Alpine County, California

1870 Census – Township One (Silver Mountain)

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1870 Federal Census Alpine County, California (Township No One, Silver Mountain)
 
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KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number
REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate
PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate
FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN
MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month
MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month
ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year
CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read
CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write
DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age
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This is the 1870 Federal Census for Alpine County, California
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State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Silver Mountain Page No: 1
Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. One Sheet No: 306B
Enumerated on: July 9 & 11th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman 
Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2002
 
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LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS
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 1 | 1 1 | Fox Abraham D.  | 43 M W | Farmer | 500 4000 | Penn. | | | | X | F200 | 
 2 | 1 1 | Fox Christian | 19 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Penn. | | | | | F200 | 
 3 | 1  1 | Overholt Isaac F. | 27 M W | Farm laborer | 400 | Penn. | | | | X | O164 | 
 4 | 1 1 | Overholt Fenton C. | 21 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Penn. | |  | | X | O164 | 
 5 | 2 2 | McFarland Charles D. | 35 M W | Farmer | 500 4000 | Mass. | | | | X | M216 | 
 6 | 2 2 | Alder Charles | 20 M W | Farm labor |  150 | Penn. | X X | | | | A436 | 
 7 | 3 3 | Perryman John Jr. | 27 M W | Farm | 2000 1000 | Ohio | X X | | | X | P655 | 
 8 | 3 3 | Stevens Joseph  | 25 M W | Farm laborer | | Wisc. | | | | X | S315 | 
 9 | 4 4 | Jemison John J. | 33 M W | Laborer | 200 | Kentucky | | | | X | J525 | 
 10 |  4 4 | Brown Silas | 34 M W | Laborer | 100 | N.Y. | | | | X | B650 | 
 11 | 5 5 | Epperson Jackson | 22 M W | Farmer | 500 2000 | Ark. |  | | | X | E162 | 
 12 | 6 6 | Blood Harvey S. | 30 M W | Farmer | 5000 4000 | N.H. | | | | X | B430 | 
 13 | 6 6 | Blood Frank J. | 19 M W | Farm laborer |  500 | N.H. | | | | | B430 | 
 14 | 6 6 | Forsythe Alexander S. | 31 M W | Miner | 1000 | New Brunswick | X X | | | | F623 | 
 15 | 6 6 | Haywood Abel  | 43 M W | Miner | 200 | Maine | | | | X | H300 | 
 16 | 6 6 | Giles Joseph | 38 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Mass. | | | | X | G420 | 
 17 | 6 6 | Shephardson Otis | 39 M W | Hunter | 500 | Mass. | | | | X | S163 | 
 18 | 6 6 | Roberts Isaac F. | 39 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Louisiana |  | | | X | R163 | 
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 19 | 7 __ |  | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling
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 20 | 8 7 | Johnson John W. | 49 M W | Farmer | 5000 16000 | Illinois | | | | X | J525 | 
 21 | 8 7 | Wilsen George | 19 M W | Farm laborer | 175 | N.Y. | | | | | W425 | 
 22 | 8 7 | Emmersen Daniel J. | 33 M W | Farm laborer | 400 | Mass. | | | | X  | E562 | 
 23 | 8 7 | Proman Adam | 20 M W | Farm laborer | 100 | Prussia | X X | | | | P655 | 
 24 | 9 8 | McDonal Benjamin F. | 42 M W | Farmer | 500 | Missouri | | | | X | M235 | 
 25 | 9 8 | Burnham Alfred | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Utah | | | | | B655 | 
 26 | 10 9 | Dickens Johnathan | 38 M W | Farm laborer | 600 | England | X X | | | X | D252 | 
 27 | 10 9 | Merano (?) Cloudy | 13 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | | X X | | | | 
 28 | 11 10 | Reynolds William C. | 30 M W | Farmer | 600 | Virginia | | | | X | R543 | 
 29 | 11 10 | Kelly James | 28 M W | Farm laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | K400 | 
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 30 | 12 __ |  | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling
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 31 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Hiram | 43 M W | Farmer | 6000 4000 | Penn | | | | X | | 
 32 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Delia  | 36 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | | 
 33 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Helen J. | 16 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | | 
 34 |  13 11 | Wiser (?) Rachel A. | 14 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | | 
 35 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Asenith P. | 12 F W | | | Illinois |  | X | | | | 
 36 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Flora | 7 F W | | | Iowa | | X | | | | 
 37 | 13 11 | Wiser (?) Henry | 7 M W | | | Iowa | | X | | | | 
 38 | 13 11 | Bower Nehemiah | 32 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Ohio | | | | X | B600 | 
 39 | 14 12 | Marshall Ralph | 38 M W | Farmer | 2000 1000 | Scotland | X X | | | X | M624 | 
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 40 | 15 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling
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State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Silver Mountain Page No: 2
Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. One Sheet No: 307A
Enumerated on: July 12th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman 
Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2002
 
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LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS
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 1 | 16 13 | Hitchcock Russell | 35 M W | Farmer | 1000 10000 | Ohio | | | | X | H322 | 
 2 | 16 13 | Emsly Orin | 22 M W | Farm laborer | 250 | N.Y. | | | | X | E524 | 
 3 | 16 13 | Newlin Edward | 16 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | X X | | | | N450 | 
 4 | 17 14 | Ward Martin | 28 M W | Farmer | 1000 8000 | Maine | | | | X | W630 | 
 5 | 17 14 | Ward Albert | 25 M W | Farmer | 800 6000 | Maine | | | | X | W630 | 
 6 | 17 14 | Morrow John | 17 M W | Farm laborer | | N.Y. | X X | | | | M600 | 
 7 | 17 14 | Wood Jacob | 36 M W | Farm laborer | | Iowa | | | | X | W300 | 
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 8 | __ | | |  | 2800 24250 | | 2 2 | | | | | 
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 9 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | I hereby certify that the whole number of
 10 | __ | |  | | | | | | | | | pages in this set of returns is two (2) and 
 11 | __ | | | | | | |  | | | | that the same were made according to law
 12 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | and instructions.
 13 | __ |  | | | | | | | | | | Cyrus Coleman
 14 | __ | | | | |  | | | | | | July 20th 1870 Asst. Marshal
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