IowaJones/US Census/Rome 1870 Part I

Rome Township
PART I

Transcribed by Sharon Lindbloom.

Post Office: Walnut Fork. Enumerated August 8-17 1870 by D. L. Blakeslee, Asst. Marshall. Microfilm is Series M593, Roll 401, Pages 1-27. People were to be listed according to "their usual place of abode on the first day of June 1870."

Abbreviations:
LN = Line number

DW = Dwelling number

FM = Family number

SX = Sex

RE = Value of real estate

PE = Value of personal estate

F = Father of foreign birth

M = Mother of foreign birth

S = Attended school within the year

V = Male citizens of U.S of 21 years of age and upwards

Music: Music: "My Grandfather's Clock" ca. 1876. From Parlor Songs: In Search of American Popular Music.

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	1	1	Coleman	A	60	M	Farmer	1000	600	New York
2			Day	James L	30	M	Farmer			Ohio
3			ЧЧ	Marian	27	F	Keeping House			New York
4			ЧЧ	Diantha	6	F				Ohio
5			ЧЧ	Florence	4	F				Iowa
6			ЧЧ	Ellsworth	2	M				Iowa
7			ЧЧ	Frank	1/12	M				Iowa
NOTE: Frank was born in May.
8	2	2	Hutts	Catherine	41	F	Keeping House	2000	300	Baden
9			ЧЧ	Coourod	19	M	Farmer			Pennsylvania
10			ЧЧ	Susan	14	F				Iowa
11			ЧЧ	John	12	M				Iowa
12			ЧЧ	Wm	10	M				Iowa
13			ЧЧ	Amanda	7	F				Iowa
14			ЧЧ	Henry	3	M				Iowa
15	3	3	McFarland	Sarah	52	F	Keeping House		400	Ohio
16			ЧЧ	Milton	18	M	Farm Tenant			Ohio
17			ЧЧ	Jane	16	F				Iowa
18			ЧЧ	William	14	M				Iowa
19	4	4	Shoop	Elizabeth	70	F	Keeping House	500	100	Virginia
20			ЧЧ	Leander	21	M	Farmer			Ohio
21	5	5	Scoles	John	71	M	Retired Farmer	3500	900	Pennsylvania
22			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	70	F	Keeping House			Maryland
23			ЧЧ	Mary Nancy	9	F				Iowa
24			ЧЧ	John F	33	M	At Home			Ohio
25	6	6	Warner	Horace	48	M	Farmer			Conneticut
26			ЧЧ	Martha A	47	F	Keeping House			Ohio
27			ЧЧ	Franklin H	17	M				Ohio
28			ЧЧ	Amanda	12	F				Iowa
29			ЧЧ	James B	7	M				Iowa
30			McDonald	Horace	19	M	Laborer			Ohio
31	7	7	Smith	Ephraim	39	M	Flour Mills	15000	500	Indiana
32			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	39	F	Keeping House			Indiana
33			ЧЧ	Ailltta	4	F				Iowa
34			ЧЧ	Walter D	2	M				Iowa
35			Blackmer	William	16	M	Laborer			Ohio
36			Miner	William	50	M	Miller			New York
37	8	8	Haisley	Alexander	68	M	Stone & Brick Man	500	100	North Carolina
38			ЧЧ	Sarah E	53	F	Keeping House			Virginia
39			ЧЧ	Vincent	17	M			100	Illinois
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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	9	9	Holmes	Amas	46	M	Carpenter	400	300	Ohio
2			ЧЧ	Sarah	44	F	Keeping House			Ohio
3			ЧЧ	Laura A	17	F				Wisconsin
4			ЧЧ	Reuben	15	M				Wisconsin
5			ЧЧ	Thomas M	3	M				Iowa
6	10	10	Comstalk	A. J.	26	M	Teaming	300	1000	Iowa
7			ЧЧ	Julia	21	F	Keeping House			New York
8			Lawrence	Mary	21	F	Domestic Servant			Ohio
9			Gordon	William	20	M	Laborer			Illinois
10			Brown	Gust D	18	M	Laborer			Ohio
11	11	11	Barker	Asahel	70	M	Retired Farmer		200	New York
12			ЧЧ	Euphemia	71	F	Keeping House			New Jersey
13			ЧЧ	Euphemia	13	F	Niece			Iowa
14	12	12	Barker	Amos	29	M	Farmer	6000	1600	Illinois
15			ЧЧ	Emily	24	F	Keeping House			Iowa
16			ЧЧ	Mary	5	F				Iowa
17			ЧЧ	Ida Jane	4	F				Iowa
18			ЧЧ	Lily	2	F				Iowa
19			Jones	Julius	15	M	Farm Laborer			Ohio
20	13	13	Eichelburger	Mark	25	M	Harnefs Maker	600	75	Pennsylvania
21			ЧЧ	Hannah	18	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
NOTE: Married in October.
22	14	14	Lane	C. H.	44	M	Farming	400	800	Ohio
23			ЧЧ	Laura S	34	F	Keeping House			Ohio
24			ЧЧ	Clement	8	M				Iowa
25			ЧЧ	William	5	M				Iowa
26			ЧЧ	George H	20	M				Iowa
27	15	15	Pike	James L	25	M	Teamster		300	Ohio
28			ЧЧ	Eliza F	23	F	Keeping House			New York
29			ЧЧ	Enola	3	F				Iowa
30			ЧЧ	Hattie	1	F				Iowa
31	16	16	Clothier	Theodore	30	M	Carpenter		500	Canada
32			ЧЧ	Nancy	28	F	Keeping House			Indiana
33			ЧЧ	John C	9	M				Iowa
34			ЧЧ	Elmer E	5	M				Iowa
35			ЧЧ	Anna	2	F				Iowa
36			ЧЧ	Horatio	22	M	Laborer			New York
37	17	17	Miller	G. W.	35	M	Farmer	5000	1100	Pennsylvania
38			ЧЧ	Eliza	32	F	Keeping House			Ohio
39			ЧЧ	Caddie	11	F				Iowa
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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	18	18	Foote	Joseph	37	M	Clerk in Store		500	Maine
2			ЧЧ	Marietta	27	F	Keeping House			Maine
3			ЧЧ	Nellie P	3	F				Maine
4			ЧЧ	Henry W	2/12	M				Iowa
5	19	19	Reinsh	William	34	M	Shoe Maker	450	100	Prussia
6			ЧЧ	Sarah A	22	F	Keeping House			Ohio
7			ЧЧ	William	3	M				Illinois
8			ЧЧ	Edward	1	M				Iowa
9	20	20	Cool	Delofs	30	M	Wagon Maker	100	150	New York
10			ЧЧ	Jennie	24	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
11			Brady	Michiel	20	M	Wagon Maker			Pennsylvania
12	21	21	Kaufman	Robert	44	M	Blacksmith	300	300	Pennsylvania
13			ЧЧ	Barbara	42	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
14			ЧЧ	Josephine	16	F				Iowa
15			ЧЧ	Ida	12	F				Iowa
16			ЧЧ	Elnora	6	F				Iowa
17			ЧЧ	Angnora	6	F				Iowa
18			ЧЧ	Elmer U	4	M				Iowa
19			ЧЧ	"No Name"	6/12	M				Iowa
20	22	22	Williams	J. C.	28	M	Blacksmith		200	New York
21			ЧЧ	Margaret	27	F	Keeping House			Michigan
22			ЧЧ	Harry	4	M				Iowa
23			ЧЧ	Lena V	1	F				Iowa
24	23	23	Jennings	W. L.	35	M	Drygoods Merchant	500	200	New York
25			ЧЧ	Catharine	30	F	Keeping House			Ohio
26			ЧЧ	Frank	12	M				Iowa
27			ЧЧ	Mary	9	F				Iowa
28	24	24	Thomson	John	45	M	Drygoods Merchant	1200	3000	Ohio
29			ЧЧ	Mary J	28	F	Keeping House			Ohio
30			ЧЧ	William	19	M	At Home			Indiana
31			ЧЧ	Mary E	17	F				Indiana
32			ЧЧ	Martha J	12	F				Indiana
33			ЧЧ	Alice M	10	F				Indiana
34			ЧЧ	Adaline	1	F				Iowa
35			Higgins	Jeffery	37	M	Clerk in Store			England
36	25	25	Anderson	Robert J	37	M	Veterinary Surgeon	500	500	Ireland
37	26	26	Brant	James	49	M	Farm Tenant	300	500	Maryland
38			ЧЧ	Catharine	47	F	Keeping House			Maryland
39			ЧЧ	James	13	M				Maryland
40			ЧЧ	Benj	7	M				Iowa

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1			Brant	Harriet	16	F				Maryland
2	27	27	Southwick	Westly	41	M	Carpenter	300	150	Ohio
3			ЧЧ	Ruth	30	F	Keeping House			Indiana
4			ЧЧ	Edwin	9	M				Iowa
5			ЧЧ	Emery	8	M				Iowa
6			ЧЧ	Lura	7	F				Iowa
7			ЧЧ	Charley	5	M				Iowa
8			ЧЧ	Burt	2	M				Iowa
9	28	28	Solts	Joseph	35	M	Blacksmith	400	600	Pennsylvania
10			ЧЧ	Sarah	37	F	Keeping House			Ohio
11			ЧЧ	Henry	13	M				Illinois
12			ЧЧ	Lincoln	11	M				Illinois
13			ЧЧ	Jesse	2	M				Iowa
14	29	29	Burrows	Adelia	42	F	Keeping House	200	100	Ohio
15			Benedom	Wilford	8	M				Iowa
16			ЧЧ	Carrie	12	F				Iowa
17	30	30	Conlie	Thomas	50	M	Farm Tenant	200	100	Ireland
18			ЧЧ	Margaret	34	F	Keeping House			Ireland
19	31	31	Brant	P. J.	30	M	Miller			Maryland
20			ЧЧ	Ellen	23	F	Keeping House			Maine
21			ЧЧ	Leon W	1	M				Iowa
22	32	32	Holden	S. L.	70	M	Hotel Keeper	600	400	New York
23			ЧЧ	Adeline	66	F	Keeping House			Massachusetts
24			Handy	E. H.	55	M	Stone Mason		100	New York
25			ЧЧ	Sarah A	42	F	Keeping House			Vermont
26			ЧЧ	Clarissa	13	F				Iowa
27			Gemmill	L. P.	26	M	Well Digger		100	Canada
28			Brothers	Moses	40	M	Carpenter			Ohio
29	33	33	Carpenter	August	26	M	Laborer		200	Ohio
30			ЧЧ	Mary Ann	28	F	Keeping House			Illinois
31			ЧЧ	Paul A	3	M				Iowa
32			ЧЧ	E. O.	1	M				Iowa
33	34	34	Harbaugh	Frank	24	M	Carpenter			Ohio
34			ЧЧ	Mary	20	F	Keeping House			Wisconsin
35		35	Conner	Ezra	64	M	Carpenter	1000	100	Pennsylvania
36			ЧЧ	Maria	61	F	Keeping House			Virginia
37	35	36	Rue	Paul	58	M	Plasterer	100	100	Silse
38			ЧЧ	Mary W	55	F	Keeping House			Sonne Hause
39	36	37	Cleveland	Richard	64	M	Gardner Surveyor	500	200	Massachusetts
40			ЧЧ	Mary	55	F	Keeping House			New York

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1			Seely	Almira	11	F				Iowa
2	37	38	Cronkite	William	37	M	Farmer	6000	2200	Indiana
3			ЧЧ	Caroline	23	F	Keeping House			Switzurland
4			ЧЧ	Horace	2	M				Iowa
5			ЧЧ	Celeste	1	F				Iowa
6			ЧЧ	Mary	9	F				Iowa
7			Simpson	Laura	19	F	Music Teacher			Iowa
8	38	39	Edwards	Francis	24	M	Farm Laborer		100	Ohio
9			ЧЧ	Sarah R	22	F	Keeping House			Ohio
10			Hamer	Martha	18	F				Ohio
11	39	40	Winset	Labon	32	M	Clergyman		200	Ohio
12			ЧЧ	Rebecca	26	F	Keeping House			Indiana
13			ЧЧ	Earnest	8/12	M				Iowa
14		41	Rummell	David	30	M	Tinner	1000	1000	Ohio
15			ЧЧ	Harriet	20	F	Keeping House			Ohio
16			Carpenter	Asel	18	M	Clerk in Store			Ohio
17	40	42	Jefferies	B. A.	53	M	Farmer	9000	1600	Ohio
18			ЧЧ	Rebecca	45	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
19			ЧЧ	Henry	20	M	At Home			Ohio
20			ЧЧ	Mary	10	F				Iowa
21			ЧЧ	John	18	M	Farm Laborer			Ohio
22	41	43	Russell	William	31	M	Laborer		200	New York
23			ЧЧ	Elvira	26	F	Keeping House			New York
24			ЧЧ	Wm Jerome	9	M				New York
25			ЧЧ	Sarah V	5	F				New York
26	42	44	Bothwell	John	57	M	Farmer	3000	1300	Pennsylvania
27			ЧЧ	Caroline	39	F	Keeping House			New York
28			Mace	Caroline	19	F	At Home			Iowa
29			ЧЧ	Kelly	1	F				Iowa
30			ЧЧ	Flora	13	F				Iowa
31			ЧЧ	John	11	M				Iowa
32			ЧЧ	Lydia	8	F				Iowa
33			ЧЧ	Grant	5	M				Iowa
34			ЧЧ	Josephine	5/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Josephine was born in December.
35	43	45	Stivers	George	25	M	Farmer	7000	600	Iowa
36			ЧЧ	Mattilda	21	F	Keeping House			Ohio
37			ЧЧ	Howard	1	M				Iowa
38			Harrison	Jennie	14	F	Domestic Servant			Iowa
39			ЧЧ	John	19	M	Thresher			Iowa
NOTE: Jennie (Hulda Jane) and John Harrison were sister and brother to Matilda Jane Harrison Stivers. I would appreciate additional information on both of them. Richard Harrison
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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	44	46	Stivers	Timathy	51	M	Farmer		200	New York
2			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	43	F	Keeping House			Ohio
3			ЧЧ	Adaline	19	F				Iowa
4			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	17	F				Iowa
5			ЧЧ	Frank	9	M				Iowa
6	45	47	Emerson	George	50	M	Farmer	3000	1000	Ohio
7			ЧЧ	Sarah A	49	F	Keeping House			Ohio
8			ЧЧ	Westley	28	M	At Home	1000	150	Ohio
9			ЧЧ	Geo H	23	M	At Home		400	Indiana
10			ЧЧ	Henrietta	20	F				Indiana
11			ЧЧ	Mary	18	F				Indiana
12			ЧЧ	Lodema	16	F				Iowa
13			ЧЧ	Joseph	14	M				Iowa
14			ЧЧ	Martha J	11	F				Iowa
15			ЧЧ	Andrew	9	M				Iowa
16	46	48	Emerson	Charles	29	M	Farmer	2000	400	Ohio
17			ЧЧ	Mary Ann	23	F	Keeping House			Ohio
18	47	49	Carpenter	David	45	M	Farmer	2500	1800	Ohio
19			ЧЧ	Mary J	37	F	Keeping House			Ohio
20			ЧЧ	Louis	14	M				Iowa
21			ЧЧ	Lilly	12	F				Iowa
22			Lamb	Florence	16	F				Iowa
23			ЧЧ	Matilda	15	F				Iowa
24			ЧЧ	Kauzes	13	M				Iowa
25			ЧЧ	Dora	11	F				Iowa
26			ЧЧ	Ida	9	F				Iowa
27			ЧЧ	Castor	8	M				Iowa
28	48	50	Call	Stephen	61	M	Farmer	2000	600	New York
29			ЧЧ	Cynthia	61	F	Keeping House			New York
30			Holden	Calab	20	M	Farm Laborer			New York
31			Fike	Nancy	12	F				Iowa
32	49	51	Benfield	Henry	32	M	Blacksmith	500	500	Prussia
33			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	32	F	Keeping House			Ohio
34			ЧЧ	Henry	6	M				Iowa
35			Barker	Marrietta	11	F				Iowa
36			ЧЧ	Olive	9	F				Iowa
37	50	52	Scoles	William	49	M	Carpenter	500	500	Ohio
38			ЧЧ	Sarah	43	F	Keeping House			Ohio
39			ЧЧ	Clara	23	F	Milliner			Ohio
40			ЧЧ	Alice -	11	F				Iowa

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	51	53	Potter	William	51	M	Physician	400	500	Pennsylvania
2			ЧЧ	C.A.	37	F	Keeping House			New York
3	52	54	Baugh	Jacob	39	M	Farmer	3000	1200	Indiana
4			ЧЧ	Huldah	40	F	Keeping House			Vermont
5			ЧЧ	Charles	12	M				Iowa
6			ЧЧ	Jennie	8	F				Iowa
7			Luke	James	4	M				Iowa
8	53	55	Stewart	Joseph	61	M	Farmer	8000	1400	New Hampshire
9			ЧЧ	Emeline	29	F	At Home			Ohio
10			ЧЧ	John B	24	M	At Home		150	Ohio
11			ЧЧ	Virginia	22	F	At Home			Ohio
12			Emerson	Geo	23	M	Farm Laborer			Indiana
13			Forgner	Amos	13	M				Ohio
14	54	56	Stewart	Charlie	27	M	Farmer		250	Ohio
15			ЧЧ	Minerva	25	F	Keeping House			Ohio
16			ЧЧ	Clara	7	F				Iowa
17			ЧЧ	Charles W	2	M				Iowa
18	55	57	Cronkite	Orville	60	M	Farmer			New York
19			ЧЧ	Melvina	57	F	Keeping House			Ohio
20			ЧЧ	Emeline	13	F				Iowa
21	56	58	Cronkite	Hamilton	33	M	Farmer	1600	500	Iowa
22			ЧЧ	Melinda	27	F	Keeping House			Ohio
23			ЧЧ	Miron	9	M				Iowa
24			ЧЧ	Jessie	7	F				Iowa
25			ЧЧ	Salina	5	F				Iowa
26			ЧЧ	Orville	3	M				Iowa
27	57	59	Lindsley	Amasa	48	M	Farmer	1000	950	Ohio
28			ЧЧ	Nancy	38	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
29			ЧЧ	George	14	M				Iowa
30			ЧЧ	Elizabeth	13	F				Iowa
31			ЧЧ	Jane	12	F				Iowa
32			ЧЧ	Ida	9	F				Iowa
33			ЧЧ	Oliver	5	M				Iowa
34			ЧЧ	Ulysses	3	M				Iowa
35	58	60	Jacoby	Joseph	57	M	Farmer	1000	800	Pennsylvania
36			ЧЧ	Lydia	57	F	Keeping House			Ohio
37			ЧЧ	James	21	M				Ohio
38			ЧЧ	Amos	19	M				Indiana
39			ЧЧ	Daniel	17	M				Indiana
40			ЧЧ	Peter	10	M				Missourie

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	59	61	Whitmore	Joseph	36	M	Farmer	7500	1700	Virginia
2			ЧЧ	John Walker	10	M				Iowa
3			ЧЧ	William	9	M				Iowa
4			ЧЧ	Eliza	60	F	At Home			Pennsylvania	&nb