Mason County, MI., 1870 U.S. Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/mason/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Sherman Township) Stamped Pgs 486A-487B This Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== 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 MALE VOTE LN# HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION REAL VAL. PERS. VAL BIRTH PLACE FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR SCHOOL READ WRITE DEAF 21 YRS DEMIED TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Law James 35 M W Farmer 500 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Law Narcissa 27 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Law James W. 7 M W Attending school . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 4 1 1 Law Frances 4 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 Law Addison 3 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 Law John 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Eastman Peter 46 M W Farmer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 8 2 2 Eastman Mary 39 F W Keeping house . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 9 2 2 Eastman Mary 12 F W Attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 10 2 2 Eastman Ann 9 F W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 11 2 2 Eastman Peter 7 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 12 2 2 Eastman Robert 5 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 13 3 3 Shields Timothy 36 M W Farmer 1200 985 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 14 3 3 Shields Mary 30 F W Keeping house . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 15 3 3 Shields Bridget 9 F W Attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 16 3 3 Shields Mary 6 F W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 17 3 3 Shields Timothy 3 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 18 3 3 Fagan Charles 26 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 19 4 4 Knox Charles 29 M W Farmer 1000 330 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 20 4 4 Knox Emily 26 F W Keeping house . . Belgium X X . . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Carrier John 49 M W Farmer 600 215 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 22 5 5 Carrier Maria 39 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 5 Carrier Wallace 13 M W Works on farm . . New York . . . . X . . . . . . 24 5 5 Carrier Effa 8 F W Attending school . . Wisconsin . . . . X . . . . . . 25 5 5 Carrier Jenny 6 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5 5 Carrier Cora 4 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 6 Genson Charles 39 M W Farmer 1000 200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 28 6 6 Genson Ann 33 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6 6 Genson Emma 10 F W Attending school . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 30 6 6 Genson Adda 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7 7 Genson Samuel 63 M W Farmer 1500 327 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 7 7 Genson Polly 55 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7 7 Genson Taylor 21 M W Works on farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 34 7 7 Genson Samuel 16 M W Works on farm . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 35 7 7 Genson Benjamin 14 M W Works on farm . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 36 7 7 Genson Polly 10 F W Attending school . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 37 8 8 Tracy Edward 31 M W Farmer 600 320 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 38 8 8 Tracy Jane 36 F W Keeping house . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 39 8 8 Tracy Levi 8 M W Attending school . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 40 8 8 Tracy Emma 1 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Mason DIVISION: Sherman Township PAGE NO: 486B REFERENCE: Enumerated by William Webb, 11-12 July 1870 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T MALE VOTE LN# HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION REAL VAL. PERS. VAL BIRTH PLACE FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR SCHOOL READ WRITE DEAF 21 YRS DEMIED TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 9 9 Weirman John 58 M W Farmer 900 320 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 2 9 9 Weirman Louisa 50 F W Keeping house . . Prussia X X . . . X X . . . . 3 9 9 Weirman Eliza 14 F W At home . . Michigan X X . . X . . . . . . 4 9 9 Weirman Maria 12 F W At home . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 5 9 9 Weirman Christ 10 M W Attending school . . Canada X X . . X . . . . . . 6 9 9 Weirman Catherine 8 F W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 7 10 10 Roberts Benjamin 50 M W Farmer 800 100 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 8 10 10 Roberts Roxy 43 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 10 Roberts Joseph 12 M W At home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 10 Roberts Franklin 8 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 10 Roberts Allen 6 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 10 Roberts Roxy 6/12 F W . . . Michigan . . Feb . . . . . . . . 13 11 11 Whitmer Frederick 39 M W Farmer 1000 215 Switzerland X X . . . . . . X . . 14 11 11 Whitmer Sarah 39 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 11 Whitmer Mary 10 F W Attending school . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 16 11 11 Whitmer Frank 10 M W Attending school . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 17 11 11 Whitmer Clara 8 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 18 11 11 Whitmer Frederick 5 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 19 11 11 Whitmer Stella 4 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 20 11 11 Whitmer Charles 9/12 M W . . . Michigan . . Oct . . . . . . . . 21 11 11 Roberts Mary 16 F W Domestic Servant . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 22 12 12 Golbunger John 27 M W Farmer 800 245 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 23 12 12 Golbunger Adda 21 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12 12 Golbunger Laura 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 25 12 12 Golbunger John 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 26 13 13 Boyne Ezra 29 M W Farmer 400 150 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 27 13 13 Boyne Mary 25 F W Keeping house . . Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13 13 Boyne Mary E. 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 29 13 13 Boyne Arthur 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 30 14 14 Nash Hiram 66 M W Farmer 500 100 Massachusetts . . . . . . . . X . . 31 15 15 Mackleroy Patrick 60 M W Farmer 1000 295 Ireland X X . . . . X . X . . 32 15 15 Mackleroy Catherine 49 F W Keeping house . . Ireland X X . . . X X . . . . 33 15 15 Mackleroy John E. 18 M W Works on farm . . New York X X . . . X X . . . . 34 15 15 Mackleroy Joseph 16 M W Works on farm . . New York X X . . . X X . . . . 35 15 15 Mackleroy James 14 M W Works on farm . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 36 15 15 Mackleroy Catherine 12 F W At home . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 37 15 15 Mackleroy Margaret 10 F W At home . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 38 15 15 Mackleroy Felix 8 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 39 15 15 Mackleroy Peter 6 M W . . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 40 16 16 Letson Edward 31 M W Farmer 800 170 New York . . . . . . . . X . . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Mason DIVISION: Sherman Township PAGE NO: 487A REFERENCE: Enumerated by William Webb, 11-12 July 1870 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T MALE VOTE LN# HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION REAL VAL. PERS. VAL BIRTH PLACE FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR SCHOOL READ WRITE DEAF 21 YRS DEMIED TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 16 16 Letson Artimitia 24 F W Keeping house . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16 16 Letson Minnie 4 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 3 16 16 Letson Mary 1 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 4 21 21 Shelly Ethan 31 M W Farmer 500 350 New York . . . . . . . . X . HN# & FN# jump by 5 5 21 21 Shelly Emanda 25 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 6 21 21 Shelly Clifford 6 M W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 7 21 21 Shelly George 4 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 8 21 21 Shelly Harlowlynn 1 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 9 22 22 Legraff Richard 24 M W Farmer 800 600 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 10 22 22 Legraff Lucinda 20 F W Keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 11 23 23 Drown James 42 M W Farmer 500 460 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 12 23 23 Drown Eliza 33 F W Keeping house . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 13 23 23 Drown Susan 18 F W At home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 14 23 23 Drown John 13 M W At home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 15 23 23 Drown Emeline 11 F W At home . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 23 Drown Joseph 9 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 17 23 23 Drown Mary J. 7 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 18 23 23 Drown George 3 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 19 23 23 Drown Ephraim 6/12 M W . . . Michigan . . Dec . . . . . . . . 20 23 23 Baldwin Daniel 22 M W Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 21 23 23 Drown Micager 77 M W At home . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 22 24 24 Bailey George 23 M W Farmer 300 250 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 23 24 24 Bailey Susan 25 F W Keeping house . . Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 24 24 24 Bailey Adell 6 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 25 24 24 Bailey Edmond 5 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 26 25 25 Reek William 27 M W Farmer 1000 250 Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 27 25 25 Reek Barbra A. 23 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 28 25 25 Reek Henry 2 M W . . . Michigan X . . . . . . . . . . 29 25 25 Reek William 1 M W . . . Michigan X . . . . . . . . . . 30 25 25 Rigel John 17 M W Works on farm . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 31 26 26 Mills Joseph 30 M W Farmer 1000 600 England X X . . . . . . X . . 32 27 27 Odonnell Hugh 35 M W Farmer 800 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 33 28 28 Newal Edwin 32 M W Farmer 800 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 34 29 29 McClane James 25 M W Farmer 1000 635 Ohio X X . . . . . . X . . 35 29 29 McClane Eliza 28 F W Keeping house . . Ohio X X . . . . . . . . . 36 30 30 Griswold Marcus 30 M W Farmer 800 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 37 31 31 Lawrance William 41 M W Farmer 500 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 38 31 31 Lawrance Mary A. 45 F W Keeping house . . England X X . . . X X . . . . 39 31 31 Lawrance William 14 M W At home . . Illinois X X . . X . . . . . . 40 31 31 Lawrance Emily 9 F W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: MI COUNTY: Mason DIVISION: Sherman Township PAGE NO: 487B REFERENCE: Enumerated by William Webb, 11-12 July 1870 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T MALE VOTE LN# HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION REAL VAL. PERS. VAL BIRTH PLACE FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR SCHOOL READ WRITE DEAF 21 YRS DEMIED TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 31 31 Lawrance Alice 9 F W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 2 32 32 Knapp Hiram 40 M W Farmer 600 200 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 3 32 32 Knapp Elizabeth 26 F W Keeping house . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 4 33 33 Kaplinger Jacob 27 M W Farmer . . Massachusetts X X . . . . . . X . . 5 33 33 Kaplinger Margaret 20 F W Keeping house . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 6 33 33 Kaplinger Charles 2 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 7 33 33 Knapp Olive 18 F W At home . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 8 33 33 Knapp Marion 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 34 34 Genson George 29 M W Farmer 500 200 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 10 34 34 Genson Elizabeth 18 F W Keeping house . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 11 34 34 Genson Elsa 8/12 F W . . . Michigan . . Oct . . . . . . . . 12 35 35 Genson Charles 25 M W Farmer 500 . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 13 36 36 Tompkins Mary 36 F W Farmer 400 150 New York . . . . . X X . . . . 14 36 36 Tompkins Sarah A. 18 F W At home . . New York . . . . . X X . . . . 15 36 36 Tompkins Asa 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 16 37 37 Johnson William 53 M W Farmer 400 . Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 17 38 38 Ramsy Barton 39 M W Farmer 400 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 18 38 38 Ramsy Mary 36 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 19 38 38 Ramsy Anthanet 14 F W At home . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 20 38 38 Ramsy Franklin 10 M W At home . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 21 38 38 Ramsy Abbot 4 M W . . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 22 39 39 Parmiter James 32 M W Farmer 1000 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 23 39 39 Parmiter Permilia 31 F W Keeping house . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 24 39 39 Parmiter Anthanet 2/12 F W . . . Michigan . . Apr . . . . . . . . 25 40 40 Legraff William 33 M W Farmer 1000 300 Michigan X X . . . . . . X . . 26 40 40 Legraff Joseph 76 M W At home . . Canada X X . . . X X . X . . 27 40 40 Legraff Cecelia 50 F W Keeping house . . Michigan X X . . . . . . . . . 28 41 41 Chapman Charles 25 M W Farmer 800 100 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 29 41 41 Chapman Jane 21 F W Keeping house . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 30 41 41 Chapman Alice 3 F W . . . Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 31 41 41 Chapman Eva 2/12 F W . . . Michigan . . Apr . . . . . . . . 32 42 42 Harley John 26 M W Farmer 800 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . 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