Benton, IA 1870 Federal Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/benton/1870/ (File 2 of 2 for Homer Twp) This Census was transcribed by Sue Soden and proofread by John Shuck for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2009 by Sue Soden ========================================================================= 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 97 96 Thorn Wm M 30 M W Farmer 2,000 675 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 2 97 96 Thorn Mary B 27 F W Keeping House . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 3 97 96 Thorn Julia A 12 F W At Home . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 4 97 96 Thorn Anne N 8 F W At Home . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 5 97 96 Thorn Lizzie W 4 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 6 97 96 Hardy John K 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 7 97 96 Thorn Alice M 1 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 8 98 97 Williams Joseph 32 M W Farmer 2,000 980 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 9 98 97 Williams Martha 35 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 10 98 97 Williams Elnora 6 F W . . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 11 98 97 Williams Frank 4 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 12 98 97 Williams Ardell 2 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 13 98 97 Marlett Giles 27 M W Farm Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 14 99 98 Schoelerman Nicholas 27 M W Farmer 4,000 878 Holstein Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 15 99 98 Schoelerman Sophia 22 F W Keeping House . . Holstein Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 16 99 98 Schoelerman Frederick 1 M W . . . Iowa X X . . . . . . . . . 17 99 98 Schoelerman Willie 1/12 M W . . . Iowa X X Apr . . . . . . . . 18 99 98 Hols John 25 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 19 100 99 Chase L J 33 M W Farmer 4,000 1,396 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 20 100 99 Chase Mary A 26 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 21 100 99 Chase Sarah 9 M W At Home . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 22 100 99 Chase Charles 6 M W . . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 23 100 99 Chase Ida 1 M W . . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 24 100 99 Chase Calvin 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 25 101 100 Sebern H. C. 55 M W Farmer 8,000 1,125 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 26 101 100 Sebern Alice 20 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 27 101 100 Sebern Sarah 17 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 28 101 100 Sebern Thomas 14 M W Farm Laborer . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 29 101 100 Sebern Elizabeth 11 F W At Home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 30 102 101 Smock Thomas C 28 M W Farm Laborer . 500 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 31 102 101 Smock Mary 24 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 32 102 101 Smock Leuetta 6/12 F W . . . Iowa . . Nov . . . . . . . . 33 103 102 Hoyt John B 25 M W Farmer . 479 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 34 103 102 Hoyt Lucy E 25 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 35 104 103 Seeck Thies 61 M W Farmer 8,000 1,938 Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 36 104 103 Seeck Claus 38 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstein X X . . . . . . X . . 37 104 103 Seeck Peter 32 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstein X X . . . . . . X . . 38 104 103 Seeck Thies 28 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstein X X . Apr . . . . X . . 39 104 103 Seeck Cecelia 21 F W Keeping House . . Holstein X X . Apr . . . . . . . 40 104 103 Seeck blank line . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 125b REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 14, Enumerated June 26, 1870 by Wm C. Smith =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 105 104 Beecham Thomas 60 M W Farmer 1,600 502 New Brunswick X X . . . . . . X . . 2 105 104 Beecham Amy 49 F W Keeping House . . New Brunswick X X . . . . . . . . . 3 105 104 Beecham George 20 M W Farm Laborer . . New Brunswick X X . . . . . . . . . 4 105 104 Beecham Amanda 18 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 5 105 104 Beecham Charles 16 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 6 105 104 Beecham Jane 15 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 7 105 104 Beecham Margaret 13 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 8 105 104 Beecham Ella 10 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 9 105 104 Beecham Cara 9 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 10 105 104 Beecham Laury 7 F W At Home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 11 105 104 Beecham Elmyr 5 M W At Home . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 12 106 105 Kusel Charles 40 M W Farmer 1,500 842 Mecklenburg X X . . . . . . X . . 13 106 105 Kusel Dora 30 F W Keeping House . . Mecklenburg X X . . . . . . . . . 14 106 105 Kusel Henry 11 M W At Home . . Pennsylvania X X . . X . . . . . . 15 106 105 Kusel George 7 M W . . . Pennsylvania X X . . X . . . . . . 16 106 105 Kusel Dora 5 F W . . . Pennsylvania X X . . . . . . . . . 17 106 105 Kusel Mary 9/12 F W . . . Iowa X X Aug . . . . . . . . 18 106 105 Ickoff George 76 M W Without Occupation . . Mecklenburg X X . . . . . . . . . 19 107 106 Kirchner John 38 M W Farmer 4,000 1,146 Holstein Denmark X X . . . . X . X . . 20 107 106 Kirchner Margaret 34 F W Keeping House . . Holstein Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 21 107 106 Kirchner Anne 12 F W At Home . . Iowa X X . . X . . . . . . 22 107 106 Kirchner Wilhelmena 10 F W At Home . . Iowa X X . . X . . . . . . 23 107 106 Kirchner Cecelia 7 F W . . . Iowa X X . . X . . . . . . 24 107 106 Kirchner Amelia 3 F W . . . Iowa X X . . . . . . . . . 25 107 106 Kirchner William 9/12 M W . . . Iowa X X Aug . . . . . . . . 26 107 106 Kirchner Claus 33 M W Farmer . . Iowa X X . . . . X . X . Birthplace should be Holstein 27 107 106 Kirchner Dorus 18 F W Asst in House . . Iowa X X . . . X X . . . Birthplace should be Holstein 28 108 107 Myer Henry 54 M W Farmer 1,600 878 Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 29 108 107 Myer Margaret 50 F W Keeping House . . Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 30 108 107 Myer Harmon 25 M W Farm Laborer . . Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 31 108 107 Myer Christina 20 F W At Home . . Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 32 108 107 Myer Emma 13 F W At Home . . Holstein X X . . X . . . . . . 33 108 107 Myer Wilhelm 10 M W At Home . . Holstein X X . . X . . . . . . 34 109 108 Keith Clark W 38 M W Farmer . 613 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 35 109 108 Keith Phoebe 32 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 36 109 108 Keith William 12 M W At Home . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 37 109 108 Keith Sarah Alice 8 F W At Home . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 38 109 108 Keith Frederick 6 M W . . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 39 110 108 Keith N.N. . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 110 108 Keith blank line . . W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 126a REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 15 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 111 109 Theisen Peter M 32 M W Farmer 1,200 517 Holstein Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 2 111 109 Theisen Amelia 25 F W Keeping House . . Holstein Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 3 111 109 Theisen Margaret 2 F W . . . Holstein Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 4 111 109 Theisen Harmon 4/12 M W . . . Holstein Denmark X X Jan . . . . . . . Birthplace should be Iowa 5 112 110 Hook Jacob 38 M W Farmer 1,100 627 Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 6 112 110 Hook Catharine 40 F W Keeping House . . Holstein X X . . . . . . . . . 7 112 110 Hook John 16 M W At Home . . Holstein X X . . X . X . . . . 8 112 110 Hook George 13 M W At Home . . Holstein X X . . X . X . . . . 9 112 110 Hook Margarete 10 F W At Home . . Holstein X X . . X . X . . . . 10 112 110 Hook Claus 7 M W . . . Holstein X X . . X . . . . . . 11 112 110 Hook August 5 M W . . . Holstein X X . . X . . . . . .