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1850 Canaan Township Census

[These were transcribed from the original census sheets filled out by the enumerator. Some of the names are a guestimate.]

Roll 706, Page 271

Free Inhabitants in Canaan Township in the County of Madison, State of Ohio, enumerated by me on the 17th day of September, 1850. A. Simpson, Assistant Marshall

  1. Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation.
  2. Families numbered in the order of visitation
  3. The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June, 1850 was with this family
  4. Age
  5. Sex
  6. Color, White, black or mulatto
  7. Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each Male Person over 15 years of age
  8. Value of Real Estate owned
  9. Place of Birth, naming the State, Territory, or Country
  10. Married within the year
  11. Attended school within the year
  12. Persons over 20 years of age who cannot read or write
  13. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict

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1 1 Uriah Bidwell 38 M   Farmer 5290 Vt        
    Adaline Bidwell 34 F     Ny        
    Dorothy Bidwell 11 F       O   1    
    Matthew Bidwell 10 M       O   1    
    Elisha Bidwell 9 M       O   1    
    Albert Bidwell 7 M       O        
    Martha Bidwell 6 F       O        
    Mahlon Bidwell 4 M       O        
    Lafayette Bidwell 2 M       O        
    William Bidwell 1 M       O        
    Nancy Gardner 18 F       O        
    Andrew Bidwell 16 M       O   1    
    William Mark 29 M   Laborer   O        
2 2 Silas Kent 21 M   Farmer   O        
    Nancy Kent 20 F       O     1  
    Oliver Kent 65 M       Va     1  
3 3 John Shillings 33 M   Farmer 900 Va     1  
    Catharine Shillings 30 F       O        
    Ralph K. Shillings 7 M       O   1    
    Hannah A. Shillings 6 F       O        
    Anna L. Shillings 4 F       O        
    Margaret L. Shillings 3 F       O        
    Isaac L. Shillings 1 M       O        
4 4 Mathias Kampf 24 M   Farmer   O        
    Nancy Kampf 20 F       O        
    Henry Kampf 66 M   Farmer 1750 Va        
5 5 George Barnside 51 M   Farmer   Va     1  
    Margaret A. Barnside 39 F       Va        
    Marcellas Barnside 19 M   Farmer   Va        
    Meradith Barnside 17 M   Farmer   Va   1    
    Erastus Barnside 12 M       O   1    
    Silvester Barnside 9 M       O   1    
    Virenda Barnside 6 F       O        
    George Barnside 8/12 M       O        
    William Barnside 89 M       Va        
6 6 Sophia Smith 71 F       Md        
    Ruth Smith 27 F       O        
    Elizabeth Smith 22 F       O        
    Thomas Bond 75 M     3504 Md        
7 7 Dorothy Bidwell 59 F       Vt     1  
    Benjamin Bidwell 19 M   Farmer   O        
    Joseph Bidwell 16 M   Farmer   O        
    Leonardo Bidwell 15 M       O   1    
    Elisha Bidwell 12 M       O   1    
8 8 James Millikins 67 M   Farmer 6300 Pa        
    Elizabeth Millikins 73 F       Pa        
    John W. Millikins 7 M       O   1    
    Martha Jane Millikins 20 F       Pa        
9 9 Robert Boyd 25 M   Farmer 1956 Pa        
    Caroline M. Boyd 21 F       O        
10 10 Henry Alder 40 M   Farmer 5000 O        
    Elizabeth Alder 38 F       Pa        
    Isaac Alder 13 M       O   1    
    Jacob Alder 11 M       O   1    
    James Alder 9 M       O   1    
    Mary Alder 7 F       O   1    
    Henry Clay Alder 5 M       O   1    
    Angetine Alder 3 F       O        
    Taylor Alder 1 M       O        
    Martha J. Millikin 20 F       Pa        
11 11 Isaac Bidwell 37 M   Farmer 3100 Vt        
    Malinda Bidwell 39 F       O        
    Ruth Bidwell 9 F       O   1    
    Sarah Jane Bidwell 7 F       O   1    
    Joseph Bidwell 5 M       O        
    Hincy Bidwell 3 M       O        
    Lemuel Bidwell 1 M       1        
12 12 James Watson 40 M   Farmer 17600 O        
    Eleanor Watson 31 F       O        
    John Watson 12 M       O   1    
    Valentine Watson 10 M       O   1    
    Thomas Watson 8 M       O   1    
    Lucy E. Watson 6 F       O   1    
    John Amos 20 M   Farmer   Md        
13 13 Jonathan Taylor 45 M   Farmer 1300 Maine        
    Martha Taylor 37 F       Canada        
    Elizabeth Taylor 15 F       O   1    
    Jane Taylor 11 F       O   1    
    Fanny Taylor 8 F       O   1    
    George Taylor 6 M       O   1    
    Zachary T. Taylor 1 M       O        
    Eliza Pattonle 25 F       Canada        
14 14 Elisha Wheler 36 M   Carpenter   Md        
    Dorothy Wheler 37 F       O