NOTE: This transcription is meant to be a guide only. It is the transcribers interpretation and subject to human error. Always refer to the original document (or microfilm) for your own interpretation.
Abstracted by Nancy
J. Piper, ©1998 from the National Archives and Records Administration
Federal Population Schedules for the 7th Census of the United States in 1850.
This is the 1850 federal census for Putnam County, IL.
LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation
FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode
on the 1st day of June, 1850, was in this family
RACE = Color (white, black or mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation,or Trade of each Male over 15 years of age
VAL. = Value of Real Estate owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married within the year
SCH. = Attended School within the year
R/W = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot read & write
DDB = Whether deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: IL COUNTY: Putnam REEL NO: 125 PAGE NO: 335a ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 1 713 742 Mears Mary 47 F 875 Georgia 2 713 742 Mears Elias F. 22 M Farmer 250 Illinois 3 713 742 Mears Marietta 17 F Illinois 4 713 742 Mears Dewitt C. 25 M Farmer 250 Illinois 5 714 743 Knight William M. 26 M Physician Pennsylvania 6 714 743 Knight Elisabeth M. 25 F Pennsylvania 7 715 744 Rice Harrison 35 M Wagon maker 1,500 Mass. 8 715 744 Rice Martha 27 F Ohio 9 715 744 Rice Sylvester 7 M Illinois 10 715 744 Rice Adelia 5 F Illinois 11 715 744 Rice Ann 3 F Illinois 12 715 744 Rice Alice 7/12 F Illinois 13 716 745 McCallen Emsley 42 M Carpenter Kentucky 14 716 745 McCallen Sarah 42 F South Carolina 15 716 745 McCallen Hayes W. 20 M Laborer Indiana 16 716 745 McCallen Emma R. 13 F Illinois 17 716 745 McCallen Harriet N. 10 F Illinois 18 716 745 McCallen Isabella 8 F Illinois 19 716 745 McCallen Robert S. 4 M Illinois 20 716 745 McCallen Owen S. 1 M Illinois 21 717 746 Lobdell Boughton 76 M Gardner Mass. 22 717 746 Lobdell Sophronia 64 F Mass. 23 717 746 Lobdell Almira N. 33 F New York 24 717 746 Lobdell Selleck B. 28 M Cabinet Maker 600 New York 25 717 746 Ware Hannah 69 F 3,000 Rhode Island 26 718 747 Rice Austin 24 M Farmer 100 Mass. 27 718 747 Rice Rosanna 61 F Mass. 28 718 747 Rice Roseanna 21 F Mass. 29 719 748 Gillespie John P. 23 M Wagon Maker 600 Pennsylvania 30 719 748 Gillespie Mary M. 20 F Illinois 31 719 748 Gillespie Harris L. 10/12 M Illinois 32 720 749 Hough Matilda 35 F 1,200 Pennsylvania 33 720 749 Hough Adaline L. 15 F Illinois 34 720 749 Hough William D. 12 M Illinois 35 720 749 Hough Franklin L. 6 M Illinois 36 720 749 Mead Theressa 15 F New York 37 720 750 Richardson Sanford 25 M School Teacher Ohio 38 720 750 Richardson Rhoda Ann 23 F Illinois 39 720 750 Richardson Ellen 11/12 F Illinois 40 720 750 Richardson Lucinda W. 18 F Ohio 41 720 750 Brown Margaret 12 F Illinois 42 721 751 Phelps Josephus 45 M Carpentery Joiner 1,600 Mass.