Hello!
Looking for any connection to this family.

They moved to SANGAMON COUNTY, IL after 1861. I found them in the 1870 and 1880 census but nothing else.

In the 1870 census my gggrandfather is spelled Martha instead of Mathew. Boy, can those census takers spell!

1870 census
Gardner Twp, SPRINGFIELD P.O., SANGAMON County, IL
Martha (MATHEW) SHRIMPF 38 M W Farmer $18500 $900 Wuerttemburg
MARY 39 F W Wuerttemburg
JACOB 17 M W OH
CATHARINE 15 F W OH
JOHN 13 M W OH
SARAH 12 F W OH
MARY 11 F W OH
CLARA 9 F W OH Family moves to IL 1861-1864
MELIA 6 F W IL (This should read AMELIA)
WILLIAM 3 M W IL
HENRY 1 M W IL

1880 Census
BALL Twp, SANGAMON County, IL pg 17 Enum dist #199
SHRIMFFS MATHEW M W 48 farmer Wertenburg
Margret (?) F W 51 (?) keephouse Wertenburg
JOHN M W 23 farmer OH
MARY F W 20 servant OH
AMELIA F W 14 at home OH (? IL)
WILLIAM M W 13 at home IL
CLARA F W 12 (first Clara died?)IL
HENRY M W 10 at home IL
TRACY M W 6 at home IL

I am the GGrandaughter of Amelia. She married JOHN DAVID MCMULLEN in Jewell County, KS in 1886
Would love to hear from anyone with info
Robin Landgren
Dlandgren@aol.com