1850 Federal Census Jennings County, Indiana (Bigger Township: Page 2 of 2) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. 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Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ___________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Jennings County, Indiana, Please visit the Jennings County, INGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~injennin/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number MRD=Married within last year SCH=Attended school within last year R/W=Adults who cannot read and write DDB=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1850 Federal Census for Jennings County, Indiana (Bigger Township) ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Year: 1850 State: Indiana County: Jennings Sheet No: 371B Reel No: M432-155 Division: Bigger Township Page No: 741 Enumerated on: August 30, 1850 by: H Prather Transcribed by Carly Josephson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2003 ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= 1 | 543 543 | Benjamin Hall | 30 M | Farmer 2000 | Ia | | H400 | 2 | 543 543 | Emily M Hall | 27 F | | Ia | | H400 | 3 | 543 543 | Luvina T Hall | 1 F | | Ia | | H400 | 4 | 543 543 | Ann Hall | 26 F | | ** | | H400 | Birth Place unreadable 5 | 544 544 | Kisiah Spaulding | 72 F | | Ky | | S143 | 6 | 544 544 | Kisiah Spaulding | 15 F | | Ia | | S143 | Not listed as attending school 7 | 545 545 | Silas Needham | 33 M | Farmer 2500 | Ia | | N350 | 8 | 545 545 | Emaline J Needham | 33 F | | Ky | | N350 | 9 | 545 545 | Sarah E Needham | 10 F | | Ia | X | N350 | 10 | 545 545 | Margaret Needham | 4 F | | Ia | X | N350 | 11 | 545 545 | William Hawthorn | 23 M | Farmer | Ia | | H365 | 12 | 545 545 | Samuel Grinsted | 23 M | Blacksmith | Ia | | G652 | 13 | 545 545 | Nancy Needham | 79 F | | NC | | N350 | 14 | 546 546 | Mary Needham | 45 F | | NC | | N350 | 15 | 546 546 | William Needham | 23 M | Farmer | Ia | | N350 | 16 | 546 546 | John W Needham | 18 M | Farmer | Ia | X | N350 | 17 | 546 546 | Ann L Needham | 16 F | | Ia | X | N350 | 18 | 547 547 | Horace Peas | 47 M | farmer 500 | Ny | | P200 | 19 | 547 547 | Nancy Peas | 4* F | | Ia | | P200 | Age smeared 20 | 547 547 | Amanda Peas | 15 F | | Ohio | X | P200 | 21 | 547 547 | Mary Peas | 13 F | | Ohio | X | P200 | 22 | 547 547 | James D Peas | 8 M | | Ia | X | P200 | 23 | 547 547 | Ellen Peas | 6 F | | Ia | | P200 | Not listed as attending school 24 | 547 547 | Arther O Peas | 2 M | | Ia | | P200 | 25 | 547 547 | Elizabeth S Lover | 23 F | | Ia | | L160 | 26 | 548 548 | Sally Jones | 62 F | 800 | Ky | | J520 | 27 | 548 548 | Sarah Jones | 23 F | | Ky | | J520 | 28 | 549 549 | John Jones | 30 M | Farmer | Ky | | J520 | 29 | 549 549 | Elizabeth Jones | 23 F | | Ia | | J520 | 30 | 549 549 | Amanda Jones | 2 F | | Ia | | J520 | 31 | 550 550 | Robert Armstrong | 47 M | Farmer 8 | Ky | | A652 | 32 | 550 550 | Jane Armstrong | 40 F | | Ky | | A652 | 33 | 550 550 | Margaret Armstrong | 12 F | | Ia | X | A652 | 34 | 550 550 | Lanty Armstrong | 11 M | | Ia | X | A652 | 35 | 550 550 | Sarah Jane Armstrong | 8 F | | Ia | X | A652 | 36 | 550 550 | Thomas Armstrong | 22 M | farmer 100 | Ia | | A652 | 37 | 550 550 | Jane Short | 15 F | | Ia | | S630 | Not listed as attending school 38 | 550 550 | John Saunders | 34 M | Shoemaker 200 | England | | S536 | 39 | 550 550 | Mary Saunders | 30 F | | England | | S536 | 40 | 550 550 | Preston Needham | 22 M | Laborer | Ia | | N350 | No entry line 41/42 ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= --- Year: 1850 State: Indiana County: Jennings Sheet No: 372A Reel No: M432-155 Division: Bigger Township Page No: 742 Enumerated on: August 30, 1850 by: H Prather Transcribed by Carly Josephson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2003 ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= 1 | 551 551 | John Merrett | 38 M | farmer 1000 | Ia | | M630 | 2 | 551 551 | Mary Ann Merrett | 35 F | | Ia | | M630 | 3 | 551 551 | Benjamin Merrett | 14 M | | Ia | X | M630 | 4 | 551 551 | Lucy Merrett | 13 F | | Ia | X | M630 | 5 | 551 551 | William Merrett | 11 M | | Ia | X | M630 | 6 | 551 551 | Nancy Merrett | 9 F | | Ia | X | M630 | 7 | 551 551 | Azariah Merrett | 7 M | | Ia | X | M630 | 8 | 551 551 | Jane Merrett | 5 F | | Ia | X | M630 | 9 | 551 551 | James Merrett | 2 M | | Ia | | M630 | 10 | 552 552 | Joseph Smith | 52 M | Farmer 1200 | Penn | | S530 | 11 | 552 552 | Martha Smith | 48 F | | Penn | | S530 | 12 | 552 552 | Sarah Smith | 16 F | | Penn | X | S530 | 13 | 552 552 | John Smith | 15 M | | Penn | X | S530 | 14 | 552 552 | Joseph Smith | 13 M | | Ia | X | S530 | 15 | 552 552 | Margaret Smith | 12 F | | Ia | X | S530 | 16 | 552 552 | James Smith | 9 M | | Ia | X | S530 | 17 | 552 552 | ****** Smith | * F | | Ia | X | S530 | First name/Age smeared and unreadable 18 | 552 552 | William Smith | 7 M | | Ia | X | S530 | 19 | 552 552 | Emma Smith | 3 F | | Ia | | S530 | 20 | 553 553 | Curtis Reynolds | 21 M | Farmer | Ia | | R543 | 21 | 553 553 | Ducilla Reynolds | 19 F | | Ia | | R543 | 22 | 553 553 | William R Reynolds | 3/12 M | | Ia | | R543 | 23 | 553 553 | Caleb Alexander | 23 M | Laborer | NC | | A425 | 24 | 554 554 | Samuel Francisco | 44 M | Farmer | Ny | | F652 | 25 | 554 554 | Harriet Francisco | 33 F | | Ny | | F652 | 26 | 554 554 | Henry Francisco | 16 M | Laborer | Ia | X | F652 | 27 | 554 554 | William Francisco | 13 M | | Ia | X | F652 | 28 | 554 554 | James S Feris | 13 F | | Ia | X | F620 | Listed as a female 29 | 554 554 | Henry Feris | 11 M | | Ia | X | F620 | 30 | 554 554 | Josher Francisco | 6 M | | Ia | X | F652 | 31 | 554 554 | Arnett Francisco | 1 F | | Ia | | F652 | 32 | 555 555 | William Tripp | 26 M | Engineer | Ia | | T610 | 33 | 555 555 | Zenett Tripp | 20 F | | Ny | | T610 | 34 | 555 555 | Nay Tripp | 1 F | | Ia | | T610 | 35 | 555 555 | Thomas Chany | *0 M | Laborer | Ky | | C500 | Age unreadable 36 | 555 555 | Jane Chany | *6 F | | Ky | | C500 | Age unreadable 37 | 555 555 | Henry Chany | 8 M | | Ia | X | C500 | 38 | 555 555 | Olva Chany | 6 M | | Ia | X | C500 | 39 | 555 555 | Jane Chany | 3 F | | Ia | | C500 | 40 | 556 556 | David Vanwinkle | 19 M | Laborer | Ia | X | V552 | 41 | 556 556 | Betsy Vanwinkle | 20 F | | Ia | X | V552 | No entry line 42 ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= --- Year: 1850 State: Indiana County: Jennings Sheet No: 372B Reel No: M432-155 Division: Bigger Township Page No: 743 Enumerated on: August 30, 1850 by: H Prather Transcribed by Carly Josephson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2003 ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|================================================= 1 | 557 557 | Robert Thoms | 48 M | laborer | Ky | X | T520 | 2 | 557 557 | Nancy Thoms | 46 F | | Ky | | T520 | 3 | 557 557 | William Thoms | 19 M | laborer | Ia | | T520 | 4 | 557 557 | Sally Thoms | 18 F | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 5 | 557 557 | Rebecca Thoms | 16 F | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 6 | 557 557 | Plly Thoms | 15 F | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 7 | 557 557 | Ruth Thoms | 14 F | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 8 | 557 557 | Jane Thoms | 12 F | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 9 | 557 557 | Noah Thoms | 11 M | | Ia | | T520 | Not listed as attending school 10 | 557 557 | Nancy Thoms | 9 F | | Ia | | T520 | 11 | 557 557 | Susanna Thoms | 6 F | | Ia | | T520 | 12 | 557 557 | Delana Thoms | 3 F | | Ia | | T520 | 13 | 558 558 | Daniel Carson | 44 M | farmer | Ireland | | C625 | 14 | 558 558 | Betsy Carson | 40 F | | Ireland | | C625 | 15 | 558 558 | Jomes Carson | 8 M | | Ia | X | C625 | 16 | 558 558 | Maret Carson | 6 F | | Ia | X | C625 | 17 | 558 558 | Daniel Carson | 3 M | | Ia | | C625 | End Bigger Township ======|=============|=================================|===========|======================|============|=========|======|=================================================