NOTE: This transcription is meant to be a guide only. Every effort has been made to be accurate, but our interpretation maybe different from yours so please remember to check the original.  The census image for this township is faint and hard to read. 

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1870 Lucas County Census

Benton Twp., Chariton Post Office

Series: M593  Roll: 406

Enumerated on 2 August 1870 by Geo F Walker

Page 1 - 2  Sheet 676

Color - White (w); Black (b); Mulatto (m); Chinese (c); Indian (i)

DW FN The name of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June, 1870 was in this family Age at last birth Sex Color Profession, Occupation or Trade of each male person over 15 years of age Value of Real Estate Owned Place of Birth Naming the State, Territory, or Country Parentage If born within the year, state month

 

If married within the year, state month Attended School within the year Education

 

Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict Constitutional Relations

 

Real Personal Father of Foreign birth Mother of Foreign birth Cannot Read Cannot Write Males Citizens of US of 21 years of age and upwards

 

Male Citizen of 21 years of age and upwards where rights to vote is denied on other grounds than rebellion or other crime

 

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1 1 West, Henrow R 52 m w Farmer   460 Kentucky                 |  
    ___Sibber 52 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Price 13 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Risly 7 m w       Illinois         |          
2 2 Berry, John C 38 m w Farmer 6000 2985 Ohio                 |  
    ___Emelelle 32 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    Johnson, Auda 19 m w Farm Labor     Ohio                    
    Berry, Joseph M 27 m w Farm Labor     Ohio                 |  
3 3 Wilson, Isaac N 23 m w Farmer 4600 1280 Indiana                 |  
    ___John 18 m w Farm Labor     Indiana         |          
    ___Rachel 53 f w       Kentucky             |      
4 4 Haleson, William 29 m w Farmer 4500 750 Indiana                 |  
    ___Margaret 20 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Alice 9/12 f w       Iowa     Sep              
5 5 Haleson, Mary f w 67   1500 560 New York | |       | |      
6 6 Wilson, Francis 35 m w Farmer 1500 800 Indiana                 |  
    ___Adeline 34 f w Keeping House     Indiana                    
    ___Mary E 10 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Rachal 8 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___John W 4 m w       Iowa                    
7 7 Clark, George 47 m w Farmer 500 450 North Carolina                 |  
    John H 11 m w       Indiana                    
8 8 Keller, Henry 28 m w Farmer 600 575 Indiana           | |   |  
    ___Sarah A 29 f w Keeping House     Indiana                    
9 9 Ragsdale,  David 58 m w Farmer 2900 1100 Indiana                 |  
    ___Sarah 44 f w Keeping House     Tennessee                    
    ___Aaron S 8 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Ellen B 3 f w       Iowa                    
10 10 Scott, Aaron 43 m w Farmer 9500 2400 Indiana                 |  
    ___Elizabeth 43 f w Keeping House     Tennessee                    
    ___John C 21 m w School Teacher     Iowa                 |  
    ___David J 19 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Julia H 18 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Emma A 12 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Simeon A 10 m w       Iowa         |          
11 11 Keller, William 29 m w Farmer 1600 1500 Indiana           | |   |  
    ___Mary A 23 f w Keeping House     Indiana                    
    ___Marran 5 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Delilah E 2 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Henry L 1 m w       Iowa                    
12 12 Nutting, Caney 35 m w Farmer 3230 2500 New York                 |  
    ___Martha 20 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___Catherine 7 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___William 6 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Stephen 4 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Frederick 2 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Edwin 3/12 m w       Iowa     April              
13 13 Wilcher, Patrick 53 m w Farmer   560 Kentucky                 |  
    ___Julia 36 f w Keeping House     Tennessee                    
    ___Harris 22 m w Farmer     Illinois         |          
    ___Forman 18 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Henry 16 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Sarah 14 f w       Illinois         |          
    ___John 12 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Catherine 10 f w       Illinois         |          
    ___Erskin 11 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Oscar 11 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___James 6 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Grant 4 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Maria 20 f w       Indiana                    
    ___Mary 1/12 f w       Iowa     June              
14 14 Houston, Samuel D 43 m w Farmer 9350 1796 Tennessee                 |  
    ___Manna 36 f w Keeping House     Indiana                    
    ___Melissa 17 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Charles 16 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Eliz E 14 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Inez B 10 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Samuel 8 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Annie F 6 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Walker 3 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Flora 10/12 f w       Iowa     Nov              
15 15 Clouse, John 47 m w Farmer 2000 500 Pennsylvania                 |  
    ___Anna M 37 f w       Pennsylvania                    
    ___Lucy P 19 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Emma 15 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___William 6 m w       Wisconsin         |          
    Carle G 3 m w       Wisconsin                    
16 16 Anderson, Neal 31 m w Farmer     Wisconsin                 |  
17 17 Dunlap, Abs. H 49 m w Farmer 800 945 Virginia                 |  
    ___Rebecca 45 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    

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Contributed by Kathleen Gregory 2011