Richfield Township, Mitchell County, Iowa
1860 Census
(Later known as Douglas Township)
Source: Population schedules of the eighth census of the United States, 1860, Iowa [microform] (Volume Reel 0336 - 1860 Iowa Federal Population Census Schedules - Plymouth, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, Mills, Mitchell, Monroe,and Montgomery Counties) - http://www.archive.org/details/populationschedu336wash
KEY
1. Dwelling - house numbered in the order of visitation
2. Families numbered in order of visitation
3. The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family
4. Age
5. Sex
6. Color - white, black, or mulatto
7. Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male and female, over 15 years of age
8. Value of Real Estate
9. Value of Personal Estate
10. Place of Birth, naming the State, Territory, or Country
11. Married within the Year
12. Attended School within the Year
13. Persons over 20 year of Age who cannot read & write
14. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
Page No. 9, Census page 143, (Microfilm page 151 at above website)
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2
3
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
20
June 6th Richfield Township
21
69
64
Samuel Smith
26
M
Day Laborer
85
Upper Canada
3
22
Filancy "
18
F
New York
3
3
23
70
65
Frances Dinsmore
37
M
Waggon Maker
2000
300
Ohio
24
Sarah "
27
F
"
25
Frances "
3
M
Iowa
26
71
66
Philander Mapham
46
M
Farmer
500
100
Massachusetts
27
Charlotte "
40
F
Vermont
28
Caleb "
20
M
Farmer
"
29
Susan "
16
F
"
3
30
Ada "
6
F
Wisconsin
3
31
Julia "
3
F
Iowa
32
72
67
Henry Goodrich
30
M
Farmer
5000
200
New York
33
Louisa "
20
F
Illinois
34
Cornelia "
1
F
Iowa
35
Augustus "
25
M
Farmer
100
New York
36
73
68
Frederick Sprague
36
M
Farmer
1400
600
Ohio
37
Lucy "
31
F
Vermont
38
Frederick " Jr
13
M
Wisconsin
3
39
Alma "
11
F
"
3
40
Juliet "
8
F
"
3
Page No. 10, Census page none listed, (Microfilm page 152)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
Bridget Sprague
1
F
Iowa
2
Merrill Cummings
22
M
Farmer
1500
Vermont
3
Eben "
26
M
Farmer
200
"
4
Peter Sprague
23
M
Unknown
100
Ohio
5
74
69
Giles Holbrook
54
M
Farmer
1000
200
Vermont
6
Eunice "
48
F
300
Massachusetts
7
Caroline "
20
F
Illinois
3
8
Ann "
18
F
"
3
9
Emma "
9
F
Wisconsin
10
Nellie "
2
F
Iowa
11
Augustus Stark
19
M
Farm Laborer
Prussia Germany
12
75
Unoccupied
13
76
Unoccupied
14
77
70
Alexander Lackey
27
M
Farmer
500
500
Pennsylvania
15
Lucy "
23
F
New York
16
Lencius "
(see note)
5
M
Illinois
3
17
Rufus "
3
M
Iowa
18
R*vicca "
(see note)
56
F
New York
19
Lucy D "
17
F
" "
20
78
71
Joachim Stark
45
M
Farmer
300
150
Prussia Germany
21
Debro "
49
F
" "
22
Frederick "
23
M
Farmer
" "
23
Henrietta "
15
F
" "
24
79
72
Frederick Militz
(see note)
40
M
Day Laborer
140
" "
25
Debro "
38
F
" "
26
Louisa "
15
F
" "
27
Anna "
12
F
" "
28
Berta "
5
F
Wisconsin
29
Frederick "
3
M
"
30
Mary "
6/12
F
"
31
80
73
Richard Baily
51
M
Farmer
300
200
New York
32
Lucinda "
28
F
100
Ohio
33
George "
10
M
Pennsylvania
3
34
Catherine Marks
73
F
New Jersey
35
81
74
Merinas Leason
(see note)
32
M
Farmer
Upper Canada
36
Jane "
33
F
" "
37
Alfred "
2/12
M
Wisconsin
38
82
75
Fanny Hosington
33
F
50
New York
39
Eli B. "
12
M
" "
40
Clongene "
44
F
Wisconsin
Page No. 11, Census page 145, (Microfilm page 153)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
Sylvia Hosington
8
F
Wisconsin
2
George "
5
M
Iowa
3
Fred "
2
M
"
4
Leonard Fowle
19
M
Farmer
Wisconsin
3
5
83
76
Jerome Hosington
34
M
Farmer
2000
300
Vermont
6
Nancy "
37
F
1000
New York
7
Mary J. Harvey
16
F
Wisconsin
3
8
Jay C. McConkey
14
M
1600
400
"
3
9
Jacob "
11
M
1600
400
Illinois
10
Marcus Hosington
4
M
Iowa
11
Samuel Fowle
73
M
100
Massachusetts
June 4th
12
84
77
David Felkey
33
M
Farmer
2000
350
Ohio
13
Florinda "
30
F
New York
14
George "
12
M
Illinois
3
15
Harvey "
10
M
"
3
16
Mary "
8
F
"
3
17
Sarah "
6
F
Wisconsin
18
Lucinda "
4
F
Iowa
19
Daniel "
2
M
"
20
85
78
Henry Brooks
27
M
Day Laborer
50
Pennsylvania
21
Mehina "
19
F
Illinois
22
F****** "
2/12
F
Iowa
23
86
79
Asahel Brooks
60
M
Farmer
350
150
Massachusetts
24
Betsey "
56
F
"
25
87
80
Marlin Felkey
(see note)
40
M
Farmer
800
300
Ohio
26
Lucinda "
35
F
Indiana
27
Henry "
13
M
Illinois
3
28
John "
7
M
"
3
29
Charles "
3
M
Iowa
30
Eva "
1
F
"
31
Joseph Babcock
35
M
Farm Laborer
Ohio
32
88
81
John Marshall
32
M
Farmer
1500
400
New Hampshire
33
Rose "
27
F
Pennsylvania
34
Hattie "
2
F
Illinois
35
James Huntington
20
M
Farm Laborer
Connecticut
3
36
89
82
Silas Yunt
(see note)
41
M
Farmer
1400
300
Indiana
37
Mary "
36
F
Illinois
38
Elvina "
15
F
"
3
39
Napoleon "
14
M
"
3
40
John "
12
M
"
3
Page No. 12, Census page 146, (Microfilm page 154)
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2
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5
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
Elizabeth Yunt
9
F
Illinois
2
Stephen "
7
M
"
3
Rachael "
4
F
"
4
Julia "
2
F
Iowa
5
Ella "
2/12
F
"
6
90
83
John Deford
(see note)
27
M
Farmer
400
300
Ohio
7
Eliza "
26
F
Illinois
8
Nancy "
8
F
Wisconsin
3
9
Mathew "
6
M
"
3
10
Henry "
2
M
Iowa
11
Clara "
10/12
F
"
12
Thomas "
70
M
Ohio
13
Mary "
16
F
Indiana
3
14
91
84
Alexander Hunt
35
M
Farmer
1100
900
New York
15
Levinna "
30
F
" "
16
92
85
Henry Morris
32
M
Farmer
800
" "
17
93
86
Matthew De Ford
26
M
Farmer
500
Ohio
18
Ann Eliza " "
21
F
New York
19
Annettie " "
2
F
Iowa
20
Mary " "
3/12
F
"
21
94
87
Millord Hunt
(see note)
30
M
Farmer
1000
1000
New York
22
Caroline "
22
F
" "
23
Emmet "
11
M
Iowa
24
Henry Sweeney
16
M
Farm Laborer
New York
3
25
95
88
Jacob Cummings
59
M
Farmer
2000
700
Vermont
26
Lydia "
60
F
New Hampshire
27
Moses "
16
M
Illinois
28
96
89
Harry Counsel
(see note)
28
M
Farmer
3000
1000
Somersetshire
Eng
29
James "
21
M
Farmer
100
75
" "
30
Margaret "
19
F
" "
31
97
Unoccupied
32
98
Unoccupied
33
99
Unoccupied
NOTES:
Page 10
Line 14: First name might be "Lucins" or "Sencius" Line 24: The last name is likely "Melitz"
Line 18: The first name is probably "Rebecca" Line 35: First name might be "Morenns"
Page 11
Line 25: The first name might be "Martin"
Line 36: The last name should be "Yount" even though "Yunt" appears to be rarely used.
Page 12
Line 6: "Deford" is also spelled "De Ford" Line 28: Last name is "Counsell"
Line 21: First name may be "Milford"
Contributed to IaGenWeb by George Mills, gsmills56@earthlink.net, 10/2011