Question: Which Joseph Carrico/Carico married Mary Melinda/Malinda Shuck in Indian Creek, Monroe Co., Missouri in 1842?

There seem to be two Joseph Carricos with a wife Melinda/Malinda living in Indian Creek, Monroe Co., Missouri in 1860. They are about the same ages and have some children with the same names. We have been told in the past that one Joseph Martin Carrico married a Mary Malinda Shuck in Oct 1842.

We have found the following:

SOURCE-1830 CENSUS:
1830 St. Ferdinand Tp., County of St. Louis, Missouri Census, p 304.
-Walter Carrico Senr., 50-60.
-1 Male age 5-10.
-2 Males age 15-20.
-1 Female 10-15.
-1 Female 50-60.

SOURCE-1850 CENSUS:
1850 Monroe County, Missouri D 59 #595
Joseph M. Carico, 27, farmer, b. MO
Mary M. Carico, 26, b. KY
Elizabeth, 6
John R. , 5
James W., 3
Virginia, 1
Helennia Carico, 72 , b. MD [Mother]

SOURCE-1860 CENSUS:
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CARICO, J M (1860 U.S. Census)
MISSOURI, MONROE, INDIAN CRK TWP
Age: 38, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MO
Series: M653 Roll: 635 Page: 161
Dwelling 1098, Family 1098, Enumerated 13 Aug 1860.
J.M. Carico, 38, m, farmer, $1200/$475, MO.
Malinda Carico, 36, f, KY.
John Carico, 15, m, farmer, MO, attended school within the year.
James W. Carico, 14, m, MO, attended school within the year.
Virginia Carico, 12, f, MO, attended school within the year.
Lewis Carico, 8, m, MO, attended school within the year.
William Carico, 5, m, MO.
Benedict Carico, 1, m, MO.


Next door is:
Dwelling 1099, Family, 1099, Enumerated 13 Aug 1860.
-George Miles, 22, m, plasterer, /$100, MO.
-Elizabeth Miles, 17, f, MO.

Is Elizabeth the dau of Joseph Martin Carrico?

SOURCE-1870 CENSUS:
HeritageQuest.
1870 St. Ferdinand Tp., St. Louis Co., Missouri Federal Census
Series: M593 Roll: 809 Pages: 301B-302A.
Dwelling 70, Family 74, Enumerated 6 Jun 1870 by Julius Nolte.
-Joseph Carrico, 47, m, w, farmer r.e. $3,000, p.e. $800, MO, U.S. citizen.
page 302A:
-Mary Carrico, 46, f, w, housekeeper, KY.
-Lewis Carrico, 19, m, w, MO.
-William Carrico, 15, m, w, MO, attending school.
-Thomas Carrico, 7, m, w, MO, attending school.

SOURCE-1880 CENSUS:
Ancestry.com
Year: 1880; Census Place: St. Ferdinand, St. Louis, Missouri;
Roll: T9-715; Family History Film: 1254715; Page: 149D;
Enumeration District: 178; Image: 0719.
and
<FamilySearchInternet>
Source Information:
Census Place St. Ferdinand, St. Louis, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254715
NA Film Number T9-0715
Page Number 149D
-Joseph Carrico, self, 59, m/w, abt 1821, MO/MD/MD, farmer, married.
-Mary Carrico, wife, 57, f/w, abt 1823, KY/ MD/MD, married.
-Louis Carrico, son, 29, m/w, abt 1851, MO/MO/KY.
-Thomas Carrico, son, 17, m/w, abt 1863, MO/MO/KY.
-Catharina Moran, dau, s, f/w, 9, abt 1871, MO/MO/MO. [Who is Catharina?]

Note that Joseph was born in Missouri and in 1850 he had his mother, Helena O’Bryan Carrico living with him. His wife was born in Kentucky.

We feel that this is the right family of Joseph Martin Carrico.


Now, we have found another page of the same census year

SOURCE-1860 CENSUS:
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CARICO, Joseph (1860 U.S. Census)
MISSOURI, MONROE, INDIAN CRK TWP
Series: M653 Roll: 635 Page: 156
Dwelling 1059 – family 1059
Joseph Carico 35 M Farmer R/E $1100 Per Pro $375 born KY
Malinda Carico 35 F born KY
John P. Carico 14 M born MO
James W. Carico 10 M born MO
Jane A. Carico 8 F born MO
Martin Carico 6 M born MO
Joseph Carico 2 M born MO

Living next door to Joseph Carico is a George Miles 22 M Plasterer born MO and we would guess, his wife, Elizabeth Miles 16 F born MO. (To add to our confusion note that in the other 1860 census, page 161, same town and county that next door is another George Miles age 22 and Elizabeth Miles age 17).

On the other side of Joseph Carico is a Henry Shuck born KY and his family. We wonder if this might be a brother to Mary Malinda Shuck Carrico and if so, is there any chance that Mary Malinda Shuck married this Joseph Carico and not the other Joseph Martin Carrico?
Does anyone know who the parents of this Joseph are?

Aloha,

Marilyn and Dan Devaney in Hawaii