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 11 - 12  Sheet 681

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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73 77 Hill, Josiah 42 m w Farmer 2200 500 Pennsylvania                 |  
    ___Margaret 38 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___John 18 m w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Edgar 15 m w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Garfer 13 m w       Illinois         |          
    ___Emma E 11 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Ida J 9 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Ella 7 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Sherman 4 m w       Iowa                    
74 78 Gookin, Thomas 22 m w Farmer 500 500 Ohio                 |  
    ___Pheba 21 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Effa 2 f w       Iowa                    
75 79 Crile, Adam 60 m w Farmer 1500 200 Germany | |             |  
    ___Margaret 49 f w Keeping House     Germany | |                
    ___Adam 15 m w       Illinois | |     |          
    ___John 13 m w       Illinois | |     |          
    ___Joseph 11 m w       Illinois | |     |          
    ___Laura 17 f w       Pennsylvania | |     |          
    ___Mary 15 f w       Illinois | |     |          
    ___Margaret 8 f w       Illinois | |                
76 80 Ronelan, George 38 m w Farmer 3000 1500 Vermont                 |  
    ___Emma 33 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___Courtland 10 m w       Iowa                    
    Hart, Richard 21 m w Farmer     Indiana                 |  
77 81 Gookin, Clark 28 m w Farmer 800 716 Ohio                 |  
    ___Mary 21 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Joseph A 9/12 m w       Iowa     Nov              
78 82 Myers, Jacob 59 m w Farmer 9600 2500 Pennsylvania                 |  
    ___Harriet 48 f w Keeping House     Maryland                    
    ___Catherine 18 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Daniel 15 m w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Ann 13 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Adaline 6 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Abram 32 m w Farmer 15000   Pennsylvania                 |  
79 83 Houf, Charles 35 m w Farmer   900 Germany | |             |  
    ___Sarah 33 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania |                  
    ___George 3 m w       Pennsylvania |                  
    ___Cora 2 f w       Pennsylvania |                  
    ___Elizabeth 9/12 f w       Pennsylvania |   Sep              
80 84 Knight, George 23 m w Farmer 600 400 Ohio                 |  
    ___Margaret 21 f w Keeping House     Iowa                    
    ___Meda 4/12 f w       Iowa     April              
81 85 Hickle, John 38 m w Farmer 1200 600 Ohio                 |  
    ___Susan 25 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Mary 2 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Jesse 9/12 m w       Iowa     Nov              
82 86 Clower, James 26 m w Farmer   600 Ohio           | |   |  
    ___Missouri 18 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___William 1 m w       Iowa                    
83 87 Merrile, James G 59 m w Farmer 15000 4000 Maine                 |  
    ___Sarah 52 f w Keeping House     Maine                    
    __Mary J 16 f w       Illinois         |          
    ___James E 13 m w       Illinois                    
    Adams, Jennie 3 f w       Iowa                    
84 88 Kelley, Letti 34 f  m w Farmer   80 Indiana             |   |  
    ___Jephtha 17 m w Keeping House     Indiana         |          
    ___Mary 15 f w       Illinois         |          
    ___Angelina 3 f w       Illinois                    
85 89 Selderer, Henry 54 m w Farmer 800 200 Pennsylvania             |   |  
    ___Charlotte 44 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    ___Matilda 26 f w       Pennsylvania                    
    __Mariah 24 f w       Pennsylvania         |          
    ___Harriet 1 f w       Iowa                    
86 90 Rickert, John 29 m w Farmer 500 500 Pennsylvania | |             |  
    ___Sillie 21 f w Keeping House     Illinois                    
    ___Frank 2 m w       Iowa                    
87 91 Johnson, Amos 38 m w Farmer 1000 200 Pennsylvania                 |  
    ___Margaret 29 f w Keeping House     Pennsylvania                    
    __Frank 3 m w       Iowa                    
    ___Olive 1 f w       Iowa                    
88 92 Redlingshafer, George 37 m w Farmer 4000 2000 Germany | |             |  
    ___Frances 26 f w Keeping House     Ohio                    
    ___George 9 m w       Iowa         |          
    ___Nancy 7 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Alver M 5 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Loulla A 4 f w       Iowa                    
    ___Charles 1 m w       Iowa                    
89 93 Huff, Aaron 52 m w Farmer 2000 1200 Pennsylvania             |   |  
    ___Margaret 36 f w Keeping House     Germany | |                
    ___Jacob 11 m w       Iowa   |     |          

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Contributed by Kathleen Gregory 2011