Seeking information on James, William & Joseph Crowder

In the 1850 census for Jackson Twp,  Fountain Co, Indiana there are several households of Crowders, including Wiley Crowder age 50 and his family; Andrew Crowder age 38, and Isaac Crowder age 74 & his wife Elizabeth age 68

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6DC9-BNH?i=1&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHJ8-16H

Wiley Crowder married Mary Leet in Fountain Co, IN in 1849.  One assumes that this is his second marriage.

William Isaac Crowder (1824-1907) died in Earlham, Madison Co, Iowa

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48992747/_

His son Joseph Daniel Crowder (1846-1936) died in Oklahoma, but was buried in Kansas.  He served in Co D, 150 Illinois Infantry during the Civil War.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29755699/joseph-daniel-crowder

Dear Mr. Crowder,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1810 Census, Population Schedules for the 1820 Census, Population Schedules for the 1830 Census, Population Schedules for the 1840 Census, Population Schedules for the 1850 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1860 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1870 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1880 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain information about James, William, and Joseph Crowder.   Some of these schedules have been digitized in part.  For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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For information about the U.S. Census, see the Census Bureau technical documentation and questionnaires.

Even though the census before 1850 only listed the head of the household by name, and the rest of the family members by sex & age, you can often use that information along with comparing the names of neighbors between each census schedule to infer the correct household for prior years.

You may wish to search Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org for the U.S. Census. There may be a fee for using Ancestry. Instead, check for access at your local library as many library systems subscribe to these sites, making them free for their patrons.

We suggest that you search the Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933 FamilySearch index and/or request a record search from the County Clerk for the Indiana county in which the Crowders resided.  We also suggest that you search the FamilySearch indexes for North Carolina Births, 1800-2000 and North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 and/or request a record search from the North Carolina State Archives. Also, please review the FamilySearch Research wikis for North Carolina Genealogy and Indiana, United States Genealogy.

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