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Census - US Federal 1860

Browse the 1860 US census by state, county, and civil division. This particular census is especially helpful in researching the Civil War era and the soldiers who fought in the imminent conflict. Information about each member of a household as of June 1, 1860, includes age, race, occupation, real and personal estate values, birth place, if married within the year, and if a person was deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict. Relationships are not detailed until the 1880 census.

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Kirkland Census

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Samuel's Father was Daniel Towne and Oka Town was his brother. Apparently, they dropped the "e" when they moved to Michigan.
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This is my great grandmother Elizabeth Steiner Wyss and her children. Her husband Christian died the previous year. Their name is WYSS regardless of how the enumerator spelled it or the transcriber printed it. And they were born in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland (not Germany). I find it interesting that my grandfather is listed as Godlove, and if you look at the name closely that is how it ...more
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Abner Sewell, son of Andrew Sewell b. 1772

Found in: Census - US Federal 1860 » Sewell, A

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This is Abner Sewell b. 1801 Maryland, son of Andrew Sewell b. 1772 and Eleanor Beal.
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Obediah Martin age 52

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Elizabeth Margaret Mason Lyon is her name and in the 1850 Carter Co., Civil District 8, TN Census her name appears as "Mary" instead of "Sary" as shown in this 1860 census. She and her husband John Lyon are living with their son Samuel Lyon's family.
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Lorenzo Seeber

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Line 6: John Condon and family - John Condon is my 3rd great-grandfather. More information can be found on www.jorypepper.com.
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Abigail Langley

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