1860 Federal Census Records for Chemung County NY
Town of Big Flats

1860 Town of Big Flats

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Enumerated by by John L. Sexton Jr
12 JUNE 1860.

001	018	040	060	072	086	101	113
126	144	162	176	193	217	235	252
268	287	302	315	327	340	354	371

Catlin

Elmira

Erin

Veteran

Baldwin

Horseheads

Southport

Ashland

Chemung

Big Flats

VanEtten

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Dwelling No.	Family No.	Last Name	First Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Value of Real Estate	Value of Personal Estate	Place of Birth	Comments
144	147	Whitcomb	Gene	37	M	Carpenter & Joiner		400	NY
			Diantha	39	F				NY
			Herbert	9	M				NY
			Eunice	3	F				NY
			Legrand P.	1	M				NY
			Infant	2 mo	M				NY
		Hewitt	Cyrus	80	M	Grain Thrasher			NY
145	148	Steele	Aaron B.	50	M	Farmer	6000	800	NY
			Sarah B.	34	F				NY
			Julia T.	6	F				NY
			Frances O.	3	F				NY
		Griffin	Mary	16	F	Domestic			NY
146	149	Ganang	John	27	M	Laborer in Loom	400	50	Ireland
			Mary	30	F				Ireland
			Mary	6	F				NY
			Thomas	4	M				NY
			Eugene	7	M				NY
		Sheehi	Maggie	20	M	Laborer on P W			Ireland
147	150	Woolcott	Charles	28	M	Farmer	5000	1500	NY
			Huldah	24	F				NY
			Orson E.	4	M				NY
			Adalaide	1	F				NY
		Gaff	Rebecca	18	F	Domestic			NY
148	151	Truesdell	Josiah	53	M	Farmer	3000	1000	NY
			Minerva	24	F	Millener		100	NY
			Devere	22	M	Farmer			NY
149	152	Sexton	John L. Jr.	30	M	Book Keeper	3000	500	NY
			Grace	30	F				NY
			George A.	9	F				NY
			Samuel Minier	7	M				NY
			Mary Boone	5	F				NY
			Jane Patterson	3	F				NY
			Benjamin P.	1	M				NY
150	153	McDougle	Horace	29	M	Farmer	800	125	NY
			Hannah	21	F				NY
		Kneale	Robert	23	M	Farm Laborer			Isle of Man
151	154	Riley	William S.	32	M	Farmer	400	225	PA
			Mary	37	F				England
			Rosanna	70	F	Lady			NJ
152	155	Shea	Michael	40	M	Farmer	1000	275	Ireland
			Margaret	40	F				Ireland
			Julia	13	F				NY
			Owen	11	M				NY
			John	9	M				NY
			Mary	7	F				NY
			Margaret	5	F				NY
153		Vacant Dwelling
154	156	Thatcher	John	67	M	Carpenter	500	500	NJ
			Rachel	58	F				NY
155	157	O'Donnell	Sandy	49	M	Farmer	800	150	Ireland
			Mary	46	F				Ireland
		McCarty	John	19	M	Laborer			Ireland
			Julia	17	F	Domestic			Ireland
156	158	Lucy	Dennis	32	M	Laborer	530	300	Ireland
			Bridget	30	F				Ireland
			Mary A.	6	F				NY
			John	4	M				NY
			Ellen	2	F				NY
			Bridget	4 mo	F				NY
157	159	Reeser	Daniel	37	M	Farmer Tenant		250	PA
			Sally Ann	26	F				NJ
			Siloma	6	F				NY
			Franklin	3	M				NY
158		Vacant Dwelling
159	160	Reeser	Catherine	50	M	Farmer	3000	400	NJ
			Comfort B.	24	M	Laborer on Farm			NY
			Clarkson	18	M				NY
160		Vacant Dwelling
161	161	Hooker	George	37	M	Farmer	1500	600	NY
			Rosetta	27	F				NY
			Charles D.	6	M				NY
			Theodore W.	4	M				NY

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 6/3/2003
By Joyce M. Tice