Wexford County, MI 1870 U.S. Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/wexford/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Colfax Township) This Census was transcribed by Michael S. Disbrow and proofread by Denise I. Disbrow for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2013 by Michael S. Disbrow ========================================================================== 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 Sturr Joseph 28 M W farmer 800 200 New Jersey . . . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Sturr Margaret 21 F W keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Sturr Dalwen 3 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Sturr Chester G. 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 2 Soper Charles 50 M W farmer 500 100 Canada . . . . . . . . X . . 6 2 2 Soper Margaret 48 F W keeping house . . Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Soper Charles A. 21 M W at home . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 8 2 2 Soper Robert J. 18 M W at home . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 9 2 2 Soper Francis 16 M W attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 10 2 2 Soper Margaret 11 F W attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 11 2 2 Soper John H. 7 M W attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 12 2 2 Soper Marcus A. 3 M W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 13 2 2 Wilson John 45 M W laborer 600 . England X X . . . . . . X . . 14 2 2 Wilson Margaret 5 F W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 15 2 2 Wilson Eliza A. 3 F W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 16 2 2 Wilson Elisabeth 1 F W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 17 2 2 Wermer Eliza C. 2 F W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 18 3 3 Barker Edwin 37 M W laborer 500 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 19 3 3 Barker Martha 28 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 3 Barker Nancy 12 F W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 21 3 3 Barker Cynthia 9 F W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 22 3 3 Barker Thomas A. 5 M W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 23 3 3 Barker Andrew G. 2 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3 3 Barker Emma 1 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4 4 Heath Oscar M. 38 M W laborer 800 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 26 4 4 Heath Sarah 33 F W keeping house . . Wales X X . . . . . . . . . 27 4 4 Heath Owen 11 M W attending school . . Ohio . X . . X . . . . . . 28 4 4 Heath George W. 9 M W attending school . . Ohio . X . . X . . . . . . 29 4 4 Heath Lillie 7 F W attending school . . Ohio . X . . X . . . . . . 30 5 5 Root James 26 M W laborer 500 200 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 31 6 6 McClain Chester 24 M W laborer 500 150 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 32 6 6 McClain Anna A. 20 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6 6 McClain Michael 2 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6 6 McClain Edward C. 10/12 M W . . . Michigan . . Oct. . . . . . . . . 35 7 7 King John T. 31 M W laborer 500 100 Connecticut . . . . . . . . X . . 36 7 7 King Ellen 22 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7 7 Twaddle Dorr 18 M W laborer 200 . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 38 8 8 Lamoreux Hiram 63 M W laborer 500 . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 39 9 9 Wheat Jonathan 49 M W carpenter 500 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 40 9 9 Wheat Eliza 50 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Wexford DIVISION: Colfax Township REEL NO: M593-711 PAGE NO: 512b REFERENCE: PO: Sherman; 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 9 9 Wheat Ella 13 F W attending school . . Michigan . . . . X . X . . . . 2 10 10 Dahuff Amos 29 M W laborer 200 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 3 10 10 Dahuff Isabell 29 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 10 Dahuff William A. 4 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 10 Dahuff Nathan H. 2 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 11 McClain Thomas J. 37 M W laborer 500 400 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 7 11 11 McClain Elizabeth 28 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 11 McClain Charity A. 11 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 11 McClain O*id J. 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 11 McClain Lucinda 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 Goldsmith John 36 M W sailor 300 . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 12 12 12 Goldsmith Mary 26 F W keeping house . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 13 12 12 Goldsmith John H. 6/12 M W . . . Michigan X X Jany . . . . . . . . 14 13 13 Will Peter 34 M W sailor 300 . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 15 13 13 Will Julia 26 F W keeping house . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 16 14 14 Wade George D. 30 M W laborer 300 . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 17 14 14 Wade Elisabeth 24 F W keeping house . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 18 14 14 Wade James F. 3 M W . . . Michigan . X . . . . . . . . . 19 15 15 Woodard Eli 41 M W laborer 600 300 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 20 15 15 Woodard Cynthia 32 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 21 15 15 Woodard Jarome 18 M W at home . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 22 15 15 Woodard Darwin 13 M W at home . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 23 15 15 Woodard Ida 12 F W at home . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 24 15 15 Woodard Ellen 7 F W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15 15 Woodard Cora 3 F W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 26 16 16 Laughton Lyman 27 M W laborer 300 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 27 16 16 Laughton Margaret 19 F W keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 28 16 16 Laughton Allice A. 2 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 29 17 17 McClain Racelus 37 M W laborer 600 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 30 17 17 McClain Alma E. 32 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 31 17 17 McClain Albert 18 M W at home . . Michigan . . . . . . . X . . Idiotic 32 17 17 McClain Frank 13 M W at home . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 33 18 18 Durfie Delmar A. 26 M W laborer 200 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 34 18 18 Durfie Ellen 22 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 35 19 19 Dahuff Nathan 26 M W farmer 500 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 36 19 19 Dahuff Allice 19 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 37 20 20 Hastings Sanford 34 M W laborer 600 300 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 38 20 20 Hastings Elisabeth 27 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 39 20 20 Hastings Myron 7 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 40 20 20 Hastings Berthy 4 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Wexford DIVISION: Colfax Township REEL NO: M593-711 PAGE NO: 513a REFERENCE: PO: Sherman; 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 Hastings Minnie F. 1 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 2 21 21 Dahuff Enos C. 48 M W farmer 600 100 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 3 21 21 Dahuff Cynthia 48 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 4 21 21 Dahuff Nancy J. 20 F W at home . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 5 21 21 Dahuff Milton 15 M W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 6 22 22 Chaffer Charles 26 M W carpenter . 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 7 22 22 Chaffer Julia L. 22 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 8 22 22 Chaffer Etta 2 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 9 23 23 Slagel William 46 M W laborer 800 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 10 23 23 Slagel Mary J. 42 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . . 11 23 23 Slagel Charles W. 12 M W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 12 24 24 Slagel Tabner 73 M W laborer 500 100 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 13 24 24 Slagel Sarah 70 F W keeping house . . North Carolina . . . . . . X . . . . 14 24 24 Slagel Sarah 38 F W at home . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . . 15 24 24 Slagel Katharine 32 F W at home . . Ohio . . . . . . X . . . . 16 24 24 Slagel Isaac M. 12 M W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 17 24 24 Slagel Miller 10 M W attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 18 25 25 Terry Charles 25 M W laborer 300 100 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 19 25 25 Terry Euceba 20 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 20 26 26 Smith Elijah 28 M W farmer 800 200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 21 26 26 Smith Lavenia 28 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 22 27 27 Martin Andrew 43 M W farmer 500 100 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 23 27 27 Martin Allice 31 F W keeping house . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 24 27 27 Martin Amanda 8 F W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 25 27 27 Martin Alfred T. 5 M W . . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 26 28 28 Grow Charles 31 M W laborer 300 100 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 27 28 28 Grow Anna 61 F W keeping house . . Prussia X X . . . X X . . . . 28 28 28 Grow Henry 2 M W . . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 29 28 28 Frowelson Sophia 31 F W no occupation . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 30 29 29 Hayes Orlando 25 M W laborer 300 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 31 29 29 Hayes Phynette 20 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 32 30 30 Goff William 25 M W laborer 300 100 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 33 30 30 Goff Sarah E. 22 F W keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 34 30 30 Goff John 2 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 35 31 31 Gates Lucius W. 28 M W laborer 500 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 36 31 31 Gates Elisabeth 27 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 37 31 31 Gates Rupert 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 38 32 32 Burdick George W. 43 M W laborer . 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 39 32 32 Burdick Mary J. 34 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 40 32 32 Burdick Susan 14 F W attending school . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Wexford DIVISION: Colfax Township REEL NO: M593-711 PAGE NO: 513b REFERENCE: PO: Sherman; HW Page# 4 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 32 32 Burdick Frank C. 9 M W attending school . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 2 32 32 Burdick Mable C. 2 F W . . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 3 33 33 Foot John J. 44 M W laborer 300 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 4 33 33 Foot Virginia 34 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 5 33 33 Foot William 11 M W attending school . . New York . . . . X . X . . . . 6 33 33 Foot John W. 7 M W attending school . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 7 33 33 Foot Cora 5 F W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 8 34 34 Manton George 32 M W shoe maker 300 100 New York X . . . . . . . X . . 9 34 34 Manton Martha J. 27 F W keeping house . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 10 34 34 Manton Ida A. 6 F W . . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 11 35 35 Carvin David 25 M W laborer 350 200 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 12 35 35 Carvin Ella 25 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 13 35 35 Carvin Ida 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 14 35 35 Dingman Philo 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 15 35 35 Dingman William 7 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 16 36 36 Harger Ezra 32 M W laborer 800 350 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 17 36 36 Harger Mary 23 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 18 36 36 Harger Virginia 1 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 19 37 37 Corson Levi 46 M W farmer 800 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 20 37 37 Draper Sarah 45 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 21 38 38 Pierce David 28 M W laborer 300 . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 22 38 38 Pierce Ophelia 28 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 23 39 39 Johnson Perry 23 M W laborer . 100 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 24 39 39 Johnson Sarah E. 22 F W keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 25 39 39 Johnson Eugene 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 26 40 40 Carpenter Jacob H. 52 M W laborer . 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 27 40 40 Carpenter Harriet D. 43 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 28 40 40 Carpenter Ellen *. 12 F W at home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 29 40 40 Carpenter John E. 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 30 41 41 Foster Harry 36 M W laborer 500 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 31 41 41 Foster Mara*a 34 F W keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 32 42 42 Fenton John 68 M W laborer 300 150 Virginia X X . . . . . . X . . 33 42 42 Fenton Louisa 46 F W keeping house . . Ohio . X . . . . . . . . . 34 42 42 Fenton John 19 M W at home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 35 42 42 Fenton Salina 15 F W at home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 36 42 42 Fenton George 13 M W at home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 37 43 43 Moore Denman 23 M W laborer 300 150 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 38 43 43 Moore Hannah 21 F W keeping house . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 39 44 44 Seamon Warren 36 M W laborer 500 351 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 40 44 44 Seamon Mary 32 F W keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . .