Benton, IA 1870 Federal Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/benton/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for East Irving Town) This Census was transcribed by Sue Soden and proofread by John Shuck for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2008 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 1 1 Collins John 58 M W Taylor 500 320 Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 Collins Rachel 47 F W Keeping House . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Collins Elizabeth 15 F W . . . New Jersey X X . . X . . . . . . 4 1 1 Collins Lorenzo 12 M W . . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 5 1 1 Collins Mary 9 F W . . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 6 2 2 Meede John 74 M W Farmer 1,500 300 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 7 2 2 Taylor Eva 28 F W Keeping House . 300 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 2 Taylor Eva J 10 F W . . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 9 2 2 Taylor Wm C 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 10 2 2 Taylor Wallyce L 4 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 2 Godfrey Cathren 41 F W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 2 Godfrey Mary D 11 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 3 Felker Valentine 56 M W Wagon Maker 2,800 300 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 14 3 3 Felker Susanna 63 F W . . . Maine . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 4 Powers J. L. 45 M W Physician 10,000 1,200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 16 4 4 Powers Jennette S 38 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4 4 Powers Julia C. 13 F W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 18 4 4 Powers Emma 11 F W . . . Wisconsin . . . . X . . . . . . 19 4 4 Powers Laura P. 5 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 4 Powers Fred N. 2 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Rowland J. H. 33 M W Farmer 3,000 700 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 22 5 5 Rowland Millie C 25 F W Keeping House . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 5 Rowland Fred 1 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6 6 Meeds Edwin 32 M W Farmer . 500 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 25 6 6 Meeds Arabella 31 F W House Keeper . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6 6 Meeds Charles 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 27 6 6 Meeds Gussie 5 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 6 Meeds Lee 3 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6 6 Meeds Albert 6/12 M W . . . Iowa . . Dec . . . . . . . . 30 7 7 McCurdy J. N. 30 M W Farmer . 500 New Jersey . . . . . . . . X . . 31 7 7 McCurdy Mary A. 21 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8 8 March Leonard 60 M W Physician 1,200 600 Massachusetts . . . . . . . . X . . 33 8 8 March Waldo 10 M W . . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 34 9 9 Tibbels Mary 55 F W Keeping House 1,000 600 New York . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9 9 Tibbels John B 24 M W Farmer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 36 9 9 Tibbels Edward 17 M W . . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 37 9 9 Tibbels Eva 17 F W . . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 38 9 9 Tibbels Ellen 13 F W . . . Wisconsin . . . . X . . . . . . 39 10 10 Freeman S. C. 46 M W Physician 1,000 600 New Jersey . . . . . . . . X . . 40 10 10 Freeman Elizabeth 32 F W Keeping House . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: East Irving REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 160b REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 2 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 10 10 Freeman Elizabeth 4 F W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 2 10 10 Freeman Thomas 1 M W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 3 10 10 Mantz Edward 12 M W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 4 11 11 Coats Jno N 41 M W Farmer . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 5 11 11 Coats Elizabeth 39 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 11 Coats Saml W 13 M W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 7 11 11 Coats Olla A 10 F W . . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 8 11 11 Coats William 8 M W . . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 9 11 11 Coats Catharine 6 F W . . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 10 11 11 Coats Mary 4 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 Gibony James 28 M W Mason . 500 Pennsylvania X X . . . . . . X . . 12 12 12 Gibony Mary 18 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 12 Gibony David 1 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 13 Breckenridge D L 46 M W Farmer 600 300 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 15 13 13 Breckenridge Elizabeth 35 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 13 Breckenridge John 14 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 17 13 13 Breckenridge Ida J 12 F W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 18 13 13 Breckenridge Elma 6 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 19 14 14 Dawson Elisha 51 M W Farmer 500 800 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 20 14 14 Dawson Louiza 49 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 21 14 14 Dawson George 14 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 22 14 14 Dawson Mary J 12 F W . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . 23 14 14 Dawson John 9 M W . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . 24 15 15 Scott Lawrence 30 M W School Teacher 10,000 2,350 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 25 15 15 Scott Martha 60 F W Keeping House . . Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 26 15 15 Scott Salome 40 F W School Teacher . . Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 27 15 15 Savin Cornelia 37 F W School Teacher . . Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 28 15 15 Brooks Arthur 17 M W Student . . Iowa . . . . X . . . . . . 29 16 16 Godfrey Wm W 27 M W Broom Maker . 300 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 30 16 16 Godfrey Elizabeth 20 F W Keeping House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 31 16 16 Godfrey William 2 M W . . . Wisconsin . X . . . . . . . . . 32 16 16 Godfrey Henry 5/12 M W . . . Iowa . X Jan . . . . . . . . 33 17 17 Royce Harriet 34 F W Keeping House . 300 New York . . . . . . . . . . . 34 17 17 Royce Melinda 38 F W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 35 18 18 Loomis Hiram 70 M W Farmer 500 400 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 36 18 18 Loomis Cyntha 60 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 37 19 19 Spindler Israel 38 M W Carpenter 200 600 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 38 19 19 Spindler Florence 24 F W Keeping House . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 39 20 20 Dunham Orange 43 M W Farmer . 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 40 20 20 Dunham Wm K 16 M W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: East Irving REEL NO: M593-376 PAGE NO: 161a REFERENCE: HW-PAGE# 3 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 20 20 Dunham Lorenzo 15 M W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 2 20 20 Dunham Francis 10 F W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 3 20 20 Dunham Flora O 8 F W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 4 20 20 Dunham Allen O 6 M W . . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . .