Tax:   Assessment of 1859 for Shade Township

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Assement List for 1859

This assessment list for 1859 shows the taxables of Shade Township and their occupations.

 Taxables          	       Acres of Land 	Occupation


Anderson, George           	57         	farmer
Brubaker, Jacob            	381         	farmer
Berkebile, Moses            	293         	farmer
Blough, Christian         	131         	farmer
Berkebile, George           	40          	farmer
Blough, John             		104
Berkebile, Elizabeth        	45          	farmer
Berkebile, Gideon          	160         	farmer
Crissey, David            	100         	farmer
Cable, Henry             		316         	farmer
Dailey, John              		430         	farmer
Felix, John              		108         	farmer
Gahagen, James           	 4            	laborer
Graef, John                		386 	sawmill and gristmill
Helm, John                 	47             	match maker
Hamer, John                	196         	farmer
Koontz,Henry               	143         	farmer
Keller, Levi               		21             shoemaker
Lambert, George, Jr.       	437         	sawmill
Lambert, John              	155         	farmer
Lambert, John (of Gee)     	212         	farmer
Lambert, Mary (Polly)      	184         	farmer
McGregor, Alex             	269         	farmer
McGregor, Samuel           	150            sawmill
McGregor, James           	134            farmer
Oldham, William            	115            farmer
Potts, Jeptha              	600            farmer
Rodgers, David             	410            sawmill
Reel, Matthias             	253            farmer
Specht, Emanuel            	217            farmer
Slick, Jesse              		328            farmer
Spangler, Henry            	297            farmer
Stotler, Samuel, Sr.      	635            farmer
Stotler, Andrew            	882            farmer
Stotler, Samuel, Jr.        	1,604         sawmill
Umberger, Philip           	227            farmer
Wagner, John               	611            farmer
Wechtenhiser, Anthony      	300            sawmill
Weyand, Daniel             	633 	saw & grist mill

Tenants

John Berkebile, laborer; Henry Blough, laborer; William
Hamer, laborer; Charles Williamson, postmaster; Cyrus Berkebile,
farmer; George Specht, farmer; Charles Bisbing, farmer; George
Pebley, farmer; John Clark, laborer.