1885 MN Census for Clearwater, Wright 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. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Rebecca Frank Submitted: March 2007 ========================================================================= Inhabitants of Clearwater in the County of Wright, in the state of Minnesota, enumerated by me on the 19th of May 18885. Post Office Clearwater. Charles H. Gibbs. 1= Name of every person whose residence was in this family on the 1st of May, 1885 Description 2= Age at last Birthday 3= Sex 4= Color 5= Place of Birth Parentage 6= Father of Foreign Birth 7= Mother of Foreign Birth Condition 8= Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic ------------------------------------------------------ Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Sheldon, E. D. 35 M, W, Vermont , S. L. 31 F, W, Wisconsin , L. G. 9 F, W, Minnesota , E. M. 6 M W Minnesota Taylor, D 41 M W England X X , Julia 32 F W Vermont X , A. N. 14 M W Wisconsin X , L. M. 12 F W Wisconsin X , Lizzie N. 11 F W Minnesota X , Hemmie 7 F W Minnesota X , Hellence 7 F W Minnesota X , Emily A. 6 F W Minnesota X , Alda M. 3 F W Minnesota X Bell, Richard 50 M W Ireland X X , Sarah 39 F W Vermont , Jennie 18 F W Vermont X , Charles 15 M W Minnesota X , Lucy 12 F W Minnesota X , Mertie 9 F W Minnesota X , William 8 M W Minnesota X , Marion 1 F W Minnesota X Sheldon, Nelson 62 M W Vermont , Lucy E. 63 F W Vermont , George N. 23 M W Vermont Sheldon, Mary A. 24 F W England X X Connick, Susan 58 F W Canada X X , Frederick 36 M W Canada X X , Frank H. 23 M W Canada X X , Alice 17 F W Canada X X Keller, Fred 18 M W Virginia Andrews, F. J. 93 M W Ohio Sheldon, Sam J. 31 M W Vermont , Fanny 26 F W Minnesota , Jeannett 8 F W Minnesota Laughton, Chas J. 31 M W Maine , Mary 26 F W Canada X X , William H. 26 M W Minnesota Shannon, James 47 M W Canada X X , Eunice 38 F W Michigan X X Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Farley, Walter 30, M, M, Wisconsin X X , Harriet M. 26 F W Canada X X Thompson, Oscar 28 M W Sweden X X Bentley, Franklin 28 M W Michigan , Dell 26 F W Wisconsin , Ford 9 M W Minnesota , Clarance 8 M W Minnesota , Lewis 6 M W Minnesota , Eva 4 F W Minnesota , Bert 2 M W Minnesota , Perrey 1 M W Minnesota Mitchell, Albert E. 28 M W Vermont , Esther 24 F W Minnesota , Lilla N. 1 F W Minnesota Laughton, Luthe 25 M W Minnesota , Joseph 22 M W Minnesota Eccles, William B. 27 M W Canada X X , Lottie M. 21 F W Minnesota X X , Wallace W. 0 M W Minnesota X Dixon, William 65 M W England X X , Porintha 24 F W Minnesota X X , McDonald 7 M W Minnesota X , Frederick 2 M W Minnesota X , Agnes 1 F W Minnesota X , Infant 0 F W Minnesota X Maxwell, Christina 53 F W Scotland X X , James A. 25 M W Minnesota X X , Dena J. 19 F W Minnesota X X Rogers, Thomas 22 M W England X X Carlisle, Joseph 82 M W Indiana X X , Anna 52 F W England X X Lee, James 58 M W Delaware , Rebecca 50 F W Ohio , Sarah 24 F W Illinois , Arthur B. 17 M W Minnesota , William H. 16 M W Minnesota , Mable 14 F W Minnesota , Grace L. 10 F W Minnesota Rice, Philo 26 M W Wisconsin , Olive 24 F W Vermont Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Johnson, Joseph 55 M W Canada X X , Hannah 48 F W Canada X X , Henry 16 M W Minnesota X X , Moses 14 M W Minnesota X X , Frank 12 M W Minnesota X X , George 8 M W Minnesota X X , Anne 10 F W Minnesota X X Eccles, Robert 58 M W Canada X X , Arabel 58 F W Canada X X , Nelson 23 M W Canada X X , Franklin 24 M W Canada X X Smith, Werner J. 45 M W Vermont , Jane 35 F W Vermont , Ezra 18 M W Minnesota , Andrew 14 M W Minnesota , Edgar N. 44 M W Vermont , Clara C. 32 F W Vermont , Orval 16 M W Minnesota , Clayton 14 M W Minnesota , Edwin 12 M W Minnesota , Adela 9 F W Minnesota , Mary 2 F W Minnesota Draper, Philo W. 52 M W Vermont , Elvira 44 F W Vermont , Edna 10 F W Minnesota Pratt, Geo O. 45 M W New York , Minerva 42 F W New York , Clara 14 F W Minnesota , Jessie 12 M W Minnesota , Bertha 10 F W Minnesota , Emina 8 M W Minnesota , Willis 1 M W Minnesota Wells, Walter 19 M W England X X Kirk, Samuel 54 M W Maine , Maria 54 F W New York X X , Ella M. 21 F W Minnesota , Effie R. 21 F W Minnesota , Sam B. 16 M W Minnesota Bork, John 24 M W Germany X X Smith, Allen 19 M W Illinois Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ McConnell, C. W. 70 M W Ohio , Mary L. 27 F W Maine McConnell, Carl W. 4 M W Minnesota , Baby 1 M W Minnesota Robinson, Orval R. 26 M W Minnesota , Lana 21 F W Canada X X , Orval D. 2 M W Minnesota X Stewart, John 57 M W New York X , Elizabeth 53 F W New York X X , Blanche 17 F W New York Hooper, Alice 25 F W New York Woodworth, Thad 50 M W Ohio , J. G. 43 F W New York , Chas N. 21 M W Minnesota , Geo L. 19 M W Minnesota , L. E. B. 17 F W Minnesota , L. A. 9 M W Minnesota , P. E. 7 M W Minnesota , W. W. 6 M W Minnesota Campbell, Geo T. 49 M W Mass , Mattie W. 39 F W Penn , Gertrude 17 F W Minnesota , Bessie 7 F W Minnesota Johnson, Frank H. 27 M W Minnesota , Julia E. 24 F W Mass Murphy, Matthew 47 M W Ireland X X , Martha 38 F W Wisconsin Murphy, Frank M. 21 M W Minnesota X , Chas E. 16 M W Minnesota X , John A. 14 M W Minnesota X , Ellen 12 F W Minnesota X , Rosa J. 10 F W Minnesota X , Bridget 7 F W Minnesota X , James M. 5 M W Minnesota X , Margaret 3 F W Minnesota X Merrill, A. L. 52 M W New York , Helen 44 F W New York , William 9 M W Minnesota , Mary C. 7 F W Minnesota Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Connelly, John H. 29 M W Conn X X , Martha 20 F W Canada X X , Mary E. 2 F W Minnesota X , Sebina 1 F W Minnesota X Connelly, William F. 26 M W Conn X X , Mary 25 F W Canada X X , William D. 1 M W Minnesota X Knickerbocker, H. 49 M W New York , Jane 48 F W New York , Lottie, 25 F W Minnesota , Oliver, 23 M W Minnesota , Nettie, 20 F W Minnesota , Emma 18 F W Minnesota , Etta 16 F W Minnesota , David 10 M W Minnesota , William 8 M W Minnesota Murphy, Peter 28 M W Minnesota X X , B. A. 23 F W Ireland X X , Laura A. 0 F W Minnesota X X Knochler, Henry W. 61 M W Germany X X , Mary E. 55 F W Germany X X , Christian 59 M W Germany X X Kitzmeir, Fred 25 M W Germany X X , Eliza 27 F W Minnesota X X , Annie 3 F W Minnesota X , Otto 5 M W Minnesota X , Emil O. 1 M W Minnesota X , Baby 0 F W Minnesota X Peisak, Harry 29 M W Germany X X , Augusta 27 F W Germany X X , Gertrude 2 F W Minnesota X X Schmidt, Stephen 52 M W Germany X X , Emily 48 F W Germany X X , Emma 16 F W Germany X X , Olga 13 F W Germany X X , Otilie 13 F W Germany X X , Linnie 7 F W Ohio X X Schmidt, Eddie 7 M W Minnesota X X , Flora 4 F W Minnesota X X , John B. 21 M W Wisconsin X X Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Isenser, Leopold 29, W, W, Minnesota X X , Emma 22 F W Minnesota X X , Annie 3 F W Minnesota Schmidt, John 38 M W Germany X X , Annie 40 F W Germany X X , Henry 15 M W Germany X X , Agnesta 13 F W Germany X X , Amelia 11 F W Ohio X X , Emma 9 F W Ohio X X , Olga 7 F W Ohio X X , Rosa 5 F W Minnesota X X , Juluis 3 M W Minnesota X X , Baby 1 F W Minnesota X X Peterson, Charles 23 M W Sweden X X Wiegand, Louis 53 M W Germany X X , Mary E. 36 F W Switzerland X X Lolina, Rosa 20 F W Minnesota X X Peterson, John 24 M W Sweden X X Isenser, Henry 25 M W Minnesota X X Wiegand, Henry A. 28 M W Germany X X , Elizabeth 26 F W Minnesota X X Wiegand, John H. 8 M W Minnesota X , Laura J. 1 F W Minnesota X Pike, Anton 25 M W Germany X X Wiegand, William 18 M W Minnesota X Miller, Adam 34 M W Germany X X , Fanny 26 F W New York X , Addie C. 7 F W Minnesota X , Adolph 4 M W Minnesota X , August 2 M W Minnesota X , Henry 0 M W Minnesota X Unger, John F. 52 M W Germany X X , Henrietta 50 F W Germany X X , Louisa 17 F W Iowa X X Waltzer, Frank 25 M W Germany X X Ponsford, Sam H. 38 M W England X X , Mary A. 34 F W New York X X , Orval D. 17 M W Minnesota X , Sarah C. 14 F W Minnesota X , Elsie F. 11 F W Minnesota X Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ , James J. 9 M W Minnesota X Murphy, Thomas 56 M W Ireland X X , Catharine 58 F W Ireland X X , John E. 22 M W Minnesota X X , Lizzie 12 F W Minnesota X X Ackinson, Jacob 48 M W Ohio , Hannah 48 F W Ohio , Rudy 21 M W Ohio , Charles 17 M W Minnesota , Justus 15 M W Minnesota , William 13 M W Minnesota , John 11 M W Minnesota , Lacy 10 M W Minnesota , Ella 8 F W Minnesota , Sarah 7 F W Minnesota , Julia 5 F W Minnesota Connelly, Dennis 64 M W Ireland X X , Bridget 62 F W Ireland X X , Mary 28 F W Conn X X , Dennis W. 18 M W Minnesota X X Cassidy, Margaret 21 F W Minnesota X X , Edward 23 M W Canada X X , Kate 1 F W Minnesota X X , Mary 0 F W Minnesota X X Drugans, John 27 M W Ireland X X Connelly, John 56 M W Ireland X X , Mary 40 F W Ireland X X , John A. 20 M W Minnesota X X , Peter 18 M W Minnesota X X , Dennis 16 M W Minnesota X X Connelly, Mary 4 F W Minnesota X X , Thomas 3 M W Minnesota X X Cassidy, John S. 31 M W Canada X X , Kate 25 F W Minnesota X X , Bridget 1 F W Minnesota X Drager, Michael 37 M W Germany X X , Agusta 34 F W Germany X X , Joseph 3 M W Minnesota X X , Mary 2 F W Minnesota X X , John 0 M W Minnesota X X Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ , John 65 M W Germany X X , Mary 67 F W Germany X X Connelly, John 54 M W Ireland X X , Jane 46 F W Ireland X X , William 15 M W Minnesota X X , Valentine 13 M W Minnesota X X , Jarvis 10 M W Minnesota X X , Mary 8 F W Minnesota X X , Dennis 6 M W Minnesota X X Ponsford, Joseph 76 M W England X X , Thomas 46 M W England X X , Ben 35 M W England X X , Margaret 32 F W New York X X , Alice 9 F W Minnesota X Smith, Cyrus 55 M W New York , Sarah 46 F W New York , Frank L. 21 M W Minnesota , Mary L. 18 F W Minnesota , Carrie 16 F W Minnesota , Octavia 12 F W Minnesota , Cyrus R. 3 M W Minnesota West, William P. 42 M W Kentucky , Martha J. 39 F W Illinois , Frank A. 18 M W Illinois , Annie M. 15 F W Minnesota , Harry C. 13 M W Minnesota , Rose 8 F W Minnesota , Walter 5 M W Minnesota , Nellie 2 F W Minnesota Barrett, Nelson W. 33 M W New York , Adelle E. 28 F W Michigan , Jennie 8, F, M, Minnesota , Edwin 6 M W Minnesota , Etta 6 F W Minnesota Hyatt, Fred W. 27 M W Minnesota , Mary A. 24 F W Mich , Gilbert E. 0 M W Minnesota Cameron, William 61 M W Indiana , Martha 58 F W Alabama Cameron, Henry M. 31 M W Illinois Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Barrett, Eugene E. 23 M W New York , Jennie M, 20 F W Michi , Elvira W. 0 F W Minnesota Hyatt, Orange 56 M W Canada X X , Cynthia 56 F W Canada X X , Eugene C. 21 M W Minnesota X X , Hattie 18 F W Minnesota X X Hyatt, Joseph O. 29 M W Canada X X , Melissa E. 25 F W Canada X X , George S. 0 M W Minnesota X X Dunkins, Eugene H. 24 M W NY X Gray, John B. 57 M W Maine , Keziah M. 46 F W NY , Kate 70 F W Maine Gray, William H. 26 M W Maine , Annie 19 F W Vermont , Ethel 2 F W Minnesota Ridley, Alva K. 43 M W Maine , Mary E. 33 F W NY , Charles W. 17 M W Minnesota , Effie M. 14 F W Minnesota , William A. 12 M W Minnesota , George W. 10 M W Minnesota Ridley, Bert A. 8 M W Minnesota , Vernon 6 M W Minnesota , Nellie 3 F W Minnesota , Elsie 0 F W Minnesota Merrill, Flora 72 F W NY , Isaac E. 44, M, NY Rice, Ernest 37 M W Ohio Bentley, Annie E. 14 F W Minnesota , Hiram 54 M W NY , Annie E. 53 F W NY , Estela 3 F W Minnesota Baxter, James 46 M W NY , Elvira F. 43 F W NY Lawerence, Elvira 22 F W Minnesota , Minnie 20, , W, NY Lochlin, R. 28 M W VT Kothmann, Kate 47 F W Germany X X Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ , Kate J. 22 F W Minnesota X X , Delia W. 20 F W Minnesota X X , William F. 18 M W Minnesota X X , Annie 16 F W Minnesota X X , John F. 14 M W Minnesota X X , Henry 11 M W Minnesota X X , Frank 10 M W Minnesota X X Shattuck, C. M. 51 M W NY , Sarah 47 F W NY , Wilbur 23 M W NY Kelly, Michel 18 M W Penn X X Muhollan, Nick 21 M W NY X Boyington, A. L. 53 M W NY , Isabell 51 F W Canada X X , Amelia 22 F W Minnesota X , Ida 20 F W Minnesota X , Lottie 16 F W Minnesota X , Minett 7 F W Minnesota X Stevens, Charles H. 27 M W NY X X , Eugenia 27 F W Minnesota , Blanche 3 F W Minnesota , Henry O. 1 M W Minnesota Webster, Horace 55 M W Canada X X , Miranda 53 F W Canada X X , George N. 20 M W Minnesota X X , Fred L. 18 M W Minnesota X X Harrington, Frank 37 M W New York , Mary 28 F W Minnesota , Charles H. 0 M W Minnesota Smith, Seymour 56 M W Canada X X , Elizabeth 56 F W Ireland X X , Jennie C. 21 F W Minnesota X X Smith, Mary 19 F W Minnesota X X , Helen E. 18 F W Minnesota X X Dewey, Charles 20 M W New York Phillips, Curtis 38 M W ME Shaw, William 46 M W Ohio X , Julia E. 36 F W New Jersey X , Mabel 11 F W Minnesota , Lester 0 M W Minnesota Page 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Shattuck, Edson 30 M W New York , Hattie M. 25 F W Illinois , Irvin E. 2 M W Minnesota Niles, Herbert A. 35 M W Conn , Mary E. 37 F W Wisc , Harrison L. 11 M W Iowa , Orin A. 9 M W Iowa , Elva A. 8 F W Iowa , Rey S. 7 M W Iowa , Wayne 5 M W Iowa , Randy 2 M W Iowa Blood, Leroy 24 M W Iowa , Alice 4 F W Minnesota , Carrie 1 F W Minnesota Oakes, Andrew E. 55 M W Maine , Celia J. 20 F W Minnesota Oakes, Julia A. 18 F W Minnesota , Eda C. 15 F W Minnesota , Martha J. 52 F W NH , John 75 M W Maine , Jane 40 F W Ill , Myrlie H. 23 F W Minnesota , Lucinda J. 21 F W Minnesota , Arthur J. 5 M W Minnesota , Jane P. 81 F W Maine Shallen, John 45 M W Germany X X , Sarah 37 F W ILL X X , Eulalie S. C. 4 F W Minnesota X , Edna E. G. 8 F W Minnesota X , Roy H. 5 M W Minnesota X , Ehvile G. 2 F W Minnesota X Hasty, Warren 43 M W Canada X , Laura 38 F W Maine , Maud 11 F W Minnesota X , Ida M. 10 F W Minnesota X , James 9 M W Minnesota X , Agnes 7 F W Minnesota X , Lydia A. 5 F W Minnesota X , Sadie 0 F W Minnesota X Johnson, Hans 19 M W Ind Page 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------------ Abell, James 57 M W Ohio , Ursala 45 F W Ill , Clarence 23 M W Minnesota , William B. 17 M W Minnesota Markham, Selah 71 M W New York , Lucinda 67 F W New York Miller, John 40 M W New York , Minerva 35 F W Mich Markham, George L. 21 M W Minnesota Rice, Clark 51 M W VT , Emily 50 F W VT , Willard 28 M W Wis , Minnie 19 F W Wis , Clark 14 M W Wis Draper, Sarah 85 F W VT Whitney, Horace C. 79 M W VT , Huldura 76 F W VT Rice, Harid R. 23 M W Wis , Luella 24 F W Wis Merrill, S. Jerome 53 M W NY , Luella M. 31 F W VT , Edwin 13 M W Minnesota , Arthur 10 M W Minnesota , Ernest 2 M W Minnesota Luther, Bert 50 M W NY Bentley, Edwin B. 25 M W Mich , Ella M. 20 F W ILL , Carl S. 0 M W Minnesota Howard, Stephen A. 47 M W NY , H. H. 41 F W NY , Mary A. 17 F W Penn , Jessie M. 14 F W Minnesota Merrill, Webb 24 M W Mich Shattuck, Curtis D. 60 M W NY , Amanda 58 F W VT , Sherman W. 19 M W NY Gibbs, Charles H. 40 M W Maine , Emily J. 32 F W Minnesota , Elsie W. 4 F W Minnesota , Edna B. 9 F W Minnesota 250 White Males, 230 White Females. Total 480 139 males over 21 Page 1 of 10 1885 Clearwater, Wright County, MN ========================================================================= Copyright Rebecca Frank 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm =========================================================================