Benton, IA 1870 Federal Census (File 2 of 2 for Bruce Twp) This Census was transcribed by Sue Soden and proofread by John Shuck for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2008 by Sue Soden ========================================================================= USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================= Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-376 State IA County Benton ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Bruce Township REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 26a REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 13 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 90 90 Shira Frederick 63 M W Farmer 5,500 1,425 Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 2 90 90 Shira Mary Eva 61 F W Keeping House . . Baden X X . . . . . . . . . 3 90 90 Shira Frederick 37 M W Farmer . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 4 90 90 Shira Jacob 35 M W Farmer . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 5 90 90 Shira Mary Eva 30 F W at Home . . Baden X X . . . . . . . . . 6 90 90 Shira William 24 M W Farm Laborer . . N Y X X . . . . . . X . . 7 90 90 Shira Carey 22 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 8 90 90 Shira Lilian 4/12 F W at Home . . Iowa . . Jan . . . . . . . . 9 91 91 Beal George W 28 M W Farmer 3,000 825 N Y . . . . . . . . X . 1860 Manchester, Ontario Co., New York 10 91 91 Beal Laura 22 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 11 91 91 Beal Flora E 2 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 12 91 91 Beal Henry M 7/12 M W at Home . . Iowa . . Oct . . . . . . . . 13 91 91 Sanford Polly 61 F W no occupation . . Conn . . . . . . . . . . 1860 Lafayette, Medina Co., OH 14 91 91 Sanford Gordon 24 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 15 92 92 Lewis Sophia 56 F W Keeping House 2,400 275 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 16 92 92 Lewis Clara B 24 F W no occupation . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 17 92 92 Lewis Martha 20 F W at Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 18 92 92 Lewis Zelph J 18 F W at Home . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 19 92 92 Lewis Eva L 15 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 20 92 92 Lewis Cora M 11 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 21 92 92 Lewis William 9 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 22 93 93 Lewis A W 59 M W Farmer 1,000 775 Penn . . . . . . . . X . . 23 93 93 Lewis Mary 52 F W Keeping House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 93 93 Lewis Elmira 20 F W at Home . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 94 94 Meader Chas 27 M W Farmer . 510 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 26 94 94 Meader Susanah 27 F W Keeping House . . Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 27 94 94 Meader Emma G 4 F W at Home . . Vermont . X . . . . . . . . . 28 94 94 Meader George B 2 M W at Home . . Vermont . X . . . . . . . . . 29 94 94 Meader Martha J 8/12 F W at Home . . Vermont . X Sep . . . . . . . . 30 95 95 Sanders Benjn 46 M W Farmer . 460 Penn . . . . . . . . X . 1860 Richland Twp., De Kalb Co., IN 31 95 95 Sanders Elizabeth 40 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 32 95 95 Sanders Franklin 18 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 95 95 Sanders Sarah 16 F W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . Sarah and William are both age 16 years 34 95 95 Sanders William 16 M W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 35 95 95 Sanders Mary 14 F W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 36 95 95 Sanders Martha 9 F W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 37 95 95 Sanders James 12 M W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 38 95 95 Sanders Moris 7 M W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 39 95 95 Sanders Minnie 6 F W at Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 40 95 95 Sanders Ada 5 F W at Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Bruce Township REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 26b REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 14, Enumerated 18th Aug, 1870 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 96 96 Hays Thos R 32 M W Farmer . 250 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 2 96 96 Hays Mary E 32 F W Keeping House . . N York . . . . . . . . . . . 3 96 96 Hays Hattie 9 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 4 97 97 Goodwin Wm G 35 M W Farmer . 580 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 5 97 97 Goodwin Josephine 22 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 6 97 97 Goodwin Ethelyn 1/365 F W at Home . . Iowa . . May . . . . . . . age and month born don't make sense 7 97 97 Goodwin Webster 33 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 8 98 98 Woodly John 33 M W Farmer . 1,250 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 9 98 98 Woodly Louisa 29 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 10 99 99 Myers Silas 44 M W Farmer 1,800 670 Penn . . . . . . . . X . . 11 99 99 Myers Caroline 42 F W Keeping House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 99 99 Myers Jonathan 19 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 13 99 99 Myers Samuel 16 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 14 99 99 Myers Susan 14 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 15 99 99 Myers Mary L 11 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . X . . . . 16 99 99 Myers Betsy J 6 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 17 99 99 Myers Caroline 4 F W at Home . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 18 99 99 Myers Cyrus F 1 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 19 100 100 Vader Oliver 33 M W Farmer 1,800 541 New York . . . . . . . . X . 1880 Medina Village, Medina Co., OH 20 100 100 Vader Adeline 33 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 21 100 100 Vader Ellen 3 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 22 102 102 Somers Lucien 38 M W Farmer 1,800 815 New York . . . . . . . . X . Summers: 1880 Round Spring Twp., Mitchell Co., KS 23 102 102 Somers Minerva 30 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 24 102 102 Somers Lefa 9/12 F W at Home . . Iowa . . Aug . . . . . . . . 25 102 102 Carlisle Willm 4 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 26 103 103 Kenedy Roswell 43 M W Farmer 6,000 2,100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . 1880 Fairbury, Jefferson Co., NE 27 103 103 Kenedy M A 39 F W Keeping House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 28 103 103 Kenedy G L 17 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 29 103 103 Kenedy P I 13 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . Park I 30 103 103 Kenedy C E 7 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . Cora E 31 103 103 Wescott D E 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 32 104 104 Dearth George 41 M W Farmer 6,500 1,500 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 33 104 104 Dearth Rebecca 38 F W Keeping House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 34 104 104 Dearth Mary Jane 19 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 35 104 104 Dearth Catharine 17 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 36 104 104 Dearth Amy 15 F W at Home . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 37 104 104 Dearth Arkamishi 13 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 38 104 104 Dearth Samuel 11 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 39 104 104 Dearth George W 9 M W at Home . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 40 104 104 Dearth Alzada 4 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Bruce Township REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 27a REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 15 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 104 104 Dearth Alva M 2 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 2 104 104 Dearth not named 5/12 F W at Home . . Iowa . . Dec . . . . . . . . 3 105 105 Carlisle James 46 M W Farmer 4,800 750 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 4 105 105 Carlisle Maria 45 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 5 105 105 Carlisle Daniel 19 M W Farm Laborer . 350 Iowa X . . . X . . . . . . 6 105 105 Carlisle Sheldon 12 M W at Home . . Iowa X . . . X . X . . . . 7 106 106 Wilmuth John 38 M W Farmer 400 550 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 8 106 106 Wilmuth Charlotte 22 F W Keeping House . . Iowa X . . . . . . . . . . 9 106 106 Wilmuth Adai R 4 F W at Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 10 106 106 Carlisle Abram L 28 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 11 106 106 Carlisle Emma J 7 F W at Home . . Iowa X . . . . . . . . . . 12 107 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DW# is the only written entry