1857 Minnesota Territorial Census, LeSueur Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Douglas J. Peterson LeSueur County, Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census Minnesota Historical Society Roll 3 Target 6 National Archives Microfilm Publications T1175 1973 Transcribed by Douglas J. Peterson Last Updated: 23 April 2000 Surnames Included ----------------- Alden An[yen?] Babcock Blanchard Callon Cheedle Cooksen Couch Damering Daudh Davis Dickey Donahue Forsyth Hill Hopkins Kendal Kingsley Lines Little Marks Matton McCabe McDonald Munger Odle Payton Pearson Pettis Rankin Rogers Ryan Savage Shoemaker Sprage[n?] Stison Talbort Thayer Warrant Wheeler Winchal Notes on Transcriptions ----------------------- - questionable spellings indicated by [?] or contained in [brackets with a ?] - _handwritten information on form portion is contained between underscores_ Census Entry Information ------------------------ Dwellings numbered in the order of visitation. Families numbered in the order of visitation. NAME Of every person who resided in this family on the 21st day of September, 1857 Age Sex Color PLACE OF BIRTH VOTERS Native [tic marks used, indicated by Native below] Naturalized [tic marks used, indicated by Natualized below] OCCUPATION, If any, of very male person over fifteen years of age [microfilm page 1 - Elysian Township] Page 112 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 109 Range 24_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 5 5 S. L. Wheeler 32 M W Canada Naturalized Mill Wright M. C. Wheeler 25 F " " P. O. Wheeler 2 M " M. T. Henrietta Wheeler 10/12 F " " Alvissa Thayer 9 F " Wis. Abram Shoemaker 20 M " Germany [microfilm page 6 - Waterville Township] Page 115 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 109 Range 23_ in the County _[blank]_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 56 56 Wm Dickey 30 M W Pa Native Farmer John Dickey 35 " " Ohio " " Saml Dickey 21 M " " " " [microfilm page 13 - Kasota Township] Page 118 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 37 37 S. W. Davis 32 M W Canada Naturalized Farmer Melvina Davis 26 F " Ills Lilian Davis 9 F " " Chal. Davis 8 M " " Mary Davis 8 M " " C. A. Pearson 6 F " " J. Matton 26 M " Nova Scotia Naturalized Farmer 38 38 E. R. Davis 26 M W Canada Naturalized Farmer Louisa Davis 20 F " Ohio 39 39 S. A. Pettis 45 F W Conn M. J. Pettis 16 F " Ills O. F. Pettis 14 F " " Chal. C. Pettis 13 M " " Henry F. Pettis 7 M " " 40 40 S. W. Pettis 24 M W Ohio Native Farmer John L. Pettis 21 M W Ills Native Farmer Wm H. Pettis 14 M " " 41 41 O. R. Davis, Jr 29 M W Canada Naturalized Farmer O. S. Davis 19 F " Ills Albert Davis 5/12 M " M. T. [microfilm page 15 - Kasota Township Page 119 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 55 55 Harlow Pettis 25 M W Ills Native Farmer Caroline Pettis 18 F " N. Y. J. A. Pettis 1 M " M. T. John McCabe 23 " " Ireland Naturalized Laborer [microfilm page 16 - Kasota Township] Page 120 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 109 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 12 12 Chal. Rogers 32 M W N. Hamsier Native Farmer Mary A Rogers 24 F " " [microfilm page 17 - Kasota Township] Page 121 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 109 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 12 12 Lily Rogers 3 F W Main [microfilm page 25 - Washington Township] Page 123 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 109 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 20 20 J. J. Hill 30 M W Ireland Naturalized Farmer Mary Hill 29 F " " Patrick Hill 7 M " " Kate Hill 6 F " " Hugh Hill 4 M " " [microfilm page 32 - Sharon Township] Page 128 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 111 Range 25_ in the County _Le Seuer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 7 7 Nelson Thayer 35 M W Ind Native Farmer Mary Thayer 26 F " N Y Wm Thayer 8 F " Town Martha Thayer 3 F " " Malisa Tahyer 1 " " M. T. J. L. Donahue 53 M " La. Native Farmer [microfilm page 55 - Cleveland Township] Page 141 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 3 3 Ben Odle 29 M W Ohio Native Mason Ellen Odle 25 F " " Louisa Odle 6 F " " O. J. Odle 5 M " " C. M. Odle 4 M " " T. G. Odle 2 M " M Ter Cinderla Savage 15 F " Ohio Morgan Kingsley 8 M " Ohio John Daudh 25 M " Germany Naturalized Laborer 12 12 Samuel Hill 28 M W Ireland Naturalized Farmer Deborah Hill 16 F " Ireland [microfilm page 57 - Cleveland Township] Page 142 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 33 33 W. M. Thayer 30 M W New York Native Farmer Rebeca Thayer 23 F " Ohio L. D. Thayer 7 M " Ohio S. E. Thayer 4 F " Ohio 35 35 B. Couch 34 M W N. C. Native Lumberman Jane Couch 28 F " " Clara Couch 9 F " " Jabes Couch 6 M " " M[ette?]n Couch 4 M " " Cynthia Couch 1 F " M. T. John Little 23 M " N. C. 39 39 M. A. Thayer 35 F W New York M. S. Thayer 15 F " Wisconsin [microfilm page 58 - Cleveland Township] Page 143 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 39 39 Lucy J. Thayer 7 F W Wis Wm E. Thayer 4 M " " F. J. Thayer 1/12 M " M. Ter. [microfilm page 59 - Cleveland Township] Page 143 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 58 58 Lawson Hill 24 M W Ohio Native Farmer Corvet Hill 22 " " " Native Farmer Denison Hill 20 " " " Farmer Henry Hill 14 " " " Loretta Hill 17 F " " Orilla 12 " " Wis Heny Hill 51 M " N Y Native Farmer Sophia Hill 46 F " Cnn [microfilm page 60 - Cleveland Township] Page [144] CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 25_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 63 63 John Dickey 27 M W Scotland Naturalized Farmer Mary Foresyth 13 F " " Wm Dickey 1 M " " Margrate Dickey 25 F " " 64 64 Wm Foresyth 30 M W Scotland Naturalized Engineer Mary Foresyth 29 F " " Margrate Foresyth 2 F " M. T. 65 65 Wm Foresyth 57 M W Scotland Naturalized Farmer Margrate Foresyth 53 F " " George Foresyth 21 M " " Naturalized Farmer [microfilm page 92 - Kasota Township] Page 160 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 20 20 I. Davis 22 M W Canada Naturalized Farmer Catharine Davis 22 F " Ohio Ori[s?] Davis 2 M " M. T. Wm Davis 9/12 M " M. T. 21 21 Alex'r Pettis 33 M W VT Native Farmer Louisa Pettis 22 F " Canada O. S. Pettis 4 M " Ills M. E. Pettis 3 F " Ills C. An[yen?] 21 M " Ireland Naturalized Farmer J. L. Ryan 21 M " Ireland Naturalized Farmer 26 26 Asa Cheedle 35 M W Ohio Native Farmer J. A. Cheedle 34 F " " S. R. Cheedle 11 F " " C. R. Cheedle 8 M " " A. P. Cheedle 6 F " " A. B. Cheedle 4 F " " Ralf Talbort 25 M " " Native Miller A. D. Sprage[n?] 53 M " Main Native Engineer Peter Kendal 23 M " Ohio Native Farmer 27 27 Peter Callon 39 M W Ohio Native Farmer Jane Callon 38 F " " M. P. Callon 16 M " " Farmer Solon Callon 14 M " " G. S. Callon 8 M " " [microfilm page 93 - Kasota Township] Page 161 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 27 27 P. Cheedle 4 M W Ohio M. A. Davis 19 F " Ohio J. A. Davis 24 M " Ohio Native Carpenter 35 35 Orange Davis 57 M W Canada Naturalized Farmer Adalade Davis 46 F " " Thos. Davis 35 M " " Naturalized Farmer [microfilm page 95] Page 162 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _The Town of Kasota in Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 11 11 J W Rankin 40 M W Main Native Carpenter M B 28 F " " J O 16 " " " S S 14 M " " A J 10 F " " E G 7 " " " Mary Lines 25 " " Ireland S Blanchard 50 M " Main Native Carpenter B Munger 21 M " Wis Native Laborer John Winchal 22 " " N. H. Native Carpenter [microfilm page 96] Page 162 CENSUS, Inhabitants of _The Town of Kasota in Town 110 Range 26_ in the County _Le Suer_ Territory of Minnesota enumberated by me this _21st_ day of _September_ A. D. 1857 11 11 G. W. Babcock 24 M W N. Y. Native Carpenter C. H. Payton 25 " " N. H. Native Carpenter J. W. Cooksen 21 " " M. E. Native Carpenter A. E. Alden 23 " " " Native Clerk A. A. Hopkins 22 " " " Native Mason Corry Hopkins 45 " " " Native Merchant G. H. Thayer 34 " " " Native Merchant Helen A. Thayer 28 F " " G. W. Warrant 23 M " England Naturalized Carpenter John Damering 23 " " Main Naturalized Carpenter Bessy McDonald 22 " " England Laborer W. C. Stison 21 " " Main Native Carpenter Martin Marks 21 " " Ills Native Carpenter END OF FILE