MITCHELL COUNTY GENEALOGY

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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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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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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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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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