Benton, IN 1870 Federal Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/benton/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Parrish Grove Township) This Census was transcribed by Larry R. Smith and proofread by Camellia Capitelli for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2003 by Larry R. Smith ============================================================================ 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. 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Brake Ass't Marshal 1 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 1 1 Boswell Charles 33 M W Farmer 578,000 3,800 Indiana . . . Feb . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Boswell Selina 32 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Boswell Ernest 7 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Boswell Mildred 5 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 Lamar Millie 25 F W Domestic . . New York X X . . . X X . . . . 6 1 1 Lamar Lizzie 22 F W Domestic . . New York X X . . . X X . . . . 7 1 1 Ducrow Edward 23 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 8 1 1 Poutry August 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 9 1 1 Poutry Joseph 17 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 10 1 1 Burnes James 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 1 Vanover Joseph 38 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 12 2 2 Boswell Parson 74 M W Farmer 42,000 10,000 Virginia . . . . . . . . X . First name ? 13 2 2 Boswell Adah 64 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 2 Boswell Arthur 35 M W Cattle Broker 5,000 7,500 Ill . . . . . . . . X . . 15 2 2 Boswell Alonso 22 M W Cattle Broker . 6,000 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 16 2 2 Pouley Henry 22 M W Cattle Broker . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 17 2 2 Flenner Mariah 18 F W Domestic . . Canada . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 3 Scrolcraft Gotham 47 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 19 3 3 Scrolcraft Nancy 42 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 3 Scrolcraft Mark A. 17 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . X . . . . 21 3 3 Scrolcraft Margaret 14 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3 3 Scrolcraft James 16 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 3 Scrolcraft Sarah 11 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . X X . . . . . 24 3 3 Scrolcraft Mary 9 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3 3 Scrolcraft Malinda 7 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4 4 Boswell William 26 M W Farmer 13,200 1,000 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 27 4 4 Boswell Elizabeth 23 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 28 4 4 Boswell Charles 4 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 29 4 4 Stohlberg Henry 46 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstien X X . . . . . . X . . 30 4 4 Adams Th*** 23 M W Farm Laborer . 200 Canada . . . . . . . . X . First name ? 31 5 5 Mitchell John 33 M W Blacksmith . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 5 5 Mitchell Jane 32 F W Keeping house . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5 5 Mitchell Sarah 10 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5 5 Mitchell Wilbur 7/12 M W . . . Indiana . . Jan . . . . . . . . 35 5 5 Woolf Andrew 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Penn . . . . . . . . X . . 36 5 5 Kaile Martin 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 37 5 5 Finley James 45 M W Farm Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 38 5 5 Smith Green 64 M W Blacksmith . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 39 5 5 Briley James 24 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 40 5 5 Crossen George 32 M W Herder . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . An image file for this page is available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/benton/census/1870/0330b.gif CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Parrish Grove Twp REEL NO: M593-299 PAGE NO: 0330b REFERENCE: Oxford P.O. T.E. Brake Ass't Marshal =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 5 5 Featherleif Mary 33 F W Domestic . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 5 NS NN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No entry this line 3 7 6 Simpson Jerry 33 M W Farmer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 4 7 6 Simpson Louisa 27 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 6 Simpson William 10 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 6 Simpson Ida 8 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 6 Simpson Edward 5 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 6 Simpson *i*** 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . First name ? 9 7 6 Pierce Charles 16 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7 6 Pierce George 14 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 6 Loomis Mary 20 F W Domestic . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 6 Cordra Daly 24 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 13 7 6 Cordra Jacob 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 14 7 6 Callaway David 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 15 7 6 Smith John 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 16 7 6 Lewis Evan 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 17 7 6 Porter Stephen 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Del . . . . . . . . X . . 18 7 6 Loomis Luther 24 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 19 7 6 Loomis Sarah 20 F W Domestic . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7 6 LaHangh Hettie 17 F W Domestic . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 21 7 6 Briley Samuel 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7 6 Simpson Noble 36 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 23 7 6 Peterson Charles 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Sweden X X . . . . . . X . . 24 7 6 Peterson John 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 25 7 6 Connestan John 28 M W Farm Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 26 7 6 Corbin Andrew 23 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 27 7 6 Corbin George 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 28 7 6 Miller Jacob 23 M W Farm Laborer . . Hess Cassel X X . . . X X . X . . 29 7 6 Flebare John 17 M W Farm Laborer . . Sweden X X . . . X X . . . . 30 7 6 Elding John 19 M W Farm Laborer . . Sweden X X . . . X X . . . . 31 7 6 Elding Agustus 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Sweden X X . . . . . . X . . 32 7 6 Briley Philip 3 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8 7 Praigh George 38 M W Farmer . . Hess Sarinsted X X . . . . . . X . Last name & birth place ? 34 8 7 Praigh Caroline 30 F W Keeping house . . Ohio X . . . . X X . . . Last name ? 35 8 7 Praigh Rebecka 10 F W At home . . Ohio X . . . . . X . . . Last name ? 36 8 7 Praigh Edward 7 M W At home . . Ohio X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 37 8 7 Praigh William 8 M W At home . . Ohio X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 38 8 7 Praigh Mary 5 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 39 8 7 Praigh Ellen 4 F W . . . Indiana X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 40 8 7 Praigh Anna 2 F W . . . Indiana X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? An image file for this page is available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/benton/census/1870/0331a.gif CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Parrish Grove Twp REEL NO: M593-299 PAGE NO: 0331a REFERENCE: Oxford P.O. T.E. Brake Ass't Marshal =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 8 7 Praigh Cora 7/12 F W . . . Indiana X . Dec . . . . . . . Last name ? 2 8 7 Frettinger Ellen 26 F W Domestic . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . Last name ? 3 8 7 Hoover Samuel 30 M W Farm Laborer . . Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 4 9 8 Boswell Frank 45 M W Farmer 18,000 . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 5 9 8 Boswell Virginia 43 F W Keeping house . . Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 8 Boswell Glenda 14 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 7 9 8 Boswell Henry 13 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 8 9 8 Boswell Arthur 9 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 8 Boswell Willard 5 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 8 Boswell Adah 6 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9 8 Boswell Frank 4 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 8 Chess Woodward 23 M W Farm Laborer . . Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 13 10 9 Church Elias 24 M W Farmer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 14 10 9 Church Susan 20 F W Keeping house . . Penn X . . . . . . . . . . 15 10 9 Church Mary 4 F W . . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10 9 Church David 2 M W . . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 17 10 9 McKey James 22 M W Farmer . . Penn . . . . . . . . X . . 18 10 9 Simmons Marion 20 M W Farmer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10 9 Classon John 14 M W Farmer . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 20 11 10 Hoover John 32 M W Farmer . 1,000 Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 21 11 10 Hoover Benj 65 M W Farmer . 600 Maryland . . . . . X X . X . . 22 11 10 Hoover Emily 58 F W Keeping house . . Maryland . . . . . . X . . . . 23 11 10 Hoover Lyda 21 F W At home . . Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . 24 11 10 Hoover Samuel 28 M W Farmer . 600 Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 25 11 10 Hoover Willie 6 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 26 11 10 Hoover Florence 4 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 27 11 10 Hoover Emily 3 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12 11 Hoover Carlythe 30 M W Farmer . 1,000 Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 29 12 11 Hoover Ann 20 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 30 12 11 Hoover Josephine 3 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12 11 Hoover John 1 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 32 12 11 Smith Thos 35 M W Farm Laborer . . Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 33 13 12 Ol*ton Kolb 24 M W Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . X . First and Last name ? 34 13 12 Ol*ton Augusta 23 F W Keeping house . . Ill X X . . . . . . . . Last name ? 35 13 12 Ol*ton Anna 4 F W . . . Ill X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 36 13 12 Ol*ton Lewis 2 M W . . . Ill X . . . . . . . . . Last name ? 37 13 12 Ol*ton Mary 6/12 F W . . . Ill X . Oct . . . . . . . Last name ? 38 13 12 Munson Andrew 27 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . X . . 39 13 12 Olston Oleg 31 M W Farmer . . Ill X X . . . . . . X . First name ? 40 13 12 Munson ***s 18 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . Last name ? An image file for this page is available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/benton/census/1870/0331b.gif CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Parrish Grove Twp REEL NO: M593-299 PAGE NO: 0331b REFERENCE: Oxford P.O. T.E. Brake Ass't Marshal =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 14 13 Flemming Simp 25 M W Farmer 1,600 . New Jersey X X . Apr . . . . X . First name ? 2 14 13 Flemming Martha 22 F W Keeping house . . Ireland X X . Apr . . . . . . . 3 14 13 Flemming Robert 22 M W Farmer 1,600 . New York X X . . . . . . X . . 4 14 13 Hart Frank 15 M W Herder . . Canada X X . . . X X . . . . 5 15 14 McCormac William 28 M W Farmer 3,000 500 Ireland X X . Apr . . . . X . . 6 15 14 McCormac Nellie 21 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . Apr . . . . . . . 7 15 14 McCormac John 8 M W . . . Illinois X . . . X . . . . . . 8 15 14 McCormac Ida 1/12 F W . . . Indiana X . Jun . . . . . . . . 9 16 15 McIntire Reara 40 M W Farme 800 . Ireland X X . . . . X . X . First name ? 10 16 15 McIntire Kate 35 F W Keeping house . . Ireland X X . . . . X . . . . 11 16 15 McIntire Michal 5 M W . . . Ill X X . . . . . . . . . 12 17 16 Conner Michal 27 M W Farmer 1,600 300 Ireland X X . . . X X . . . . 13 17 16 Conner Mary 26 F W Keeping house . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 14 17 16 Finley David 33 M W Farmer 3,000 300 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 15 18 17 Robertson Henry 57 M W Farmer 71,000 8,300 Ken . . . Aug . . . . X . . 16 18 17 Robertson Sarah 38 F W Keeping house . . North Carolina . . . Aug . . . . . . . 17 18 17 Robertson John 39 M W ***** Farmer . . Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 18 18 17 Robertson Henry E. 26 M W Farmer . . Ken . . . . . . . . X . . 19 18 17 Courtney Oliver 17 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 20 18 17 Courtney Lucy 15 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 21 18 17 Courtney Eva 13 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 22 18 17 Courtney Addeline 11 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 23 19 18 Findley Robert 40 M W Farmer . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 24 19 18 Findley Elizabeth 36 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . . 25 19 18 Findley Barney 17 M W At home . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . First name ? 26 19 18 Findley Hyrum 14 M W At home . . Ill . . . . . . X . . . . 27 19 18 Findley Nelson 8 M W At home . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 28 19 18 Findley Albert 6 M W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 29 19 18 Findley Dortha 5 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 30 19 18 Findley Jane 1 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 31 20 19 Marlow Jasper 25 M W Farmer . . Canada . . . . . . . . X . . 32 20 19 Marlow Ann 20 F W Keeping house . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 20 19 Marlow Henry 3 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 34 20 19 Marlow Sarah 2 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 35 21 20 File Henry 33 M W Farmer 1,600 . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 36 22 21 Metinger Martin 34 M W Farmer 1,600 . Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . . 37 22 21 Metinger Kate 29 F W Keeping house . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . . 38 22 21 Metinger Martin 4 M W . . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . . 39 22 21 Metinger Albert 10/12 M W . . . Ill X X Oct . . . . . . . . 40 22 21 Omleor Mary 12 F W Domestic . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . Last name ? An image file for this page is available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/benton/census/1870/0332a.gif CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Parrish Grove Twp REEL NO: M593-299 PAGE NO: 0332a REFERENCE: Oxford P.O. T.E. Brake Ass't Marshal 3 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 23 22 Metinger Henry 30 M W Farmer 1,600 200 Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . . 2 23 22 Metinger Mary 20 F W Keeping house . . Luxemburg X X . . . . . . . . . 3 24 23 McIntire Michael 35 M W Farmer 2,000 . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 4 24 23 McIntire Mariah 25 F W Keeping house . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 5 24 23 McIntire Mary 6 F W . . . Ill X X . . . . . . . . . 6 24 23 McIntire Magie 5 F W . . . Ill X X . . . . . . . . . 7 24 23 McIntire Ann 9/12 F W . . . Ill X X Oct . . . . . . . . 8 25 24 Thomas James 50 M W Farmer 3,400 . Conn . . . . . . . . X . . 9 25 24 Thomas Charity 39 F W Keeping house . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 10 25 24 Thomas Lewis 17 M W Farmer . . Ill . . . . X . . . . . . 11 25 24 Thomas Emma 13 F W at home . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 12 25 24 Thomas Hariett 4/12 F W . . . Ind . . Apr . . . . . . . . 13 26 25 Boyington Frank 23 M W Farmer . . Ind . . . . . . . . X . . 14 26 25 Boyington Mary 22 F W House Keeper . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 15 26 25 Scott Samul 40 M W Farmer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 16 26 25 Francis William 27 M W Laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 17 26 25 Harwood George 18 M W Laborer . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26 25 Warren David 16 M W Laborer . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 19 26 25 Warren Wash*** 13 M W Laborer . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . First name ? 20 27 26 Crane Reter 30 M W Farmer . . Ind . . . . . . . . X . . 21 27 26 Crane Emily 25 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 22 27 26 Crane Hariett 6 F W . . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 23 27 26 Crane Rachel 3 F W . . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 24 27 26 Casey John 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Ind . . . . . . . . X . . 25 28 27 Marion Steph 33 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . X X . X . . 26 28 27 Marion Mary 30 F W Keeping house . . Canada X X . . . X X . . . . 27 28 27 Marion William 9 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 28 28 27 Marion Napoleon 6 M W . . . Ind X X . . . . . . . . . 29 28 27 Marion Egean 2 M W . . . Ind X X . . . . . . . . . 30 28 27 Belong Mary 18 F W Domestic . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 31 29 28 Hollis Eben 28 M W Farmer 400 300 M?ass . . . Oct . . . . X . . 32 29 28 Hollis Ann 24 F W Keeping house . . Ill . . . Oct . . . . . . . 33 30 29 Peck Henry 23 M W Farme 4,000 . Ohio . . . May . . . . X . . 34 30 29 Peck Abbia 20 F W Keeping house . . Ill . . . May . . . . . . Last entry this page. End of Township