CHAPTER IX. Page 81 CENSUS OF 1860. The census of 1860, taken under the direction of the Fed- eral government, is of great value, in that it gives the names of the people actually living in McLeod county in that year, together with some important information regarding each. Note: There are many phonetic errors on census takers part. Bergen Township: Patrick McMahan, age 35; farmer; born in Ireland; value of real estate, $1,000; value of personal es- tate, $200. His wife, Bridget, age 30, born in Ireland; their children, Michael, age 6, and Ann, age 4, were born in Iowa; Mary, age 3, and John, age 1, were born in Minnesota. Cornelius Murphy, age 30; farmer; born in Ireland; value of personal estate, $60. His wife, Johanna, age 25, born in Ireland; their child, Bartholomew, age 4 mon., born in Min- nesota. Mary Goulette, age 59, born in Canada; value of personal estate, $30; her four children, Ceylen, age 21; Celestine, age 21; Deleme, age 12, and Parmelia, age 11, were also born in Canada. Peter Parasa, age 60; farmer; born in Canada. His wife, Julia Ann, age 62, and their three children, Octave, age 29; Olam, age 20; and Ida, age 17, were also born in Canada. Octave was a farmer with a personal estate of $140. Frederick Astier, age 29; farmer; born in Prussia; value of personal estate, $50. Halvor Tarralson, age 34; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $200. His wife, Taarborg, age 34, and their four children, Malene, age 9; Tarrell, age 6; Severt, age 5, were born in Norway; Ingabaar, age 1, born in Minnesota. John Burk, age 30; farmer; born in Ireland; value of per- sonal property, $150. His wife, Catherine, age 26, born in Ireland, and their child, Mary, age 2, born in Illinois. Michael Hollowell, age 40; farmer; born in Ireland; value of personal estate, $75. His wife, Mary, age 34, born in Ire- land., John Johnson, age 26; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $100. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 82 Andrew Anderson, age 31; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $140. His wife, Rhoda, age 24, born in Norway; their three children, Annie, age 3; Gertrude, age 2, and Mary, age 3 mo., were born in Minnesota. Andrew Hanson, age 28; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $200. His wife, Ann, age 19, born in Norway; their child, Hans, age 1, born in Minnesota. John Collingson, age 40; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate, $500; value of personal estate, $200. His wife, Jane, age 40, born in Norway; their child, Betsey, age 1, born in Minnesota. Elling Johnson, age 70; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $40. Ole Ellingson, age 21; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate, $100; value of personal estate, $50. Nels Thorgrimson, age 27; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $200. His wife, Ann, age 32, born in Nor- way; their three children, Hannah, age 5; Christine C., age 4, and Rachael, age 5 mo., were born in Minnesota. Halvor Gunderson, age 61; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $50. His wife, Dorothy, age 62, born in Norway; their child, Leve (?); age 20, born in Norway. Gunda Halverson, age 36; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $100. John Halverson, age 27; day laborer; born in Norway. Kenneth Halverson, age 23; day laborer; born in Norway; value of personal property, $60. John Burtman, age 23; farmer; born in Sweden; value of real estate, $500. Ostend Anderson, age 34; day laborer, born in Norway; value of personal estate, $150. Nels Gilbertson, age 48; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $300. His wife, Annie A., age 45, born in Norway; their five children, Andrew, age 18; Gilbert, age 15; Nels, age 12, and Bates, age 10, born in Norway; Annie, age 4, born in Iowa. Christian Johnson, age 37; farmer; born in Norway; value of personal property, $250. His wife, Jane, age 39, born in Norway; their four children, John, age 9, born in Norway; Mary, age 6, born in Wisconsin; Thomas, age 4, and Sarah, age 1, born in Minnesota. Holbert Johnson, age 25; day laborer; born in Norway; value of personal estate, $200. Arne Olson age 27; day laborer; born in Norway. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 83 Thore Severson, age 80; born in Norway; his wife, Mary, age 78, born in Norway. Asten Bocken, age 42; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate, $1,000; value of personal estate, $225. His wife, Wilhelmine, age 36, born in Norway; their three children, Ed- ward, age 8; Anton, age 4, born in Norway; Lewis, age 8 mo., born in Minnesota. Thomas Torbenson, age 28; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate, $1,000; value of personal estate, $110. John Torbenson, age 26; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate, $1,000; personal estate, $80. Ole Johnson, age 35; farmer; born in Norway; value of per- sonal estate, $200. His wife, Betsy, age 28, born in Norway; their three children, Mary, age 5, born in Wisconsin; Julia, age 3, and Nels, age 1, born in Minnesota. Robert Calahan, age 26; farmer; born in Pennsylvania; value of personal estate, $50. His wife, Nancy, age 25, born in Pennsylvania; their two children, Lemuel, age 4, born in Pennsylvania; James W., age 1, born in Minnesota. Rebecca Piper, age 63; born in New Hampshire. Her daugh- ter, Sarah Jane age 17; born in Pennsylvania. Brignard Peterson, age 40; farmer; born in Norway; value of real estate; $800; value of personal estate, $100. John Lester, age 48; farmer; born in New York; value of personal estate, $500. His wife, Maria, age 43, born in Ver- mont; their four children, Eugene, age 20; Wesley: age 15; Frances, age 13, were born in Illinois, and William, age 10, born in Wisconsin. Stephen Poole, age 34; farmer; born in England; value of real estate $5O0; personal estate, $200. His wife, Cornelia, age 25, born in Ohio; their child, Sylvester, age 6, born in Michigan. Magnus Swanson, age 33; farmer; born in Sweden; value of personal estate, $100. His wife, Gustava, age 32, born in Sweden; their two children, Sophia, age 2, born in Illinois; William, age 4 mo., born in Minnesota. Peter Swanson, age 40; farmer; born in Sweden; value of personal estate, $90. Adam Spickel, age 30; farmer; born in France; value of personal estate $50. His wife, Monago, age 21, born in Can- ada; their child, Catherine, age 5 mo., born in Minnesota. Frank Walgram, age 35; farmer; born in Prussia; value of personal estate, $60. His wife, Julia, age 33, born in Prussia; their four children, Augustine, age 9, and Frank, age 5, were HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 84 born in Prussia; Michael, age 3, born in Wisconsin, and Anton, age 1, born in Minnesota. Augustin Prelvit, age 42; farmer; born in Prussia; value of personal estate, $120. His wife, Minnie, age 38, and their four children, Julia, age 11; Peter, age 9, and Delia, age 5, were born in Prussia; Joseph, age 1, born in Minnesota. Christopher Schmahl, age 35; born in Prussia; value of per- sonal estate, $120. His wife, Delia, age 28, and their three children, Augustin, age 8; Eliza, age 4, were born in Prussia; Herman, age 1, born in Minnesota. Gottlieb Schmahl, age 30; day laborer; born in Prussia. Fayette E. Ford, age 35; carpenter; born in New York; value of personal property, $300. His wife, Mary Jane, age 36, and their two children, Frances, age 6, born in New York; Sarah, age 2, born in Minnesota. There were 25 people over 20 years of age in Bergen township who could neither read nor write, at the time this census was taken. Winsted Township: Baptiste Alama, age 60; farmer; born in Canada. His wife, Angeline, age 44, also born in Canada; their three children, Xavier, age 16; Louis, age 12, and Javarine (?), age 10, were also born in Canada. Peter Crevier, age 38; farmer; born in Canada; value of real estate, $600; value of personal estate, $375. His wife, Sophie, age 41, born in Sweden; their three children, Peter, age 12; Adolph, age 9; Ellen, age 7, were born in Minnesota. Baptiste Cornier, age 37; farmer; born in Canada; value of personal estate, $350. His wife, Julia, age 30, and their eight children, George, age 15; Mary, age 12; Joseph, age 10; Jul- ina, age 8; Josephine, age 6; Paul, age 3; Baptiste, age 2, and Ellen, age 3 mo., were born in Minnesota. James Clarke, age 30; day laborer; born in Ireland. Peter Patnell, age 45; farmer; born in Canada; value of per- sonal estate $75. His six children, Mary, age 25, and Napolean, age 16, were born in Canada; Emily, age 12; Augustus, age 8; Mary, age 3, and Julia, age 3 mo., were born in Minnesota. Norman Kenny, age 26; farmer; born in New York; value of personal property, $50. His wife, Mary, age 26, born in New York; their child, David, age 5, born in Ohio. Lorenzo Coleman, age 35; farmer; born in Ohio; value of personal estate, $200. His wife, Julia, age 36, born in New York; their two children, Lauren H., age 11, and Ada C., age 7, were born in Ohio. Henry Otte, age 40; farmer; born in Hanover; value of real estate, $800; value of personal estate, $80. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 85 Hiram Ottman, age 26; day laborer, born in Prussia. His wife, Lisetta, age 30, also born in Prussia; their child, John, age 1 mo., born in Minnesota. John Westrop, age 28; farmer; born in Hanover; value of real estate, $800; value of personal estate, $150. Ignatz Keogler, age 46; farmer; born in Austria; value of personal property, $75. His wife, Magdalen, age 40, and their six children, Ignatz, age 16; Anthony, age 14; Ferdinand, age 12; Mary, age 8, and Jesse, age 5, were born in Austria. David Ulmer, age 27; farmer; born in Wirtenberg; value of personal estate, $175. His wife, Barbara, age 21, born in Ba- varia. Patrick Higgins, age 30; farmer; born in Ireland; value of personal property, $100. His wife, Mary, age 32, born in Ire- land; their two children, Daniel, age 2, born in Illinois; Thomas, age 6 mo., born in Minnesota. Thomas Carr, age 28; farmer; born in Ireland; value of per- sonal estate, $280. Mary Carr, (presumably his mother;) age 60; born in Ireland; Mary Carr, age 6; born in Illinois; Dennis, age 8; born in Pennsylvania, (probably grandchildren). John Carr, age 24; farmer; born in Ireland; value of per- sonal estate, $50. Leonard W. Love, age 50; farmer; born in Vermont; value of personal estate, $175. His wife, Laura V., age 34, born in New York. John McMahan, age 40; farmer; born in Ireland; value of real estate, $700; value of personal estate, $125. His wife, Fanny W., age 39, born in Ireland; their two children, John H. W., age 7, born in Vermont; Emily W., age 4, born in Min- nesota. Charles Demer, age 34; farmer; born in Prussia; value of personal estate, $50. Aaron Baker, age 28; farmer; born in New York; value of personal estate, $75. His wife, Sarah, age 22, born in New York; their three children, Alice, age 4, born in Ohio; William E., age 1, born in Illinois, and Emma, age 3 months, born in Minnesota. Benjamin Doyle, age 60; day laborer, born in Pennsylvania; value of real estate, $600. Orrin Stover, age 26; farmer; born in New York; value of personal estate, $50. George Stover, age 22; day laborer; born in New York. Frederick Wagner, age 36; farmer; born in Bavaria; value of personal estate, $160. His wife, Caroline, age 28, born in HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 86 Bavaria; their two children, Annie, age 4, born in Ohio; Char- lotte, age 1, born in Minnesota. Ferdinand Koegler, age 10; servant; born in Bavaria. John Plum, age 48; farmer; born in Hungary; value of per- sonal estate, $160. His wife, Francisca, age 42, and their two children, Theresa, age 5, and Catherine, age 3, were born in Hungary. John Scharm (Schram?), age 38; farmer; born in Saxony; value of personal property, $250. His wife, Johanna, age 47, born in Saxony; their child, Anstena (?), age 7, born in Wisconsin. Simon Oatwinkle, age 48; farmer; born in Bavaria; personal property, $80. Patrick Cafferty, age 25; farmer; born in Ireland; personal estate, $100. His mother, Margaret, age 50, born in Ireland. Martin Schurman, age 50; farmer; born in Saxony; personal estate, $90. His wife, Katherina, age 45, and their five child- ren, George, age 18; Mary, age 17; Rosella, age 13; Martin, age 11, and John, age 7, were born in Saxony. Antoine Revan, age 47; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $100. His wife, Julia, age 51, and their two children, Augustus, age 15, and Joseph, age 7, were born in Canada. Joseph LeMire(?), age 49; farmer; born in Canada; per- sonal estate, $70. His wife, Roselle, age 40, and their seven children, Joseph, age 19; Fedora, age 16; Manuel, age 15; Eustace, age 11; Ellen, age 12; Louis, age 4, were born in Canada; Mary, age 6 months, born in Minnesota. John Chappelle, age 38; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $70. His wife, Lorenda, age 24, and their child, Charles, age 5, were born in New York. Adolphe Crevier, age 36; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $100. His wife, Mathilde, age 26, born in Canada; their four children, Louis, age 7, born in Massachusetts; George, age 5; Charles, age 3, and Marie, age 1, were born in Min- nesota. Francis Bibeau, age 65; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $80. His wife, Roselle, age 73, born in Canada. Almena Lambert, age 32; servant; born in Canada. Her three children, Elijah, age 13, born in Vermont: Almena, age 11, and Swedenborg, age 5, were born in New York. Frank Bibeau, age 33; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $200. His wife, Josette, age 29, and Xavier, age 6, were born in Canada; Eli, age 4; Agnes, age 3, and Henry, age 1, were born in Minnesota. Maxine Allaire, age 26; farmer; born in Canada; personal HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 87 property, $100. His wife, Mary, age 29, born in Canada; their two children, Addie, age 2, and Almena, age 1, were born in Minnesota. Joseph Cloutier, age 29; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $75. His wife, Avis, age 23, and two children, Rosette, age 7; Alice, age 5, were born in Illinois; George, age 2, and Ellen. age 9 mo., were born in Minnesota. George Cloutier, age 25; farmer; born in Canada; personal property, $125. His wife. Roselle, age 18, born in Minnesota, Amos LaMotte, age 29; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate $120. His wife, Christine, age 28, born in Canada; Isadore, age 3, and Mary, age 1; born in Minnesota. George Brayton, age 40; farmer; born in New York; per- sonal estate, $250. His wife, Mary, age 38, born in New York; their children, Francis N., age 16, born in Wisconsin; Albert F., age 12, and Anna E., were born in Illinois. Sarah A. Howinson, age 27; common school teacher; born in Michigan. There were 25 people over 20 years of age, in Winsted Township who could not read or write at the time this census was taken. Hale Township: Peter Bibeau, age 26; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $60. His wife, Philomando, age 21, born in Canada; their child, Mary, age 1, born in Minnesota. Joseph Revoux, age 23; farmer; born in Canada; personal estate, $80. His wife, Martha, age 14, born in Canada. Solomon Demo, age 39; farmer; born in Vermont; personal estate, $200; real estate, $50. His wife, Eleanor, age 39, born in Canada; their six children, Abraham, age 16; Luke, age 13, and Agnes, age 11, were born in Vermont; Lucinda, age 8, born in New York; Celinare, age 4, and Solomon, age 2, were born in Minnesota. Anthony Gallagher, age 25; farmer; born in Ireland; per- sonal estate, $90. His wife, Mary, age 26, born in Ireland. Mary Halloran, age 28; washwoman; born in Ireland; per- sonal estate, $75. Her two children, Mary, age 3, born in Canada, and Alice, age 9 mo., born in Minnesota. John Barrett, age 60; farmer; born in Ireland; personal estate, $100. His wife, Catherine, age 50, born in Ireland; their five children, Michael, age 19, Thomas, age 17, John, age 15, Peter, age 7, and Catherine, age 5, were born in Pennsyl- vania. Thomas Barrett, age 50; farmer; born in Ireland; personal Estate $200. Peter Barrett, age 30; day laborer; born in Ireland. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 88 William Long, age 28; farmer; born in Prussia; personal estate, $250. His wife, Delia, age 24, born in Prussia; their child, Ellen, age 1, born in Minnesota. Samuel Hall, age 23; farmer, born in Ohio; personal estate, $270. His wife, Laura C., age 17, born in Ohio. Frank Buska, age 43; farmer; personal property, $150. His wife, Rosella, age 46, and three children, Joseph, age 16; Julia, age 13 and Betsey, age 9, were all born in Prussia; Anthony, age 4, born in Wisconsin. William Luke, age 40; personal property, $80. His wife, Emilie, age 36, and their three children, Julia, age 12; Wil- liam, age 10, and Delia, age 7, were all born in Prussia. Daniel Randell, age 45; farmer; personal, $150. He, and his wife, Betsy, age 44, were born in New York; their five children, Perry, age 20; Cyrus, age 14; Frederick, age 12; Olive, age 9, and Franklin, age 4, were born in Ohio. Jacob Harmon, age 25; farmer; real estate, $1,200; personal property; $50. He, his wife, Martha, age 22, and their child, Daniel, age 1, were all born in Ohio. David Young, age 63, farmer; personal, $500. He, and his wife, Corneiia, age 62, were born in New York; their two child- ren, (presumably adopted,) Dephorish (?) Storey, age 6, born in Ohio, and David H. Church, age 7 mo., born in Minnesota. Samuel N. Williams, age 35; farmer; born in Ohio; real estate, $600; personal, $800. His wife, Harriet, age 32, born in New York; their three children, William H., age 9; Milton D., age 5, and Celestia, age 2, were born in Ohio. Benjamin F. Church, age 32; farmer; born in Maine; real estate, $4,000; personal, $75. William J. Clyde, age 26; stone mason; real estate, $100; personal, $150. He, and his wife, Jane, age 18, were born in Canada; their child, Angeline A., age 6 mo., born in Min- nesota. Esther Williams, age 50; born in Ohio; personal, $125. Her four children, Abraham, age 17, a farmer; Lucidea, age 13; John, age 11, and Jane, age 8, were born in Illinois. Jacob Perricale, age 48; farmer; born in Germany; personal, $80. His wife, Elizabeth, age 56, born in Virginia; their three children, James, age 17; Jesse, age 13, and Hiram, age 12; were born in Illinois. John Connelly, age 46; engineer; born in Ireland; personal, $150. His wife, Ann, age 41, born in New York; their child, Ann, age 16, born in Canada. Delevan Peck, age 23, shingle maker; born in New York. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 89 Lewis E. Clark, age 33; farmer; born in Vermont; real es- tate, $600; personal, $200. John E. Clyde, age 65; carpenter; born in Ireland; his wife, Rebecca, age 40, born in N. Carolina. Rich Valley Township: Anthony Newash, age 27; farmer; personal, $200. He, and his wife, Ann, age 27, were born in Bohemia; their child, Joseph, age 1, born in Wisconsin. Joseph Zuick, age 40; farmer; personal, $200. He, his wife, Christina, age 42, and four of their children, Joseph, age 14; Louise, age 10; Mary, age 7, and Ann, age 3, were all born in Bohemia, Christina, age 9 mo., born in Wisconsin. Vincent Casper (Kasper?), age 47; farmer. He, his wife, Catherine, age 40, and four of their children, John, age 22, day laborer; Anthony, age 11; Mary, age 9, and Frank, age 3, were all born in Bohemia; Ann, age 2, born in Wisconsin, and Joseph, age 3 mo., born in Minnesota. John Winesis, age 45; farmer; personal, $200. He, his wife, Fanny , age 45, and five of their children, Frank, age 21, day laborer; John, age 19; Joseph, age 16; Kate, age 11, and Fanny, age 6, were all born in Bohemia; Anthony, age 3, born in Wis- consin. Anton Navartile (Navratil?), age 50; farmer; personal, $300. He, his wife, Mary, age 40, and two of their children, Ann, age 15, and Anton, age 10, were born in Bohemia; Mary, age 2, born in Wisconsin. Joseph Wasmack, age 40; farmer; personal, $320. He, his wife, Fanny, age 35, and three of their children, Joseph, age 17; Peter, age 7, and Anthony, age 5, were all born in Bohemia; Christina, age 3, born in Wisconsin. William W. Rossman, age 29; carpenter; born in New York; real estate, $700; personal, $150. His wife, Mary Jane, age 20, born in Pennsylvania; their child, Francis W., age 6 mo., born in Minnesota. Susan Pettijohn, age 22; servant; born in Ohio. John McLelland: age 24; day laborer; born in Indiana. William R. Gibson, age 32; blacksmith; born in Kentucky; personal, $200. His three children, Jane, age 18, born in Mis- souri; Cynthia Ann, age 15, born in Indiana, and Luticia, age 1 mo., born in Minnesota. Charles P. Neally, age 25; farmer; born in New Hampshire; real estate, $800. Allen B. White age 24; miller; born in Ohio; real estate, $2,000. Mathew Lynch, age 54; farmer; born in Ireland, real estate, HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 90 $1,000; personal, $600. His wife, Lydia W., age 36, born in New York; Albertis B. Bender, age 10, born in Massachusetts. Michael Lynch, age 40; day laborer; born in Ireland; per- sonal, $100. Robert E. Van Nest, age 47; farmer. He, his wife, Susan, age 50, and their six children, Hallamara, age 19; Harrison, age 17; Margaret, age 15; Mathew, age 12; Lucy, age 10, and Martha, age 7, were all born in New York. Joseph Neil, age 26; farmer; born in Maine; personal, $175. WilliaM T. Newcombe, age 21; day laborer; born in Ohio. William K. Vickroy, age 37; farmer; born in Pennsylvania; personal, $260. His wife, Nancy, age 28, born in Ohio; their six children, Edward A., age 10, born in Ohio; Charles, age 8, and Frank, age 5, born in Illinois; Annie L., age 3, and Alma Nora, age 3 mo., were born in Minnesota. Reuben Tamphere, age 53; farmer; real estate, $500; per- sonal, $225. He, and his wife, Amelia p., age 49, were born in Vermont; their child, George F., age 23, day laborer; real estate, $500; born in Vermont. Frank W. Hanscom, age 28; farmer; born in Maine; per- sonal, $800. His wife, Margaret, age 24, born in New York; their three children, Tilly H., age 4; Sarah, age 2, and George, age 1, were born in Minnesota. Ida Parusie, age 18; born in Canada. Marion Williams, age 28; farmer; born in Ohio; personal $75. Charles P. Booth, age 43; farmer; born in Connecticut; per- sonal, $170. His wife, Martha, age 22, born in New York; their four children, Truman, age 15, and Rebecca, age 11, were born in Ohio; Nettie, age 5, born in Illinois; Charles R., age 2, born in Minnesota. Charles Widenviksch (Widenwitch?), age 25; farmer; born in Prussia; personal, $100. Gottfried Emme, age 59; farmer, personal, $100. He, and his wife, Mary, age 49, and their four children, Ferdinand, age 26; farmer, personal, $250; Julius, age 24; farmer; per- sonal, $100; Caroline, age 18, and Henriette, age 9, were all born in Prussia. Hyram Pettijohn, age 54; farmer; born in Virginia; per- sonal, $400. His wife, Mary Ann, age 49, born in Ohio; their two children, Isaac, age 20, born in Ohio, and Elizabeth, age 13, born in Illinois. Dempsey Marshall, age 25; farmer; born in Ohio; personal, $150; his wife, Mary Ann, age 23, born in Illinois; their child, William S., age 3 mo., born in Minnesota. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 91 Daniel Pettijohn, age 50; farmer; born in Ohio; personal, $300. His wife, Clarissa, age 42, born in New York; Jehlel, (?) age 20; born in Indiana; Harriet, age 17; Rowan, age 15; Silas, age 12; Benjamin, age 10, and Christopher, age 6, were born in Illinois; Alice, age 4 mo., born in Minnesota. Alexander S. Nobles, age 28; farmer; born in Ohio; per- sonal, $200. His wife, Catherine, age 26, born in Pennsylvania, their child, Lois, age 3, born in Minnesota. Alexander Grant, age 26; day laborer; born in Maine. George W. Gibson, age 23; farmer; born in Maine; per- sonal, $85. His wife, Abbey, age 26, born in Indiana; their two children, Mary, age 2, and Elizabeth, age 1, were born in Minnesota There were nine people over 20 years of age in Rich Valley Township who could neither read nor write. Helen Township: Andrew Rixon, age 50; farmer; personal, $350. He, and his wife, Martha, age 50, were born in Norway. William Fosberg, age 25; farmer; personal, $50. He, and his mother, Margaret, age 56, were born in Sweden. Andrew Olson, age 38; farmer; personal, $210. He, and his wife, Catherine, age 27, were born in Norway; their three children, Ole, age 3, born in Wisconsin; Christian, age 2, and Isabelle, age 2 mo., were born in Minnesota. Thomas Emerson, age 33; day laborer; personal, $150. He, and his wife, Julia, age 37, and two of their children, Ann, age 8, and Andrew, age 4, were all born in Norway; Anthony, age 4 mo., born in Wisconsin. Eric Thompson, age 27; day laborer; personal, $75. He, and his wife, Mary, age 30, and their child, Isabella, age 5, were born in Norway. Ole Erickson, age 24; day laborer; born in Norway. Kenneth Halverson, age 24; day laborer; born in Norway. Christopher Hanson, age 36; farmer; born in Denmark; personal, $160. His wife, Ann, age 30, born in Norway. Ole Knuteson, age 35; farmer; born in Norway; personal, $250. Frederick Migates, age 35; farmer; personal, $75. He, and his wife, Margaret, age 34, and two children, Frances, age 7, and Fred, age 3, were all born in Germany. Evan Evanson, age 42; farmer; personal, $80. He, and his wife, Mary, age 43, were both born in Norway. Ole Knutson, age 31; farmer; born in Norway; personal, $125. Knute Olson, age 73; born in Norway. Ole Knutson, age 31; farmer; born in Norway; personal, HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY Page 92 $175. His wife, Isabella, age 36, and one child, Knute, age 4, were born in Norway; Julia Ann, age 3, born in Wisconsin. Diederich Greubman (Graupman?, Graupmann?), age 36; farmer; personal, $200. He, and his wife, Henrietta, age 31, were born in Mechlinburg; their two children, David, age 3, born in Illinois, and Fred, age 1, born in Minnesota. Frederick Studeman, age 45; He, and his wife, Mary, age 43, were born in Mechlinburg. Christian Bigler, age 47; farmer; personal, $150. He, his wife, Catherine, age 39, and one child, Rose, age 19, were born in Switzerland; Adolph, age 1, born in Minnesota. Charles H. Droede (Droge?), age 36; farmer; personal, $150. He and his wife, Dora, age 23, were born in Hanover; their child, Henry, age 1, born in Minnesota. Christopher Stockman, age 43; farmer; personal, $200. He, his wife, Mary, age 38, and their two children, Christopher, age 9, and Diederich, age 6, were all born in Hanover. Henry Grunhagan, age 28; farmer; personal, $125. He, his wife, Mary, age 30, and one child, Dora, age 5, were born in Hanover; Laura, age 3, and Mary, age 1, were born in Illinois. Charles Lorpherd, age 26; day laborer; born in Prussia. Frank Fennell, age 25; shoemaker; personal, $175. He, and his wife, EIizabeth, age 22, were born in Canada; their two children, Napoleon, age 4, Elizabeth, age 2, born in Minnesota. Gregory Cornier, age 58; farmer; personal, $230. He, his wife, Mary age 49, and two of their children, Mary, age 17, and Sarah, age 15, were born in Canada; Rose, age 10, and Joseph, age 5, were born in Massachusetts. Mary Parron, age 28; washwoman; born in Canada; per- sonal, $15, her three children, Henry, age 5; Peter, age 3, and Mary, age 1, were born in Rhode Island. Antoine Cornier, age 30; farmer; personal, $175. He, his wife, Louise, age 22, and their oldest child, Peter, age 5, were born in Canada; Christian, age 4, Mary, age 2, and Joseph, age 6 mo., were born in Minnesota. Joe Cornier, age 25, farmer; personal, $120. He and his wife, Margaret, age 19, were born in Canada. Ferdinand Munnie (Munier?), age 35; farmer; personal, $200. He, his wife, Mary, age 30, and four of their children, Francis, age 15; Baptiste, age 10; Louis, age 8, France; Catherine, age 1, born in Minnesota. Joseph Clement, age 24; farmer; personal, $175. He, and his mother, Margaret, age 50, were born in France. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 93 Martin Steck, age 33; farmer; born in Wirtenberg; per- sonal, $350. John Steck, age 23; day laborer; born in Wirtenberg. Henry Steck, age 21; day laborer; born in Wirtenberg. Christian Studman, age 36; farmer; personal, $275. He, and his wife, Mary, age 25; were born in Wirtenberg; their child, Catherine, age 3, born in Illinois. John Shuz (Schultz?), age 33; farmer; personal, $90. He, his wife, Ann, age 31, and one child, Abbey, age 7, were born in Wirtenberg; Eliza, age 4, and Ann, age 3, were born in Illinois; Mary, age 6 mo., born in Minnesota. Christian Lapel age 30; day laborer. He; and his wife, Lucy, age 26, were born in Mechlinburg; their child, Eliza, age 3, born in Illinois. Henry Elliott age 48; M. E. Minister; born in Vermont; personal, $450; his wife, Lucy, age 42, born in Ohio, and two of their children, Robert, age 19, and Orrin, age 13, also born in Ohio; Clara Jane, age 4, born in Minnesota. Eugene Allier age 35; farmer; born in France; real estate, $600; personal, $50. Ducan McDougal, age 33; farmer; born in Canada; personal, $200, his wife, Ellen, age 22, born in England. James Aldersley, age 26; day laborer; born in England. Isaac Hankeinson, age 56; farmer; personal, $220, born in New York. His children, Thomas, age 35; farmer; personal, $1,000; Hannah, age 25; James, age 23; day laborer; Sarah, age 21; Susan, age 18; Joseph, age 15, and John, age 13, were all born in New York. John Leives (Lewis?), age 37; farmer; personal, $500. He, his wife, Ann, age 33, and one child, George, age 9, were born in England; John, age 7; Isabelle, age 6, and Alice, age 4, were born in Wisconsin; Mary, age 3, William, age 2, and Christopher, age 4 mo., were born in Minnesota. Timothy Hynman, age 55; farmer; born in Connecticut; real estate, $600; personal, $200. His wife, Ann, age 49, born in New York. Joseph Kumbler, age 24; farmer; real estate, $1,500; per- sonal, $550. He, his wife, Elizabeth, age 24, and their child, Emma Jane, age 2, were born in Ohio. Robert Ferguson, age 17; day laborer; born in Ohio. Jacob Witrick, age 26 ; farmer; born in Sweden; personal, $260. Peter Witrick, age 24; day laborer; born in Sweden. Gottfried Huber, age 40; farmer; personal, $150. He, his HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 94 wife, Catherine, age 38, and one child, Jacob, age 5, were born in Sweden; Annie, age 3, born in Wisconsin. Sylvanus Wakefield, age 33; farmer; born in Ohio; personal, $300. Susan, age 19, born in Canada; Harrison, age 8, born in Wisconsin; Winona, age 3, and Maria, age 1, born in Minnesota. Louis Henry, age 26; farmer; born in France; personal, $200. His wife, Alice, age 19, born in Canada; their child, Josephine, age 11 mo., born in Minnesota. Hyram P. Keningson, age 24; farmer; born in New Hamp- shire; real estate, $400; personal, $200. John Vixon (Wixon?, Nixon?), age 43; born in England; personal, $300. His four children, Mary, age 16; Thomas, age 13; John, age 7, and Ann, age 5, were all born in England. John R. Armstrong, age 40; farmer; personal, $500. He, and his wife, Helen, age 24, were born in Ohio; their child, Anna, age 2, born in Minnesota. Peter Leonard, age 13; servant, born in Wisconsin. David Little, age 42; farmer; born in Pennsylvania; per- sonal, $400. His wife, Sarah, age 47; born in New York; their six children, Wilbur, age 18; Flavilla, age 15; George, age 13; and Richard, age 7, were born in Pennsylvania; Samuel, age 4, and Henry, age 5 mo., were born in Minnesota. Luman G. Simonds, age 32; land surveyor; born in New York; his wife, Miriam, age 20, born in Pennsylvania; their two children, Catherine, age 1, and Henry, age 6 mo., were born in Minnesota. Catherine Little, age 46; born in Pennsylvania; personal, $450. Her six chiidren, Tabitha, age 19; Newton, age 17; Cynthia, age 15; Martha, age 10; Ida, age 8, and Brown, age 5, were all born in Pennsylvania. Grace Scott, age 24; housekeeper; born in Canada. John Alton, age 12; servant; born in Ireland. Eliphalet W. Richardson, age 30; day laborer; born in Maine; personal, $2,300. Lawrence Gillick, age 48; blacksmith; born in Ireland; real estate, $80; personal, $250. His wife, Ann, age 45, also born in Ireland. Their five children, James, age 23, born in Ireland; personal, $150; Eliza, age 17; Lawrence, age 14; Mary, age 12, and Catherine, age 10, born in Canada. Thomas Downey, age 25; day laborer; born in Ireland. Amos Boyden, age 32; day laborer; born in Massachusetts. There were 21 persons, over 20 years of age, in Helen town- ship, who could neither read nor write at the time this census was taken. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 95 Acoma Township: James Giddings, age 37; mason; real estate, $200; personal, $210. He, and his wife, Martha, age 40, were born in Massachusetts; their child, Zeno, age 9 mo., born in Minnesota. Ethan J. Allen, age 27; farmer; born in Ohio; personal, $286. William McKenzie, age 21; day laborer; born in Canada. John French, age 24; farmer; born in England; personal, $100. Aaron Brown, age 28; farmer; personal, $140. He, and his wife, Elizabeth, age 20, were born in Ohio; their two children, Franklin, age 3, and John, age 1, were born in Iowa. Frederick J. Beckley, age 26; farmer; born in New York; personal $50. Reuben Tarr, age 19; day laborer; born in New Hampshire. Jane McKenZie, age 52; farming; born in Scotland; personal, $100; her child, James, age 14, born in Il1inois. John W. McKenzie, age 29; farmer; born in Canada; per- sonal, $200. His wife, Mary Jane, age 24, born in New York; their three children, Franklin, age 3; Louisa, age 1, and Jenny, age 3 months, born in Minnesota. Robert Trumbull (Trombley?, age 68; farmer; personal, $200. He, and his wife, Louisa, age 66, were born in New York. Charles Hiller, age 64; farmer; he, his wife, Caroline, age 52, and their two children, William, age 28; farmer; personal, $400; and Augusta, age 14, were all born in Prussia. Frederick Hadway, age 30; farmer; born in Prussia; per- sonal, $210. His wife, Lucy, age 30, born in Mechlinburg. William Albert, age 45; farmer; personal, $160. He, his wife, Frederika, age 40, and four of their children, Minnie, age 16; Charles, age 14; William, age 11, and Augusta, age 7, were all born in Prussia; Getta, (?) age 5; Amelia, age 2, and John, age 9 months, were born in Wisconsin. William Tellman, age 35, and his wife, Agnes, age 34; both born in Prussia; their two children, Mary, age 6, and Lewis, age 3, were born in Wisconsin. Charles Stede. age 35; farmer; born in Mechlinburg; per- sonal, $75, his wife, Minnie, age 22, born in Prussia; their child, Albert, age 3 months, born in Minnesota. August Phegles, age 39; farmer; personal, $420; born in Mechlinburg; his wife, Sophia, age 35, born in Mechlinburg. Henry Harmonie, (?) age 28; farmer; personal, $200; he, and his mother, Caroline, age 64, were born in Prussia; Mary Akman, age 2, born in Illinois. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 96 Chas. Nessa, age 33; farmer; born in Hanover; personal, $175. His wife, Caroline, age 24, born in Prussia; their two children, Charles, age 3, and Caroline, age 1, born in Min- nesota. William Nessa, age 34; farmer; born in Prussia; personal, $200. His wife, Minnie, age 26, born in Prussia; their three children, Frederick, age 2; William, age 1, and John, age 2 months, born in Minnesota. William Taws (Tews?), age 29; farmer; personal, $300; he, his wife, Sophia, age 29, and one child, Edward, age 5, were born in Prussia; Bertha, age 3, born in Wisconsin; Augusta, age 1, born in Minnesota. Samuel Ross, age 48; farmer; personal, $475; he, his wife, Ann, age 44, and three of their children, Edward, age 25; Benjamin, age 22, personal, $45, and Rebecca, age 18, were born in England; Harriet, age 10, and Charles, age 8, were born in Illinois. Lafeyette Baldwin, age 22; day laborer; born in Indiana. Theodore Betts, age 21; day laborer; born in Pennsylvania. Charles Taws (Tews?), age 33; farmer; personal, $330; he, and his wife, Caroline, age 25, were born in Prussia; their two children, Hyram, age 1, and Henry, age 3 months, born in Minnesota. Charles Dobratz, age 24; day laborer; born in Prussia; per- sonal, $75. William Betts, age 22; farmer; born in Pennsylvania, real estate, $200, personal, $125. His wife, Rebecca, age 18, born in England. Joseph Jones, age 39; farmer; born in Vermont; personal, $486; his wife, Nancy, age 32, born in Kentucky; their three children, Harriet, age 13, born in Massachusetts; William B., age 3, and Nelly, age 7 months, born in Minnesota. Patrick Manny, age 25; farmer; personal, $120. He, and his wife, Mary, age 24, were born in Ireland. Michael Hantey, age 30; farmer; personal, $130. He, and his wife, Margaret, age 25, were born in Ireland. Patrick Stelley, age 21; day laborer; born in Ireland. Frederick Ehlert, age 46; farmer; personal, $90. He, his wife, Sophia, age 30, and two of their children, Lisetta, age 9, and Johanna, age 5, were born in Prussia; Charles, age 1, born in Ohio. There were 9 persons, over 20 years of age, in Acoma town- ship, who could neither read nor write at the time this census was taken. Hutchinson Township: Nathan Lamson, age 59; farmer; HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 97 born in Massachusetts, personal; $575. His nine children Lucy, age 38, born in New York; Chanceline, age 24, born in Michigan; Amelia, age 18; James Barney, age 16; Mary Ann, age 14; Melissa, age 12; Lucretia, age 7; Martha, age 5, were born in Michigan; Elizabeth, age 2, born in Minnesota. Rudolph Borgersrode, age 49; farmer; born in Prussia; per- sonal, $200. His wife, Caroline, age 33, born in Baden; Otto, age 8, born in Illinois; Rudolph, age 6; Emma, age 3, and Emil, age 8 months, born in Minnesota. James Longhnane (Longhenry?), age 27; farmer; personal, $75. He, and his wife, Mary, age 19, were born in Ireland; their two children, Dennis, age 2, born in Wisconsin; Johanna, age 3 months, born in Ireland. Francis Casey, age 60; farmer; born in Ireland; personal, $75. His daughter, Rachel, age 28, born in Ohio; her child- ren, Margaret, age 6, and Francis, age 1 month, born in Wis- consin. Albert Biglow, age 16; servant; born in New York. Peter Geoghegan, age 34; day laborer; born in Ireland. Wm. Fallon, age 28; farmer; personal, $150; he, and his wife, Bridget, age 29, were born in Ireland; their three child- ren, John, age 4, born in Wisconsin; James, age 3, and Joseph, age 11 months, were born in Minnesota. John Benjamin, age 37; farmer; real estate, $100; personal, $200; he, and his wife, Elizabeth, age 37, were born in Eng- land; their four children, Mary E., age 8, and Robert, age 5, were born in Massachusetts; John F., age 3, born in Illinois, and Gridley, age 1 month, born in Minnesota. James Fallon, age 22; farmer; personal, $200; he, and his wife, Ann, age 26, were born in Ireland; their child, Mary Ann, age 3, born in New York. Patrick Fallon, age 32; farmer; personal, $459; he, and his wife, Catherine, age 30, were born in Ireland; their three children, Thomas, age 4, and John, age 2, were born in Wis- consin; James, age 1, born in Minnesota. Thomas French, age 63; shoemaker; born in England; real estate, $60; personal, $20. Norman Campbell, age 50; farmer; born in Scotland; real estate, $1,200. Roswell Pendergast, age 28; farmer; born in New Hamp- shire; real estate, $3,000; personal, $500; his wife, Helen, age 22, born in Massachusetts, their child, Alice E., age 4 months, born in Minnesota. William W. Pendergast, age 27; common school teacher; HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 98 born in New Hampshire; real estate, $300; personal, $500; his wife, Abbey, age 21, born in Massachusetts, their two children, Eliza, age 2, and Ada, age 5 months, born in Min- nesota. Rowland N. Burnham, age 17; day laborer; born in Massa- chusetts. Lewis Harrington, age 29; land surveyor; born in Ohio; real estate, $400; personal, $500; his wife, Ellen, age 24, born in New Hampshire; their child, Martha, age 1, born in Minnesota. Rhoda Harrington, age 69; born in Massachusetts; real es- tate, $200; personal, $50. Timothy H. Pendergast, age 21; farmer; born in New Hamp- shire; personal, $75. Deborah Fuller, age 15; born in Ohio. Elijah Scott, age 45; day laborer; born in New York. Henry Putnam, age 52; blacksmith; born in New York; real estate, $3,000; personal, $375; his wife, Harriet, (?) age 44, born in Connecticut; their two children, Winslow, age 19, and Janette, age 17, born in Ohio. George Belden, age 58; born in Connecticut; personal, $150; his wife, Mary, age 47, born in New York; their three child- ren, Ada, age 23; Theodore, age 20, and Ellen, age 17, were born in Ohio. Barnabas Wetton, age 31; farmer; real estate, $200; per- sonal, $300; he, his wife, Eliza C., age 26, and two of their children, Charles R., age 5, and Susan J., age 4, were born in New York; Sarah J., age 8 months, born in Minnesota. Solomon Pendergast, age 25; shoemaker; real estate, $600; personal, $150; born in New Hampshire. Lloyd Pendergast, age 20; day laborer; born in New Hamp- shire; personal, $75. Eli W. Stocking, age 36; farmer; born in Connecticut; per- sonal, $250; his wife, Jane, age 33; born in Ohio; their two children Charles A., age 2, and Ella G., age 5 months, born in Minnesota. Thomas B. Chesley, age 30; farmer; born in New Hamp- shire; real estate, $10,000; personal, $800. Levi S. Chesley, age 42; farmer; born in New Hampshire; personal, $9,000. Benjamin True, age 24; day laborer; born in Maine. Enoch G. Wright, age 36; carpenter; born in New York; real estate, $800; personal, $410; his wife, Eliza, age 38, born in New Hampshire; their two children, William, age 9, born in Pennsylvania, and Edgar, age 2, born in Minnesota. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 99 John Butler, age 30; farmer; born in Pennsylvania; per- sonal, $150. William W. Ensign, age 38; blacksmith; born in New York. real estate, $300; personal, $700; his wife, Sarah A., age 33, and their two children, Emory, age 10, and Eliza, age 9, were born in Ohio. Lee Township: William L. Sumner, age 32; merchant; real estate, $2,200; personal, $2,000; he, his wife, Cordelia, age 29, and their child, Henry, age 12, were born in Ohio. Catherine Coombs, age 17; servant; born in Indiana. George H. Fish, age 24; mail carrier; born in New York: personal, $400. Charles Andrews, age 25; farmer; born in Massachusetts; real estate, $200. Benjamin G. Lee, age 33; farmer; real estate, $1,000; per- sonal, $450. He, and his wife, Polly M., age 29, and one child, Daniel E., age 5, were born in New York; Samuel M., age 2, born in Minnesota. Charles H. Mohr, age 30; farmer; personal, $350; he, and his wife, Franciska, age 30, born in Prussia. William Cooks, age 42; farmer; personal, $300; he, and his wife, Susan, age 40, were born in England. David Adams, age 24; carpenter; born in England. Charles D. McEwen, age 38; farmer; born in Vermont; real estate, $900; personal, $800; his wife, Moroe, age 38, born in New Hampshire; their four children, Howard, age 14; Bow- man, age 11, and Charlane, (?) age 6, were born in New York; Carleton, age 1, born in Minnesota. Thomas A: Dennis, age 36; farmer; personal, $420; he, and his wife, Mary H., age 27, were born in New York; their child, Eben A., age 5, born in Ohio. John Y. Folsom, age 63; farmer; personal, $720; he, and his wife, Sophia, age 56, were born in New Hampshire; their child, George W., age 21, farmer; born in Pennsylvania. George G., White, age 23; day laborer; born in Pennsylvania. Andrew Hopper, age 45; farmer; personal, $100. He, his wife, Eliza, age 44, and their four children, Eliza, age 18; Andrew, age 16; Albert, age 12, and Frank, age 7, were all born in New York. John Abbott, age 25; day laborer; born in New York. Timothy Barker, age 52; farmer; born in Massachusetts; real estate; $2,500; personal, $630; his wife, Phoebe, age 53, born in New York; their three children, Anselm W., age 17, Eliza A., age 15, and Mary A., age 12, were born in Illinois. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 100 James Nutter, age 33; farmer; personal, $306; he, his wife, Sarah A., age 38, and their child, Anna, age 6, were born in Pennsylvania. John N. Adams, age 24; farmer; real estate, $500; personal, $160; he, and his wife, Harriet, age 18, were born in New York. Amos James, age 64; farmer; personal, $375; he, and his wife, Parmelia; age 60, and their three children, Thomas P., age 22, farmer; personal, $190; Huber D., age 19; farmer, personal, $40, and Lydia, age 35, were all born in New York. Robert L. Moore, age 35; farmer; personal, $275, he and his wife, Harriet, age 34, were born in Ohio; their four children, Winfield B., age 11, and Carton, age 4, were born in Wisconsin; William Henry, age 2, and Ida, age 11 months, born in Min- nesota. Penn Township: Orlando Graham, age 35; farmer; real estate, $700; personal, $80 ; he, and his wife, Harriet, age 35, were born in New York; their three children, Frank A., age 8, and Albert L., age 5, were born in Wisconsin; Carrie, age 5 months, born in Minnesota. Amaziah Langley, age 45; farmer; born in New Hampshire; personal, $500; his wife, Ann, age 42, and five of their child- ren, Martha, age 14; Amaziah, age 13; Lorenzo, age 12; Mary Ann, age 7, and Frances, age 4, were born in Maine; Eugene, age 1, born in Minnesota. Edward Chevalier, age 37; day laborer; personal, $20; he, his wife, Mathilda, age 37, and eight of their children, Louis, age 16, day laborer; Charles, age 13; Mathilda, age 11; Emiline, age 10; Joseph, age 8; Justine, age 6; Alphanso, age 5, and Narcisse, age 3, were all born in Canada; Mary, age 1 month, born in Minnesota. Wesley Oglevie, age 26; farmer; personal, $300; he, his wife, Margaret, age 26, and their two children, William F., age 4, and Ann E., age 2, were all born in Nova Scotia. Morrison Bradford, age 23; farmer; born in Illinois; per- sonal, $620; his Wife, Mary Jane, age 22, born in New York; their child, Isabelle, age 7 months, born in Minnesota. Warren H. Weed (Reed?), age 23; day laborer; born in New Hamp- shire. William Arms, age 54; farmer; born in Ohio; personal, $320; his wife, Mary, age 53, born in Virginia; four of their children, Dusia, age 27; day laborer; Susan, age 24; James, age 21, day laborer, and John, age 17, were born in Ohio; William H. Hop- kins, age 1, born in Minnesota. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 101 Samuel B. Brown, age 49; stone cutter; born in New Hamp- shire; personal, $320; his wife, Ann, age 48, born in Maine; their seven children, Henrietta, age 24, born in Massachusetts; Alonzo, age 21, day laborer, born in New York; Charles, age 19, born in Maine; Alfred, age 16; Andrew, age 14; Emma, age 12, and Martha, age 6, were born in New York. Lockhart Ocobock, age 26; carpenter; personal, $100; he, and his child, Clara Ida, age 5, were born in New York. George Benson, age 37; farmer, personal, $200; he, and his wife, Ellen, age 31, were born in England; their three children, William V., age 6, born in Illinois; Ida H., age 1, born in Ohio, and Edwin R., age 1, born in Minnesota. William J. White, age 35; farmer; personal, $250; he, his wife, Margaret, age 31, and three of their children, Frederick, age 8; William, age 6, and Anna R., age 5, were born in Penn- sylvania; Charles D., age 1, born in Minnesota. Samuel Harris, age 48; day laborer; born in Vermont. Luren Loomis, age 26; farmer; born in New York; personal, $180; his wife, Hanna B., age 17, born in Canada. Daniel Nobles, age 36; farmer; born in New York; personal, $320; his wife, Fanny, age 31, born in Pennsylvania; their two children, Albert L., age 6, born in Ohio. Maria Nobles, age 53, born in New York. Jeremiah Nobles, age 31; farmer; real estate, $2,000; per- sonal, $600; he, and his wife, Sarah, age 29, were born in New York. Their four children, Cornelia, age 7, and Augusta, age 4, were born in Illinois; Nelson, age 2, and Lorinda, age 4 months, born in Minnesota. Alonzo H. Jennison, age 33; farmer; born in New York; real estate, $1,025; personal, $720; his wife, Amanda, age 23, born in Ohio; Laura, age 9; Clara E., age 7, and Ella J., age 5, born in Wisconsin; Frank L., age 2, born in Minnesota. Leonard B. Gard, age 30; farmer; born in Pennsylvania; real estate, $l00; personal, $350; his wife, Elizabeth, age 25, born in Ohio; their two children, Emma, age 4, and Mary E., age 2, were born in Wisconsin. James B. Newcombe, age 28; farmer; born in Ohio; real estate, $750; personal, $280. Alburn R. Newcombe, age 28; day laborer; born in Penn- sylvania. Lorenzo D. Langby (Langley?), age 40; farmer; born in New Hamp- shire; real estate, $1,000; personal, $340; his wife, Rhoda M., age 43, their four children, Charles L., age 17; John M., age 15; Emma A., age 12, and Juliet, age 9, were born in Maine. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 102 John Walker, age 39; farmer; born in England; personal, $340; his wife, Mary, age 39, and eight of their children, Mary A., age 15; Hyram, age 13; James, age 10; Elizabeth, age 9; Abraham, and Jones, age 7; William, age 5, and Amanda, age 5, were all born in Canada; Alvia, age 2, and Milla, age 2 months, were born in Minnesota. Henry Johnson, age 44; farmer; real estate, $560; personal, $320; he; and his wife, Margaret, age 44, were born in Ham- burg; their child, Louisa, age 4, born in Illinois. Jacob Johnson, age 55; farmer; born in Hamburg; personal, $75; his son, Nicholas Johnson, age 14, born in Hamburg. John Thomson, age 24; farmer; born in Hamburg; per- Bonal, $90. Peter Jordans, age 72; farmer; personal, $280; he, his wife, Werthe, (?) age 62; and their two children (?), Peter, age 23, day laborer, and John, age 18,(?) born in Hamburg. Charles Rickert, age 26; farmer; personal, $180; he, and his wife, Minnie, age 19, were born in Prussia. Frederick Christ (?), age 42; farmer; personal, $150; he, his wife, Mary, age 27, and their three children, August, age 7; Dorothy, age 5, and Frederick, age 2, were all born in Prussia. William Pulzin, age 26; farmer; born in Prussia; personal, $60. Frederick Burcher, age 29; farmer; born in Prussia; per- sonal, $60. Frederick Polman (Pollmann?), age 41; farmer; personal, $80; he, his wife, Catherine, age 40, and their children, Mary, age 19; Godfrey, age 10, and Herman, age 3, were all born in Prussia. Frederick Williams. age 35; farmer; personal, $90; he, his wife, Mary, age 30, and their child, Frederick, age 5, were born in Prussia. Henry C. Williams, age 21; farmer; born in Rhode Island; personal, $50. There were 7 persons over 20 years in Penn township, who could neither read nor write at the time this census was taken. Glencoe Township: Frederick W. Getchell, age 33; farmer; real estate, $700; personal, $200; he, his wife, Martha, age 27, and one child, Judson R., age 6, were born in Maine; Simen, age 1, born in Minnesota. William W. Getchell, age 40; farmer; personal, $500; he, his wife, Phoebe, age 34, were born in Maine; their five children, Harriet, age 8; Flora, age 5; Frederick, age 4; Ira N., age 2, and Moses, age 5 months, were all born in Maine. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 103 David T. Hanscom, age 31; farmer; personal, $120; he, his wife, Mary; age 28, and one child, Althea, age 5, were born in Maine; Marshall, age 4, and Edwin, age 7 months, born in Min- nesota. Moses Hanscom, age 73, gentleman; and his wife, Martha, age 69; both born in Maine. Allen Yount, age 26; day laborer; born in Iowa. Elisha Nash, carpenter; age 49; born in Maine; personal, $100; his wife; Leona, (?) age 49, and their six children, Au- gustus, age 23, farmer; Elizabeth A., age 22; Isabella C. H. age 18; Maria B., age 16; Caroline H., age 12, and Amos H., age 6, were all born in Maine. George W. Taylor, age 43; doctor; real estate, $2,000; per- sonal, $3,000; he, his wife, Christiana, age 39, and their child, Juliet, age 20, were all born in New York. Charles Durfee, age 41; farmer; real estate, $300; personal, $250; he, and his wife, Mary, age 30, were born in New York. Peter Durfee, age 65; farmer; real estate, $1,750; personal, $1,220; he, and his wife, Sarah, age 61, were born in Rhode Island. William N. Churchill, age 45; farmer; personal, $637; he, his wife, Mary, age 39, and four of their children, William W., age 21, farmer; Cynthia A., age 18; Edmund D., age 15, and David S., age 7, born in Massachusetts; Mary E., age 4, born in Illinois. George Wilson, age 40; farmer; born in Vermont; personal, $150; his wife, Harriet, age 33, and one child, Frank, age 12, were born in New York; George, age 8, born in Vermont, and Loretta, (?) age 3, born in Pennsylvania. Samuel McClelland, age 60; farmer, and his wife, Jane, age 60, were born in Pennsylvania. Wm. Buck, age 37; farmer; real estate, $500; personal, $125; he, and his wife, Harriet A., age 36, were born in Vermont; their child, George S;, age 1, born in Minnesota. Amaziah H. Rouse, age 31; farmer; personal, $700; he, and his wife; Jerusha; age 29, were born in New York; their three children, Armisetta, age 4; Chester S., age 2, and Willard, age 1, were born in Minnesota. John Rouse, age 65; gentleman; born in Connecticut. Benjamin F. Buck, age 35; farmer; born in Vermont; real estate, $150; personal, $379; his wife, Sarah, age 34, born in New Hampshire; their two children, Harriet E., age 6, born in Massachusetts, and Benjamin F., age 2, born in Minnesota. Cyrus L. Snyder, age 30; farmer; real estate, $2,000; per- HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 104 sonal $500; he, and his wife, Margaretta, age 27, were born in Pennsylvania; their two children, James E., age 3, and Anna- belle, age 10 months, born in Minnesota. John H. Stevens, age 40; farmer; born in Canada; real estate, $20,000; personal, $20,000; his wife, Frances, age 33, born in New York; personal, $10,000; their five children, Mary E., age 10; Catherine D., age 8; Sarah, age 6; Gardner, age 4, and Ormazinda, age 1, were all born in Minnesota. Jane Gillick (Gullick?), age 22; servant; born in Ireland. Patrick Kelly, age 30; farmer; real estate, $500; personal, $100; he, and his wife, Ann, age 28, were born in Ireland; their child, Catherine, age 1, born in Wisconsin. Edward Kelly, age 25; farmer; real estate, $500; personal, $150. Catherine Cassidy, age 70, born in Ireland. John F. Ford, age 32; carpenter; real estate, $400; personal, $200; he, and his wife, Ann, age 27, were born in Ohio; their two children, Alva, age 4, and Willit, age 7 months, were born in Minnesota. Wilbur F. Elliott, age 22; printer; born in Pennsylvania; real estate, $20; personal, $400; his wife, Catherine C., age 27, born in Connecticut. Frederick F. Fields, age 29; carpenter; born in Connecticut; real estate, $15; personal, $100. Peter W. Savage, age 33; mail contractor; real estate, $500; personal, $150; he, his wife, Helen, age 27; real estate, $3,000; personal, $1,000, and one child, Gertrude, age 6, were born in Canada; Eugene, age 5 months, born in Minnesota. Mary Wosmak, age 19; servant; born in Poland. Thos. Greyson, age 25; mail carrier; born in England; per- sonal, $200. Prentice Chubb, age 31; farmer; real estate, $50; personal, $550; he, his wife, Ann M., age 29, and three of their children, Alexander S., age 11; Margaret, age 10, and Annabelle, age 6, were all born in New York; William H., age 2, and Delia L., age 1, were born in Minnesota. Harriet Pettijohn, age 17; servant; born in Ohio. Gideon K. Gilbert, age 28; post master, born in Connecticut; personal, $300; his wife, Josephine B., age 27, born in Massa- chusetts; their child, Luther W., age 1, born in Minnesota. John McFadden, age 26; day laborer; born in Canada. Albert W. Cummings, age 31; farmer; personal, $100; he, his mother, Lovine, age 59, and sister, Lovine, age 29; idiotic, were born in Maine. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 105 Leonard A. Caldwell, age 25; farmer; personal, $150; he, and his wife, Francino, age 20, were born in Maine. Chester Mickell, age 26; shoemaker; born in New York; real estate; $200; personal, $200; his wife, Mary, age 27, born in Canada; their two children, George N., age 2, and Clarissa A., age 6 months, were born in Minnesota. Engelbert Kleinschmidt, age 26; shoemaker; born in New York. Ezra Foster, age 55; farmer; real estate, $3,300; personal, $600; he, his wife, Sarah, age 52, and their child, Uriah, age 16, born in Maine. Stephen Munson, age 78; born in Maine. John Copeland, age 32; farmer; born in Ireland; personal, $175; his wife, Mary, age 27, and one child, George A., age 5, were born in New York; Maria, age 3, and James L., age 11 months, were born in Minnesota. John H. Smith, age 44; carpenter; real estate, $1,000; per- sonal, $150; he, his wife, Maria, age 41, and four of their children, Lucy A., age 19; Maria, age 13; Valinda S., age 12, and Sarah E., age 11, were all born in Pennsylvania; Clara L., age 3, and Henrietta L, age 1, were born in Minnesota. Sarah F. Egbert, age 51, born in Pennsylvania; real estate, $400; personal, $150; her children, Newton, age 21, day labor- er, born in Ohio; Solon E., age 14, born in Illinois. John L. Egbert, age 23; farmer; real estate, $500; per- sonal, $400; he, and his wife, Frances K., age 16, were born in Ohio. Isaac W. Cummings, age 34; farmer, born in Maine; real estate, $1,000; personal, $350; his wife, Mary, age 31, born in Vermont; their four children, Andrew, age 7, and Mary, age 4, were born in Canada; Josephine, age 1, and Isaac W., age 4 months, were born in Minnesota. Mary Bartley, age 15; servant; born in Scotland. Ferdinand Baster, age 20; day laborer; born in Prussia. Leopold Hoffman, age 43; farmer; born in Baden; real estate, $2,000; personal, $300; his wife, Sarah, age 33, and one child, Esther, age 11, were born in Canada; Reuben, age 7, and Abby, age 3, were born in Ohio. Anson D. Hopkins, age 23; day laborer; born in New York; real estate, $200; personal, $130. Andrew J. Snyder, age 32; farmer; real estate, $600; per- sonal, $350; he, and his wife, Priscilla, age 29, were born in Pennsylvania; their three children, Elizabeth N., age 4; Ashur S., age 2, and Bertha 4 months, were all born in Minnesota. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 106 Samuel Fleming, age 23; day laborer; born in Pennsylvania. Michaei Moyer, age 32; farmer; born in France; personal, $50; his wife Marietta, age 19, born in Pennsylvania; their two children, David E., age 2, and Mary, age 7 months, were born in Minnesota. Charles W. Aplin, age 31; farmer; real estate, $1,200; per- sonal, $450; he and his wife, Julia A., age 31, were born in New York; Reuben L., age 7, born in Illinois; Clarence D., age 2, born in Wisconsin. Rufus L. Aplin, age 23; day laborer; born in New York. Andrew B. Aplin, age 21; day laborer; personal, $100; born in New York. Fanny McCleary, age 50; personal, $100; she, and three of her children, James, age 24; day laborer; personal, $50; Thom- as, age 19; M. E. minister, and Fanny, age 16; common school teacher, were all born in Canada; Julia A., age 11, born in Mas- sachusetts. George Harris, age 38; register of deeds; born in New York; his wife, Fanny L., age 33; real estate, $300; personal, $100; and her three children, Fanny L., age 10; Minnie F., age 7, and Nellie L., age 4, were all born in New York. Marshall Robinson, age 30; printer; born in Vermont; real estate, $400; personal, $700. John R. Louden, age 28; mail carrier; born in Scotland; personal, $400; his wife, Landata J., (?) age 26, born in Can- ada; their child, Minnie L., age 2, born in Minnesota. Thomas Montgomery, age 44; farmer; real estate, $300; personal, $600; he, his wife, Eliza, age 45, and one child, Jos- eph, age 23; day laborer; were born in New York; Orphelia, age 14; Ursula, age 12; Amanda, age 10 and Boardman, age 7, were born in Wisconsin; Henry, age 16, born in New York. William R. Baxter, age 27; lawyer; born in Vermont; real estate, $1,000; personal, $600; his wife, Hannah J., age 25, born in New York; their child, Effie, age 1 month, born in Minnesota. David Davis, age 36; farmer; real estate, $300; personal, $300; he, and his wife, Mary E., age 36, were born in Maine; their three children, Helen F., age 10, born in Massachusetts; Estelle Mc L., age 2, and Maud, age 4 months, born in Min- nesota. Patrick McCormick, age 40; day laborer; personal, $40; he, and his wife, Margaret, age 25, were born in Ireland; their three children, Mary, age 3, born in New Jersey; Henry, and James, age 2, born in Minnesota. HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 107 Aaron M. Close, age 37; carriage maker; real estate, $2,000; personal, $250; he, his wife, Abbey U., age 37, and one child, Henrietta, age 12, were born in Maine;. Edwin C. A., age 1, born in Minnesota. Bradbury Richardson, age 29; farmer; real estate, $250; personal, $250; he, and his wife, Huldah (Hulda?), age 29, were born in Maine; their child, Clara, age 1, born in Minnesota. Axel H. Reed, age 25; farmer; born in Maine; real estate, $800; personal, $200. Frank B. Dean, age 26; farmer; born in Vermont; real estate, $600; personal, $250. Robert Frason, age 45; merchant; born in Scotland; per- sonal, $500; his wife, Cynthia, age 43, and four of their child- ren, Agnes, age 18; Mary, age 15; IsabeI1e, age 13, and Alice, age 11, were born in New York; Robert, age 1, born in Min- nesota. Thomas Johnson, age 23; born in Canada; real estate, $50. Joseph W. Bates, age 33; hotel keeper; born in England; real estate, $600; personal, $400; his wife, Mary, age 32, born in Canada; their two children, Hannah, age 11, born in Illi- nois, and Joseph W., age 2, born in Minnesota. William Bates., age 29; shoemaker; born in England; real estate, $150; personal, $40. Francis M. Reynolds, age 33; farmer; born in New York; real estate, $75; personal, $60. Elizabeth C. Thomas, age 27; servant; born in Pennsylvania. Samuel H. Folsom, age 33; common school teacher; personal, $200; born in Maine; his son, Benjamin L. Folsom, age 11, also born in Maine. Stephen A. Dammon, age 30; farmer; born in Maine; real estate, $650; personal, $200. John N. Bradford, age 25; cabinet maker; born in Illinois; real estate, $250; personal, $250; his wife, Elizabeth, age 24, born in New York. Martha A. Bradford, age 42; born in Ohio. James Phillips, age 38; carpenter; real estate, $1,000; per- sonal, $200; he, and his wife, Lovina, age 39, were born in New York. General Statistics. There were not fewer than 1,274 nor more than 1,286 people in the county in 1860. There were 315 dwelling houses and Mr. Gallick returned the same number of families. Many of the names of the members of a household were not, however, members or even relatives of the family; for the most part they were young, unmarried men who were HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 108 boarders and lodgers and "made their homes" with the real family. The enumerator's list gives 1,274 names, but the published lists give the total population as 1,286. The total foreign born was 456. There was not a negro in the county, nor a pauper, a convict, a deaf mute or a blind, and only one idiot and one insane person. The assessor estimates the true value of all property at $500,000. The assessed value of all the property in the county was $254,733, of which $56,646 was personal property. The total amount of taxes paid in 1859 was $4,029. Five public schools with five teachers were held during the year at a cost of $636. Death Census. During the year ending June 1, 1860, there were but five deaths in McLeod county, as reported by Law- rence Gallick, the census enumerator. All of these were dur- ing the year 1859, as follows: Betsey Peterson, aged 60; married, born in Norway; died in October of old age; after three days' illness. John Gallaher (Gallagher?), of Hale township, aged 28; married, born in Ireland; died in July; disease unknown; sudden death. Sally C. Church, of Hale township; age 23; married; born in Ohio; died in May of consumption, after six months' illness. Jenny N. McKenzie, of Acoma township; age three months; born in Minnesota; died in January of scrofula, after three days' illness. Edward Chevalier, of Penn township, age one month, born in Minnesota; died in May; disease unknown, after six days' illness. In submitting his mortuary report Enumerator Gallick took occasion to make a general statement of conditions in the county, saying: "There has been no malady of an unusual or peculiar character in this county. The water is clear and in some instances strongly impregnated with lime. The soil is black, deep, rich loam, with a clay sub-soil. The timber com- prises the several different species of the oak, elm, maple, and poplar, together with the white walnut, basswood, black and red cherry, hickory, hackberry, white and black ash, cotton- wood, and red cedar. The rock is mostly confined to boulders, and are, in most instances, lime, though there are both sand and granite rock,-the soil itself is the only natural fertilizer. No particular disease has ever existed amongst the stock in this country. We have no murrain or other diseases so prev- alent in some of the Western states." Wheat and Corn. In his historical sketch, elsewhere re- HISTORY OF McLEOD COUNTY page 109 ferred to, Prof. Pendergast says that in 1860 a good wheat crop was raised by the pioneer farmers of McLeod county. "The surplus," says he, "was marketed in Minneapolis, hauled there by oxen, the round trip requiring from seven to twelve days. From 40 to 45 cents a bushel was realized." The census taker reported that in 1859 there were raised in the county 6,108 bushels of wheat, and 13,020 bushels of corn, with only 4,088 acres of improved land. The following figures give the yield of wheat and corn and the improved acres in each township: Bergen, 898 bushels of wheat, 2,295 bushels of corn, 340 improved acres; Winsted, 377 bushels of wheat, 1,005 bushels of corn, 137 improved acres; Hale, 99 bushels of wheat, 540 bushels of corn, 81 im- proved acres; Rich Valley, 474 bushels of wheat, 1,255 bushels of corn, 169 improved acres; Helen, 839 bushels of wheat, 1,360 bushels of corn, 324 improved acres; Acoma, 204 bushels of wheat, 585 bushels of corn, 200 improved acres; Hutchinson, 585 bushels of wheat, 1,515 bushels of corn, 337 improved acres; Lee, 768 bushels of wheat, 870 bushels of corn, 245 im- proved acres; Penn, 439 bushels of wheat, 975 bushels of corn, 467 improved acres; Glencoe, 1,425 bushels of wheat, 2,620 bushels of corn, 1,788 improved acres. Churches. There were no mills or other manufactories in the county, as Larry Gallick certified. Other official statistics of the census of 1860 show that in 1859 there were two church organizations, a Methodist Episcopal and a Congregational, with church buildings valued respectively at $1,200 and $1,000. There were a Methodist, a Congregational, and two Union Sunday schools, with an aggregate of 446 volumes of appro- priate books. Two private libraries (names of owners not given) were fairly large, with 1,120 and 2,330 volumes respectively. Wages. The average monthly wage of a farm-hand, with board, was $15; for a day laborer, with board, $1.25, and with- out board, $1.75; for a carpenter, without board, $2.00; for a female domestic per week, $2.00, and the price of board to laboring men per week was $3.00. ************************************************************ Extra snippet included with the above 1860 census information bridge on the school section one mile west of the lake. The weather was remarkably mild. It rained on December 17th and on the 21st we had spring weather. It did not freeze at night. The snow had nearly disappeared and water was run- ning in all directions. On the 23rd the snow had all gone and the frost was coming out of the ground. On the 24th people were plowing, and there was a steamboat excursion at St. Paul the 26th. The 29th there was no frost in the ground but on the 30th it froze hard enough to prevent plowing. In January, 1878, bridge timber and piles were hauled from Glencoe to Lake Addie. May 6 Lawrence Gillick, Sr., moved his family from Glencoe onto the Caffrey land at the head of Lake Addie, which he had purchased the fall before. May 3, Lawrence Gillick, Sr., Geo. Colby and A. J. Hall, the commis- sioners appointed by Judge J. L. McDonald, of the District Court, to appraise the right of way damages along the line of the railroad for the first 30 miles west of Glencoe, completed their labors. May 10 John Hansen moved his family up from Henderson. This was the first family to settle on the new townsite. They settled on what is now known as the Schilling addition to Brownton. The cheese factory commenced opera- tions the 20th of this month with John Hauser as cheese- maker. The spring term of school began with Miss Jane Grow as teacher. June 4, the survey of the townsite of Brownton was begun. Thus ended the pioneer life about Lake Addie. The rail- road was a reality, the days of early settlement were over. A continuation of this narrative will be found under the head of Brownton Village, in another place in this volume. ******************************** Note ******************* I have no more on this interesting bit of information which was supplied by Martin Johnson 7/27/2001. ********************************************************** *********************** Credits ************************** 1860 Census information taken from 1917 History Book Census Information supplied 7/27/2001 by: Martin Johnson 514 W. Menominee St. Belvidere, IL 61008-3142 Converted to Computer Files 7/31/2001 by: Carl C. Bloomquist 18037 Naples St. NW Elk River, MN 55330-1615