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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 9 - 10   Sheet 680

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

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    ___Samuel 12 m w       Tennessee         |          
    ___Josiah 10 m w       Tennessee                    
    ___John 8 m w       Tennessee                    
    ___George 5 m w       Illinois                    
    ___William 3 m w       Illinois                    
    ___Ada 11/12 f w       Iowa     Sep              
58 60 Nelson, Erasmus 21 m w Farmer     Indiana                 |  
    ___Permelia 23 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
    ___Jacob 1 m w       Iowa                    
59 61 Johnson, David 35 m w Farmer     Virginia                 |  
    Roxanne 28 f w Keeping House     Virginia                    
    ___Samuel 5 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Sarah 2 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Angeline 9/12 f w       Iowa     Jan              
60 62 Clark, Cahn 53 m w Carpenter 100 100 Indiana                 |  
    ___Elizabeth 50 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___John 18 m w       Indiana         |          
    ___Isabella 14 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Rosa B 12 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___Asberry 9 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Lucetta 5 f w       Iowa         |          
  63 Clark, James 20 m w Farmer     Indiana                    
    ___Angeline 18 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
61 64 Shaffer, Abram 43 m w Farmer 200 100 Virginia           | |   |  
    ___Rosella 46 f w       Ohio                    
    ___Charity 14 f w       Iowa                    
    ___America 12 f w       Iowa         |          
    Snodgrass, Samuel 6 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Margaret 4 f w       Indiana                    
62 65 Clark, David 44 m w Farmer 1400 500 Ohio                 |  
    ___Sophia 43 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___John W 16 m w       Ohio                    
    __Charity 14 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Sarah E 12 f w       Iowa         |          
    ___David H 10 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Joshua 8 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Laraw B 6 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Robert 2 m w       Iowa                    
60 66 Palmer, Robert 74 m w Farmer 2000 1000 Virginia                 |  
    ___Rachel 53 f w Keeping House     Tennessee                    
  67 Cowedin, William 43 m w Farmer   50 Ohio |               |  
    ___John 15 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Charity 12 f w       Iowa                    
64 68 Riggle, Isaac 23 m w Farmer 1500 500 Ohio                 |  
    ___Laura 19 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
    ___Camie 1 f w       Iowa                    
65 69 Raynalds, Michael 56 m w Farmer 2500 800 Ireland | |       | |   |  
    ___Ann 47 f w Keeping House     Ireland | |       | |      
    ___Bridget 14 f w       Iowa | |     |          
    ___Mary 11 f w       Iowa | |     |          
    ___Patrick 10 m w       Iowa | |     |          
    ___Margaret 7 f w       Iowa | |     |          
66 70 Lancolter, Edwin 27 m w Farmer   700 Maine                 |  
    ___Catharine 26 f w Keeping House     Germany | |                
67 71 Wade, Peter 27 m w Farmer   700 Indiana                 |  
    ___Sarah 27 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___Benjamin 4 m w       Iowa                    
    ___John H 2 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Clarrian 8/12 f w       Iowa     Nov              
68 72 Llby, Arthur 55 m w Farmer     Ireland | |             |  
69 73 Hockersmith, William 28 m w Farmer 1000 800 Missouri                 |  
    ___Margaret 27 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
    ___John S 3 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Sidney 1 m w       Iowa                    
70 74 Almstead, Lewis 45 m w Farmer 2000 2000 Ohio                 |  
    ___Mathew 36 f w Keeping House     Illinois                    
    ___Erwil* 15 m w       Illinois                    
    ___Arabella 13 f w       Illinois                    
    ___Everett 10 m w       Illinois                    
    ___Walter 6 m w       Illinois                    
    ___Edley 3 f w       Illinois                    
71 75 Almstead, Harry 34 m w Farmer 1200 1000 Ohio                 |  
    ___Emiline 25 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
    ___Florence 9 f w       Iowa                    
    Fox, William 7 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Marshall 5 m w       Iowa                    
    Almstead, Charles 1 m w       Iowa                    
72 76 Ruintin, John 34 m w Farmer 200 100 Belgium | |         |   |  
    __Margaret 25 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___Roselia 1 f w       Iowa                    

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