1870 Census of Van Buren County, IA p.401A

1870 Census of Van Buren County, IA p.401A
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Abstracted by Marian Cox, ©2001 from the National Archives and Records Administration Federal Population Schedules for the 9th Census of the United States in 1870.

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This is the 1870 federal census for Van Buren County, IA.

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation
FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1860, was in this family
RACE = Color (white, black or mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation,or Trade of each Male over 15 years of age
REAL VAL. = Value of Real Estate owned
PERS VAL. = Value of Personal Estate owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
FOREIGN BIRTH - FATHER = Indicates whether the father was born in a foreign country
FOREIGN BIRTH - MOTHER = Indicates whether the mother was born in a foreign country
MONTH BORN = Birth month
MONTH MARRIED = Month Married if within the year
ATT. SCHOOL = Attended School within the year
CAN'T READ = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot read
CAN'T WRITE = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot write
DEAF = Whether deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.
M-21yrs = Male, twenty-one years of age or older.
VOTE-DENIED = Indicates whether the person has been denied the right to vote.

CENSUS YR: 1870 TERRITORY: IA COUNTY: Van Buren DIVISION: Washington Twp REEL NO: M593-421 PAGE NO: 401A REFERENCE: P.O. Bentonsport - Enum 20th of June 1870 by J G Shipley ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 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- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 16 16 Ward S A 31 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania 2 16 16 Ward A F 17 M W Works on Farm Pennsylvania X 3 16 16 Ward S L 12 F W At Home Iowa X 4 16 16 Ward * I 6 M W Iowa REMARKS: May be B I. 5 16 16 Ward A M 3 F W Iowa 6 16 16 Ward M**** 5/12 F W Iowa Jany 7 16 16 Fisher Mary 69 F W At Home 300 Pennsylvania 8 17 17 Seward Nancy 57 F W Keeping House 4,660 2,085 Ohio 9 17 17 Seward E 32 F W At Home 1,500 Ohio 10 17 17 Seward R 25 F W At Home Iowa 11 17 17 Seward J E 23 M W Farmer 2,000 500 Iowa X 12 17 17 Seward George 19 M W Works on Farm 300 Iowa 13 18 18 Weaver George 56 M W Farmer 1,340 1,180 Pennsylvania X X X 14 18 18 Weaver Catherine 57 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania 15 18 18 Weaver John K 24 M W Farmer 430 Pennsylvania X 16 18 18 Weaver Mary J 22 F W At Home Pennsylvania X 17 18 18 Weaver Charley 4/12 M W Iowa Jany 18 18 18 Dalhburg C L 19 M W Farm Laborer Iowa X 19 19 19 Barnet John 52 M W Farmer 400 Ohio X 20 19 19 Barnet M R 49 F W Keeping House Virginia 21 19 19 Barnet J C 13 M W Works on Farm Iowa X 22 19 19 Barnet Frank 9 M W At Home Iowa X 23 20 20 Parker J M 29 M W Laborer 150 200 Virginia X 24 20 20 Parker J M 25 F W Keeping House Kentucky 25 20 20 Parker H L 4 M W Iowa 26 20 20 Parker Thomas 1 M W Iowa 27 21 21 Fergeson H G 36 M W Life Ins Agent 400 400 New York X 28 21 21 Fergeson E D 33 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania 29 21 21 Fergeson F C 11 M W At Home Iowa X 30 21 21 Fergeson H E 9 M W At Home Iowa X 31 21 21 Fergeson C C 7 M W Illinois X 32 22 22 Barnet W H 30 M W Laborer 264 Pennsylvania X 33 22 22 Barnet E J 29 F W Keeping House Pennsylvania 34 23 23 Colton Edward 56 M W Works in Woolen Facty 3,200 1,800 Massachussetts X 35 23 23 Colton Emily 51 F W Keeping House Rhode Island 36 23 23 Colton Lucy 19 F W At Home Iowa X 37 23 23 Colton Cornelia 17 F W At Home Iowa X 38 23 23 Colton David 13 M W At Home Iowa X 39 24 24 Piper W F 50 M W Farmer 4,500 702 Ohio X 40 24 24 Piper P A 40 F W Keeping House New York

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