Box, Hiram

Submitted by Rose Diamond

1870 Calhoun County Census:
BOX, Hiram A. age36, M W carpenter born in Alabama
Box, Louisa, age 26, F W born in S. Carolina
Box, William, age 3 M W born in Mississippi
Box, Ada, age 9/12 months, F W, born in Mississippi in August
Givens, Martha E.
Givens, Robert, age 5
Givens, Ellen, age 1

Hiram A. Box, 3rd Lt. in the "Sons of the South" of Calhoun County.
On the 1860 Calhoun Co. Census Transcription on Michael Caviness' page, it shows a Hiram F. Box, age 26

In 1880, Yalobusha County, June 5 - Census page 12, 5th District.
H. A. Box age 47 AL-KY-GA
N. L. Box age 37 wife GA SC SC
?. N. Box age 14 - NEPHEW AL
Hellen Box age 18 - NIECE AL [could well be 8 instead of 18, reason I think is usually listed in numerical order]
W. M. Box age 12 - son, MS-AL-GA
H. A. Box age 11 - dau, [1870 has Ada born Aug - 9/12 months old]
I. A. Box age 8 - dau
J. W. Box age 7 - son
C. C. Box age 5 - son
E. M. Box age 3 - dau

In 1900, Drew County, Arkansas, several heads-of-households

John W. Box, born July 1873, age 26 - MS AL GA married for 2 years [family listed]
Claud Box, born June 1875, age 24 - MS AL GA married for 1 year [wife listed]
William Box, born Jan 1867, age 33 - no children, married for 1 year to Ida, born
Jan 1875 age 25. [The image goes to the wrong page - should go to page 20 B, goes to 23-A]
[We have no idea who answered the census questions. I believe this is a census error or they could have been told wrong on his first name and then I'll explain about other errors]
Horace A. Box, born Dec 1832, age 62 married for 34 years, AL AL GA
Caline Box, born Mar 1845, age 55 (has had 5 children) married 34, AL GA AL
*** note at end of list
Gussie Box, born 1881 - dau - MS AL AL *** note at end
Frank Box, born 1883 - son
Luisa (?) Harvey - mother-in-law, Dec 1819 age 80 had 14 children.
*I'm guessing that Hiram was married to Louisa for 34 years but newly married to Caline but enumerator wrote down 34 automatically. Also, your Gussie would prove they were still in Miss. as late as 1881 & 1883. Caline says she has had 5 children. According to the 1880 census, Louisa would have had more than 5. Also, whoever answered missed the age by 5 but it's right in 1910 also missed parents birth states. [strictly a guess on my part.]

1910 Drew County Ark. Census

Hiram A. Box, age 77 married 2 times, 2nd time for 12 years [see why I think error in 1900?] AL KY GA
Caroline V. Box, age 63 married 2 times, 2nd time for 12 years - had 4 children and 2 still living MS GA AL
[Need to check for marriage record for appx. 1897-98 for C and H. A. Box and also check for death record for N. Louisa Box from 1883 - 1898 period]
Frank E. Box, age 27 married 0/12 year - not quite a year - MS AL GA and wife Jennie
William Box age 43 married 2 times, 2nd time for 7 years MS AL SC
Bertha Box age 33 Married 1 time for 7 years 3 children/1 KY Germany KY
Hiram R. Box age 9 Ark MS KY
Cirtis W. Box age 3 son Ark MS KY
1920 Jefferson Co. Ark - Pine Bluff
Will M. Box age 43 - MS AL SC
Bertha age 43 IL Germany KY
Hiram, son, age 19 Ark, MS IL
Curtis, son age 13
Iona, dau age 9
Fred, son age 7

Miscellaneous note:
Frank Edgar Box died 8 Jan. 1945
Hiram A. Box died July 2 or July 5 1921
 
Information from a query dated March 13, 2008: A Josiah Box supposedly bought land in Calhoun County in 1843. He died in 1844 and is buried at Old Greensboro. He was married to a Mildred “Milly” Powell Box. [Old Greensboro is in Webster County]