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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Wells Township Census


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Enumerated June 27, 1870 by V. M. Wilson, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004 from Official Microfilm
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2005
P# = Page, H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Wells Township in 1870 included Old Hickory (later called Aspinwall in southern part of township) and French Mills (Now Mosherville in northern section of township) . In this census pages one through twelve used the Old Hickory Post Office in the south and pages thirteen through thirty one, picked up their mail at French Mills in the north. There was no rural delivery at this time so rural people had to pick up their own mail, usually weekly, at the post office in the near village. 
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Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? 

You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results.
Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting, microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to deal with them.
 
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Post Office : French Mills
P# H# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR/RACE SEE NOTE 1 OCCUPATION VALUE REAL ESTATE VALUE PERSON. PROP. BORN FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN OR MARRIED IN YEAR ATTEND SCHOOL IN YEAR CANNOT READ OR WRITE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
23 181 180 Fuller James V. 42 M   farmer   100 PA         1 1
        Ann E. 27 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Terressa 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Eda 3 F   at home     PA            
        Frank 1 M   at home     PA            
  182 181 Heater Jacob 47 M   farmer 1,000 150 NJ           1
        Phebe 32 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        June 12 F   at home     PA       1    
  183 182 Cook J. E. 54 M   farmer 3,000 500 NY   1       1
        Frank 14 M   at home     PA       1    
      Martin Lyman 27 M   farm laborer   600 NY           1
        M. J. 20 F   housekeeper     NY            
  184 183 Bergestresser Andrew 27 M   farm laborer 500 300 PA           1
        Permelia 25 F   housekeeper     OH            
        C. B. 4 M   at home     PA            
        F. R.. 2 M   at home     PA            
      Seely Arthur 18 M   farm laborer     PA            
  185 184 Newton David 37 M   farmer 2,000 500 NY           1
        Maredian 37 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Delos 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        Loretta 14 F   at home     PA       1    
  186 185 Nichols John 66 M   farmer 1,000 300 NY           1
        Malinda 65 F   housekeeper     CT            
        Alice 22 F   at home     NY            
  187 186 Stafford Lemuel 33 M   farmer 1,600 700 NY           1
        Margaret 28 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Leon 11m M   at home     PA     July      
      Watkins S. A. 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
  188 187 Havens Wesly 37 M   farmer 600 300 NY           1
        Elizabeth 77 F   housekeeper     VT 1 1     1  
  189 188 Hardy G. W. 37 M   farm laborer 180 200 NY         1 1
        Amanda 34 F   housekeeper     NY            
        W. H. 18 M   at home     NY       1    
        E. A. 8 F   at home     NY       1    
        M. E. 6 F   at home     PA       1    
        C. J. 4m M   at home     PA     February      
        G. W. Jr. 4m M   at home     PA     February      
  190 189 Newton Jefferson 47 M   farmer 1,500 500 NY           1
        Nancy 37 F   housekeeper     PA            
        C. H. 16 F   at home     PA            
24 191 190 Pierce Jason 49 M   farm laborer   300 NY         1 1
        Celina 47 F   housekeeper     NY            
        A. J. 17 M   at home     NY            
  192 191 Owen C. S. 33 M   farmer   1,000 NJ         1 1
        Jane 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Lillie 8 F   at home     PA       1    
  193 192 Borden Charles 36 M   farm laborer 1,200 400 NY         1 1
        Rosetta 34 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Stephen 13 M   at home     PA       1    
        E. A. 12 F   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 9 F   at home     PA       1    
        Ella 5 F   at home     PA            
        Louise 3 F   at home     PA            
        Nancy 1 F   at home     PA            
  194 193 Edwards F. O. 36 M   farmer 1,200 100 NJ           1
        Eunice 32 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Harriet 10 F   at home     NY       1    
        Pery 5 M   at home     PA            
  195 194 Ferguson J. C. 29 M   sawmill wkr. 400 200 NY           1
        Clara 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Charles 5 M   at home     PA            
  196 195 Brewer Nathan 38 M   sawmill wkr.   500 PA         1 1
        H. E. 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        G. W. 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        C. A. 7 F   at home     PA       1    
        M. M. 4 F   at home     PA            
  197 196 Johnson William 36 M   sawmill wkr. 500 400 PA           1
        Lucinda 29 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Clarence 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        E. E. 6 M   at home     PA       1    
        Burt 1 M   at home     PA            
      Brink Benjamin 19 M   sawmill wkr.     NJ            
      Beers Howard 19 M   sawmill wkr.     PA       1    
      Clarry Curtis 20 M   sawmill wkr.     NY            
      Miller Dallas 25 M   sawmill wkr.     PA           1
      Mason Salie 17 F   housekeeper     PA       1    
  198 197 Westbrook J. E. 32 M   farmer 8,000 1,000 NJ           1
        Althea 29 F   housekeeper     NY            
        J. O. 8m M   at home     PA     November      
    198 Tanner Addison 36 M   farm laborer     NY           1

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/3/2005
By Joyce M. T1ce