THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845, Sturges 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 STURGES TOWNSHIP (that is the way it was spelled) John J. Foot Alonzo Douglass Van Weatherwax Aaron Hibbard Aaron M. Henry Richard Pierce Josiah Bacon Ahira Brooks Jr. Thomas Hill Rice Pearsall Daniel Parker James Parker Jr. Isaac Tyler John Stebbins George W. Jones Stephen H. Chase Klick McLarin Franklin Mason Solomon Beswick Larrus Parker Sr. Adison Drake Nathan Gurney Thomas Strond Nathan M. Ellis Anson Wait Chauncey Laywood Charles C. Ellis Harvey Gripman Aaron Gilhams Jeremiah H. Jones Jairus Parker William M. Warn John Henry Alfred Green David Knox Stephen Severy Orson Bacon Sidney Brooks Thomas Hill Jr. John Newhall Isaac Calem Richard Smith Isaac K. Tyler Solomon Waterson Harden Gray Julius Fairchilds William Teft William Beswick Dewey M. Pierce William G. Wood Benjamin M. Long Willard S. Clye David Paye Philip H. Buck Franklin Turner Nathan Nickison Edmond Chambas Ira F. Packard Parker Gilhams Thomas D. Jones Orsemus Douglass Nathaniel B. Rolphe Silvester Wood William Henry Abner Sole John Akin Henry M. Ransom Nathan H. Briggs William Hill Hiram Jacobs Horace Morse David C. Smith Samuel Sidener Solomon Thirstin Isaac W. Knapp Benjamin Fairchilds William K. Haynes Erastus McLarin Levi Jones Arael Hunt William Rowen Jacob French Horance M. Vesey Jonathan M. Wait Levi Jones George Johnston Benjamin C. Buck Samuel Hall Aaron Gilhams Jr. George W. Osborn Oeson Douglass Andrew Weatherwax Franklin Hibbard Archibald B. Henry Bolser Bomyardner Jemes Porter Ahira Brooks Sr. Joseph Johnson John Sturgis John Parker James Parker John Layton James Wheeler Isaac Gray Abraham Chase James Teft Grovener Sears Abram Beswick Edward Osborn Benton Toul Isaac Moyer William Morris Gideon Ellis James D. Cook Whitney Hibbard Charles C. Bryfoyle Arni Smith Matthew Chase Thomas J. Jones James Baker Daniel M. Baker Ransom French Gershon Rice Archibald Brown Luther Newhall Moses M. DePuy James Rolph Hiram Phillips Moses Roberts Alexander D. Sprayer Horatio N. Smith Thomas S. Brown Michael Willever Philip Aunor Ezbon Rolph Janus Phillips Daniel H. Roberts William I. Nixon Roswell Rice Thomas B. Henry Daniel M. Olmstead Mumford Ransome Daniel Bedford Edward Mortteman John Smith William Kyte James Brown Hiram Boyes Selim George Elijah Phillips ********************************* dz