Census of the State of Michigan, 1894

(Rmmll mmvmxi^ fibatg THE GIFT OF l:\MURAM.--kLl'V'^'-.':^-.y.yi m. .cPfe£.. Am4l im7 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARV Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924072676715 CENSUS STATE OF MICHIGAN 1894 SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES YOLTJME ni COMPrLED AND PUBLISHBD BY WASHINGTON GARDNER, SECRETARY OF STATE In accordance with an Act of the Legrislature, approved May 31, 1893 BY AUTHOEITY LANSING EOBEET SMITH & CO., STATE PEINTEES AND BINDEES CONTENTS. Table 1. The United States soldiers of the civil war distinguished as aative and foreig:n-born by ages and civil condition. Table 2. The United States soldiers of the civil war diatingnisbed as native and foreign-bom by ages in periods of years. Table 3. The United States soldiers of the civil war distinguished as native and foreign-born by civil condition. Table i. The Confederate soldiers by ages. Table 5. The Confederate soldiers distingnished as native and foreign-born and by civil condition. Table 6. The United States soldiers of the Mexican war distinguished as native and foreign-bom and by civil condition. Table 7. The United States marines distinguished as native and foreign-bom and by civil condition. Table 8. By nativity and by ages in periods of years, the U. S. soldiers, sailors and marines who were sick or temporarily disabled on the day of the enumerator's visit, together with the nature of the sickness or disability. List of names of the U, S. soldiers of the civil war. LETTER OF T"R.ANSMTTTAT. MICHIGAN, ) Depaetment of State, > Lansing, June 13, 1896. ) Hon. John T. Eioh, Governor of the State of Michigan: Sib—I present herewith Volume III of the State census pf June 1, 1894, containing the statistics of soldiers, sailors and marines. Very respectfully, WASHINGTON GARDNER, Secretary of State. SUMMARY SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS OP THE CIVIL WAR. The aggregate number of United States soldiers of the civil war returned is 42,544, of whom 34,946 are native and 7,598 foreign-born. Of the native, 1,525 are single men; 30,178 married; 2,871 widowed; 363 divorced, and for 9 the civil condition is not reported. Of the foreign- bom, 455 are single; 6,267 married; 803 widowed; 69 divorced, and for 4 the civil condition is not reported. The ages range from 40 to 95 years. There are 33 reported 40 years old, and 1 at 91, 1 at 92, 2 at 93, and 1 at 95. There are 249 who are 80 years old or over, and 2,464 who are 70 years Old or over. The largest number reported at any one age is 3,137 at 50 years, and the largest number at any ten year period is 22,065, more than one-half the whole number, at the period 50 to 60. The ages of 33 are not reported. The average age of all returned is 56.07 years. The average age of the native is 55.71 years, and of the foreign-born 57.70 years. The average age of the single is 55.85 years; of the married, 55.66; of the widowed, 60.19, and of the divorced, 56.16 years. The population schedule required a return of the diseases or temporary disabilities of all persons who were, by reason of disease or disability, unable to attend to ordinary business or duties, on the day of the enumerator's visit in June, 1894. The diseases and disabilities of the United States soldiers, sailors and marines of the civil war are shown in table 8. The total number returned as sick or disabled is 6,105, which is 14.23 per cent, or about one in seven of the whole number. The number of the native is 4,964, and of the foreign-born 1,141. The native are 14.11 per cent of the native soldiers, sailors and marines, and the foreign-bom 14.75 per cent of the foreign-born soldiers, sailors and marines. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. The number of Confederate soldiers in the State is 148, of whom 102 are native and 46 foreign-born. The number who are single is 11; married, 124; widowed, 12, and divorced, 1. The ages range from 43 to 82. The largest number reported at any one age is 13 at 52. The average age is 55.41 years. CENSUS OF MICHIGAN—JUNE 1, 1894. UNITED STATES SAILORS AND MARINES. The number of United States sailors and marines in the State is 359, of whom 223 are native and 136 foreign-born. The number single is 24; married, 291 ; widowed, 43, and divorced, 1. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS OP THE MEXICAN WAR. No report of soldiers of the Mexican war was required, yet enumerators have reported 41 in the State at the date of the census. Their nativity and civil condition are shown in table 6. The number native is 30, and foreign-born 11. The number single is 1; married, 27; widowed, 9, and divorced, 4. The youngest reported is 61, and the oldest 102. The number by ages, is as follows: 61 years, 1; 64, 3; 65, 2; 67, 3; 68, 2; 69, 7; 70, 1; 71, 2; 72, 6; 73, 2; 74, 2; 75, 2; 76, 3; 77, 1; 79, 1; 84, 2, and 102, 1. The average age is 72.34 years. GENERAL REMARKS. The total number of soldiers as compiled may doubtless be taken as substantially accurate, but it has been found impossible to make the ages, civil condition, and list of names entirely satisfactory. The census return of each inhabitant was made on a single schedule page, but in two successive divisions of the page; that is, on the upper part of the page were entered the name and a portion of the statistics relating to each person, and on the corresponding line on the lower part of the page the statistics .were completed. The question whether or not the person was a soldier in the late war was on the lower part of the schedule page. Many of the enumerators failed to make any answer to this question except in the case of persons who were soldiers, that is they did not write the word "no," as should have been done, in the case of persons who were not soldiers, with the result that in enumerating a soldier, the entry "United States soldier" was quite likely to be made on the wrong line. To illustrate, suppose the entry "United States soldier" be found in the proper column on line 4 in the lower part of the schedule page, and that it is the only entry in the column, there being no other soldier reported on the page. Referring to line 4 in the upper part of the page, where the name, age, civil condition and birthplace of the soldier should be reported, the name of a woman, perhaps a child, or of a person too young to have served in the civil war, is found. The explanation is, the enumerator having failed to make an entry on every line could and did make the entry "United States soldier" on the wrong line. In such cases it was often very difficult, sometimes impossible, to determine which of the persons enumerated on the page was the soldier. If a male old enough to have been a soldier was enumerated in the family, one of whose members was enumerated on line 4, and there was no other male of suitable age enumerated near by, then he was accepted and compiled as a United States soldier. If, however, there were others enumerated near by, a letter was written the enumerator requesting correction. Let- ters, however, were not always answered, and all answers did not contain desired corrections, and a choice between two or more persons became necessary. Of course it is not presumed such choices could be made in SUMMARY. 9 any considerable number of cases without some mistakes. Mistakes in names, ages, ci^il condition, and in the number of native and foreign- born respectively, have undoubtedly been made, yet, except those in names, the mistakes are not to be regarded as serious, as they do not affect either to increase or decrease the total number. The list of names will be found to contain many errors due to illegible writing as well as errors referred to above. It was simply impossible to determine with certainty a large number of names. It will be exasper- ating to search the list for one's own name or that of a neighbor and not find it, but the work in this oflfice has been done with the utmost care, and greater accuracy was out of the question. The foregoing is the text as published in bulletin form December 26, 1895. In March, 1896, after the complete list of soldiers was in type, a letter was addressed to each enumerator, in which he was requested to revise the list for his enumeration district, and correct mistakes in spell- ing and any other errors he might discover. The list of names was enclosed with the letter, and the enumerator reminded that it was to be of date June 1, 1894. In addition a list of the soldiers in each county was sent the several G. A. R. Posts in the county with the request that the officers and members correct it so far as able, and General DaboU, Com- mander of the Department of Michigan G.

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