Mecosta, MI 1870 Federal Census ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/mecosta/1870/ (File 17 of 18) This Census was transcribed by Joe Rhodes and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright 2004 by Joe Rhodes ========================================================================== 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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CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 McComb William 47 M W Farmer 2,000 700 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . Handwritten Page #1 2 1 1 McComb Losam 45 F W Keeping House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 McComb John W 16 M W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 McComb James A 13 M W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 McComb Caroline A 13 F W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . The age on lines 4 and 5 is the same, 13. 6 1 1 McComb David M 12 M W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 7 1 1 McComb Archibald H 11 M W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 8 1 1 McComb Robert L 9 M W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 9 1 1 McComb Sarah M 7 F W At Home . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 10 1 1 McComb Mary E. M. 4 F W At Home . . Michigan . X . . . . . . . . . 11 2 2 McKuen George W 24 M W Work on Farm . 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 12 2 2 McKuen Emily A 19 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 2 McKuen John F 11/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . Aug . . . . . . . . 14 3 3 Markle John A 33 M W Farmer 700 200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 15 3 3 Markle Lucinda H 32 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 3 Markle Ada 11 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 3 Markle Jasper 9 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 4 Grimes William 30 M W Farmer 1,000 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 19 4 4 Grimes Kate 25 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 4 Grimes Bertie 2 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Dinon Ira 60 M W Farmer 1,200 300 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 22 5 5 Dinon Elizabeth 55 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 5 Dinon Frank 22 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 24 5 5 Dinon George 21 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 25 5 5 Dinon Fred 17 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5 5 Dinon Po*ia 16 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5 5 Dinon Elizabeth 14 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 6 Benscoter John W 40 M W Carpenter 1,000 200 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 29 6 6 Benscoter Ada B 41 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6 6 Benscoter Alexander W 20 M W Work on Farm . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6 6 Benscoter Viola E 18 F W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6 6 Benscoter Prudence G 15 F W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6 6 Benscoter Francis M 12 M W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6 6 Benscoter Charles E 10 M W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6 6 Benscoter Finela F 8 F W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6 6 Benscoter Hattie L 6 F W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 6 Benscoter Betsy F 3 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6 6 Benscoter Osceola N 3/12 F W At Home . . Michigan . . Apr . . . . . . . . 39 7 7 Randal Maria 61 F W Milliner 1,200 250 Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . 40 8 8 Tanner Henry 44 M W Farmer 1,200 300 England X X . . . . . . X . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Sheridan REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 79B REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: July 27, 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 8 8 Tanner Eliza M 44 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . Handwritten Page #2 2 8 8 Tanner James F 19 M W Work on Farm . . Canada X . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 8 Tanner John A 17 M W Work on Farm . . Canada X . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 8 Tanner Joseph 14 M W Attending School . . Canada X . . . X . . . . . . 5 8 8 Tanner Thomas E 12 M W Attending School . . Canada X . . . X . . . . . . 6 8 8 Tanner Hannah M 10 F W Attending School . . Canada X . . . X . . . . . . 7 8 8 Tanner Richard V 8 M W Attending School . . Canada X . . . X . . . . . . 8 8 8 Tanner Sarah E 6 F W Attending School . . Canada X . . . X . . . . . . 9 8 8 Tanner Lorenzo 2 M W A Home . . Michigan X . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 9 Iserhart Jacob R 48 M W Farmer 800 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 11 9 9 Iserhart Eliza 34 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . . 12 9 9 Iserhart Margaret 18 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 9 Iserhart Florence 16 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 9 Iserhart John 14 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 15 9 9 Iserhart Simon 12 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 16 9 9 Iserhart Charlotte 11 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 17 9 9 Iserhart Harriet 10 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 18 9 9 Iserhart Ralph 6 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10 10 Corris William 34 M W Farmer 300 250 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 20 10 10 Corris Merintha 25 F W Keeping House . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 21 10 10 Corris Evaline 10 F W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 22 10 10 Corris Stella 8 F W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 23 11 11 Lucas Winne 60 M W Farmer 1,200 300 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 24 11 11 Lucas Maria 60 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 11 Lucas Ellen 11 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 26 12 12 Rathbun Maria L 25 F W Keeping House 1,000 200 New York . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12 12 Rathbun George W 13 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 28 12 12 Rathbun Frankie 11 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 29 12 12 Rathbun Charlie 9 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 30 12 12 Rathbun Laura 7 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 31 12 12 Rathbun Lucas 11/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . Aug . . . . . . . . 32 13 13 Hanna John 38 M W Farmer 600 150 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 33 13 13 Hanna Margaret M 31 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 34 13 13 Hanna Clara E 9 F W Attending School . . Ohio X . . . X . . . . . . 35 13 13 Hanna Wesley 6/12 M W At Home . . Michigan X . Jan . . . . . . . . 36 14 14 Watson George 32 M W Work on Farm . 200 Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 37 14 14 Watson Margaret 37 F W Keeping House . . Scotland X X . . . . X . . . . 38 14 14 Watson Jennett 11 F W Attending School . . Scotland X X . . X . . . . . . 39 14 14 Watson Elizabeth 3 F W At Home . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 40 14 14 Watson Margaret 2 F W At Home . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Sheridan REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 80A REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: July 28, 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 14 14 Watson John 1 M W At Home . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . Handwritten Page #3 2 14 14 Watson Jessie 1/12 F W At Home . . Michigan X X July . . . . . . . All information on line 2 is lined out 3 14 14 Cooper Margaret 12 F W Attending School . . Scotland X X . . X . . . . . . 4 14 14 Cooper Mary 10 F W Attending School . . Scotland X X . . X . . . . . . 5 15 15 Strong Edward P 30 M W Farmer 1,500 450 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 6 15 15 Strong Mary C 28 F W Keeping house . . Pennsylvania . . . . . X X . . . . 7 15 15 Strong Clara L 11 F W Attending School . . Pennsylvania . . . . X . . . . . . 8 15 15 Strong Nelson A 3 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 15 Strong Eugenie 1 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16 16 Gibbs William R 37 M W Farmer 1,200 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 11 16 16 Gibbs Elizabeth M 38 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16 16 Gibbs Royal F 15 M W Attending School . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 13 16 16 Gibbs Ansel H 13 M W Attending School . . Pennsylvania . . . . X . . . . . . 14 16 16 Gibbs Albert E 11 M W Attending School . . Pennsylvania . . . . X . . . . . . 15 16 16 Gibbs William 7 M W Attending School . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 16 16 16 Gibbs Edward 3 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 16 Gibbs Chauncey 9/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . Nov . . . . . . . . 18 17 17 Reed Abram N 41 M W Farmer 1,200 250 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 19 17 17 Reed Matilda 35 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 17 17 Reed George W 13 M W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 21 17 17 Reed Anna M 11 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 22 17 17 Reed Phebe A 9 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 23 17 17 Reed William L 5 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 24 17 17 Reed Emma J 3 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 25 18 18 Dye James R 40 M W Farmer 700 325 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 26 18 18 Dye Deborah 63 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 27 18 18 Boss Louis L 31 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 28 18 18 Boss Albert 13 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 29 19 19 Dye Morris G 25 M W Farmer 700 250 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 30 19 19 Dye Cynthia 20 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 31 20 20 Bird John H 43 M W Farmer 400 300 Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 32 20 20 Bird Susan 40 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 33 20 20 Bird William H 22 M W Work on Farm . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 34 20 20 Bird Cynthia A 20 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 35 20 20 Bird Jane J 18 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 36 20 20 Bird Lydia E 15 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 37 20 20 Bird Mary E 13 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 38 20 20 Bird Isaac E 4 M W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 39 21 21 Horton Thomas G 39 M W Farmer 500 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 40 21 21 Horton Lucy P 30 F W Keeping House . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Sheridan REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 80B REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: July 29, 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 21 21 Bird Alton 11 M W At Home . . New York . . . . . . . X . . Handwritten Page #4; "Idiotic" is entered in Col. 18. 2 21 21 Bird Jessie F 7 F W Attending School . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 3 21 21 Bird John C 5 M W Attending School . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 4 21 21 Bird Theodora 4 F W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 5 21 21 Bird William K 2 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 6 22 22 Denny James M 53 M W Farmer 450 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 7 22 22 Denny Lois 50 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 8 22 22 Denny Mary A 25 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 22 22 Denny William F 23 M W Work on Farm . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 10 22 22 Denny Nathan 20 M W Work on Farm . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 22 Denny Laura 19 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 12 22 22 Denny Jordan 12 M W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 13 22 22 Denny Louis L 11 M W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 14 22 22 Denny Henry F 9 M W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 15 22 22 Denny Riley C 7 M W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Lines 16-40 are blank.