Joseph Marion Todd

Joseph Marion Todd b. 20 Mar 1833 Tattnall Co. Ga., d. 7 Jun 1901 Tattnall Co.
m. Cynthia Kennedy b. 8 Jun 1841, d. 13 Feb 1913.
(Dates from World Connect Family Trees)

Cynthia's 1910 entry indicates that she was the mother of 17 children, 16 of whom were still living. From their collective entries, these were their children:

1. Georgia Ann b. Feb 1860
   
2. Dora A. b. abt 1861
   
3. Frances L. b. abt 1862
   
4. Solomon D. b. Jan 1862
   
5. Lucinda (Lula) b. abt 1863
   
6. Claudius M. b. Jun 1866
   
7. Edward Lee b. Mar 1867
   
8. Margaret b. abt 1868
   
9. Brooks b. Feb 1870
   
10. Julian Melvin b. Jul 1872
    
11. Minnie b. abt 1874
    
12. Elliot b. Jan 1876
    
13. Cynthia V. b. abt 1877
    
14. Olus S. b. Aug 1878
    
15. Marvin Giles b. Aug 1880
    
16. Bessie b. Mar 1882
    
17. Charlie b. Dec 1883
    

Joseph was in his father's household in the 1850 Tattnall Co. Ga. census..

#	name	age	place of birth
100	Edward D. Todd	45	Tattnall
	Mary	50	S. Carolina
	Mary	23	Tattnall
	Jacob	21	ditto
	James	19	ditto
	Joseph	17	ditto
	Margaret	15	ditto
	Gemamy (Jemima)	13	ditto
	Charles	11	ditto
	Harrietta	9	ditto
	Cornelius	9	ditto
	Sarah	5	ditto
	Martha	2/12.	ditto

I wasn't able to locate him in the 1860 census records.

1870 Tattnall Co. Ga. census:

name	age
Todd, Joseph M.	37
Cynthia	29
Georgia	13
Dora A.	10
Frances L.	9
Solomon D.	8
Lucinda	6
Claudius	5
Edward	3
Margaret	2
Brooks	4 mo.
Williams, Jesse	12?

Jesse Williams was doing farm labor for the Todds. I couldn't make out whether his age was 10, 12, or 60.

1880 Tattnall Co. Ga. census:

name	age
Todd, Marian	47
Cynthia	38
Dora A.	19
Frances L.	18
Solomon D.	17
Lula (Lucinda)	15
Clausius M.	14
Edward Lee	13
Margaret	12
Melvin	8
Minnie	6
Elliot	5
Cynthia V.	4
Olus S.(f)	2
Marvin J.	1 mo.

Where their other children were:
Georgia is now married to James Butler Wilkes and living in his household.

1900 Tattnall Co. Ga. census:

name	DOB	relationship
Todd, Joseph M.	Mar 1834	head
Cynthia	Jun 1856- sic	wife
Otis	Aug 1878	son
Marvin G.	May 1880	son
Bessie	Mar 1882	daughter
Charlie	Dec 1883	son
Mamie	Jun 1896	g. dau.

It appears Otis should be Olus and Mamie was her daughter. cf 1910 Toombs Co. census- Littleton F. Bowen, head; Ola, wife; and Mamie Todd, stepdaughter, age 14.

Where their other children were:

• Georgia- husband's household in Tattnall Co.
• Solomon D.- widowed with 4 children in Tattnall Co.
• Claudius- married to Samantha in Tattnall Co.
• Edward L.- married to Letyann in Tattnall Co.
• Julian Melvin- married to Alice in Tattnall Co. Their household is the one after William Brady's, Alice's brother.
• Elliot- in brother Melvin's household.
• Dora, Frances, Lucinda, Margaret, Minnie, Cynthia- unknown
• Brooks- extract from the Dublin Post, courtesy of Galileo Georgia's Historic Newspapers (pdf file- column 4):
  

  1 Aug 1878- Mr. Marion Todd, on the line of Montgomery and Tattnall counties, has 11 children with whooping cough, there were 12, but one little boy, Paine, (named after Rev. L.B. Paine, Supt. of the Orphan's Home) died last week.

  His full name, according to WC Family Trees was Louis Paine Brooks Todd.

1910 census:

Cynthia is now widowed and living in the household of her son, Elliot in Tattnall Co.

• In the household before theirs is Jiles (sic- Marvin) with his wife, Laura.
• Edward L. is two households down.
• Claudius and Solomon are also in Tattnall Co.
• Julian Melvin is in Wayne Co. Ga. Their household is the one after his wife's parents'.
• Charlie is now married to Daisy in Wayne Co. Ga.
• Georgia's family is now in Toombs Co. Ga.
• Olus/Ola is married to Littleton Bowen in Toombs Co. Ga.
• The other sisters are unaccounted for.

Thus, this ends the appearances of Joseph and Cynthia Todd in census records.