1870 Macon County, Illinois
Census Townships


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Austin Township

This census enumerated by Matthew S. Collins between 25 June - 30 June 1870.

Col. 1 = Dwelling
Col. 2 = Family
Col. 3 = Surname/Given
Col. 4 = Age
Col. 5 = Sex
Col. 6 = Occupation
Col. 7 = Value Real Estate/Personal Property
Col. 8 = Place of Birth


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EMERY, Charles F. - 37 - M - Farmer - $5,000/$3,000 - NY
     Lydia - 38 - F - Keeping house - MA
     Frank - 1 - M - IL
     David - 10 - M - At Home - NH
HOBBS, Charles - 20 - M - Works on Farm - MA
BOYINGTON, L.S. - 50 - M - Works on Farm - $--/$500 - IL
WEAVER, Thomas - 30 - M - Works on Farm - $--/$1000 - IL
BROWN, Margaret - 19 - F - Domestic Servant - IL

2/2
GASWAY, Wilson - 50 - M - Works on Farm - $--/$-- - OH
     Hannah - 15 - F - Keeping house - OH - Attended School
     Effa - 11 - F - At Home - OH - Attended School
     Ida - 7 - F - OH - Attended School

3/3
BRADEN, Samuel - 58 - M - Farmer - $12,000/$4,000 - PA
     Hetty A. - 38 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Solomon - 30 - M - Works on Farm - OH
     David - 17 - M - Works on Farm - IL - Attended School
     Anthony - 14 - M - At Home - IL - Attended School
     Andrew J. - 12 - M - At Home - IL - Attended School
     Stephen A. - 9 - M - At Home - IL
     George W. - 5 - M - IL
     Abraham - 3 - M - IL
     Seymour - 1 - M - IL
     Infant - 2/12(Mar.) - F - IL
CUSHNER, Sarah E. - 17 - F - Domestic Servant - VA

4/4
SHAW, Addittes - 31 - M - Farmer - $11,000/$3,000 - OH
     Harriet - 22 - F - Keeping house - IL
     John B. - 8 - M - IL - Attended School
     Eliza B. - 6 - F - IL - Attended School
     Susan A. - 3 - F - IL
     Hayden - 1 - M - IL
GREENFIELD, Alfred - 31 - M - Works on Farm - OH
MILLS, America - 24 - F - At Home - IL

5/5
OWENS, Felix - 24 - M - Farmer - $--/$1,500 - IN
     Sarah E. - 23 - F - Keeping house - VA
NESBIT, Amos - 20 - M - Works on Farm - IL
DEROTH, Martha E. - 28 - F - Domestic Servant - VA
6/6
BOYER, John W. - 21 - M - Farmer - $--/$600 - IL
     Elizabeth A. - 20 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Eliza M. - 2 - F - IL
     Charles A. - 5/12(Jan.) - M - IL

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AUSTIN, John - 28 - M - Farmer - $8,600/$1,000 - OH
     Mollie - 25 - F - Keeping house - OH

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ROGER, Thomas - 49 - M - Farmer - $2,000/$1,000 - VA
     Lavinia - 56 - F - Keeping house - VA
     George A. - 23 - M - Works on Farm - VA
     James W. - 21 - M - Works on Farm - VA
     Robert A. - 20 - M - At Home - VA

9/9
BEIMET, Peter - 48 - M - Farmer - $41,500/$5,000 - MD
     Rebecca - 18 - F - Keeping house - IL
     John - 14 - M - At Home - IL - Attended School
     Louis - 12 - M - At Home - IL - Attended School
     Annie E. - 9 - F - IL - Attended School
     Eliza J. - 6 - F - IL - Attended School

10/10
KERSHNER, Abraham - 46 - M - Farmer - $1,200/$600 - VA
     Delilah - 44 - F - Keeping house - VA
     James H. - 20 - M - At Home - VA - Attended School
     Jacob C. - 18 - M - At Home - VA - Attended School
     Sarah E. - 16 - F - At Home - VA - Attended School
     George D. - 14 - M - At Home - VA - Attended School
     Anna C. - 12 - F - At Home - VA - Attended School
     Lucinda M. - 10 - F - VA - Attended School
     Rosa L. - 8 - F - VA
     Thomas L. - 6 - M - VA
     Hannah - 4 - F - VA
     Frank - 4 - F - IN

11/11
MANLICK, J.C. - 36 - M - Farmer - $3,000/$1,500 - Wirtemberg
     Susan - 40 - F - Keeping house - OH
     John - 8 - M - IL
BENSON, Stephen - 16 - M - Works on Farm - KY

12/12
REED, John - 31 - M - Farmer - $1,000/$600 - OH
     Margaret - 25 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Alice - 11/12(July) - F - IL

13/13
SHOEMAKER, John - 37 - M - Farmer - $--/$1,200 - OH
     Julia - 35 - F - Keeping house - VA
     Martha E. - 14 - F - At Home - OH - Attended School
     Mary L. - 12 - F - OH - Attended School
     Sarah J. - 10 - F - IL - Attended School
     Emma - 8 - F - IL
     Ida A. - 4 - F - IL
     William H. - 2 - M - IL
McGLANHIN, John - 22 - M - Works on Farm - Canada

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BRENTLINGER, Gid - 34 - M - Farmer - $--/$600 - OH
     Fanny - 26 - F - Keeping house - OH
     David - 13 - M - OH - Attended School
     Mary - 11 - F - OH - Attended School
     Minerva - 10 - F - OH - Attended School
     Annie - 8 - F - OH
     Elizabeth - 6 - F - OH
     Alvessa - 3 - F - IN

15/15
REED, George - 37 - M - Farmer - $--/$2,500 - OH
     Margaret - 28 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Sarah C. - 11 - F - IL - Attended School
     Lydia - 9 - F - IL - Attended School
     Hannah - 7 - F - IL - Attended School
     Letta - 5 - F - IL
     George - 2 - M - IL

16/16
HOBBS, Lorenzo B. - 44 - M - Farmer - $5,000/$300 - ME
     Kate - 52 - F - Keeping house - NH
     Fanny E. - 14 - F - IL - Attended School
     Kate - 11 - F - IL - Attended School
     Frank - 8 - M - IL - Attended School

17/17
WHITAKER, N.M. - 34 - M - Farmer - $4,000/$500 - IN
     Mary C. - 27 - F - Keeping house - KY
     Phebe F. - 5 - F - IL
     Marietta - 2 - F - IL
     Bland B. - 26 - M - Works on Farm - $--/$200 - IL
SMITH, Erik - 22 - M - Works on Farm - Denmark

18/18
PARKER, James - 56 - M - Farmer - $--/$-- - NJ
     Rachel - 49 - F - Keeping house - OH
     John - 17 - M - At Home - OH - Attended school
     Lydia - 12 - F - IL - At school

19/19
HUTCHISON, E. - 28 - M - Farmer - $--/$4,000 - OH
     Ellen - 24 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Susan - 4/12(Feb.) - F - OH
CRAIG, Henry - 23 - M - Works on Farm - IL

20/20
KNOTT, James - 42 - M - Farmer - $--/$700 - Eng.
     Hannah - 37 - F - Keeping house - Eng.
     Mary J. - 11 - M - IL - Attended School
     Emma - 9 - F - IL - Attended School
     Elizabeth A. - 7 - F - IL
     Ruth - 4 - F - IL
     Alice - 2 - F - IL

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JONES, Eber - 66 - M - Farmer - $11,000/$2000 - NY
     Laura E. - 61 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Alexander - 21 - M - At Home - OH
     Charles H. - 19 - M - At Home - OH - Attended School
     Wesley C. - 17 - M - At Home - OH - Attended School
DAKIN, Laura E. - 11 - F - At Home - IA - Attended School
DONEGAN, Brown - 20 - M - Works on Farm - IL - Attended School

22/22
JONES, Sylvester - 26 - M - Farmer - $--/$400 - OH
     Susan - 24 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Infant - 9/12 (Oct) - M - IL

23/23
NICE, Erastus - 38 - M - Farmer - $4000/$1000 - IN
     Mary E. - 31 - F - Keeping house - OH
     William H. - 16 - M - At Home - IN - Attended School
     Stephen - 13 - M - IN - Attended School
     Mary L. - 10 - F - IL - Attended School
     Elizabeth - 7 - F - IL - Attended School
STEPHENSON, Emaline - 13 - F - At Home - IN

24/24
BAUMAN, Phillip - 33 - M - Farmer - $2500/$1000 - Ger.
     Catharine - 30 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Charles - 4 - M - IL
     Edward - 2 - M - IL
     Infant - 1/12 (May) - M - IL
DOWLEY, Wesley - 21 - M - Works on Farm - IL

25/25
ISRAEL, Michael - 65 - M - Farmer - $--/$700 - IN
RINEHART, Mary - 22 - F - Keeping house - IN
     Margaret A. - 2 - F - IL
     Benjamin F. - 8/12 (Sep) - M - IL
JONES, William H. - 14 - M - At Home - IN - Can't write
     George A. - 21 - M - Works on Farm - IN

26/26
LARKINS, Henry - 38 - M - Farmer - $2000/$1000 - IN
     Emily - 25 - F - Keeping house - IN
     Mary A. - 6 - F - IL
     Delila - 3 - F - IL
     Newton - 1 - M - IL
JONES, Benjamin - 18 - M - Works on Farm - IN

27/27
McDONALD, Simon - 53 - M - Farmer - $2000/$500 - Ire.
     Ann - 42 - F - Keeping house - Ire.
     James F. - 17 - M - At Home - IN
     Mary - 13 - F - At Home - IN
     John T. - 11 - M - IN - Can't write
     Daniel - 10 - M - IN - Can't read or write
     William M. - 8 - M - IN
     Clara M. - 4 - F - IL
     Martha J. - 1 - F - IL

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HIETT, A.B. - 32 - M - Farmer - $--/$600 - KY
     Mary J. - 19 - F - Keeping house - IL
     Alfred - 2 - M - IL
     Lefy - 3/12 (Feb) - F - IL

29/29
YOUNG, Henry - 26 - M - Farmer - $--/$400 - OH
     Mary C. - 21 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Esther - 3/12 (Mar) - F - IL
FERTZ, William - 23 - M - Farmer - $--/$400 - PA

30/30
MICHNER, Isaiah - 32 - M - Farmer - $3000/$2000 - OH
     Martha - 27 - F - Keeping house - IL
     Narcissa E. - 6 - F - IL - Attended School
WHITAKER, Liza - 22 - F - At Home - IL
CALLAM, George W. - 29 - M - Works on Farm - IL

31/31
LOCKHART, James - 35 - M - Farmer - $--/$700 - IL
     Elizabeth - 27 - F - Keeping house - IL
     Levi - 8/12 (Sep) - M - IL
MOORE, Matilda - 22 - F - Teaches School - IL

32/32
MICHENER, Henry - 40 - M - Farmer - $4000/$3000 - OH
     Hannah - 38 - F - Keeping house - OH
     Annie - 17 - F - At Home - OH - Attended School
     Frank - 14 - M - At Home - OH - Attended School
     Charley - 9 - M - IL - Attended School
     Lester G. - 3 - M - IL
BEAR, Oscar - 22 - M - Works on Farm - IL

33/33
EGGLESTON, Moses - 40 - M - Farmer - $--/$1000 - NY
     Annie - 24 - F - Keeping house - PA
HOY, Peter - 29 - M - Farmer - $--/$1000 - PA
     Elizabeth J. - 22 - F - Keeping House - IN - Can't write

34/34
ROGERS, John - 36 - M - Farmer - $--/$500 - OH - Married in the last year (Oct)
     Mary A. - 33 - F - Keeping house - TN - Married in the last year (Oct) - Can't read or write
     McLelan - 5 - M - OH - Attended School
     Sarah F. - 4 - F - OH
     Charles - 8 - M - OH
HIGH, Laura A. - 11 - F - TN - Attended School

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EMERY, Joseph W. - 57 - M - Farmer - $6000/$3000 - NH
     Francis A. - 43 - F - Keeping house - NH
     Ellen - 27 - F - At Home - MA
     Elizabeth - 26 - F - At Home - MA
     Clarence - 13 - M - IL - Attended School
EVERHART, Flora J. - 6 - F - OH
GRAVES, John H. - 26 - M - Works on Farm - IL
WOLF, George C. - 19 - M - Works on Farm - PA
BOYNTON, Jacob E. - 21 - M - Works on Farm - PA

36/36
WOODIE, Joseph P. - 37 - M - Farmer - $--/$400 - IN
     Elizabeth - 34 - F - Keeping house - IL
     Lena - 7 - F - IL - Attended School
     Araminta - 3 - F - IL
     Gertrude - 1 - F - IL
     John - 44 - M - Farmer - $--/$300 - IN

     Alice - 2 - F - IL

58/58
GORDON, Ithnal - 47 - M - Farmer - $3000/$1000 - ME
     Matha Susan - 45 - F - Keeping house - ME
     Araminta - 12 - F - IL - Attended School
     Demain - 10 - M - IL - Attended School

69/68
BIGGER, John W. - 34 - M - Farmer - $600/$600 - OH
     Mary E. - 36 - F - Keeping house - OH
     John C. - 9 - M - IL
     Laura E. - 7 - F - IL
     Frank - 3 - M - IL
     Mary - 1 - F - IL

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ROWE, Christian - 39 - M - Farmer - $4000/$2000 - Wurtemburg
     Fredricka - 38 - F - Keeping house - Wurtemburg
     John - 14 - M - At Home - IL - School
     Louisa - 12 - F - IL - School
     Charles - 10 - M - IL - School
     William - 8 - M - IL - School
     Sophia - 6 - F - IL - School
     Henry - 4 - M - IL
     Christian - 2 - M - IL
     George - 1 - M - IL

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HAYWOOD - Jonas - 50 - M - Farmer - 500/2000 - England
     Ann - 49 - F - Keeping house - England
     Jonas - 16 - M - England
     Alfred - 12 - M - England
     William - 8 - M - IL
HARRISON - Friend - 55 - M - Works on Farm - England




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