1860 Census - Poor House

The following information was taken from the 1860 census, Hanover Township, Boonton Post Office, Boonton Poor House, pages 533 to 536. They have been listed in the order that they were found on the census record. Today the Boonton Poor House is located beneath the Jersey City Reservoir.

I have listed the column number on the table. The headings would be:

Column	Heading	Column	Heading
3	Name	9	Personal Estate Value
4	Age	10	Place of Birth
5	Sex	12	Attended School within year
6	Race	13	Over 20 & cannot read/write
7	Occupation	14	Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict
8	Real Estate Value	14

Do Do or just Do by itself indicated Ditto

Schedule 1. - Free Inhabitants in The Township of Hanover in the County of Morris, State of New Jersey enumerated by me, on the 6th day of Aug. 1860, Wm. McCarly, Asst Marshall. Post Office Boonton.

Dwelling-house number 239. Families numbered in the order of visitation 246.

3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14
Seely LISH	48	M		Overseer Poor	1500	200	Sussex Co. NJ
Caroline	44	F					Morris Co. NJ
Margaret J.	14	F					Do Do
James H.	13	M					Do Do
Henry C.	8	M					Do Do
Augustus C.	2	M					Do Do
Sarah Hopler	24	F		Domestic			Do Do
George W.	25	M		Farm Laborer			Do Do
Mariah Chamberlin	35	F				700	New Jersey			Pauper & Insane
John Alpaugh	65	M					Morris Co. NJ		X	Pauper
Hercules Abens	75	M					Do Do			Pauper
Richard Atnon	50	M					Sussex Co. NJ			Pauper & Blind
Hyram Bowers	70	M					Morris Co. NJ		X	Pauper
Ephram Burwell	30	M					Do Do		X	Do
Mary Burwell	60	F					Do Do		X	Do
Daniel Brewster	65	M					New Jersey			Do
Emaline Bates	30	F					Morris Co. NJ			Idiot & Pauper
Margret Blair	31	F					Ireland			Pauper
Catharine	2	F					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Egbart Bush	70	M					Do Do			Do
George Cable	5	M					Morris Co. NJ	X		Pauper
Sarah Doughty	70	F					Do Do			Do
Marten Doyle	70	M					Do Do			Do
James Doughty	50	M					Do Do			Do
Mary Dennis	35	F					Do Do			Insane & Pauper
Ellen Doremus	55	F					Do Do			Do
Mary E. Elston	25	F					Do Do		X	Insane & Pauper
George Freeman	25	M					Do Do		X	Idiot & Pauper
John Glass	77	M					Ireland		X	Do
Mary Gould	78	F					Morris Co. NJ			Pauper
Emaly Gould	27	F					Do Do			Idiot & Pauper
Margaret Green	32	F					Ireland		X	Pauper
Laurence	2	M					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Jas. Hester	55	M					Germany		X	Do
Stephen Horton	75	M					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Mahitable Hoppock	50	F					Do Do		X	Insane & Pauper
Elizabeth Hasting	60	F					New York		X	Idiot & Pauper
Margaret Hoover	30	F					New Jersey			Do
Julia	2	F					Morris Co. NJ			Pauper
Grace Hoover	70	F					Germany		X	Do
Eugene Heden	8/12	M					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Catharin Jacobus	65	F					Do Do			Blind & Pauper
Will R. Jones	30	M					Do Do			Idiot & Pauper
George Kitchell	70	M					Do Do			Pauper
Cornelia King	28	F					Do Do		X	Do
Oliver Lere (?)	69	M					Conn			Do
Sylvester Lambert	48	M					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Francis Marzon (?)	75	M					Ireland		X	Do
John Massz (?)	6	M					Morris Co. NJ	X		Idiot & Pauper
Isaac Matonia	60	M					Do Do		X	Pauper
Thomas Madin	61	M					Ireland		X	Do
John McKinnen	70	M		School Teacher			Scotland			Do
Julia Mockseys	30	F					Morris Co. NJ		X	Insane & Pauper
Margaret A. Mills	1	F					Do Do			Pauper
Rachel Mills	6	F					Conn	X		Do
Nathaniel	3	M					Morris Co. NJ			Do
Joseph	7	M					Conn	X		Do
Michael Mahen	40	M					Ireland		X	Blind & Pauper
Will Nester	9	M					Morris Co. NJ	X		Pauper
John Octsal	65	M					Morris Co. NJ			Pauper
May Ozlia	30	F					Germany		X	Do
Fritie Ozlia	4	M					Morris Co. NJ	X		Do
Elizabeth	2	F					Do Do			Do
Mary Ogden	75	F					Do Do			Do
David Pound	40	M					Do Do		X	Idiot & Pauper
John Perry	70	M					Do Do		X	Pauper
Ephram Paine	45	M					Do Do			Do
Zenus Paine	50	M					Do Do			Do
Elizabeth	55	F					Do Do		X	Blind & Pauper
John Reed	35	M					Scotland			Insane & Pauper
Sarah Shipman	60	F					Morris Co. NJ		X	Pauper
John H. Speer	22	M					Essex Co. NJ		X	Idiot & Pauper
Ann Steel	50	F					Ireland		X	Insane & Pauper
David Tompking	75	M					Morris Co. NJ			Pauper
Hannah Towling	50	F					Do Do		X	Do
Catharine Towgin	25	F					Ireland		X	Insane & Pauper
Harriet Talmage	50	F					Morris Co. NJ			Insane & Pauper
James Van Orden	6	M					Do Do	X		Pauper
John Vanduyne	7	M					Do Do	X		Do
James Wright	28	M					Do Do			Idiot & Pauper
John Whitisead	55	M					Do Do			Pauper
Chielon Candfield	8	M	B				Do Do	X		Do
Nancy Meaker	27	F					Do Do			Do
Margaret	4	F					Do Do			Do
Conrad Fredrick	65	M					Do Do		X	Do
Ann Culiver	53	F					Do Do		X	Do
Phebe McNear	35	F					Sussex Co. NJ			Do
Mary C. McNear	7	F					Morris Co. NJ			Deaf & Dumb Pauper
Jas. C. McNear	5	M					Do Do	X		Pauper
David H. Long (?)	1	M					Do Do			Do
John Osborn	35	M					Do Do		X	Idiot & Pauper
Sylus Allen	45	M					Do Do			Pauper
Edward Mavyen	60	M					Germany		X	Do
Elize Starr	50	F					Morris Co. NJ		X	Do
Sarah Orsborn	30	F					Do Do			Do
Louisa	9/12	F					Do Do			Do
Margret Moore	28	F					Ireland		X	Do
William	5	M					Morris Co. NJ	X		Do
David Moore	2	M					Morris Co. NJ			Pauper
William Smith	60	M					on the Ocean			Do
Frances Huges	30	M					Ireland			Do
John McMahen	55	M					Do			Do
Violet Cephs	55	F	B				Morris Co. NJ		X	Do
Uriah Freman	18	M	B				Do Do			Do
John Freeman	60	M	B				Do Do		X	Do
Julia Wright	20	F	B				Do Do		X	Do
John Hicks	62	M	B				Do Do			Do
Emma L. King	10	F	B				Do Do	X		Do
Andrew Oliver	12	M	B				Do Do	X		Do
Mariah Oliver	4	F	B				Do Do	X		Do
Phebe Halliway	65	F	B				Do Do		X	Do
George Todd	10	M	B				Do Do	X		Do
Lucy Vreeland	25	F	B				Do Do		X	Do
Eunice Vreeland	3	F	B				Do Do			Do
Isabella Wright	5	F	B				Do Do	X		Do

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