1870 Federal Census Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory (Smith's Gulch: File 1 of 1) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Kathleen Lampe from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, June 2002. Submitted by Kathleen Lampe January 2, 2002. This Census Was Proofread by RJ Robinson . Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. kathleenlampe@hotmail.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 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 REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Please visit the Sweetwater County, WYGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wysweetw/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Sweetwater County, Wyoming ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Atlantic City Sheet No: 507B Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Smith's Gulch Page no: 1 Enumerated on: June 16, 1870 by: George W Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real P | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 1 | 1 1 | Jones Thomas H | 22 M W | Miner | | Wales | X X | | | X | J520 | 2 | 1 1 | Guhan Herman | 31 M W | Miner | | Prussia | X X | | | X | G500 | 3 | 2 2 | Prothero John | 22 M W | Miner | | Wisconsin | | | | X | P636 | 4 | 2 2 | Williams Edward J | 42 M W | Miner | | Missouri | | | | X | W452 | 5 | 2 2 | Mealman Hiram | 28 M W | Miner | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | M455 | =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 6 | 3 | __Unoccupied___ | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 7 | 4 3 | Dunn John | 26 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | X | D500 | 8 | 4 3 | Robinson John L | 28 M W | Miner | | England | X X | | | X | R152 | 9 | 5 4 | Llewellyn David | 24 M W | Miner | | Wales | X X | | | X | L450 | ? Cannot read 10 | 5 4 | Llewellyn Mary Ann | 20 M W | Keeping House | | Wales | X X | | | | L450 | 11 | 5 4 | Llewellyn Susana | 4 M W | | | Missouri | X X | | | | L450 | 12 | 5 4 | Llewellyn John | 3 M W | | | Missouri | X X | | | | L450 | 13 | 5 4 | Llewellyn David | 1 M W | | | Wyoming | X X | | | X | L450 | 14 | 6 5 | Alexander William | 21 M W | Engineer Stationary | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | A425 | ?cannot read 15 | 6 5 | Brown Alexander | 25 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | | | X | B650 | 16 | 6 5 | Black William | 24 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | B420 | 17 | 7 6 | Burrman Edward | 30 M W | Tailor | | Prussia | X X | | | X | B655 | ? Cannot read 18 | 7 6 | Brier William | 23 M W | Farmer | | Wisconsin | | | | X | B660 | 19 | 7 6 | Bush Eugene | 21 M W | Clerk in store | | New Jersey | X X | | | X | B200 | 20 | 8 7 | Brown John C | 25 M W | Teamster | | Hanover | X X | | | X | B650 | ? Cannot read 21 | 8 7 | Cohen Moses | 30 M W | Printer | | New York | | | | X | C500 | 22 | 8 7 | Casey James R | 21 M W | Painter | | Illinois | | | | X | C200 | 23 | 9 8 | Cary James | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C600 | ? Cannot read 24 | 9 8 | Coffey John | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C100 | 25 | 9 8 | Culp Charles | 30 M W | Baker | | Bavaria | X X | X X | | X | C410 | 26 | 10 9 | Conway William | 30 M W | Guilder Picture Frame | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C500 | ? Cannot read 27 | 10 9 | Dielan William | 21 M W | Soldier | | Canada | X X | X X | | X | D450 | 28 | 10 9 | Duffy Patrick | 21 M W | Carpenter | | Ireland | X X | | | X | D100 | 29 | 11 10 | Eugene William | 21 M W | Laborer | | New Jersey | | | | X | E250 | ? Cannot read 30 | 11 10 | Eddy John | 25 M W | Soldier | | Ohio | | | | X | E300 | 31 | 11 10 | Flemming John | 23 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | X X | | X | F455 | 32 | 12 11 | Farnell Patrick | 40 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | | | X | F654 | ?should be 13 33 | 12 11 | Furlong Patrick | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | F645 | 34 | 12 11 | Fry Benjamin F | 21 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | F600 | 35 | 13 12 | Fitz-Gerald Morris | 25 M W | Sailor | | Ireland | X X | | | X | F32- | ?should be 14 35 | 14 12 | Howe Lewis | 33 M W | Soldier | | Canada | X X | | | X | H000 | 36 | 13 12 | Gorden Malsom | 26 M W | Telegraph Operator | | Canada | X X | | | X | G635 | 38 | 15 13 | Hand James | 23 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | | | X | H530 | 39 | 15 13 | Hendersen William | 21 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | H536 | 40 | 15 14 | Holt Charles | 28 M W | Soldier | | Canada | * * | | | X | H430 | ** No marks for foreign father and mother. =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Atlantic City Sheet No: 508A Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Smith's Gulch Page no: 2 Enumerated on: June 16, 1870 by: George W Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real P | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 1 | 15 14 | Howard Charles | 21 M W | Miner | | Colorado | | | | X | H630 | 2 | 15 14 | Hart Joseph | 21 M W | Farmer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | H630 | 3 | 16 15 | Jackson Issac | 24 M W | Engineer Stationary | | England | X X | | | X | J225 | 4 | 16 15 | Jackson Robert B | 24 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | X | J225 | 5 | 16 15 | Car?ey Peter | 25 M W | Sailor | | Pennsylvania | * | | | X | C6?0 | ?might be Carney.* a circle with OH 6 | 17 16 | Kelly Thomas | 22 M W | Saddler | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | K400 | in the middle is stamped here. 7 | 17 16 | Knoblock Peter | 27 M W | Locksmith | | Prussia | X X | | | X | K514 | 8 | 17 16 | Knower Caisen | 30 M W | Baker | | Wurtemburg | X X | | | X | K560 | 9 | 18 17 | Lorch Charles | 23 M W | Laborer | | New York | | | | X | L620 | 10 | 18 17 | Larkin Edward | 21 M | Farmer | | Connecticut | | | | X | L625 | 11 | 18 17 | Lumbert Eugene | 31 M | Sailor | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | L516 | 12 | 19 18 | Loudin Alphiar M | 22 M | Teamster | | Ireland | X X | | | X | L350 | 13 | 19 18 | Lee Richard | 26 M | Sailor | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | L000 | 14 | 19 18 | McClum Hugh | 22 M | Soldier | | Illinois | | | | X | M245 | 15 | 20 19 | McGlade John | 23 M W | Clerk in store | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M243 | 16 | 20 19 | McConnell John | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M254 | 17 | 20 19 | McKeon Michael | 26 M W | Butcher | | New Jersey | | | | X | M250 | 18 | 21 20 | McKinley William | 34 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | M254 | 19 | 21 20 | Miller Charles | 22 M W | Barber | | Saxony | X X | | | X | M460 | 20 | 22 21 | Moore John | 25 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M600 | 21 | 22 21 | Morre Robert J | 21 M W | Farmer | | Kentucky | | | | X | M600 | 22 | 22 21 | Maloney John | 26 M W | Soldier | | England | X X | | | X | M450 | 23 | 23 22 | Menteh John | 33 M W | Cigar maker | | Hanover | X X | | | X | M530 | 24 | 23 22 | Nicolai Gustavus | 40 M W | Soldier | | Prussia | X X | | | X | N240 | 25 | 23 22 | McKabe William | 41 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M210 | 26 | 24 23 | Neil George G | 23 M W | Carriage maker | | Ohio | | | | X | N400 | 27 | 24 23 | Petroe Charles | 22 M W | Carpenter | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | P360 | 28 | 24 23 | Robinson Albert | 28 M W | Clerk in store | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | R152 | 29 | 25 24 | Randall Charles | 22 M W | Teamster | | Tennessee | | | | X | R534 | 30 | 25 24 | Sheilds John | 28 M W | Teamster | | Ireland | X X | | | X | S432 | 31 | 25 24 | Stewart James | 36 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | S363 | 32 | 26 25 | Sims Clements | 34 M W | Soldier | | France | X X | | | X | S520 | 33 | 26 25 | Sudholz Charles | 29 M W | Clerk in store | | Prussia | X X | | | X | S342 | 34 | 27 26 | Shaw William | 23 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | S000 | 35 | 27 26 | Shaffer Gittlif | 24 M W | Jeweler | | Prussia | X X | | | X | S160 | 36 | 27 26 | Thompson John ? | 22 M W | Engineer Stationary | | New Hampshire | | | | X | T512 | 37 | 28 27 | Toman Carlton | 37 M W | Painter | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | T550 | 38 | 28 27 | Vall Dolson V | 25 M W | Farmer | | New York | | | | X | V400 | 39 | 28 27 | Valentine Joseph R | 21 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | V453 | 40 | 28 28 | White William J | 22 M W | Druggist "Ret" | | Ireland | X X | | | | W300 | =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Atlantic City Sheet No: 508B Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Smith's Gulch Page no: 3 Enumerated on: June 16, 1870 by: George W Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real P | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 1 | 28 28 | Williams Fred J | 25 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | W452 | 2 | 28 28 | Williams Henry | 26 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | W452 | 3 | 29 29 | O'Neill John | 24 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | O'54 | ? Cannot read 4 | 29 29 | Steller Joseph | 21 M W | Laborer | | Bavaria | X X | | | X | S346 | 5 | 29 29 | Steller Susana | 27 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | | | | S346 | 6 | 30 30 | Knease Edmund R | 22 M W | Clerk in store | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | K520 | 7 | 30 30 | Knease Mary | 19 F W | Keeping House | | Sweeden | X X | | | | K520 | 8 | 30 30 | Graham David H | 60 M W | Miner | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | G650 | 9 | 31 31 | Dunn Charles | 26 M W | Laborer | | Maryland | | | | X | D500 | 10 | 31 31 | Ganguire Richard M | 25 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | X X | | X | G526 | 11 | 31 31 | Grover Peter | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | G616 | 12 | 31 31 | Labelle Robert A | 26 M W | Painter | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | L140 | 13 | 32 32 | Petersen Charles E | 32 M W | Clerk in store | | Prussia | X X | | | X | P362 | 14 | 32 32 | Winckle Charles | 31 M W | Soldier | | Prussia | X X | | | X | W524 | 15 | 32 32 | Larnard David A | 24 M W | Farmer | | Massachusetts | | | | X | L656 | 16 | 33 33 | Kagan John | 25 M W | Laborer | | Maryland | | X X | | X | K250 | 17 | 33 33 | Lynch Samuel | 32 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | L520 | 18 | 33 33 | Nespie Edward | 28 M W | Clerk in store | | Prussia | X X | | | X | N210 | 19 | 33 33 | Spillian Michael | 28 M W | Laborer | | New York | X X | | | X | S145 | 20 | 34 34 | Young Richard | 31 M W | Farmer | | Iowa | | X X | | X | Y520 | 21 | 34 34 | Frazer James | 34 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | F626 | 22 | 34 34 | Rayan Patrick | 23 M W | Shoe maker | | Ireland | X X | | | X | R500 | 23 | 35 35 | Cheney Nelsen T | 29 M W | Brick Mason | | Illinois | | | | X | C500 | 24 | 35 35 | Kleye Henrich | 37 M W | Saddler | | Prussia | X X | | | X | K400 | 25 | 35 35 | Hacker John B | 32 M W | Clerk in store | | Pennsylvania | | | | | H260 | 26 | 36 36 | Keough Thomas | 35 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | K200 | 27 | 36 36 | Masen John | 37 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | M250 | 28 | 36 36 | Pankoff John | 26 M W | Soldier | | New York | | | | X | P521 | 29 | 37 37 | Brown George C | 23 M W | Clerk in store | | Massachusetts | | | | X | B650 | 30 | 37 37 | Carney Jason | 44 M W | Soldier | | Massachusetts | | X X | | X | C650 | 31 | 37 37 | Custin Robert | 23 M W | Farmer | | Pennsylvania | | X X | | X | C235 | 32 | 38 38 | Cahill Thinia | 25 M W | Tabacconist | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | C400 | 34 | 38 38 | Wilson David | 27 M W | Harness maker | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | W425 | 35 | 38 38 | Eck John B | 20 M W | Painter | | Pennsylvania | | | | | E200 | 36 | 39 39 | Barry John D | 30 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | | | | B600 | 37 | 39 39 | Linney Michael | 23 M W | F???lor | | England | X X | X X | | | L500 | ?Faded ink makes the first letter a poor F. 38 | 39 39 | Weatherby Andrew H | 23 M W | Carpenter | | New Jersey | | | | | W361 | I have no guess as to his occupation. 39 | 40 40 | Driscoll Michael | 23 M W | Engineer Stationary | | Ireland | X X | X X | | | D624 | 40 | 49 40 | Wallace James | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | X X | | | W420 | =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Atlantic City Sheet No: 509A Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Smith's Gulch Page no: 4 Enumerated on: June 16, 1870 by: George W Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real P | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 1 | 41 40 | Bush David | 25 M W | Farmer | | New York | | | | X | B200 | 2 | 42 41 | Raymond Thomas W | 20 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | | R553 | 3 | 42 41 | Dunham Edgar R | 23 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | D550 | 4 | 42 41 | Jackson Charles | 21 M W | Clerk in store | | New Brunswick | X X | | | X | J225 | 5 | 43 42 | Fuller Arvardo | 22 M W | Clerk in store | | Rhode Island | | | | X | F460 | 6 | 43 42 | Pierson George | 25 M W | Farmer | | Vermont | | | | X | P625 | 7 | 43 42 | Jorgenson Rusnus | 24 M W | Shoemaker | | Denmark | X X | | | X | J625 | 8 | 44 43 | McNamara Francis | 32 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | M255 | 9 | 44 43 | Bolen James | 21 M W | Laborer | | Indiana | | | | X | B450 | 10 | 44 43 | Howell John C | 22 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | H400 | 11 | 45 44 | Frazer Melvin | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | F626 | 12 | 45 44 | Reily John | 23 M W | Black smith | | New York | X X | X X | | X | R400 | 13 | 45 44 | Boyle D???d | 21 M W | Laborer | | Maine | | X X | | X | B400 | 14 | 46 45 | Culver George H | 23 M W | Laborer | | Michigan | | | | X | C416 | 15 | 45 45 | Carter Lafayett | 21 M W | Farmer | | New York | | X X | | X | C636 | 16 | 46 46 | Miller John | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | M460 | 17 | 47 46 | Russell Albert W | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | R240 | 18 | 46 46 | Smith Thomas | 21 M W | Laborer | | England | X X | X X | | X | S530 | 19 | 46 46 | Base Henry | 25 M W | Tailor | | Prussia | X X | | | X | B200 | 20 | 48 47 | Barrott Thomas | 32 M W | Soldier | | Ireland | X X | | | X | B630 | 21 | 48 47 | Dolan James | 24 M W | Farmer | | Maryland | X X | X X | | X | D450 | 22 | 48 47 | Dyer Robert | 24 M W | Soldier | | Tennessee | | | | X | D600 | 23 | 49 48 | Huntington Alex | 27 M W | Soldier | | Massachusetts | | | | X | H535 | 24 | 49 48 | Curtiss Pleney | 44 M W | Farmer | | Vermont | | | | X | C632 | 25 | 50 49 | Denwiddy William A | 30 M W | Soldier | | Indiana | | | | X | D530 | 26 | 50 49 | Denwiddy Harriet | 23 F W | Keeping House | | New York | | | | | D530 | 27 | 50 49 | Denwiddy William | 3 M W | | | Virginia | | | | | D530 | 28 | 51 50 | Gorden David S | 40 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | G635 | 29 | 51 50 | Gorden Annette | 34 F W | Keeping house | | Pennsylvania | X | X | | | G635 | 30 | 51 50 | Gorden Charles | 11 M W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | X | X | | | G635 | 31 | 51 50 | Gorden Frank H | 10 M W | A - | | Pennsylvania | X | X | | | G635 | 32 | 51 50 | Gorden Phil K | 8 M W | | | Nebraska | | | | | G635 | 33 | 51 50 | Hughes Laura | 29 F W | House keeping | | Pennsylvania | X | | | X | H220 | 34 | 52 51 | Barrott James T | 31 M W | Clerk in store | | New York | | | | X | B630 | 35 | 53 52 | Wheelan James N | 31 M W | Soldier | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | W450 | 36 | 54 53 | Auger James T | 23 M W | Physician | | Ohio | | | | X | A260 | 37 | 55 54 | Cole Tobias | 27 M W | Teamster | | Ohio | | | | | C400 | 38 | 55 54 | Cole Margaret | 17 F W | Keeping house | | Missouri | | | | | C400 | 39 | 55 54 | Cole Tobias | 1 M W | | | Wyoming | | | | | C400 | 40 | 56 55 | Ellis Jamesen K | 26 M W | Laborer | | South Carolina | | | | X | E420 | ?could be s. =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 506A is blank. =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 506B is blank. =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================ 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 507A is blank. =====|=============|=================================|========|=======================|========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|============================================