IowaJones/US Census/Wayne 1870 Part I

Wayne Township
PART I

Transcribed by Janet Strief.

Enumerated April 15-26 1870 by J. G. Dawson, Asst. Marshall. Microfilm is Series M593, Roll 401, Pages 1-30. 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: "Fairy's Cradle Song" ca. 1870. 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	Dawson	J.G.	34	M	Farmer	3000	1000	Pennsylvania
2			Dawson	Margaret J.	31	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
3			Dawson	Elmer E.	8	M	Attending School			Iowa
4			Dawson	Orin W.	1	M				Iowa
5	1	2	Wooster	George	23	M	Farmer		500	New Hampshire
6			Wooster	Frances	21	F	Keeping House			Iowa
7	2	3	Fish	Firman J.	37	M	Farmer	4000	800	New York
8			Fish	Mary A.	32	F	Keeping House			New York
9			Fish	George W.	13	M	At Home			New York
10			Fish	Charles G.	9	M	Attending School			New York
11			Fish	Carrie J.	7/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Carrie Fish was born in November. It looks like the number "13" could be written in after 'Nov."
12	3	4	Dawson	William W.	59	M	Farmer	4000	1300	Pennsylvania
13			Dawson	Mary	60	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
14			Dawson	Margaret C.	19	F				Pennsylvania
15			Dawson	Thomas W.	16	M	works on farm			Pennsylvania
16			Hunter	William W.	11	M	Attending School			Iowa
17	4	5	Tippen	Michail	52	M	Farmer	4500	1000	Ohio
18			Tippen	Catharine	58	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
19			Tippen	Levi	22	M	works on farm		300	Indiana
20			Tippen	Sarah A.	19	F				Ohio
21	5	6	Leake	Charles G.	47	M	works on farm		400	New York
22			Leake	Sarah J.	43	F	Keeping House			New York
23			Leake	Mary J.	20	F				Indiana
24			Leake	Frances C.	18	F				Indiana
25			Leake	George W.	13	M	at home			Michigan
26			Leake	Minnie	6	F				Michigan
27			Leake	Minnie	6	F				Michigan
28			Leake	Glenn C.	1	M				Michigan
NOTE: There are two entries for Minnie with the same information. Glenn has an "F" written over/under the "M" in the sex column.
29	6	7	Matson	C. H.	42	M	Farmer	4600	1000	Vermont
30			Matson	Eva	12	F	At Home			Iowa
31			Matson	Ada	7	F	At Home			Iowa
32			Matson	Hannah	4	F	At Home			Iowa
33			Matson	Caroline	1	F	At Home			Iowa
34	7	8	Chase	Job	47	M	works on farm			New York
35			Chase	Mary	50	F	Keeping House			New York
36			Chase	Sarah	20	F				New York
37	8	9	Tanner	Andrew	55	M	Farmer	6800	1250	New York
38			Tanner	Mary	54	F	Keeping House			England
39			Woods	George	20	M	works on farm			Michigan
40			Hotel	Abe	53	M	works on farm			Pennsylvania
NOTE: Abe can't write.

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	9	10	Batchelder	Stephen C.	56	M	Farmer	4860	900	New Hampshire
2			Batchelder	John	79	M				New Hampshire
3			Batchelder	Eloner	73	F				New Hampshire
4			Batchelder	Hannah	35	F	Keeping house			New Hampshire
5			Lockwood	Emily	10	F	Attending school			Iowa
6			Lockwood	Anna	8	F	Attending school			Iowa
7			Nelson	Christian	22	M	Works on Farm			Norway
8	10	11	Batchelder	Albert	36	M	Farmer	2500	900	New Hampshire
9			Batchelder	Harriet	26	F	Keeping house			New York
10			Batchelder	Lewis A.	4	M				Iowa
11			Batchelder	Charles E.	2	M				Iowa
12			Batchelder	Eunice	4/12	F				Iowa
13			Bohlken	Sefken	23	M	Works on Farm			Prussia
NOTE: Eunice was born in February.
14	11	12	Borggs	Cyrus P	40	M	Farmer	1400	800	New York
15			Borggs	Louretta	35	F	Keeping house			New York
16			Thompkins	Lourin	14	M	Works on Farm			New York
17			Thompkins	Lauria J.	12	F	Attending school			New York
18			Thompkins	Florence M	6	F	at home			New York
NOTE: It looks like Thompkins was written over the ditto line at a later date.
19	12	13	Wooster	Selim	49	M	Farmer	5200	1100	New Hampshire
20			Wooster	Lucy	45	F	Keeping house			New Hampshire
21			Wooster	Alden	17	M	Works on Farm			New Hampshire
22			Wooster	Chias	15	M	Works on Farm			Iowa
23			Wooster	Maranda	11	F	Attending school			Iowa
24			Wooster	William	9	M	Attending school			Iowa
25			Wooster	Hattie	6	F				Iowa
26			Wooster	Cora	4	F				Iowa
27			Wooster	John	22	M				Mass.
28			Wooster	Waldo	20	M				New Hampshire
29	13	14	Buell	Timothy	45	M	Farmer		900	Canada
30			Buell	Mary	36	F	Keeping house			New York
31			Buell	Adelade	15	F				Canada
32			Buell	Sophia	11	F	Attending school			Massachusetts
33			Buell	Hiram	8	M	Attending school			Iowa
34			Buell	Eliza	6	F	Attending school			Iowa
35	14	15	Snyder	James	24	M	Farmer		400	Ohio
36			Snyder	Mary	28	F	Keeping house			Ohio
37			Snyder	Robert M.	4	M	at home			Iowa
38			Snyder	Willie W.	2	M	at home			Iowa
39	15	16	Hayes	Robert R.	41	M	Farmer	3000	1400	New York
40			Hayes	Phebe.	36	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			Hayes	Richard	17	M	Works on Farm			New York
2			Hayes	Ellen	15	F				New York
3			Hayes	Adelbert	13	M				New York
4			Hayes	Mary	12	F				New York
5			Hayes	Hattie	8	F				New York
6	16	17	Dunning	Z.	44	M	Farmer	4600	1200	New York
7			Dunning	Druzella	35	F	Keeping House			New York
8			Dunning	Elna	15	F	Attending School			Iowa
9			Dunning	Ella	12	F				Iowa
10			Dunning	Jesse	8	F				Iowa
11	17	18	Reed	Robert	44	M	Farmer	3200	1100	Pennsylvania
12			Reed	Susan L.	33	F	Keeping House			New Hampshire
13			Reed	Clark O.	12	M				Iowa
14			Reed	Frank H.	10	M				Iowa
15			Reed	Ernest	8	M				Iowa
16			Reed	Benjamin	5	M				Iowa
17			Reed	Narsissus	1	F				Iowa
18	18	19	Race	Alna	68	M	Farmer	6000	665	New York
19			Race	Mary	65	F	Keeping House			Mass.
20			Race	George M.	23	M	Works on Farm		250	Pennsylvania
21	19	20	Race	Charles	43	M	Farmer	1200	300	Pennsylvania
22			Race	Hannah C.	43	F	Keeping House			New York
23			Race	Ida J.	12	F				Wisconsin
24			Race	Mary A.	9	F				Wisconsin
25	20	21	Fisher	Geo W.	46	M	Farmer	3000	600	Canada
26			Fisher	Jane B.	34	F	Keeping House			Canada
27			Fisher	Emily	16	F				Canada
28			Fisher	Allen	16	M	Works on Farm			Wisconsin
29			McGuirne	Emily	14	F				Wisconsin
30			McGuirne	Jane	15	F				Canada
31			McGuirne	Lucy	12	F				Wisconsin
32			Fisher	Frances	6	F				Iowa
33			Fisher	Minnie	4	F				Iowa
34			Fisher	Timothy	8/12	M				Iowa
NOTE: Fisher could possibly be spelled "Fuher." Timothy was born October.
35	21	22	Davis	Josiah	31	M	Works on Farm		200	Pennsylvania
36			Davis	Mary E.	20	F	Keeping House			Indiana
37			Davis	Jessie	9/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Jessie was born in September.
38	22	23	Shields	John F.	57	M	Works on Farm		540	Ohio
39			Shields	Jacob	16	M	Works on Farm			Indiana
40			Shields	Sarah	14	F				Indiana

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1			Shields	Clara	12	F				Iowa
2			Shields	Murcy	9	F				Iowa
3			Whitney	Katie	19	F				Ohio
4			Whitney	Charlie	1/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Katie Whitney was married in March. Charlie was born in May.
5	23	24	Charles	Newton	28	M	Works on Farm		700	Pennsylvania
6			Charles	Sarah C	19	F	Keeping House			Ohio
7	24	25	Dickerson	Samuel	57	M	Farmer	5000	1500	England
8			Dickerson	Lydia	53	F	Keeping House			England
9			Dickerson	Maria	30	F				England
10			Dickerson	Charles	26	M	Works on Farm			England
11			Dickerson	Samuel	19	M	Works on Farm			New York
12			Dickerson	Everett	18	M	Works on Farm			New York
13			Dickerson	George	12	M	Works on Farm			Iowa
14			Dickerson	Mary	10	F				Iowa
15			Dickerson	Agness	8	F				Iowa
NOTE: Agness is spelled with the old handwriting double "s."
16	25	26	Anderson	A. R.	36	F	Farmer	2500	700	Scotland
17			Anderson	Ellen	30	F	Keeping House			Ohio
18			Anderson	Mary M.	12	F				Iowa
19			Anderson	John	10	M				Iowa
20			Anderson	William E.	8	M				Iowa
21			Anderson	Ella A.	7					Iowa
22			Anderson	Agness	4					Iowa
23			Anderson	Caroline J.	2					Iowa
24			Anderson	Isadore A.	10/12					Iowa
NOTE: Agness is spelled with the old handwriting double "s." Isadore was born in July,
25	26	27	Laurence	Joseph C.	48	M	Farmer	4000	1000	Pennsylvania
26			Laurence	Hannah L.	46	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
27			Laurence	Orange	20	M	Works on Farm			Ohio
28			Laurence	Alice	18	F				Ohio
29			Laurence	Rachael	12	F				Iowa
30			Laurence	Nelly	9	F				Iowa
31	27	28	Bates	Jacob	43	M	Farmer	1100	300	New York
32			Bates	Mary A.	31	F	Keeping House			Ohio
33			Bates	William H.	9	M				Iowa
34	28	29	Bennett	Mathew	38	M	Farmer	1000	300	Ohio
35			Bennett	Sarah	30	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
36			Bennett	Wilber	11	M				Iowa
37			Bennett	Edith	6	F				Iowa
38			Bennett	Minnie	4	F				Iowa
39	29	30	Shaffer	William	36	M	Farmer	1400		Pennsylvania
40			Shaffer	Sallie H.	42	F	Keeping House			Ohio

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1	29	30	Shaffer	Etha	11	F	Attending School			Iowa
2			Shaffer	William	4					Iowa
3			Shaffer	George	7/12					Iowa
NOTE: George was born in October.
4	30	31	Scrivens	O. G.	55	M	Farmer	5000	1000	Pennsylvania
5			Scrivens	Clarinda	55	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
6			Scrivens	Matilda	18	F				Indiana
7			Scrivens	John	16	M	Works on Farm			Indiana
8			Scrivens	William	13	M	Works on Farm			Iowa
9	30	32	Ackerman	Elisha	77	M	Farmer			New York
10			Ackerman	Delilah	46	F	Keeping House	3000	175	New York
11			Ackerman	Arlington	23	M	Works on Farm		175	New York
12	30	33	Wells	Betsy	52	F	Keeping House			New York
13			Wells	John	21	M	Works on Farm		250	New York
NOTE: The values of the real & personal estates are listed under Delilah Ackerman. John Wells cannot write.
14	31	34	Hughes	William H.	40	M	Blacksmith	1000	300	Pennsylvania
15			Hughes	Martha	31	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
16			Hughes	William	7	M				Iowa
17			Hughes	Hattie	1	F				Iowa
18	32	35	Dawson	B. I.	25	M	Grocer ??et	2000	1075	Pennsylvania
19			Dawson	Emma A.	21	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
20			Dawson	Fred I.	9/12	M				Iowa
NOTE: Fred was born in September.
21	33	36	Bonewitz	P. G.	46	M	Farmer	10,000	3200	Pennsylvania
22			Bonewitz	Mary A.	45	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
23			Bonewitz	Lilly S.	18	F				Pennsylvania
24			Bonewitz	Mary C.	16	F				Pennsylvania
25			Bonewitz	Milo O.	10	M				Iowa
26			Bonewitz	Jennie L.	7	F				Iowa
27			Bonewitz	David W.	4	M	at home			Iowa
28	34	37	Harms	Harms	41	M	Farmer	3000	1300	Hanover
29			Harms	Hillie M.	38	F	Keeping House			Hanover
30			Harms	Anna M.	9	F				Illinois
31			Harms	Herimann	5	M				Illinois
32			Harms	Gerd	2	M				Iowa
33			Harms	Catharine	4/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Catharine was born in December.
34	35	38	Vanderham	John	31	M	Works on Farm			Prussia
35			Vanderham	Minnie	29	F	Keeping House			Prussia
36			Vanderham	Theodore	6	M				Prussia
37			Vanderham	Carl	3	M				Prussia
38			Vanderham	David	1	M				Iowa
NOTE: Can also be spelled "Vanderhamm." (Steve Hanken)
39	36	39	Stayner	Cyrus	33	M	Farmer			Ohio
40			Stayner	Sarah	29	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1			Stayner	Lawrence	6	M	Attending School			Iowa
2			Stayner	Martha J.	5	F	Attending School			Iowa
3			Stayner	Mary E.	4	F				Iowa
4			Stayner	Jonathan	2	M				Iowa
5			Stayner	Elmer E	10/12	M				Iowa
6			Weber	Meta	18	F	Domestic Servant			Marx/Ger.
NOTE: Elmer was born in August. For Meta "Marx" was entered for place of birth. It was crossed out and replaced with "Ger."
7	37	40	Reed	David	47	M	Farmer	5025	1000	Pennsylvania
8			Reed	Mary E.	34	F	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
9			Reed	Elizabeth	7	F				Iowa
10			Reed	Clarinda	5	F				Iowa
11			Reed	Nancy E.	3	F				Iowa
12	38	41	Stutt	John	32	M	Farmer	3400	400	Hanover
13			Stutt	Mary	22	F	Keeping House			Hanover
14			Stutt	John H.	3	M				Iowa
15			Stutt	John	5/12	M
NOTE: John was born in December.
16	39	42	Rickels	Henry	47	M	Farmer	3400	400	Hanover
17			Rickels	Mary	47	F	Keeping House			Hanover
18			Rickels	Gerd	15	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
19			Rickels	Henry	13	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
20			Rickels	Anna C.	7	F				Hanover
21			Rickels	Hermen	11/12	M				Iowa
NOTE: Hermen was born in July.
22	40	48	Holstein	Abram	45	M	Farmer	3750	1000	Kentucky
23			Holstein	Elizabeth	38	F	Keeping House			Indiana
24			Holstein	Flora	17	F				Indiana
25			Holstein	Georgia	15	F				Iowa
26			Holstein	Arthur	9	M				Iowa
27			Holstein	Grant	5	M				Iowa
28			Holstein	Frank	7/12	M				Iowa
29			Holstein	Walter	40	M	Carpenter			Illinois
30			Holstein	Anna	32	F				Indiana
31			Holstein	Emerson	17	M	Works on Farm			Indiana
32			Holstein	Charles	13	M				Iowa
33			Holstein	Evelina	9	F				Iowa
34			Holstein	Roselyn	9	F				Iowa
35			Holstein	Nettie	4/12	F				Iowa
NOTE: Although the entry clearly says "Holstein," these are the families of Abram Holston and his brother Waller Holston. "Walter" is Waller. Before 1880, they moved on to Marshall, Taylor Co., Iowa, where they continued to live as a large extended family. Frank was born in October. Nettie was born in January.
36	41	44	Scott	Leah	52	M	Keeping House	1400	125	Pennsylvania
37			Scott	John	21	M	Works on Farm			Pennsylvania
38			Scott	Frank	10	M	Attending School			Iowa
39			Scott	Faan	26	M	Agt. Amtract Society	1200		Pennsylvania
40	42	45	Ross	Absalom	42	M	Farmer	4800	800	Ohio

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LN	DW	FM	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	AGE	SX	OCCUPATION	RE
PE
BIRTHPLACE
F
M
S
V
1			Ross	Ann	40	F	Keeping House			Ohio
2			Ross	Mary C.	18	F				Ohio
3			Ross	Rebecca A.	16	F				Iowa
4			Ross	Marshal	11	M				Iowa
5			Ross	Ellen J.	8	M				Iowa
6			Ross	Nancy C.	7	F				Iowa
7			Ross	Perry	4	M	at home			Iowa
8			Ross	John	2	M	at home			Iowa
9	43	46	Penoyer	Ira C.	38	M	Farmer	500	500	New York
10			Penoyer	Josephine	35	F	Keeping House			New York
11			Penoyer	Charles	16	M	Works on Farm			Indiana
12			Penoyer	Frances E.	15	F				Indiana
13			Penoyer	Theresa	13	F				Michigan
14			Penoyer	Julia	11	F				Michigan
15			Penoyer	Ella A.	5	F				Michigan
16	44	47	Tobiasion	Henry	30	M	Farmer	4800	500	Hanover
17			Tobiasion	Engel	25	F	Keeping House			Hanover
18			Tobiasion	Kate	1	F				Iowa
19			Tobiasion	Mary	1/12	F				Iowa
20			Henricks	Henry	20	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
21			Rickels	Garret	19	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
NOTE: Mary was born in May.
22	45	48	Albers	John	35	M	Farmer		500	Hanover
23			Albers	Catharine	32	F	Keeping House			Hanover
24			Albers	Catharine	1	F				Iowa
25			Albers	Sallie	1/12	F				Iowa
26			Albers	Mary	60	F				Hanover
27			Gerke	Henry	20	M				Hanover
NOTE: Sallie was born in May.
28	46	49	Herren	Michael	49	M	Farmer	2000	600	Hanover
29			Herren	Saalke M	49	F	Keeping House			Hanover
30			Herren	John	18	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
31			Herren	Kate	15	F				Hanover
32			Herren	Mary	12	F				Illinois
33			Herren	Lizzie	7	F				Illinois
34	47	50	Pagler	Kate	10	F				Hanover
35			Greck	Frederic	24	M	Works on Farm			Hanover
36			Shield	Chris	29	M