Lemhi County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/lemhi/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Leesburg) Page 111B-113B This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1870 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1870 MICROFILM #M593-185 STATE IDAHO COUNTY LEMHI ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: There appears to be two pages in this census that were numbered 111B - one here and one in the Salmon River District. There were a number of vacant households in this census. They are not included in this transcription. Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones. Some of the Chinese in this census were given a name of "Ah". This is not a proper name, it is an honorific (such as "Mr." or "Sir") or a nickname and is usually written in the first name field, although some enumberators recorded it as their last name. ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Lemhi DISTRICT: Leesburg MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 111B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 8 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 1 thru 10, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 3 100 78 Lung Chung 46 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 4 100 78 Lung Choy 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 100 78 Sam You 32 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 101 79 Ah Lun 30 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 101 79 Ah Sing 38 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 101 79 Ah Lung 26 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 101 79 Cum Loy 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 101 79 Jim Sing 27 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 101 79 Ah Tung 41 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 104 80 Ah Sam 52 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 104 80 Sin Lee 46 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 105 90 Sin Kee 56 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 105 90 Lee Shin 41 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 105 90 Ah Guy 26 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 106 91 See Wah 48 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 106 91 Un Gow 33 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 106 91 Ah Say 26 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 107 92 Ah Lum 42 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 107 92 See Wah 36 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 107 92 Ah Yget 50 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 108 93 Little Newton C. 25 M W Miner . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 26 108 93 Johnson James W. 29 M W Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 27 109 94 Cochran James F. 27 M W Miner . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 28 109 94 Dooley Bartholomew 30 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 29 110 95 Bowman William 29 M W Miner . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 30 110 95 Davis Aldice W. 25 M W Miner . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 31 111 96 Darcy James 27 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 32 111 96 Terry William 35 M W Miner . . Alabama . . . . . . . . X . . 33 111 96 Martin Jessee 27 M W Miner . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . X . . 34 111 96 Shultz Rodolph 45 M W Miner . . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 35 112 97 Wallace William 28 M W Miner . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 36 112 97 Williams William 46 M W Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 37 113 98 Kinney Edward 50 M W Miner . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 38 114 99 Barry Henry 27 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 39 115 100 Hatch John 29 M W Miner . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 40 115 100 Broshnahan Timothy 33 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Lemhi DISTRICT: Leesburg MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 112A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 9 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 1 thru 10, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 116 101 King Richard 34 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 2 116 101 King William 38 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 3 116 101 Ganey James 26 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 4 117 102 Agein Dennis 45 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 5 117 102 O'Day Michael 28 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 6 117 102 McWiggins John 50 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 10 121 103 Reese Isaac 33 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 11 121 103 Hall Thomas 38 M W Placer Miner . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 12 121 103 Burke Michael 34 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 15 124 104 Lucy John 35 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 16 124 104 Hora Andrew 38 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 20 128 105 Boyle Patrick 45 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 21 128 105 Conner William 28 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 22 129 106 Lympach Frank 35 M W Miner . . Luxemburg X X . . . . . . X . . 23 130 107 Brown Patric 35 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 24 131 108 Ah Yet 30 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 131 108 Ung Guy 40 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 131 108 Ah Sam 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 131 108 Ah Say 31 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 131 108 Ah Way 25 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 132 109 Sam Way 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 132 109 Ah Shoo 40 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 132 109 Sam Gow 20 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 132 109 Ah Chum 25 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 133 110 Jung Gow 45 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 133 110 Ah Kie 32 M C Miner . . China . . . . . . . . . . . 35 133 110 Ah Lee 40 M C Miner . . China . . . . . . . . . . . 37 135 111 Ah Tin 42 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 135 111 Ah Lew 38 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 135 111 Ah Mou 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 135 111 Ah Soo 36 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Lemhi DISTRICT: Leesburg MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 112B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 10 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 1 thru 10, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 136 112 Ah Hong 26 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 2 136 112 Ah Chow 31 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 3 136 112 Ah You 20 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 4 137 113 Tung Chung 38 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 137 113 Ah Lun 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 138 114 Catey Chas. B. 51 M W Placer Miner . . New Jersey . . . . . . . . X . . 7 138 114 Catey Rebecca 24 F W House Keeping . . New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 8 139 115 Edwards Edgar S. 30 M W Placer Miner . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 9 139 115 Edwards Susan 19 F W House Keeping . . California . . . . . . . . . . . 10 139 115 Edwards Edgar 2/12 M W . . . Idaho . . Apr . . . . . . . Twin 11 139 115 Edwards Samuel 2/12 M W . . . Idaho . . Apr . . . . . . . Twin 15 143 116 Mulkey Thomas 37 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 16 144 117 Little William H. 32 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 17 145 118 Morgan John 27 M W Placer Miner . . Wales X X . . . . . . . . . 18 146 119 Kunger Samuel 48 M W Placer Miner . . N Carolina . . . . . . . . X . . 19 147 120 Beck Daniel 25 M W Placer Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 20 148 121 Johns Thomas 25 M W Placer Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 21 149 122 Blanchard Oliver 27 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 22 149 122 Sharkey Frank B. 32 M W Placer Miner . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 23 150 123 Hagerty William 62 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 24 151 124 Charles John 39 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 25 151 124 Hines Richard 35 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 26 152 125 Shurfee Niles 27 M W Placer Miner . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 27 153 126 Steadman John A. 40 M W Placer Miner . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 28 154 127 Smith John E. 35 M W Grocer . 1200 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 29 154 127 Smith Robert 34 M W Placer Miner . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 30 155 128 Tyler Patrick H. 34 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 31 156 129 Thrasher John 41 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 32 156 129 Smith Wilson 36 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 33 157 130 Davis Albert 29 M W Placer Miner . . Italy X X . . . X X . . . . 34 158 131 Douglas William 29 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 35 159 132 Rosenbeck Conrad 40 M W Placer Miner . . Darmstadt X X . . . . . . X . . 36 160 133 Young Yet 25 M W Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 161 134 Loyd Emery 25 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 38 161 134 Hambly Richard 27 M W Placer Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 39 162 135 Murray Joseph 23 M W Placer Miner . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 40 162 135 Dudley George W. 53 M W Placer Miner . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Lemhi DISTRICT: Leesburg MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 113A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 11 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 1 thru 10, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 2 164 136 Smith James 41 M W Placer Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 3 164 136 Quin Alexander 30 M W Placer Miner . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 4 165 137 Lemon Frank 34 M W Placer Miner . . Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 5 165 137 Lemon George R. 26 M W Placer Miner . . Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 6 165 137 Nichols David 35 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 7 166 138 Wentz George J. 31 M W Placer Miner . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 8 166 138 Wentz Emma C. 27 F W House Keeping . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 9 166 138 Martenella James C. 40 M W Placer Miner . . Florida . . . . . . . . X . . 10 166 138 Ransom Lewis 25 M W Placer Miner . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 11 167 139 Heath Ashbury C. 48 M W Placer Miner . . Georgia . . . . . . . . X . . 12 167 139 Watson Enos 31 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 13 168 140 Williams Jefferson 43 M W Placer Miner . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 14 168 140 McNickel Robert 36 M W Placer Miner . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 16 170 141 Jenkins Andrew J. 41 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 17 171 142 Burke Marston 30 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 18 171 142 Sommers Charles 25 M W Placer Miner . . Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 19 171 142 Bouzzo Peter 33 M W Placer Miner . . France X X . . . . . . X . . 20 172 143 Byrne Edward 24 M W Boot Maker . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 21 173 144 Morgan Robert 35 M W Butcher . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 22 173 144 Brant Volney 27 M W Butcher . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 23 173 144 Steel John 32 M W Butcher . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 24 173 144 Brown John B. 34 M B Cook in Hotel . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 25 174 145 Smith Hugh 27 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 26 175 146 Heath Benjamin L. 44 M W Saloon Keeper . . Georgia . . . . . . . . X . . 27 176 147 Oley David W. 27 M W Placer Miner . . Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 28 176 147 Smith William 31 M W Placer Miner . . North Carolina . . . . . . . . X . . 29 176 147 Kenna Edward 50 M W Placer Miner . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 30 177 148 Hull Richmond N. 29 M W Watch Repair . 600 Massachusetts . . . . . . . . X . . 31 177 148 Besmer Jacob 51 M W Carpenter . . Wurtenburg X X . . . . . . X . . 32 178 149 Kohler Christian 40 M W Brewer . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 33 178 149 Barrick John 26 M W Lumberman . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 34 179 150 Glendenning James 24 M W Grocer . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 35 179 150 McNutt David 40 M W Grocer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 36 180 151 Mulkey Elijah 41 M W Placer Miner . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 37 181 152 Merril Stahl 24 M W Blacksmith . 200 Hesse Darmstadt X X . . . . . . X . . 38 182 153 Elert Barbara 40 M W Saloon Keeper . . Switzerland X X . . . . . . . . Sex as written 39 183 154 Peck Elias 28 M W Merchant . 4000 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 40 183 154 Farrington Otis 39 M W Placer Miner . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . ========================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Lemhi DISTRICT: Leesburg MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 113B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 12 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 1 thru 10, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ========================================================================================================================================================================= 1 184 155 Mohr Rodolph 39 M W Merchant . 1500 Bavaria X X . . . . . . X . . 2 189 156 Bevern Oliver 28 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 3 189 156 Nichols Brevot 40 M W Placer Miner . . France X X . . . . . . . . . 4 190 157 Bouley Francis 52 M W Placer Miner . . France X X . . . . . . . . . 5 191 158 Leona Thomas 25 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 6 192 159 Reveredo Diego 41 M W Placer Miner . . Peru . . . . . . . . . . . 7 192 159 Pin Edward 26 M W Placer Miner . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 8 193 160 Price Martin 27 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . No occupation written 9 193 160 Roberts Nelson 32 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . No occupation written 10 194 161 Biers Cyrenus 57 M W . . . Connetticut . . . . . . . . X . No occupation written 11 194 161 Davis John W. 41 M W . . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . No occupation written 12 195 162 Custide James F. 34 M W . . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . No occupation written 13 195 162 Burch James 32 M W Blacksmith . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 14 195 162 Adsit Leonard D. 28 M W Bookkeeper . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 15 195 162 Davis Caleb 36 M W Placer Miner . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 16 196 163 Guinan John 26 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 17 196 163 Guinan Mark 40 M W Placer Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 18 197 164 DeMoss William L. 41 M W Restaurant Keeper . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 19 197 164 DeMoss Lucy E. 31 F W House Keeping . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 20 197 164 DeMoss Margaret J. 14 F W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 21 197 164 DeMoss James 12 M W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 22 197 164 DeMoss Mary 8 F W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 23 197 164 DeMoss Fannie 2 F W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 24 197 164 DeMoss Charles 3/12 M W . . . Idaho . . Mar . . . . . . . . 25 198 165 Andrews Thomas 24 M W Hotel Keeper . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 26 198 165 Andrews Martha 24 F W House Keeping . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 27 198 165 Sherk Joseph T. 30 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 28 198 165 Durant Charles 34 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 29 199 166 Stahl John A. 43 M W Blacksmith . . Pensylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 30 200 167 Menusco Carlton 42 M W Co. Tax Collector . . Alabama . . . . . . . . X . . 31 200 167 Andrews William 50 M W Blacksmith . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 200 167 Edwards William 28 M W Placer Miner . . Indianna . . . . . . . . X . . 33 201 168 Holbrook H Chapin 56 M W Placer Miner . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 34 201 168 McDonough Thomas 47 M W Miner . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 35 202 169 O'Thomas James 36 M W Miner . . Connetticut X X . . . . . . X . . 36 202 169 Wood James D. 27 M W Miner . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 37 203 170 Simmons Walter 33 M W Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 38 203 170 Casteel Jasper 30 M W Miner . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . 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