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Abbreviation: "cYYYY" = "circa (about) that year calculated from age.

1830 Census Bedford County, Tennessee – John Hooser

21001-20001	Males		Females
John Hoozer	Count	Age Range	Count	Age Range
	2	Under 5 years (1825-1830)	2	Under 5 years (1825-1830)
	1	5 - 10 years (1820-1825)		05 - 10 years
		10 - 15 years		10 - 15 years
		15 - 20 years		15 - 20 years
		20 - 30 years	1	20 - 30 years (1800-1810)
	1	30 - 40 years (1790-1800)		30 - 40 years
		40 - 50 years		40 - 50 years
		50 - 60 years		50 - 60 years

1836 Tax List, Civil District #7, Wayne County, TN – John Hooser

No. of Acres 0, Town Lots 0, Slaves 0, White Poll 1

1838 Tax List, Civil District #7, Wayne County, TN – John Hooser

No. of Acres 0, Town Lots 0, Slaves 0, White Poll 1

1840 Census Wayne County, Tennessee – John Hooser

3310001-0020001	Males		Females
Jn. Hoosier	Count	Age Range	Count	Age Range
	3	Under 5 years (1835-1840)		0 Under 5 years
	3	05 - 10 years (1830-1835)		05 - 10 years
	1	10 - 15 years (1825-1830)	2	10 - 15 years (1825-1830)
		15 - 20 years		15 - 20 years
		20 - 30 years		20 - 30 years
		30 - 40 years		30 - 40 years
	1	40 - 50 years (1790-1800)	1	40 - 50 years* (b. 1790-1800)
		50 - 60 years		50 - 60 years

*Wife’s age changed from 1830 to 1840 Census.

1850 Census Red River County, Texas – John Hooser

Family #197	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Family #197	John Hooser	Martha Anne Hooser	Thomas Hooser	July Anne Hooser	Daniel Hooser	Mordica Hooser	Alexander Hooser
Age	50 (c1800)	18 (c1832)	17 (c1833)	16 (c1834)	14 (c1836)	12 (c1838)	10 (c1840)
Sex	M	F	M	F	M	M	M
Profession, Occupation, or Trade	Farmer
Value of Real Estate Owned	$200
Birth Place	NC						TX
Married Within the Year
Attended School Within the Year			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Notes:

1)      John Hooser (<Unknown Hooser)
2)      Martha Anne Hooser, daughter by 1st wife
3)      Thomas Hardin Hooser, son by 1st wife
4)      Julia Anne Hooser, daughter by 1st wife
5)      Daniel Marion Hooser, son by 1st wife
6)      Mordecai Clinton Hooser, son by 1st wife
7)      Alexander Hooser, son by 1st wife

1860 Census Ellis County, Texas – Newton W. Hooser, Sr.

Family # 86	1	2	3	4
Family # 86	N. W. Hooser	M. D. Hooser	J. M. Hooser	T. M. Hooser
Age	34 (c1826)	10 (c1850)	8 (c1852)	6 (c1854)
Sex	M	F	M	M
Occupation	Merchant
Value of Real Estate	$450
Value of Personal Property	$4050
Birth Place	TN	TX	TX	TX

Notes:

1)      Newton “Newt” W. Hooser, Sr. (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      M. D. Hooser (unknown)
3)      J. M. Hooser (unknown)
4)      T. M. Hooser (unknown)

1860 Census Hopkins County, Texas – Williamson B. Hooser

Family #480	1	2	3	4
Family #480	W. B. Hooser	Mary Hooser	Mary Mason	James Mason
Age	32 (c1828)	32 (c1828)	13 (c1847)	8 (c1852)
Sex	M	F	F	M
Occupation	Stock Raiser
Value of Real Estate	$220
Value of Personal Property	$2500
Birth Place	TN	TX	GA	GA
?			1	1
?		1

Notes:

1)      Williamson B. Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Mary Clapp, wife (<David Clapp & Elizabeth Lawrence)
3)      Mary Mason, probably ward of Williamson B. Hooser
4)      James Mason, probably ward of Williamson B. Hooser (see also 1870 Census). He
         married Lucinda Jane Clapp (<John Clapp, Sr., & Martha Anne Hooser<John Hooser).

1870 Census Hopkins County, Texas – Williamson B. Hooser

Family #480	1	2	3	4	5	6
Family #480	W. B. Hooser	Mary Hooser	Lucy Clapp	James Mason	John Mason	Margaret Hooser
Age Last Birthday	46 (c1824)	46 (c1824)	44 (c1826)	18 (c1852)	21 (c1849)	18 (c1852)
Sex	M	F	F	M	M	F
Color [Race]	W	W	W	W	W	W
Profession, Occupation, or Trade	Farmer	Keeping House		Farm Laborer	Farm Laborer	School Teacher
Value of Real Estate	$1000
Value of Personal Property	$2500
Birth Place	TN	TX	MO	TX	GA	TX

Notes:

1)    Williamson B. Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)    Mary Clapp, wife (<David Clapp & Elizabeth Lawrence)
3)    Lucy Clapp, perhaps Mary’s sister Lucinda, born in 1821.
4)    James Mason, probably ward of Williamson B. Hooser (see also 1860 Census). He married Lucinda Jane
       Clapp(<John Clapp, Sr., & Martha Anne Hooser<John Hooser).
5)    John Mason, perhaps son of Williamson’s sister Martha Anne, who married John Mason. Since Williamson
       and Mary had no children, perhaps John was hired to help with the farm.
6)    Margaret Hooser - unknown relationship but not a child of Williamson and Mary. On the 1900 Census for
       Hopkins County, Mary Clapp is listed as having no children.

1870 Census Red River County, Texas – Thomas Hardin Hooser

Family # 217	1	2	3	4	5
Family # 217	Thomas Hooser	Ann Hooser	John Hooser	James Hooser	Jimmie Hooser
Age	34 (c1836)	32 (c1838)	11 (c1859)	2 (c1868)	4/12 (c1870)
Sex	M	F	M	M	M
Race	W	W	W	W	W
Occupation	Farmer	Keeping House
Value of Real Estate	$300
Birth Place	TN	TN	TX	TX	TX

Notes:

1)      Thomas Hardin Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Dolly Ann Bryant, wife (<Henry Bryant & Eliza J. Unknown)
3)      John Henry Hooser, son (current records indicate he was born 01-07-1866)
4)      James Hooser (current records indicate that son, James C. Hooser, was born 03-11-1872 - cannot reconcile    with census record)
5)      Jimmie Hooser (unknown - cannot reconcile with current records)

1880 Census Ellis County, Texas – William Cain Hooser

Family #91	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Family #91	William H. Hooser	Paralee Hooser	Abenego Hooser	Samuel Hooser	Jodie Hooser	John Hooser	Margaret Hooser	Geo Hooser
Color	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	M	M	F	M	F	M
Age	53 (c1827)	44 (c1836)	24 (c1856)	22 (c1858)	7 (c1873)	5 (c1875)	3 (c1877)	6/12 (c1880)
Relationship	Self	Wife	Son	Son	Daughter	Son	Daughter	Son
Marital Status	M	M	S	S	S	S	S	S
Profession	Farmer	Keeping House
Person’ Birth Place	TN	MS	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX
Father’s Birth Place	NC	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN
Mother’s Birthplace	NC	TN	TN	TN	MS	MS	MS	MS

Notes:

1)      William “Bill” Cain Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Paralee Clounts, 2nd wife
3)      William Bedney Hooser, Sr., son by 1st wife, Joanah Hale (“Bedney” is a name derived
         from biblical name “Abednego” but "Bedney" is not a nickname.)
4)      Samuel Smith Hooser, son by 1st wife, Joanah Hale
5)      Jodie Hooser, daughter by 2nd wife
6)      John Henry Hooser, son by 2nd wife
7)      Margaret Hooser, daughter by 2nd wife
8)      George Hooser, son by 2nd wife

1880 Census Hopkins County, Texas – Thomas Hardin Hooser and James Hooser

Family #158	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Family #158	Thomas H. Hoosier	Dolly A. Hoosier	John H. Hoosier	Louisa V. Hoosier	James C. Hoosier	Josephus Hoosier	Charles G. Hoosier	James Hoosier
Color or Race	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	M	F	M	M	M	M
Age Last BD	40 (c1840)	29 (c1851)	14 (c1866)	12 (c1868)	10 (c1870)	8 (c1872)	3 (c1877)	21 (c1859)
Relationship to Head/Household		Wife	Son	Daughter	Son	Son	Son	Brother
Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced	Married	Married	Single	Single	Single	Single	Single
Occupation	Farmer	Keeping House	At School	At School	At School	At School	At School	Farming
Person’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX
Father’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN
Mother’s Birth Place	VA	VA	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TX

Notes:

1)      Thomas Hardin Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)       Dolly Anne Bryant, wife (<Henry Bryant & Eliza J. Unknown)
3)       John Henry Hooser
4)       Virginia Louisa Hooser
5)       James C. Hooser
6)       Josephus “Joe Cephus” Hooser
7)       Charley Gilbert Hooser
8)       James Hooser, brother of Thomas

1880 Census Hopkins County, Texas – James W. Mason

Family # 79	1	2	3	4	5	6
Family # 79	James W. Mason	Lucinda J. Mason	Elija W. Mason	Burty M. Mason	Ida O. Mason	Marcs Perry
Age	28 (c1852)	26 (c1854)	7 (c1873)	5 (c1875)	5/12 (c1880)	15 (c1865)
Race	W	W	W	W	W	MU
Sex	M	F	M	F	F	M
Relationship	Self	Wife	Son	Daughter	Daughter	Other
Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced	Married	Married	Single	Single	Single	Single
Occupation	Farmer	Keeping House				Laborer
Person’s Birth Place	VA	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX
Father’s Birth Place	VA	TX	TN	TN	TN
Mother’s Birth Place	VA	TN	TN	TX	TX	TN

Notes:

1)       James W. Mason
2)       Lucinda Jane Clapp (<John Clapp, Sr., & Martha Anne Hooser<John Hooser & 1st wife)
3)       Elijah W. Mason
4)       Burty M. Mason
5)       Ida O. Mason
6)       Marcs Perry - probably hired farm worker (MU = mulatto)

1880 Census Hopkins County, Texas – Mary Clapp Hooser

Family # 79	1	2
Family # 79	Mary Hoosier	Lavina M. Clanahan
Age	56 (c1824)	19 (c1861)
Race	W	W
Sex	F	F
Relationship	Self	Other (Orphan)
Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced	W	S
Occupation	Keeping House
Person’s Birth Place	TX	LA
Father’s Birth Place	TN	LA
Mother’s Birth Place	KY	LA
Health	Chills, fever

Notes:

1) Mary Clapp Hooser, widow of Williamson B. Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2) Lavina M. Clanahan, perhaps a hired companion, housekeeper, or nurse

1880 Census Red River County, Texas – Riley Hooser

Family # 23	1	2	3
Family # 23	Riley Hooser	Elizabeth Hooser	Zora Hooser
Race	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	F
Age	22 (c1858)	19 (c1861)	8/12 (c1880)
Relationship		Wife	Daughter
Marital Status	Married	Married	Single
Profession	Farmer	Keeping House
Person’s Birth Place	TX	GA	TX
Father’s Birth Place	TN	GA	TX
Mother’s Birth Place	IL	GA	GA

Notes:

1)      William Riley Hooser (<Daniel Marion Hooser<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Elizabeth Mayes
3)      Zora Hooser

1880 Census Red River County, Texas – Mordecai Clinton Hooser

Family #6	1	2	3	4	5
Family #6	M. C. Hooser	Mary E. Hooser	Lucy H. Hooser	Chas. N. Hooser	Alice L. Hooser
Race	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	F	M	F
Age	41 (c1839)	33 (c1847)	10 (c1870)	5 (c1875)	2 (c1878)
Relationship	Father	Wife	Daughter	Son	Daughter
[Marital Status]	Married	Married	Single	Single	Single
Occupation	Dry Goods Merchant	House Keeper	At School	At School
Person’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TX	TX	TX
Father’s Birth Place	NC	TN	TN	TN	TN
Mother’s Birth Place	NC	TN	TX	TX	TX

Notes:

1)      Mordecai Clinton Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Mary Elizabeth Story (orphan - lived with the W. Lamb family before marriage)
3)      Lucy Helen Hooser
4)      Charlie N. Hooser
5)      Alice Laura Hooser

1880 Census Red River County, Texas – Daniel Marion Hooser

Family # 112	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Family # 112	Dan’l M. Hooser	Eliza J. Hooser	Ida Hooser	W. H. Hooser	Walter C. Hooser	Jesse A. Hooser	Newton Hooser	Geo. G. Hooser	Arch Hogue
Race	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	F	M	M	M	M	M	M
Age	48 (c1832)	41 (c1839)	14 (c1866)	12 (c1868)	9 (c1871)	6 (c1874)	2 (c1878)	4/12 (c1880)	24 (c1856)
Relationship		Wife	Daughter	Son	Son	Son	Son	Son
[Marital Status]	Married	Married	Single	Single	Single	Single	Single	Single	Single
Profession	Farmer	Keeping House		Laborer					Laborer
Person’s Birth Place	IL	TN	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX	TX	AR
Father’s Birth Place	NC	IL	IL	IL	IL	IL	IL	IL	MO
Mother’s Birth Place	NC	IN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN	TN

Notes:

1)      Daniel “Dan” Marion Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Eliza Jane Lackey (<Adam A. Lackey & Sarah Allison)
3)      Ida L. B. Hooser
4)      Williamson Hasser Hooser
5)      Walter C. Hooser
6)      Jesse Crofford Hooser
7)      Arlar Newton Hooser, Sr.
8)      George Walker Hooser
9)      Arch Hogue (or Hoague), probably a hired farm worker

1900 Census Ellis County, Texas – Edwin Newton Hooser

	1	2	3	4	5
	Edwin Hooser	Octavia Hooser	Newton Hooser	Mattie Hooser	Pearl Hooser
Relation	Head	Wife	Son	Daughter	Daughter
Race	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	M	F	F
DOB - Month	February	May	November	October	December
DOB - Year	1862	1863	1886	1890	1899
Marital Status	Married	Married	Single	Single	Single

Notes:

1)    Edwin Newton "E. N." Hooser (<Newton W. Hooser, Jr. & Mary Jane Wilkerson<Newton W. Hooser, Sr., & Unknown<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)    Octavia Unknown
3)    Newton W. Hooser
4)    Martha "Mattie" Elizabeth Hooser
5)    Pearl Hooser
6)    The 1910 Census for Ellis County lists Octavia Hooser, age 45, as divorced with son Newton and daughter Mattie.

1900 Census Ellis County, Texas – John Henry Hooser

	1	2	3
	John Hooser	Dora Hooser	Esker Hooser
Relation	Head	Wife	Son
Race	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	M
DOB - Month	December	February	November
DOB - Year	1874	1877	1897
Marital Status	Married	Married	Single

Notes:

1)    John Henry Hooser (<William Cain Hooser & Paralee Clounts<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)    Dora Elizabeth Shaw
3)    Esker H. Hooser

1900 Census Red River County, Texas – Mordecai Clinton Hooser

Family # 246	1	2	3	4	5
Family # 246	Mordicai Hooser	Mary E. Hooser	Lucy H. Waller	Charlie N. Hooser	Alice L. Hooser
Relation	Head	Wife	Daughter	Son	Daughter
Race	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	F	M	F
DOB - Month	December	September	April	March	February
DOB - Year	1835	1845	1873	1875	1878
Age Last BD	64	54	27	25	22
Marital Status	Married	Married	Widowed	Married	Single
No/Years Married	36	36		0
Mother of How Many Children		7	1
Number of These Children Living		6	1
Person’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TX	TX	TX
Father’s Birth Place	NC	TN	TN	TN	TN
Mother’s Birth Place	NC	TN	TN	TN	TN
Profession	Merchant, Grocer		Farm Laborer	Day Laborer
Months Not Employed	0		0	0
Attended School (in months)
Can Read	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can Speak English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Owned or Rented	Owned
Owned Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	House

Continued...

Family #246 con’t	6	7	8	9	10
Family #246 con’t	Ross A. Hooser	Willie B. Hooser	Evie M. Hooser	Mattie B. Hooser	Leroy C. Waller
Relation	Son	Daughter	Daughter	Daughter-in-Law	Grandson
Race	W	W	W	W	W
Sex	M	F	F	F	M
DOB - Month	June	November	January	November	January
DOB - Year	1880	1883	1887	1881	1892
Age Last BD	18	16	13	18	8
Marital Status	Single	Single	Single	Married	Single
No/Years Married				0
Mother of How Many Children				1
Number of These Children Living				1
Person’s Birth Place	TX	TX	TX	TN	TX
Father’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TN	TN	TX
Mother’s Birth Place	TN	TN	TN	TN	TX
Profession	Farmer
Months Not Employed	0
Attended School (in months)		6	6		2
Can Read	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can Write	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can Speak English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Owned or Rented	Rented
Owned Free or Mortgaged
Farm or House	Farm
Number of Farm Schedule	232

Notes:

1)      Mordecai “Mordi” Clinton Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2)      Mary Elizabeth Story (orphan - lived with the W. Lamb family before marriage)
3)      Lucy Helen Hooser, widow of John Staple Waller (later married John Holland Lamar Jackson)
4)      Charlie N. Hooser (Charlie was the Enumerator for this census record.)
5)      Alice Laura Hooser
6)      Ross Alexander Hooser
7)      Willie Blanche Hooser
8)      Evie M. Hooser
9)      Mattie Beatrice Austin, wife of Charlie N. Hooser
10)    Charles Leroy Waller (<John Staple Waller & Lucy Helen Hooser)

1910 Census Pontotoc County, Francis Township, Oklahoma – Thomas Hardin Hooser

Family No. #157	1	2
Family No. #157	Thomas H. Hooser	Dolly A. Hooser
Sex	M	F
Color or Race	W	W
Age Last BD	75 (c1835)	66 (c1844)
Relationship to Head/Household	Self	Wife
Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced	M	M
Number Years Present Marriage	45 (c1865)	45 (c1865)
Mother of How Many Children - Born		10
Mother of How Many Children - Living		8
Person’s Birth Place	TN	TN
Father’s Birth Place	NC	TN
Mother’s Birth Place	NC	VA
Language Spoken	English	English
Trade	None	None

Notes:

1) Thomas Hardin Hooser (<John Hooser & 1st wife)
2) Dolly Anne Bryant (<Henry Bryant & Eliza J. Unknown)