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• 1850 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas, 31 October, Moony [Mooney] Township, page 290, Hse/Fam #53
  Miles Knowlton 45 M Farmer $3700 Real Estate b Connecticut (b abt 1805)
  Robt Knowlton 10 M b Arkansas
  
  1860 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas, 26 June, Mooney Township, PO Gillins Landing, page 42, Hse #327, Fam #313
  Miles Knowlton 54 M Farmer $45,275 Real Estate $24,465 Personal b Connecticut (b abt 1806)
  Robt Knowlton 20 M Clerk b Arkansas
  
  Mary Nell Burnett's Butler-Knowlton genealogy tells us that Robert's birth date is 8 August 1838.  It is puzzling, then, that his age reported in the census shows an age 2 years younger than expected.  In October 1850, he is only 10, but should be already 12 years.  In June 1860, he is only 20, when he should be 21 (and only 2 months away from his 22nd birthday) if born in August 1838.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 2 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 13, Hse/Fam #104
  Knowlton, Robert  30 M W Farmer $150 Personal  b Arkansas
  Knowlton, Ivy 23 F W Keeping House born Arkansas
  Knowlton, Louretta 1 F W born Arkansas
  
  1880 Federal Census, Prairie County, Tennessee, 8 June, White River Township, Enumeration District 245, p 5, Hse/Fam #53
  Knowlton, Robert  W M 40 Farmer AR VA SC (b abt 1840)
  Knowlton, Iva  W F 30 Wife b AR VA TN (b abt 1850)
  Knowlton, Retta  W F 11 Dau AR AR AR (b abt 1869)
  Smith, Loretta  W F 56 Mother-in-law TN VA VA (b abt 1824)
  
  Robert's age here also seems to indicate his birthday was in 1839, instead of 1838 as reported by Mary Nell Burnett.  For an August birthday, to be 40 in June 1880, Robert would have been born in 1839.  In the 1900 census his birth date is reported as August 1939.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas, 4 June, Austin Station, District 77, page 1B, Hse #14, Fam #15
  Knowlton, Robert Head  W M Aug 1839 60 married 14 years  AR VA NC Clerk in Grocery Store Rents
  Knowlton, Elizabeth E  Wife W F Aug 1842 57 married 14 yrs 0 children AR LA LA
  
  It is very interesting here that Robert reports his father as born in Virginia, since every report on Miles himself, plus additional family information, indicates he was born in Connecticut, and came to Arkansas directly from there.  Similarly, he reports his mother as born in South Carolina, but Mary Twedell was born in Virginia.
  --  Mary Nell Burnett, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=52589&id=I384
  
  This Loretta Smith is Iva (Ivy) Smith Knowlton's mother.  Iva is a proper first name, and this may well be her proper name.  But she is known in family circles as Ivy, as reported by Mary Nell Burnett in her Butler-Knowlton genealogy on RootsWeb.
  
  I found that in 1910 Robert has a different wife and they have been married for 23 years.  This would indicate that Ivy died some time before 1877, the approximate marriage year for Robert and Lizzie.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas, 4 May, Ward Township, District 137, page 16A, Hse #285, Fam #291
  Knowlton, Robert Head M W 70 2nd marriage, married 23 years this marriage AR Conn NC Farmer
  Knowlton, Lizzie E Wife F W 65 2nd marriage, married 23 years this marriage  Borne 5 children, 4 living  AR OH LA.
  

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Prairie County, Tennessee
  • 8 June, White River Township, Enumeration District 245, p 5, Hse/Fam #53
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas
  • 31 October, Moony [Mooney] Township, page 290, Hse/Fam #53
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 2 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 13, Hse/Fam #104
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 4 May, Ward Township, District 137, page 16A, Hse #285, Fam #291
• 5. RootsWeb ID: I384 -- Mary Twedell
  • Name: Name: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=52589&id=I384;;
• 6. 1860 Federal Census, Phillips County, Arkansas
  • 26 June, Mooney Township, PO Gillins Landing, page 42, Hse #327, Fam #313
• 7. 1900 Federal Census, Lonoke County, Arkansas
  • 4 June, Austin Station, District 77, page 1B, Hse #14, Fam #15
• 8. RootsWeb ID: I476 -- Ivy Smith