Wilson, KS 1870 Federal Census - Notex This Census was transcribed by Amy K. Davis and proofread by M.Simone Eichelberger for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright 2000 by Amy K. Davis ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # 593-443 State KS County Wilson ************************************************************************ Come on in and have a look around 1870 Wilson County, Kansas! According to the trustworthy census taker, James A. Hunter, there were 6,694 people residing in the county. The most common occupation was, of course, farming (1,308), but there were lots of other professions listed, including laborers (112), carpenters (64), mill workers (30), physicians (23), blacksmiths (21), lawyers (13), clerks in stores (12), school teachers (9), painters (8), grocers (7), teamsters (6), shoemakers (6), ministers (5), coopers (5), engineers (5), sawyers (4), druggists (4), butchers (4), furniture dealers (2), county clerk (1), tailor (1), and real estate agent (1). And don't forget about the women: there were 1,268 females keeping house, and 4 of them managing farms where no husband was present. Then there were the children: 3,381 altogether, with 627 kids attending school in the area. An additional note of interest: there were 18 sets of twins! One word about the handwriting: several of Mr. Hunter's letters look similar, so you may want to try variant spellings on these letters: sometimes the S looks like an L, the I looks like a Y, the M looks like a W, the H looks like an A, and the T looks like an F. Hope you find your ancestors! --Amy K. Davis