1880 READING TOWNSHIP AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
This census was taken June 14, 1880, and listed values of farms,
equipment, livestock, crops, etc., for the year 1879. The enumerator
was A. W. Russell. You may need to scroll across to see the entire
table. |
| Name | Owns/
Rents | Improved
acres | Unimpr.
acres | Value
of
land | Value of
buildings,
implements |
Value of
livestock | Paid
labor | Production
sold and
on hand | Mules/
horses | Milk
cows |
Other
cattle | Calves
born | Cattle
sold | Butter
(lbs.) | Swine | Poultry | Potatoes
bushels |
Corn
bushels | Oats
bushels | Wheat
bushels | Flax
bushels |
| Soy, William | Owner | 60 | 20 | $ 1000 | $ 130 | $ 1200 | $ 190 | $ 600 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 840 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 1000 | 700 | 250 | 0 | |
Birkholz, Fred | Owner | 100 | 60 | $ 1900 | $ 75 | $ 500 | $ 0 | $ 600 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 1800 | 275 | 275 | 0 | |
McCloud, B. R. | Owner | 50 | 15 | $ 1000 | $ 100 | $ 330 | $ 15 | $ 345 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 275 | 1 | 61 | 60 | 750 | 0 | 96 | 88 | |
Hall, Leroy | Owner | 92 | 14 | $ 1550 | $ 100 | $ 620 | $ 150 | $ 585 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 500 | 35 | 16 | 25 | 2000 | 100 | 135 | 0 | |
Hall, Jas. P. | Owner | 140 | 60 | $ 2000 | $ 260 | $ 525 | $ 0 | $ 1030 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 600 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 2000 | 82 | 609 | 0 | |
Owens, Nathaniel | Owner | 20 | 120 | $ 950 | $ 50 | $ 200 | $ 0 | $ 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scollon, Philip | Owner | 125 | 35 | $ 1600 | $ 175 | $ 750 | $ 25 | $ 870 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 15 | 50 | 40 | 1800 | 375 | 420 | 20 | |
Murray, Thomas | Owner | 75 | 5 | $ 800 | $ 60 | $ 150 | $ 0 | $ 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scollon, John | Owner | 30 | 10 | $ 350 | $ 95 | $ 400 | $ 0 | $ 115 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 300 | 35 | 45 | 0 | |
McVay, Geo. W. | Owner | 65 | 15 | $ 1200 | $ 100 | $ 450 | $ 40 | $ 360 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 350 | 15 | 50 | 40 | 1000 | 250 | 100 | 0 | |
Clutter, Wm. | Owner | 50 | 30 | $ 1000 | $ 150 | $ 630 | $ 0 | $ 320 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 22 | 14 | 50 | 1300 | 0 | 80 | 0 | |
Friedline, A. | Renter | 100 | 60 | $ 2000 | $ 250 | $ 210 | $ 0 | $ 270 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 15 | 50 | 40 | 2000 | 200 | 100 | 0 | |
Waterhouse, Wm. | Owner | 37 | 3 | $ 600 | $ 50 | $ 260 | $ 0 | $ 270 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 800 | 50 | 120 | 0 | |
Black, George | Owner | 40 | 0 | $ 400 | $ 125 | $ 1040 | $ 35 | $ 50 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 500 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carroll, George | Owner | 161 | 39 | $ 2000 | $ 300 | $ 600 | $ 75 | $ 750 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 500 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 1700 | 450 | 496 | 0 | |
Carlson, Carl | Owner | 53 | 12 | $ 400 | $ 100 | $ 500 | $ 0 | $ 575 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 425 | 16 | 50 | 30 | 1300 | 350 | 200 | 0 | |
Foster, Chas. | Owner | 41 | 39 | $ 960 | $ 100 | $ 400 | $ 0 | $ 300 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 1000 | 60 | 60 | 0 | |
Gammon, Thos. | Owner | 70 | 10 | $ 900 | $ 75 | $ 260 | $ 10 | $ 350 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 1600 | 0 | 280 | 0 | |
Sommers, Geo. | Owner | 60 | 20 | $ 900 | $ 100 | $ 425 | $ 0 | $ 380 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 1600 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
Johnson, John | Renter | 60 | 20 | $ 900 | $ 60 | $ 225 | $ 0 | $ 270 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 600 | 350 | 70 | 0 | |
Lee, Clark | Renter | 60 | 20 | $ 900 | $ 70 | $ 250 | $ 0 | $ 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 27 | 40 | 600 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
Skinner, Byron | Owner | 45 | 15 | $ 600 | $ 50 | $ 225 | $ 0 | $ 125 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 1800 | 250 | 50 | 0 | |
Burdick, J. L. | Owner | 100 | 40 | $ 2000 | $ 350 | $ 450 | $ 10 | $ 490 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 1400 | 100 | 160 | 0 | |
Thompsoon, C. E. | Owner | 80 | 40 | $ 1500 | $ 125 | $ 350 | $ 25 | $ 482 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 200 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 1800 | 200 | 300 | 0 | |
Gilbert, Jacob W. | Owner | 80 | 0 | $ 1000 | $ 300 | $ 150 | $ 0 | $ 640 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 1500 | 400 | 110 | 12 | |
Gilbert, Henry W. | Owner | 250 | 110 | $ 3500 | $ 200 | $ 270 | $ 10 | $ 600 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 560 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 1700 | 50 | 120 | 3 | |
Robinson, James | Owner | 95 | 65 | $ 2400 | $ 100 | $ 315 | $ 25 | $ 490 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 25 | 6 | 60 | 1400 | 350 | 150 | 0 | |
Sommers, Jas. | Renter | 80 | 0 | $ 1200 | $ 40 | $ 625 | $ 0 | $ 500 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 22 | 79 | 40 | 1200 | 100 | 180 | 0 | |
Casey, Owen | Owner | 90 | 70 | $ 1600 | $ 100 | $ 1125 | $ 200 | $ 500 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1200 | 14 | 55 | 56 | 3000 | 270 | 152 | 0 | |
Reading, M. | Renter | 115 | 75 | $ 1800 | $ 250 | $ 1625 | $ 100 | $ 900 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 850 | 28 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Best, Ruben & Hiram | Renter | 125 | 0 | $ 1500 | $ 170 | $ 596 | $ 24 | $ 896 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 2095 | 0 | 1050 | 0 | |
Shoemaker, Henry | Owner | 58 | 22 | $ 200 | $ 70 | $ 455 | $ 0 | $ 458 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 416 | 18 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 0 | |
Whittock, William | Renter | 20 | 20 | $ 500 | $ 37 | $ 160 | $ 0 | $ 172 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 100 | 640 | 140 | 0 | 0 | |
Schooler, Benjamin | Renter | 20 | 20 | $ 500 | $ 0 | $ 196 | $ 0 | $ 172 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 242 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gammon, John J. | Owner | 55 | 65 | $ 2200 | $ 66 | $ 346 | $ 0 | $ 398 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 700 | 95 | 225 | 0 | |
Tappin, James | Owner | 68 | 131 | $ 2000 | $ 230 | $ 371 | $ 0 | $ 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Parker, John | Renter | 55 | 24 | $ 1200 | $ 35 | $ 255 | $ 0 | $ 533 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 27 | 13 | 20 | 1400 | 110 | 250 | 0 | |
Carmichael, Philander | Owner | 35 | 5 | $ 500 | $ 35 | $ 235 | $ 0 | $ 533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cole, Charles J. | Owner | 75 | 5 | $ 1200 | $ 30 | $ 221 | $ 0 | $ 246 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 850 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
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