1870 Federal Census Skamania County, Washington 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 James Windsor from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, August 2001. Submitted by James Windsor July 20, 2001. This Census Was Proofread by Ila Wakley . Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. JAMESWINDSOR@prodigy.net ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Skamania County, Washington, Please visit the Skamania County, WAGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskaman/skamania.htm ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census Skamania County, Washington ____________________________________________________________________________ Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-1683 State Washington County Skamania CENSUS YR: 1870 TERRITORY: Washington COUNTY: Skamania REEL NO: M593-1683 PAGE NO: 1 REFERENCE: Enum 9 June 1870, Thomas Johnson,PO Cascades, Sht 201a ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 - Frese Charles 42 M W Farmer 2,000 1,000 Hamburg X X X 2 1 1 Waggonblast Jacob 25 M W Farm labourer Missouri X 3 1 1 Waggonblast Margret 18 F W House Keeping Missouri 4 2 2 Stevenson John W. 66 M W Farmer 1,000 400 England X X X 5 2 2 Stevenson Sarah 59 F W Keepinghouse England X X 6 2 2 Stevenson George 30 M W Farmer 100 600 Illinois X X X 7 2 2 Bedell John 19 M W Farmlabourer Canada X X 8 3 - Hale Lewis 45 M W Farmer 150 200 Indiana X 9 4 3 Parker George W. 26 M W Farmer 200 300 Oregon X 10 4 3 Parker Mary 23 F W Keepinghouse Oregon 11 4 3 Lockwood Edward B. 45 M W Farmlabourer 100 New York X 12 5 - Marr Kimzie 50 M W Farmer 1,500 600 Missouri X 13 6 - White John C. 38 M W Carpenter 100 Missouri X 14 7 4 Smith Thomas 48 M W Farmlabourer 100 Tennessee X 15 7 4 Smith Catherine 25 F I Keepinghouse Wash.Territory X X REMARKS: Washington Territory; Indian 16 8 - Marr Lewis 47 M W Farmer 200 350 Missouri X 17 9 - Frankenburgh Charls 34 M W Farmer 1,000 300 Baden X X X 18 10 5 Dodson Ira 41 M W Farmlabourer 500 Ohio X 19 10 5 Dodson Sarah K. 28 F W Keepinghouse Indiana 20 10 5 Dodson Hiram 1 M W Oregon 21 11 6 Hamilton Samuel M. 52 M W Farmer 3,000 2,500 Indiana X X 22 11 6 Hamilton Mary J. 47 F W Keepinghouse Indiana 23 11 6 Hamilton Jason A. 26 M W Farmlabourer Illinois X 24 11 6 Hamilton Ema W. 18 F W Wash.Territory 25 11 6 Hamilton Helen M. 15 F W Wash.Territory 26 11 6 Hamilton William 13 M W Wash.Territory 27 11 6 Hamilton Udney J. 10 M W Wash.Territory 28 12 7 Jones Samuel B. 37 M W Railroad Conductor 1,500 Virginia X 29 12 7 Jones Losie A. 23 F W Keepinghouse Illinois 30 12 7 Jones William M. 7/12 M W Wash.Territory Dec 31 12 7 Fort John A. 33 M W Carpenter 150 New York X 32 13 8 Snooks Philip 26 M W Works on Railroad 200 Kansas X 33 13 8 Snooks Elizabeth 65 F W Keepinghouse North Carolina X 34 13 8 Snooks Josephine 21 F W Oregon 35 13 8 Curley Thomas 35 M W Works on Railroad Ireland X X X 36 13 8 Waggoner John W. 34 M W Tanner 150 Indiana X 37 13 8 Murphy Edward J. 38 M W Works on Railroad Ireland X X X 38 13 8 Duffey Michael 30 M W Works on Railroad Ireland X X X 39 13 8 Button William L. 42 M W Machinists 1,000 Massachusetts X 40 13 8 Holms Benjamin W. 34 M W Works on Railroad New Hamshire X X REMARKS: whmls 29;whfmls 10;cfmls1;real estate 9150;pers 11,050 CENSUS YR: 1870 TERRITORY: Washington COUNTY: Skamania REEL NO: M593-1683 PAGE NO: 2 REFERENCE: Enum 10,11,12 June 1870,Thomas Johnson,PO Cascades, Sht 201b ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 13 8 O'Haran Patrick 32 M W Works on Railroad Ireland X X X 2 14 9 Whalan Thomas 38 M W Cook 200 Ireland X X X 3 14 9 Whalan Elizabeth 33 F W Keepinghouse Ireland X X 4 14 9 Whalan Joseph P. 9 M W Oregon X X 5 14 9 Whalan Samuel W. 4 M W Oregon X X 6 15 - Oregon Steam Navgt. Comp. - 5,000 150,000 7 15 - Brazee John W. 42 M W Civil Engineer 2,000 New York X 8 16 10 Mackdonald Andrew R. 33 M W Cascades P. M. 300 New Brunswick X X X 9 16 10 Mackdonald Lois A. 28 F W Keepinghouse Illinois 10 17 11 Morgan Leroy 31 M W Works on Warf Boat 500 Arkansas X 11 17 11 Morgan Sarah 32 F W Keepinghouse Illinois 12 17 11 Morgan Anabal 11 F W Wash.Territory 13 17 11 Morgan Sarah E. 9 F W Wash.Territory 14 17 11 Morgan Ernest 5 M W Wash.Territory 15 18 12 Traverse Martin 37 M W Works on Railroad 180 Ireland X X X 16 18 12 Traverse Ann 40 F W Keepinghouse Ireland X X 17 18 12 Traverse May A. 9 F W Oregon X X 18 18 12 Traverse Rachel E. 5 F W Wash.Territory X X 19 19 13 Andrews John E. 42 M W Grocer Ret. 3,000 New York X 20 19 13 Andrews Adaline 38 F W Keepinghouse Connecticut 21 19 13 Andrews John E. 21 M W Clerk in Grocery Connecticut X 22 19 13 Andrews Arthur B. 3 M W Wash.Territory 23 20 - Kerr John 34 M W Wood Chopper Ireland X X 24 21 - Goodhart Joseph 54 M W wood chopper New York X 25 22 - Southy William 45 M W Wood Chopper England X X X 26 23 14 Hermans James H. 42 M W Fisherman 300 500 New York X 27 23 14 Hermans Ema 22 F I Keepinghouse Wash.Territory X X 28 23 14 Hermans Charles H. 6 M I Wash.Territory 29 23 14 Hermans Henry 3 M I Oregon 30 24 - Miller George 35 M W Warf Master 1,000 300 Pennsylvania X 31 24 - Wiley John R. P. 35 M W Works on Warf Illinois X 32 25 - Brown Thomas 35 M W Farmlabourer 250 Ireland X X X 33 26 15 Iman Felix G. 41 M W Sawmill Propriator 2,000 2,500 Illinois X X 34 26 15 Iman Margret 35 F W Keepinghouse Indiana 35 26 15 Iman Theadore 16 M W Oregon 36 26 15 Iman Flora 14 F W Wash.Territory 37 26 15 Iman Martha 7 F W Wash.Territory 38 26 15 Iman Rosa 6 F W Wash.Territory 39 26 15 Iman John W. 5 M W Wash.Territory 40 26 15 Iman Albert 4 M W Wash.Territory REMARKS: whmls 23;whfmls 13;cmls 2;cfmls1;real est 8300;pers 159730 CENSUS YR: 1870 TERRITORY: Washington COUNTY: Skamania REEL NO: M593-1683 PAGE NO: 3 REFERENCE: Enum 14 & 15 June 1870, Thomas Johnson,PO Cascades, Sht 202b ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 26 15 Iman George W. 3 M W Wash.Territory 2 26 15 Iman Lewis F. 1 M W Wash.Territory 3 26 15 Baker John 40 M W Ox Teamster 100 Canada X X X 4 26 15 Fields Charles C. 14 M W Works in Saw Mill Wash.Territory 5 26 15 Giles Simeon 41 M W Carpenter 100 800 Ohio X 6 27 16 Pendleton Edward W. 51 M W Farmer 1,000 600 Virginia X 7 27 16 Pendleton Lucinda 42 F W Keepinghouse Illinois X X 8 27 16 Pendleton Henry 14 M W Wash.Territory X 9 27 16 Pendleton Richard 9 M W Wash.Territory 10 27 16 Pendleton William 6 M W Wash.Territory 11 27 16 Pendleton James 2 M W Wash.Territory 12 27 16 Cross William 50 M W Farmlabourer New York X 13 27 16 Solderham Peter 52 M W Carpenter 200 Sweeden X X X 14 27 16 Armstrong John 26 M W Farmlabourer South Carolina X X X 15 28 - Harr William 28 M W Farmlabourer 150 Maryland X X X 16 29 - Anderson Niles 53 M W Farmlabourer 200 Denmark X X X X X 17 30 - Esterbrook Albert S. 35 M W Building Saw Mill 500 New York X 18 31 - Bull John A. A. 56 M W Farmlabourer 144 Ohio X 19 32 17 Monagan Thomas 39 M W Wood Chopper 600 Ireland X X X 20 32 17 Monagan Margret 32 F W Keepinghouse Ireland X X 21 32 17 Monagan Mary A. 15 F W Maryland X X 22 32 17 Monagan Samuel J. 13 M W Oregon X X 23 32 17 Monagan Edward 11 M W Oregon X X 24 32 17 Monagan Frank W. 10 M W Oregon X X 25 32 17 Monagan Thomas H. 8 M W Wash.Territory X X 26 32 17 Monagan Joseph 7 M W Wash.Territory X X 27 33 - Johnson William R. 47 M W Mule Packer Missouri X 28 34 18 Hutton George W. 42 M W Farmlabourer 300 Ohio X 29 34 18 Hutton Elizabeth 35 F I Keepinghouse Wash.Territory X X 30 34 18 Hutton Ema 13 F I Oregon X X 31 35 - Robbins Franklin 40 M W carpenter 200 Indiana X 32 35 - Branden Robert 33 M W Farmlabourer New York X 33 35 - Long Andrew J. 52 M W Farmlabourer Pennsylvania X 34 36 19 Collins William 55 M W Farmer 900 2,500 New Hamshire X 35 36 19 Collins Mary 54 F W Keepinghouse Massachusetts 36 36 19 Collins Abby 20 F W New Jersey 37 36 19 Munger Albert 19 M W Farmlabourer Ohio 38 36 19 Munger Volney 15 M W Farmlabourer California 39 36 19 Austin Frank 13 M W British Columbia 40 36 19 Read Dell 8 F W Oregon REMARKS: whmls 33;whfmls 53;cfmls2;real est 2000;pers 6294 CENSUS YR: 1870 TERRITORY: Washington COUNTY: Skamania REEL NO: M593-1683 PAGE NO: 4 REFERENCE: Enum 16 June 1870, Thomas Johnson,PO Cascades, Sht 203a ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 37 - Drano William 34 M W Wood Chopper 100 France X X X X X 2 37 - Raven John 30 M W Farmlabourer New York X 3 37 - Palmer Grit H. 37 M W Farmlabourer Illinois X 4 38 20 Creveston William J. 36 M W Farmlabourer 250 Ohio X 5 38 20 Creveston Sarah F. 16 F W Keepinghouse New York 6 38 20 Creveston Ira M. 6 M W Wash.Territory 7 38 20 Creveston Ida A. 2 F W Wash.Territory 8 39 21 Underwood Amos 34 M W Farmlabourer 300 Indiana X 9 39 21 Underwood Ellen 30 F I Keepinghouse Wash.Territory X X X 10 39 21 Underwood Isabella 14 F I Wash.Territory X X 11 39 21 Underwood Jefferson 7 M I Wash.Territory 12 39 21 Underwood Mary 5 F I Wash.Territory 13 39 21 Underwood Marshal 1 M I Wash.Territory 14 40 - King Charles W. 54 M W Wood Chopper 150 Ireland X X X REMARKS: Lns 15-40 blnk.wmls 9;wfmls 2;cmls 2;cfmls1;pers 800 "I hereby certify that I have made the foregoing enumeration in the County of Skamania W.T. comprising four pages A Schedule No. 1. And I further certify that said returns so made by me ware well and truly made according to the tenor of my oath of office. Thomas Jefferson, Assist. Marshal".