 - 1865
Arthur Clingingsmith, Union, Illinois, 50 Illinois Infantry, 50th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Co. K, Private

Widow Esther Clingingsmith Filed for Civil War Pension
Hard to read dates.  Invalid 1887, Widow 1920?
Application #599685, Certificate #525383
Application #1170039, Certificate #906308
Filed in Missouri

1870 United States Federal Census	Trenton, Grundy, Missouri
Philip Clingingsmith 	53, MO
Mary A Clingingsmith 	50, VA
Arthur Clingingsmith 	24, IL
Mahala J Clingingsmith 	19, IL
Daniel Clingingsmith 	15, IL
Annie Clingingsmith 	13, IL
Leander Clingingsmith 	11, IL
Alexander Clingingsmith 	8, IL
Alonzo Wright 	28. NY
Catharine Wright 	21, IL
William A Wright 	1 , IL

1880 Census, Jackson, Grundy, Missouri
72/76.  Clingingsmith, A., 33, IL-MO-IL
-- Ester, 22, wife, IL-MO-IL
-- G.W., 6, son, MO-IL-?
-- Ester A., 3, daughter, MO-IL-PA
Wm A., 1, son, MO-IL-PA


1900 Jackson, Grundy, Missouri census
118/120.  Clingingsmith, William, Feb 1879, 21, m. 2 years, MO-IL-PA
-- Ora, wife, Sep 1880, 19, m 2 years, 1 child, 0 living, MO-IL-IL
128/130.  Clingingsmith, Arthur, head, Mar 1846, 54, m. 27 years, IL-MO-IL
-- Esther, wife, Jan 1857, 53, m. 27 years, 9 children, 8 living, PA-PA-PA
-- George W., son, Feb 1875, 25, single, MO-IL-PA
-- Simon S., son, Jan 1881, 19, S, MO-IL-PA
-- Rosalla, daughter, Dec 1882, 17, S, MO-IL-PA
-- Benjamin F., son, May 1885, 15, S, MO-IL-PA
-- Earl E., son, Nov 1889, 10, S, MO-IL-PA
-- Jesse A., son, July 1892, 7, S, MO-IL-PA
[I am assuming that William is a son, because the date matches, and he is just a few houses from Arthur's family.  There is still one living child of Arthur missing.]

1910, Jackson, Grundy, Missouri
60/60.  Clingingsmith, Arthur, 64, m 37, IL-IL-IL
-- Esther, wife, 53, m 37, 9 children, 8 living, PA-PA-PA
-- Earl E., son, 19, S, MO-IL-PA
-- Jessie A., son 17, s, MO-IL-PA
Klingingsmith(crossed out), Mary A., sister-in-law, 62, single, PA-PA-PA

1930 Wilson, Grundy, Missouri Census
156/164.  Clingingsmith, Esther, own home, radio, 73, widowed, m. at 16, PA-PA-PA

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