Day County, S.D. 1880 Federal Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sd/day/1880 (File 1 of 1 for Fort Sisseton) Stamped Pages 539A-540C This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1880 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1880 MICROFILM #T9-115 STATE DAKOTA TERRITORY COUNTY DAY ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Many entries in the Birthplace columns on the last page are illegible due to tape on the page which had turned dark with age. An asterisk (*) was placed in these fields. Fort Sisseton near Britton, South Dakota, was established in 1864. Ir was originally named Fort Wadsworth until it was changed to Fort Sisseton on August 29, 1876. The name was changed due to the fact that a Fort Wadsworth already existed in New York. It was chosen to honor the Sisseton band of Sioux that provided scouts to the fort. It was used by the U.S. Army from 1864 to 1889 as an outpost inhabited by cavalry and infantry soldiers. Companies E and G of the 25th Infantry Regiment, an African-Almerican unit, were reassigned to Fort Sisseton in May 1884 after Fort Hale was abandoned. They remained until 1884 when they were reassigned elsewhere. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Day INSTITUTION: Fort Sisseton MICROFILM #: T9-115 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 54 ENUMERATOR: H. C. W. Mybra STAMPED PAGE NO: 539A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 3 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 4 thru 5, 1880 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 1 1 Roberts Cyrus S W M 37 . . . X . . Captain USA . . . . . . . . . . Conn Conn Conn . 2 1 1 Roberts Mary J W F 27 . Wife . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Virginia Virginia . 3 1 1 Roberts George W M 7 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Conn Texas . 4 1 1 Roberts Cyrus S W M 4 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Conn Texas Occ. Servant marked out 5 1 1 Davis Fanny B F 27 . . . . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Virginia Virginia . 6 1 2 Rothah J H I W M 33 . . . X . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 7 1 2 Rothah Flora A W F 33 . Wife . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 8 1 2 Rothah LaGrange W M 6 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 9 1 2 Rothah William V W M 4 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak NY NY . 10 1 2 Atteson Emma W F 19 . Servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maine Unknown Canada . 11 1 3 Ruhlen George W M 33 . . . X . . Officer . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Geerman . 12 1 3 Ruhlen Ella W F 31 . Wife . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Vermont Wales . 13 1 3 Ruhlen Carl W M 2 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Germany Ohio . 14 1 3 Anderson Ellen W F 25 . . X . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 15 1 3 Taylor Winny W F 7 . Niece X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio England Ohio . 16 2 4 White Robert W M 28 . . X . . . Blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Mass Texas . 17 2 5 Bell Wm S W M 34 . . X . . . Painter . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Louisiana France . 18 2 6 Morgan Charles W M 15 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . DC Ireland Ireland Age as written 19 2 7 Benett G W W M 27 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Minn Minn Minn . 20 2 8 Schow Julius W M 32 . . X . . . Engineer . . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Missouri . 21 2 9 MacGoffey Tho's W M 39 . . X . . . Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . Tenn Tenn Tenn . 22 2 10 Drew Tho's P W M 20 . . X . . . Tinsmith . . . . . . . . . . New Hampshire England Ireland . 23 2 11 Crall Willis W M 28 . . . . D . Tinsmith . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 24 2 12 Joie John W M 37 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 25 2 13 Morrison William W M 27 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Cinn Ohio Ohio Virginia . 26 2 14 Spillane Thomas W M 38 . . . X . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 27 2 15 Grabu? Rudolph W M 35 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland . 28 2 16 Collins Tho's M W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 29 2 17 John Daney W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . France France France . 30 2 18 Lorrinc John E W M 50 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 31 2 19 Burde David W M 27 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . England Ireland Ireland . 32 2 20 Rice Joseph H W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio . 33 2 21 O'Brien Martin W M 45 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 34 2 22 Keeler Done W M 35 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 35 2 23 Neff John D W M 35 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio . 36 2 24 Dan**man Eugene C W M 22 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 37 2 25 Ballman William W M 25 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 38 2 26 Bross Oscar W M 40 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 39 2 27 Crawford Wm W W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 40 2 28 Cox Charles W M 32 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark . 41 2 29 Davis David W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Rusia Rusia Rusia . 42 2 30 Duckworth John W M 38 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . England Ireland Ireland . 43 2 31 Enfield John W M 25 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Indiana Indiana Indiana . 44 2 32 Heyons Ford W M 36 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Germany Germany . 45 2 33 Hubbard Wm W M 23 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ill Ill Ill . 46 2 34 Jameson Wm H W M 23 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 47 2 35 Johnson Andrew W M 31 . . . X . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden . 48 2 36 Jarvis Ed W W M 28 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY? . 49 2 37 Louis Henry J W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Wales Wales Wales . 50 2 38 McDonnell Tho's W M 27 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Day INSTITUTION: Fort Sisseton MICROFILM #: T9-115 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 54 ENUMERATOR: H. C. W. Mybra STAMPED PAGE NO: 539B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 4 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 4 thru 5, 1880 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 3 1 McDuggal John W M 21 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Scotland Ocean . 2 3 2 McEar**ue Wm W M 27 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . 3 3 3 McKay George W M 36 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 4 3 4 Morrow Benjamin W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 5 3 5 Murphy Patrick W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 6 3 6 Murphy Elwood W M 25 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Indiana Ireland Ireland . 7 3 7 Negle Thomas W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Maine Ireland Ireland . 8 3 8 Howell Wm W M 36 . . . X . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . England England England . 9 3 9 O'Brien Thinner W M 34 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 10 3 10 O'Donald William W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 11 3 11 Pierpont Albert W M 25 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Iowa Iowa . 12 3 12 Bowers William R W M 56 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 13 3 13 Ray John E W M 25 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ind Ind Ind . 14 3 14 Regan James W M 40 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Ireland Ireland . 15 3 15 Rice John W M 23 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Rhine France . 16 3 16 Rider Auzel W M 32 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ohio NY NY . 17 . 17 Seaton Bauers W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Mass Conn . 18 3 18 Se*holtz Charles W M 23 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 19 3 19 Linder John W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 20 3 20 Ward Wm W M 35 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Conn Conn Conn . 21 3 21 Williams George W M 25 . . . X . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Tenn Tenn Tenn . 22 4 22 Spillmire Kate W F 29 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Ireland Ireland . 23 4 22 Spillmire Allen W F 20 . Sister X . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 24 5 23 Williams Sissie W F 22 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . Dak Dak Dak . 25 5 23 Williams Rosy W F 1 . Daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Dak Dak . 26 6 24 Wiether Samuel W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Vir Penn Penn . 27 6 25 Cacy Frank W M 22 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Mass Germany Germany . 28 6 26 Kelly John W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Ireland Ireland . 29 6 27 Hesch**han William W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ill France France . 30 6 28 James Carol W M 40 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 31 6 29 Rader Frank W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Wis Germany Germany . 32 6 30 Smith Charles W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 33 6 31 Brown Wm W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Conn Conn . 34 6 32 Keller Julius W M 24 . . X . . . Musician . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 35 6 33 Sharp Wm W M 21 . . . . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 36 6 34 Duggal Michael W M 50 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 37 6 35 Adonin? Herman W M 28 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 38 7 36 Sneider Joseph W M 30 . . . X . . Baker . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 39 7 36 Sneider Riller W F 34 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . North Carolina NC NC . 40 7 36 Sneider Joseph Jr W M 7 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany NC . 41 8 37 Ott Charles W M 40 . . * . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany *Unknown 42 9 38 Williams George W M 24 . . . X . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Tenn Germany Germany . 43 9 38 Williams Annie E W F 23 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . N Jersey France Germany . 44 9 38 Williams Rosie W F 1 . Daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Tenn Jersey . 45 10 39 Rudore? John C W M 34 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Germany NY . 46 10 40 Rangan? Ed W M 24 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 47 10 41 Sp**r Charles W M 34 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 48 10 42 Rosensach Aug W M 30 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 49 10 43 Lindner Gust W M 44 . . . X . . Farmer . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 50 10 43 Lindner Hubbard W F 49 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Day INSTITUTION: Fort Sisseton MICROFILM #: T9-115 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 54 ENUMERATOR: H. C. W. Mybra STAMPED PAGE NO: 540C HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 5 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 4 thru 5, 1880 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 11 43 Lindner Annie E W F 17 . Daughter X . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 2 11 43 Lindner Bernhard W M 16 . Son X . . . Living at Home . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 3 12 1 Vauder Alford J W M 56 . . . X . . Store Keeper . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 4 12 1 Vauder Eliza W F 48 . Wife . X . . Housekeeper . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 5 12 1 Vauder Charles W M 22 . Son X . . . Clerk in Store . . . . . . . . . . Minn Germany Germany . 6 12 1 Vauder M P W M 18 . Son X . . . Student . . . . . . . . . . Minn Germany Germany . 7 12 1 Vauder Carl W M 7 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minn Germany Germany . 8 12 2 Glen Robert J W M 23 . . X . . . Clerk in Store . . . . . . . . . . Minn Germany Germany . 9 12 3 Connelly John W M 32 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . N Hampshire Ireland Ireland . 10 12 4 Shilling Conrad W M 24 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . NY Germany Germany . 11 12 5 Jacks August W M 32 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 12 12 6 Bath Frank W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 13 13 7 Galloway Eliza 1/2 BF 30 . . X . . . Hospital Matron . . . . . . . . . . NC NC NC . 14 13 7 Galloway M*issia 1/4 BF 6 . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak . NC . 15 14 8 Brown Joseph W M 23 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . England England France . 16 14 9 Lauffer Simon P W M 42 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn . 17 14 10 Filbrock Benjamin W M 48 . . . . W . Captain USA . . . . . . . . . . England England England . 18 15 11 Bresnett C E W M 33 . . . X . . Lieutenant . . . . . . . . . . NY Unknown Unknown . 19 15 12 Chenoweth Edward W M 26 . . X . . . Lieutenant . . . . . . . . . . NY Wales Wales . 20 15 13 Dondy R W W M 26 . . X . . . Brick Maker . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Alabama Tenn . 21 16 14 Hatheros E R W M 24 . . X . . . Brick Maker . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Penn . 22 16 15 Trask L B W M 22 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Maine Maine Maine . 23 16 16 Painter Wm W M 29 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 24 16 17 James Frank W M 21 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Chicago Ill NY NY . 25 16 18 Vanour Charles W M 31 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Maryland Cuba Cuba . 26 17 19 Ferguson James B W M 38 . . . X . . D M . . . . . . . . . . Canada Ireland * . 27 17 19 Ferguson E Grace W F 30 . Wife . X . . Mistress of House . . . . . . . . . . NY Rhode Island * . 28 17 19 Ferguson James Coran W M 6 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak * * . 29 17 20 Barlow Mathilda B F 46 . . X . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . X Newark * * . 30 18 21 Geldreich A W M 22 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . France * * . 31 18 22 McDonnald John W M 26 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Mass Ireland * . 32 18 23 Oldehan Wm E W M 33 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky Kent * . 33 18 24 Cook Chance W M 33 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . England England * . 34 18 25 Ashby J T W M 24 . . X . . . Soldier . . . . . . . . . . Wisg** ***land * . ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================= If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================