Mecosta, MI 1870 Federal Census ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/mecosta/1870/ (File 11 of 18) This Census was transcribed by Joe Rhodes and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright 2004 by Joe Rhodes ========================================================================== 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 Nicholson William 69 M W Farmer 120 . England X X . . . . X . X . . 2 1 1 Brown William H 36 M W Machinist 1,800 . Massachusets . . . . . . . . X . . 3 1 1 Brown Cynthia L 37 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Brown William E 12 M W Attending School . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 5 1 1 Brown O. H. P. S. 7 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 6 2 2 Sterling James B 63 M W Land Agent . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 7 2 2 Sterling Charles 37 M W Lumberman . 3,000 Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 8 2 2 Sterling Neoma 24 F W Keeping House . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 9 2 2 Sterling James 8 M W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 10 2 2 Sterling Mary M 6 F W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 11 2 2 Sterling Helen 4 F W At Home . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 12 2 2 Sterling David 1 M W At Home . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 13 3 3 Presley Russell 33 M W Farmer 500 . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 14 3 3 Presley Mary 30 F W Keeping House . . Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 15 3 3 Presley Helen 11 F W Attending School . . Michigan . X . . X . . . . . . 16 3 3 Presley Alice 8 F W Attending School . . Michigan . X . . X . . . . . . 17 3 3 Presley Charles 4 M W At Home . . Michigan . X . . . . . . . . . 18 4 4 Sayers Alexander 21 M W Common Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . X . 19 4 4 Sayers Louis 20 M W Butcher . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 20 4 4 Rose H. Joseph 20 M W Common Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Rogers Marvin 22 M W Farmer 1,200 300 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 22 5 5 Rogers Alice 49 F W Keeping House . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 5 Rogers Alfred 1 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6 6 Hewlett William W 26 M W Farmer 1,000 300 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 25 6 6 Hewlett Mary A 22 F W Keeping House . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6 6 Hewlett Caroline 1 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7 7 Smith William W 30 M W Farmer 500 125 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 28 7 7 Smith Frances A 29 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7 7 Smith Cora E 5 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 7 Smith George B 14 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 31 8 8 Taylor Jasper M 34 M W Gunsmith 520 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 32 8 8 Taylor Mary J 26 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8 8 Taylor Ida B 7 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 34 8 8 Taylor Josephine 4 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9 9 Adair James M 66 M W Farmer 400 175 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 36 9 9 Adair Caroline 50 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10 10 Croshan Leonard 32 M W Farmer 800 600 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 38 10 10 Croshan Martha A 31 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 39 10 10 Croshan Willie C 9 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 40 10 10 Croshan Emma C 7 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Fork REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 51B REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: August 1, 1870 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Croshan Harry C 5 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . Handwritten Page #2 2 10 10 Croshan Ada C 3 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 10 Croshan Fannie C 1 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 11 Chappell Jacob R 41 M W Lumberman 42,000 4,000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 5 11 11 Chappell Clarissa 40 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 11 Chappell Otto H 17 M W Attending School . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 7 11 11 Chappell Elvie S 16 F W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 8 11 11 Chappell Carrie B 14 F W Attending School . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 9 11 11 Chappell Ada A 12 F W Attending School . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 10 11 11 Chappell Ralph W 7 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 11 11 11 Criag Martin 23 M W Common Laborer . 700 Canada X X . . . . . . . X . 12 11 11 Grilding Michael 27 M W Common Laborer . . Canada X X . . . X X . . X . 13 12 12 Miller John J 40 M W Farmer 430 . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 14 12 12 Miller Sarah J 33 F W Keeping House . . Canada . X . . . . . . . . . 15 13 13 Heslen John 31 M W Farmer 375 750 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 16 13 13 Heslen Mary E 32 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . X . . . . 17 13 13 Heslen John Jr 12 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 18 13 13 Heslen Hiram 10 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 19 13 13 Heslen Elnora 6 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 20 13 13 Heslen Harriet 4 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 21 14 14 Heslen Valentine 25 M W Farmer 500 . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 22 14 14 Heslen Susan 26 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 23 14 14 Heslen William H 2 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 24 15 15 Creevy William 38 M W Farmer 3,000 300 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 25 15 15 Creevy Jane S 28 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 26 15 15 Creevy Rosanna 11 F W Attending School . . Michigan X . . . X . . . . . . 27 15 15 Creevy George 8 M W Attending School . . Michigan X . . . X . . . . . . 28 15 15 Creevy William Jr 7 M W Attending School . . Michigan X . . . X . . . . . . 29 15 15 Creevy Charlie 4/12 M W At Home . . Michigan X . Mar . . . . . . . . 30 16 16 Mott Sylvester 39 M W Farmer 1,500 375 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 31 16 16 Mott Sarah J 43 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 32 16 16 Mott Mary E 16 F W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 33 16 16 Mott Harmon E 8 M W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 34 16 16 Mott Betsy 66 F W At Home . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 35 17 17 Mott Almond 36 M W Farmer 1,500 325 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 36 17 17 Mott Esther A 40 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 37 18 18 Flake John 40 M W Farmer 600 245 Canada X X . . . X X . X . . 38 18 18 Flake Abigail 36 F W Keeping House . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 39 18 18 Flake Clarissa 17 F W At Home . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 40 18 18 Flake Christina 12 F W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Fork REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 52A REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: August 2, 1870 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 18 18 Flake Kate 9 F W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . Handwritten Page #3 2 18 18 Flake John 8 M W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 3 18 18 Flake Thomas 6 M W Attending School . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 4 18 18 Flake Morris 3 M W At Home . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 5 18 18 Flake Hugh 9/12 M W At Home . . Michigan X X Nov . . . . . . . . 6 19 19 Bright Jessie 62 M W Farmer 500 250 North Carolina . . . . . . . . X . . 7 19 19 Bright Sarah 38 F W Keeping House . . Canada . X . . . . . . . . . 8 19 19 Bright Barbara 28 F W At Home . . Indiana . X . . . . . . . . . 9 19 19 Bright John H 16 M W Attending School . . Ohio . X . . X . . . . . . 10 19 19 Bright George W 13 M W Attending School . . Indiana . X . . X . . . . . . 11 19 19 Bright James 25 M W Farmer 400 150 Ohio . X . . . . . . X . . 12 19 19 Bright Emma 22 F W Keeping House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 13 19 19 Bright Emma J 3/12 F W At Home . . Michigan . X Apr . . . . . . . . 14 20 20 Lee Simcoe 63 M W Farmer 500 . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 15 20 20 Lee Eliza 60 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 16 20 20 Lee Almond 24 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 17 20 20 Lee Frank H 19 M W Work on Farm . 500 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21 21 Rathbun Sarah 53 F W Keeping House 600 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 19 21 21 Robinson Edward 18 M W Work on Farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 21 21 Robinson Mary E 15 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 21 22 22 Gibbs John H 29 M W Farmer 1,200 275 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 22 22 22 Gibbs Sarah M 32 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 23 22 22 Gibbs Mary A 8 F W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 24 22 22 Gibbs Benjamin A 2 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 25 22 22 Gibbs John A 6/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . Jan . . . . . . . . 26 23 23 Rathbun R. J. 26 M W Farmer 900 250 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 27 23 23 Rathbun Maggie 22 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 28 23 23 Rathbun Nathan 2 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 29 23 23 Rathbun Cora 10/12 F W At Home . . Michigan . . Sep . . . . . . . . 30 23 23 Stewart Clara A 17 F W School Teacher . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 31 24 24 Burk Oliver 41 M W Farmer 600 200 Canada X X . . . X X . X . . 32 24 24 Burk Maria 37 F W Keeping House . . Canada X X . . . X X . . . . 33 24 24 Burk Charles 18 M W Work on Farm . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 34 24 24 Burk Franklin 15 M W Work on Farm . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 35 24 24 Burk James 14 M W Attending School . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 36 24 24 Burk Emma 12 F W Attending School . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 37 24 24 Burk Jane 10 F W Attending School . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 38 24 24 Burk Eliza 9 F W Attending School . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 39 24 24 Burk Ida 5 F W Attending School . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 40 25 25 Groom James H 28 M W Farmer 1,000 200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Fork REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 52B REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: August 3, 1870 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 25 25 Groom Nancy P 28 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . Handwritten Page #4 2 26 26 Gillem Ellis T 33 M W Farmer 400 260 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 3 26 26 Gillem Prudence 30 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 4 26 26 Gillem Franklin A 9 M W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 5 27 27 Nellis Peter 31 M W Farmer 450 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 6 27 27 Nellis Louisa 24 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 7 27 27 Nellis Mertilla 3 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 8 27 27 Nellis Charles 1/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . June . . . . . . . The information on Line #8 is lined through. 9 28 28 Taylor Asa 31 M W Farmer 1,000 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 10 28 28 Taylor Ellen C 26 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 11 28 28 Taylor William 6 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 12 28 28 Taylor Asa N 3 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 13 28 28 Taylor Victor P 1 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 14 28 28 Murphy Lodina 34 F W School Teacher . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 15 29 29 Roe William L 47 M W Millwright 1,200 350 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 16 29 29 Roe Clarissa 11 F W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 17 30 30 Roe Leland A 23 M W Farmer 800 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 18 30 30 Roe Jane E 19 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 19 31 31 Roe Warren A 20 M W Farmer 800 . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 31 31 Roe Jane T 20 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 21 32 32 McCune James 26 M W Farmer 400 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . . X . 22 32 32 McCune Jane 18 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 23 32 32 McCune Michael 2/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . May . . . . . . . . 24 33 33 Phenix Peter 58 M W Farmer 400 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 25 33 33 Phenix Abigail A 52 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 26 33 33 Phenix Clara * 16 F W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 27 33 33 Phenix Francis A 14 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 28 33 33 Phenix Granville C. C. P. 11 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 29 33 33 Phenix Albert N 9 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 30 33 33 Phenix Peter P. B. 8 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 31 34 34 Phenix Festus F 30 M W Farmer 250 . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 32 34 34 Phenix Sarah A 28 F W Keeping House . . New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 33 34 34 Phenix Lester E. A. 9 M W Attending School . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 34 34 34 Phenix Thomas H 6 M W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 35 35 35 Lloyd James A 39 M W Carpenter 800 275 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 36 35 35 Lloyd Eliza 38 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 37 35 35 Lloyd Lucina J 19 F W At Home . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 38 35 35 Lloyd Gideon E 17 M W Work on Farm . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 39 35 35 Lloyd Morris M 14 M W Attending School . . Pennsylvania . . . . X . . . . . . 40 35 35 Lloyd Mary E 16 F W At Home . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MI COUNTY: Mecosta DIVISION: Town of Fork REEL NO: M593-960 PAGE NO: 53A REFERENCE: Enumeration: Name: William I. Latimer, Date: August 3, 1870 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 35 35 Lloyd William 13 M W Attending School . . Pennsylvania . . . . X . . . . . Handwritten Page #5 2 35 35 Lloyd George O 5 M W At Home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 3 35 35 Lloyd James A 4/12 M W At Home . . Michigan . . Apr . . . . . . . Lines 4-40 and ages 53B-54B are blank.