1890 Census

1890 Civil War Veterans and Widows Census

Transcribed from National Archives Microfilm # 123, Roll 68
Compiled by Kristy Stevens

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Most of the 1890 Federal census records were badly damaged by a fire in the U. S. Commerce Department Building in January 1921.  However, special schedules of the 1890 census enumerated Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

An act of March 1, 1889, provided that the Superintendent of Census, in taking the Eleventh Census, should have “cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of the said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.”  Each county in Ohio documented an 1890 Special Schedule.

Each schedule calls for the following information: name of the veteran (or, if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband); the veteran’s rank; company; regiment or vessel; date of enlistment; date of discharge; length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address of each person listed; disability incurred by the veteran; and remarks.

The 1890 census can be found on microfilm in the order below.  The city or township for each district and its enumerator was listed on the first page of that district ONLY.  Most districts were not page numbered.  There were a couple of districts that were correctly page numbered and a few more that had numbers on them but were out of order or missing page numbers.

Therefore, the pages were numbered, starting over at 1, for each district.  The line numbers correspond with the line numbers on that page.  Example:  Aid twp has pages numbered 1-6, followed by Decatur twp with pages numbered 1-5, etc.

E. D.    abb.                twp. or city                             Enumerated by           # of pages

122      Aid                   Aid twp.                                   C. W. Davisson                        6

123      Dec.                Decatur twp.                           John W. Campbell                   5

124      Eli.                   Elizabeth twp.                         Joseph W. Smiley                    6

125      Eli. 2                Elizabeth twp. 2                      Stephen D. Amos                    5

126      Bur.                 Burlington                                Josephus S. Davidson             5

127      Fay.                 Fayette twp.                            Martin Moose                            6

128      Ham.               Hamilton twp.+

???      Han.                Hanging Rock                         Henry B. Miller                          4

129      Law.                Lawrence twp.                        Greenberry Willis                     10

130      Mas.                Mason twp.                             J. W. McConnell                      8

131      Perry               Perry twp.                                Chas. H. Winters                     11

132      LaB                 LaBelle                                    William R. Rose                        4

133      Rome              Rome twp.                              Alfred T. Swartwood                8

134      Sym.                Symmes twp.                          W. T. Stewart                           5

135      Pro                  Proctorville                              Elijah F. Gillen                         4

136      Union              Union twp.                               John C. Kite                             9

137      Up. 1               Upper twp. 1                           Wm. C. Washburn                   2

137      Up. 2               Upper twp. 2                           Allen D. Bruce                          4

137      Up. 3               Upper twp. 3                           Wm. C. Washburn                   2

138      Up. 4               Upper twp. 4                           Allen D. Bruce                          4

139      Iro 1                 Ironton 1^st Ward                      Peter Rogers                           2

140      Iro 2                 Ironton 2^nd Ward                     David J. Davis                         7

141      Iro 3                 Ironton 3^rd Ward                      Belden V. Hicks                      6

142      Iro 4                 Ironton 4^th Ward                      Spencer A. Winston               8

143      Iro 5                 Ironton 5^th Ward                      James H. Haynes                   8

144      Iro 6                 Ironton 6^th Ward                      James Penn                            6

145      Wash               Washington twp.                     D. R. Edwards                         3

146      Win                  Windsor twp.                           T. H. Burton                           10

     The data does not include the veteran’s post office box or address.  It is, however, listed on the microfilm.  If there is an asterisk    ( * ) following the person’s first name, that person has more than one entry.  The following abbreviations have been used in the descriptions of disabilities, although the words may have been spelled several different ways on the microfilm:

gs = gunshot                           rt. = right                                 lf. = left                                    rheu. = rheumatism

ch. = chronic                           diar. = diarrhea                       dis. = disease                         inj. = injury or injured