This is cool. We dug up a really rare U.S. Census record from 1900 showing the Johnson family of Humboldt, Kansas. Their 12-year-old boy would eventually grow up to be one of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball and he would do that as a member of the Washington Senators: Walter Johnson.
You can also see the names of his siblings, Effie, Leslie, Earl, and Blanche.
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