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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.
 
Page 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Post Office : Old Hickory
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
  30 30 Fries D. B. 49 M   farmer 12,500 2,500 NJ           1
5       Sophia 35 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Elizabeth 50 F   housekeeper   600 NJ            
        Martin 53 M   farm laborer     NJ           1
      Rutan Henry 40 M   farm laborer     NJ           1
      Davis Emma 20 F   housekeeper     PA       1    
  31 31 Edstell Austin 38 M   farmer 1,000 5,000 PA           1
        Sarah 31 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Jessa 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        Clara 69 F   ret.housekpr.     NJ            
      Hackett Eliza 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Scott David 17 M   farm laborer     PA       1    
  32 32 Brown F. A. 41 M   farmer 13,000 2,500 PA           1
        Rumhannah 39 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Libbie 19 F   at home     PA            
        C. H. 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Maria 4 F   at home     PA            
      Chapen Jason 64 M   farm laborer     PA           1
  33 33 Morse Levi 28 M   physician   500 PA           1
        B. W. 25 F   housekeeper     PA            
        M. E. 2m F   at home     PA     May      
      Bixby Justin 20 F   school teach.     PA            
  34 34 Brewer William Jr. 43 M   farmer 3,300 1,000 NY           1
        M. E. 33 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Lenora 9 F   at home     PA       1    
        A. E. 6 F   at home     PA       1    
        Minnie M. 3 F   at home     PA            
      Phelps John 67 M   pauper     NY         1 1
  35 35 Brewer William 75 M   farmer 4,000 1,000 NY         1 1
      Owen James H. 24 M   farm laborer   400 NJ           1
        Caroline 23 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Alida 4 F   at home     PA            
  36 36 Ayres Eugene 24 M   farmer 1,500 1,400 NJ           1
        Mary 21 F   housekeeper     PA 1          
        Gates 9m M   at home     PA     Sept      
  37 37 Ayres D. E. 46 M   farmer 6,000 2,000 NJ           1
        Maria 44 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Decker Jr. 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Frank 20 F   at home     NJ            
        Cosad 22 M   school teach.     NJ           1
  38 38 Wylie William B. 61 M   farmer 2,000 1,000 NY           1
6       Charlotte 58 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Hoffman 21 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Frank 19 M   school teach.     PA            
      Wilcox Charles 11 M   farm laborer     PA       1    
  39 39 Garrison Nelson 36 M   farmer 3,000 1,000 PA           1
        Annie 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Willie 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        Jessa 5 M   at home     PA            
        Mary 3 F   at home     PA            
  40 40 Ayres Selaer 42 M   farmer 4,000 2,500 NJ           1
        J. A. 43 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        M. A. 18 F   school teach.     PA            
        Elizabeth 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        Fernando 15 M   at home     PA       1    
  41 41 Wagner Peter 79 M   farmer 1,000 500 NY 1 1       1
        Ann 59 F   housekeeper     NY 1       1  
      Dewit Francis 48 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        Marion 44 F   housekeeper     NY            
        C. R. 16 M   at home     PA       1    
  42 42 Lewis Corson 62 M   farmer 3,000 1,500 NJ           1
        Ruth 59 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        E. D. 28 M   attorney     NJ           1
        J. B. 25 M   farm laborer     NJ           1
  43 43 Warner Nelson 30 M   farmer   500 PA           1
        Phebe 28 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Mattie 1 F   at home     PA            
      Wells John 20 M   farm laborer     PA            
        S. J. 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Baldwin Susan 17 F   housekeeper     PA 1          
      Bond Tunis 49 M   carpenter 2,500 600 NY           1
        Miranda 47 F   housekeeper     PA            
        G. A. 24 F   school teach.     PA            
        W. E. 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Cornelia 10 F   at home     PA       1    
      Furman Huldah 71 F   ret.housekpr.     MA            
      Armstrong Moses 36 M   carpenter     NY           1
  45 45 Pinkney Alfred 49 M   farmer 11,300 2,000 NY           1
        M. E. 42 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Malvina 15 F   at home     NJ       1    
        John 13 M   at home     NJ       1    

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