Oneida County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/oneida/1870 (File 1 of 1 for Soda Springs Village) Pages 169A-170B 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 ONEIDA ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: The enumerator reported vacant households in this census. They are not included in this transcription. Soda Springs was named after the hundreds of natural springs of carbonated water located in and around the city. The springs were known to Native Americans, and were a landmark along the Oregon Trail in the middle 19th century. In the 1860s, Soda Springs served as the seat of Oneida County, but it was transferred to Caribou County when it was formed in 1919. ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Oneida VILLAGE: Soda Springs MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 169A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 9 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 3, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE 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 1 1 Bowman James 54 M W Merchant . 400 England X X . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 Pecock Margaret 54 F W Keeps House . . Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2 Warren Joseph 55 M W Laborer . . Switzerland X X . . . . . . . . . 4 3 3 Motstaffer Peter 60 M W Carpenter . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 5 3 3 Motstaffer Mary 54 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 6 4 4 Anderson Mary 23 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 7 4 4 Anderson Abraham 5 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 8 4 4 Anderson Ida 2 F W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 9 5 5 Shoemaker Chris 23 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 10 5 5 Shoemaker Bennie 8/12 M W . . . Idaho X X Oct . . . . . . . . 11 6 6 Christopher Christ 23 M W Stock Raiser . 100 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 12 6 6 Christopher Bertha 21 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 13 6 6 Christopher Clarence 3 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 14 6 6 Christopher Mary 3/12 F W . . . Idaho X X Mar . . . . . . . . 19 11 7 Bern Jno. S. 31 M W No Occupation . . Switzerland X X . . . . . . . . . 20 11 7 Bern Benham 35 F W Keeps House . . Switzerland X X . . . . . . . . . 21 11 7 Bern Benham 8 F W . . . Utah X X . . . . . . . . . 22 11 7 Bern Emily 5 F W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 23 11 7 Bern Jacob 3 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 24 11 7 Bern Lebricht 1 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 25 11 7 Deethelm Geo. 42 M W . . . Switzerland X X . . . . . . . . . 26 12 8 Eleson Elison 53 M W . . 1000 Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 27 12 8 Eleson Caroline 40 F W Keeps House . . Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 28 12 8 Eleson Caroline 9 F W . . . Utah X X . . . . . . . . . 29 12 8 Eleson Christina 7 F W . . . Utah X X . . . . . . . . . 30 12 8 Eleson Joseph 5 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 31 12 8 Eleson Jacob 2 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 32 12 8 Eleson John 2 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 33 12 8 Eleson Isaac 8/12 M W . . . Idaho X X Oct . . . . . . . . 34 13 9 Edler George 50 M W . . 200 Sweden X X . . . . . . X . . 35 13 9 Edler Margaret 54 F W . . . Sweden X X . . . X X . . . . 36 13 9 Edler Anna 17 F W . . . Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 37 13 9 Edler John 13 M W . . . Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 38 13 9 Edler Augusta 9 F W . . . On the Rine X X . . . . . . . . . 39 14 10 Myers Hank 34 M W Trader . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 40 14 10 Myers Mary 32 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Oneida VILLAGE: Soda Springs MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 169B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 10 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 3, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE 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 1 1 King Harry 28 M W Farming . 5000 England X X . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 Howell John 46 M W Farming . 5000 South Carolina . . . . . X X . X . . 3 2 2 Taylor Jackson 23 M W Laborer . 100 England X X . . . . . . . . . 5 3 3 Dunn John 37 M W Farming 400 1000 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 6 3 3 Dunn Juliana 34 F W Keeps House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 3 Dunn Charlotte 14 F W At Home . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 3 Dunn Harriet 10 F W At Home . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 3 Dunn Henrietta 7 F W At Home . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 3 Dunn William 5 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 3 Dunn Ambros 3 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 3 Dunn James 1 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 4 Merrill Dudley J. 37 M W Farming 800 600 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 14 4 4 Merrill Elem 22 F W Keeps House . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 4 Merrill Owen D. 14 M W At Home . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 4 Merrill Mary E. 12 F W At Home . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4 4 Merrill Lucy Ann 9 F W . . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 4 Merrill Rialdo 7 M W . . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4 4 Merrill Orlando 5 M W . . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 4 Merrill Celinda 11/12 F W . . . Utah . . Jul . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Linsy William 74 M W . . 300 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 22 5 5 Linsy Geo. 28 M W Farming . 400 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 23 5 5 Linsy Sarah 27 F W Keeps House . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6 6 Wright Amos A. 30 M W Farming 300 600 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 25 6 6 Wright Catherine 26 F W Keeps House . . Wales X X . . . . . . . . . 26 6 6 Wright Silas 8 M W . . . Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 6 Wright Winiford 4 F W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 6 Wright Adolinda 2 F W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6 6 Wright Amos 6/12 M W . . . Idaho . . Feb . . . . . . . . 30 7 7 Harris Hiram 27 M W Trader . . Miss . . . . . X X . X . . 31 7 7 Harris Emeline 21 F W Keeps House . . Mo . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8 8 Bingham Alonzo 36 M W Farmer . 400 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 33 8 8 Bingham Sarah 34 F W Keeps House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 34 8 8 Bingham William 15 M W At Home . . Utah X . . . . . . . . . . 35 8 8 Bingham Joseph 10 M W At Home . . Utah X . . . . . . . . . . 36 8 8 Bingham Lydia Ann 6 F W . . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 37 8 8 Bingham Sarah M. 4 F W . . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 38 8 8 Bingham Nancy A. 2 F W . . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 39 9 9 Schmitt Nicholas 37 M W Farmer . 1000 Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . 40 9 9 Schmitt Christina 36 F W Keeps House . . Sweden X X . . . . . . . . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Oneida VILLAGE: Soda Springs MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 170A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 11 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 3, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE 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 1 1 Hanson Mark 28 M W Stock Raiser . 100 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 Hanson Matilda 30 F W Keeps House . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Hanson Opher 7 M W . . . Utah X X . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Hanson Amos 5 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 Hanson Marietta 3 F W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 Hanson Ashiel 2 M W Stock Raiser . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 7 1 1 Hanson Joseph 10/12 M W Keeps House . . Idaho X X Aug . . . . . . . . 8 2 2 Hanson Hans 32 M W . . . Denmark X X . . . . . . X . . 9 2 2 Hanson Amelia 26 F W . . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 10 2 2 Hanson Lena 6 F W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 11 2 2 Hanson Enoch 4 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 12 2 2 Hanson Roten 2 M W . . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 13 2 2 Hanson Battleman 9/12 M W . . . Idaho X X Sep . . . . . . . . 18 7 3 Wetzel James 59 M W Clerk in Store . . Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 19 7 3 Wetzel Augustus 23 M W Laborer . 400 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 20 8 4 Tunley B. M. 33 M W Laborer . 500 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 21 8 4 Tunley Eliza J. 32 F W Keeps House . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 4 Tunley Mary 9 F W At Home . . Missouri . . . . X . . . . . . 23 8 4 Tunley Lucy 7 F W At Home . . Nebraska . . . . X . . . . . . 24 9 5 Myers Benjamin 24 M W Lumbering . 1500 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 25 9 5 Turney John 27 M W Lumbering . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 28 12 6 Rolan C. H. 37 M W Merchant . 200 Louisiana X . . . . . . . X . . 29 12 6 Rolan Mary J. 26 F W Keeps House . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . 30 12 6 Smally James 25 M W Laborer . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 33 15 7 Roden And. J. 24 M W Laborer . 100 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 34 15 7 Call James 27 M W Trapper . 500 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 35 16 8 Watts William 23 M W Trapper . 500 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 36 16 8 Langdon James 53 M W Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 37 17 9 Willson Jessee P. 34 M W Laborer . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 38 17 9 Moore Walter 25 M W Laborer . . Kansas . . . . . . . . X . . 39 17 9 Alberson Peter 22 M W Laborer . . Denmark X X . . . . . . X . . 40 18 10 Guans S. F. 36 M W Laborer . . Mass . . . . . . . . X . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Oneida VILLAGE: Soda Springs MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 170B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 12 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 3, 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================= REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE 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 1 1 Vaughn James 24 M W Engineer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Meeks A. W. 26 M W Teamster . 2000 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 3 1 1 Daniels Henry 22 M W Herding . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 4 2 2 Burl Preston 35 M W Salt Works . 1500 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 5 2 2 Gaphent Joseph 22 M W Laborer . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 6 3 3 Mitchell Jno. 26 M W Laborer . . Virginia . . . . . . . . X . . 7 3 3 Hadley David 30 M W Laborer . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 8 3 3 Kelly John 25 M W Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 9 4 4 Scott Anderson 62 M W Farming . 700 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 10 4 4 Scott Nancy 54 F W Keeps House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 4 Scott C. B. 27 M W At Home . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 12 4 4 Scott James H. 24 M W At Home . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 13 4 4 Scott Anderson 18 M W At Home . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 4 Scott Walter 14 M W At Home . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 5 Tenny J. W. 25 M W Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 16 5 5 Potwin N. 33 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 20 9 6 Myers Edwin 30 M W Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 21 9 6 Utt Matt W. 25 M W Laborer . . New York X X . . . . . . X . . 22 10 7 Fellows Darrin 43 M W Farming . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 23 10 7 Fellows Lucy 42 F W Keeps House . . Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10 7 Fellows Stephen 21 M W At Home . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 25 10 7 Fellows Darius 15 M W At Home . . California . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10 7 Fellows Lucy L. 14 F W . . . Cal . . . . . . . . . . . 27 10 7 Fellows Allen B. 3 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 28 11 8 Simmons Frank 21 M W Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 29 12 9 Baker Amelia 27 F W Keeps House . . Penn . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13 10 White Emily J. 29 F W Keeps House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 31 13 10 White Charles 5 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 32 13 10 White Lewis 3 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 33 13 10 White David 1 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14 11 Homer John 45 M W Farming . 500 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 35 14 11 Homer Jane 48 F W Keeps House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 36 14 11 Homer Jane 18 F W No Occupation . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 37 14 11 Homer Mary 12 F W No Occupation . . England X X . . . X X . . . . 38 15 12 Homer Emily 29 F W No Occupation . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15 12 Homer Junius 7 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 40 15 12 Homer Daniel 5 M W . . . 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