THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845, Park 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 PARK TOWNSHIP Abram R. Cole John Carpenter John Slote Samuel Moon John Johnson Alexander Frasier Findley Campbell John Carpenter Samuel L. Sterling Amos Alexander Heros Dana Reuben Fisher Daniel Fisher Piercerpher How Amos Reed Abram Lamberson John W. Wilcox T. C. Bassett Abram S. Schoonmaker Aaron Ballen William Foster John Bondman Jonathan Houts Charles Moon Alexander McNair John M. Fellows Thomas Frasier John Brown Charles G. Carpenter Elias Smalley Robert Campbell William H. Taylor John Lominson Charles Achanback James Hutchinson Hiram Layland James Gruvenburgh Reuben Roberts Charles Deming Charles McUmber John Masser C. D. Adler Isaac Blue John Setchled Samuel Ludwig Peter Bloom David Wheaton Ira L. Purmer Jacob Shauger William Carpenter Truman Smalley I. Heef Walter Foster M. How Sr. Michael How Jr. W. B. Love John Holburn Azariah Gruvenburgh William Roberts Frederick Dentler John Houts Daniel Adlar T. F. Ulrich Lorin G. Brown William Woodruff John McMurtrie Edward Good Philander Thorp Ambrose Campbell George Brenner Benjamin Cook Reuben Smalley Abijah Abbot James Foster Nicholas How John Hutchinson S. B. Shauyer Garret Shrouyer Cornelius Hill Robert W. Baker Hiram Schoonmaker Jonathan Ballen Andrew M. Reed John Filkin Isaac Mowery L. Fisher Danford G. Ballou Isaac Cross Cromwell Clark Eli Daniels H. Dawling Samuel H. Hoppin Samuel Moryo Andrew Leland Daniel Ballou Benjamin Perrin Zrnes Norton Nathan Osborn James Singleton John Wineburah John Frey Harvey Keeney Juby E. Day David Osborn E. Osborn John Stickland John Miller George Wilson Valentine Guilford Hiram Case E. Osborn T. H. McClure C. Hoppin ************************ dz