Notes:
1860 census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Liberty Furnace District, 13 Sept 1850
Henry Spitler, 52, m., farmer, $100 real estate, $125 personal, b. VA
Rebecca Spitler, 48, f., b. VA
Mathias Spitler, 21, m., day laborer, b. VA
Mary Spitler, 19, f., b. VA
Eli Spitler, 17, m., b. VA
Christian Spitler, 15, m., b. VA
Sarah Spitler, 13, f., b. VA
Amos Spitler, 11, m., b. VA
Rebecca Spitler, 9, f., b. VA
John Spitler, 7, m., b. VA
Magdaline Spitler, 3, b. VA
1880 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Ashby Twp., (The hand writing is very faint - had to rely on the transcribers information in Ancestry.com)
Mathias Spitler, age 41, head,
Rebecca Spitler, age 63, mother, widowed (age was probably 68
Bell Spitler, age 24, sister (unclear as to who this is - Madaline??)
Strange - another record for Mathias & Rebecca in the 1880 census, but this one is very clear.
1880 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Madison Twp., 31 June, 1880
Miller, Jacob, age 32, married, farm hand, b. VA/VA/VA cannot read or write
" , Mary, age 33, wife, married, keeping house, b. VA/VA/VA cannot read or write
" , Sarah, 16, dau, single, at home, b. VA/VA/VA cannot read or write
" , Henry, 5, single, son, b. VA/VA/VA
" , Irene, 4, single, dau, b. VA/VA/VA
Spitler, Mathias, 34, brother-in-law, farm hand, b. VA/VA/VA cannot read or write
" , Rebecca, 45, mother-in-law, house keeping, b. VA/VA/VA cannot read or write
Obviously the ages are very questionable, especially Rebecca's
1900 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Madison Dist, 7 June 1900, ED 80
Miller, Jac, head, age 70, m. 42 yrs, b. VA/VA/VA occ: day laborer, cannot read or write
" , Mary, wife, age 76, m. 42 yrs, 5 children, 3 living, b. VA/VA/VA, cannot read or write
" , John H., son, age 25 single, b. VA/VA/VA, cannot read or write
Jackson, ??lene, dau, 25, married, 6 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, b. VA/VA/VA, cannot read or write
" , ??? A., grand dau, 4, b. VA/VA/VA,
Spitler, Rebecca, mother-in-law, 92, widowed, b. VA/VA/VA, cannot read or write
[Note: again there are problems with ages, etc.]