1840 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images

• Title	1840 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images
  Short Title	Census - OH, Ross - 1840 Fed
  Author	Ohio, Ross
  Publisher	www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004
  Source ID	S56
  Text	Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840. M704, 580 rolls. The official enumeration day of the 1840 census was 1 June 1840. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The count was due within nine months, but the due date was extended by law to allow completion within eighteen months. By 1840, there were a total of twenty-six states in the Union, with Arkansas and Michigan being the latest additions. The two new territories of Wisconsin and Iowa were also enumerated.
  Linked to	Alfred Benson Elijah Benson Elizabeth Catherine Benson Leah Benson Margaret S. Benson Mary S. Benson Nancy Benson Sarah Ann Benson Solomon Benson William Benson Daniel Davis Elizabeth Davis Maria Davis Mary Davis Nancy Davis Solomon Davis