THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845, Flowerfield Township St Joseph County, Michigan Copyright © 1997 by Denise Frederick. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________ THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845 The following pages contain the abstracted State Census of 1845 for Saint Joseph County. To make proper use of it, one must understand that a 'State' census differs somewhat from the Federal Census which is taken every ten years, and always in years ending in zero. As you go through this census, please bear in mind, that the names were copied from the original census sheets on file in the Western Michigan University Archives. The handwriting is excellent, but it is spencerian, and the difference between captial L, J, I, and sometimes P is often not clear. When initials only were given, we had to make a "wild" guess. This is a list of all free white males over 21, listed by name. The spelling given is exactly as it appears, and not necessarily as you might think it should be read. It was not until 1850 that the Federal census started listing every one by name, before that only heads of households were listed by name. **************************************************** MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS 1845 ST JOSEPH COUNTY FLOWERFIELD TOWNSHIP John Sanders H. Smith Edward Beam Henry Whited J. H. Hopkins William Rich George B. Bush William Smith William Conclin Abner Breece William Wheeler J. H. Sharp Gideon Moon Daniel Wilsey A. C. Parsons Milo Ingram Ira Stowell R. C. Johnson Samuel Persons William Worthington John Kepler Henry Spaulding George Plummer Lias Jewell Daniel Stocking James Townsend D. Shrawger Israel Palmer Isarah Beck David R. Thurston G. W. Lightner Calen Arnold James Brown Cornelius Conclin John D. Vincent Augustus Davidson Nathan Baker Ami H. Palmer John Bowton David Horl William Richardson Lyman D. Wood R. Johnson George Bristol Daniel Whitefish James Johnson Clinton Arnold William Johnson Robert Jackson Nathan Straw John Wheeler Daniel Stewart Jacob Beam Franklin Howard John Hix Philip Jones John Stocking Anson Brown Andrew Conclin John S. Brown Alexander Davidson J. J. Culver Zera Taylor David Hull Alvin Ingram John Swan Charles Ash Hiram Ash T. Hamlin D. M. Whitefish Moses Stocking Franklin Spaulding Sylvestor Wood Edward Arnold Jr. William Gunison William Stewart Thomas J. Fellows Milo Gillett Samuel N. Tubby Joseph P. Gilson William Gilmon Reuben Stocking James Ash Jr. Benjamin Conclin George Brown Harvey Persing Edward Culver Albro Castle Theadon Worthington Daniel Ingram Abel Townsend Samuel Cory H. B. Lewis J. Tubbs Reuben Kepler Vivian Beck Aaron H. Foot Ephriam Wood Robert Gill Henry Bannon **************************** dz