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McGoughs and McGues in the 1870 Census of the United States by Hugh McGough

These are my notes on McGough and McGue families in the 1870 census of the United States. I treat Magough as a form of McGough. McGues (and Magues when there is an indication that the origin of the name is Irish) are included because, when the name has been entered in a US census return, it often represents a family whose name was recorded as McGough in Ireland. McGows are listed only when other information identifies them as McGoughs, since McGow is most often a form of McGowan. There are "look backs" to earlier censuses that I found helpful in tracing the movements of a family from county to county or from state to state. For a comprehensive listing of McGoughs in the 1860 census, go to: McGoughs and McGues in the 1860 Census of the United States. I also list on this page several McGaughs (sometimes listed as McGaws) in Ray county, Missouri, because that family has often mistakenly been called McGough.

The 1870 census shows 77 African-Americans with the surname McGough: 31 in Georgia, 21 in Louisiana, 15 in Louisiana, 9 in Arkansas, and 1 in Mississippi. Without exception, these persons could neither read nor write. These persons are listed on a separate page: African-American McGoughs in the 1870 Census. There are cross references on this page. There were also several black McGaughs in the 1870 census of Ray county, Missouri, whom I do not list.

States and territories where I found no form of the name in the 1870 census are: Arizona, District of Columbia, Dakota Territory, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

The states in which I found a form of McGough are listed alphabetically. Under the heding for a state (or territory), counties are listed alphabetically, and then townships within counties are alphabetized. To find maps with the boundaries and locations of counties in any state, go to the US Census Bureau's website State & County QuickFacts, click on the state, and when statistics are displayed, click on view map above the search box at the upper left.

Alabama

AL - Choctaw County

Butler P.O.

(1870) William McGue, age 36, stock minder, with personal property worth $300, born in Alabama, married in November, 1869. (roll 7, page 442b)

Mary McGue, age 21, keeping house, born in Alabama

Living with them was Nancy Russell, age 42, born in Alabama, Perhaps Mary's mother.

AL - Crenshaw County

Rutledge P.O.

(1870) James McGough, age 67, farming, real estate worth $1000, personal property worth $400, born in Georgia, father and mother of foreign birth.(roll 12, page 111b). [James McGough was born to John McGough and Elizabeth Carson on November 23, 1803, and was married in Greene county, Georgia. He died in Alabama in about 1883. His siblings listed in the 1870 census are Robert and Margaret McGough in Monroe county (Forsythe) Georgia; Martha Nelson in Green county, Georgia; Thomas Mcgough in Butts county, Georgia; and Matilda Sharp in Scott county (Hillsboro) Mississippi. See: The McGough Family page by Carol E. Scott, Clan McGough by Edward McGough, and my page: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda Carson McGough. See also Rowe, page 45. Listed in the 1860 census in Lowndes county, Alabama.]

Martha McGough, age 17, keeping house, born in Alabama. [Martha C. McGough]

Richmond McGough, age 14, "home," born in Alabama [Richmond Columbus McGough, born on Augst 5, 1855, in Crenshaw county, married Lizzie L. Lawrence in 1882, and died on September 13, 1890, in Crenshaw county.]

(1870) James McGough, age 27, farming, real estate worth $250, personal property worth $250, born in Georgia. (roll 12, page 115b). [James Jefferson McGough, son of James McGough, immediately above. Listed in the 1860 census in the home of his father and mother in Lowndes county. He enlisted in the 59th Alabama Infantry, Company D, CSA, on January 1, 1862, was wounded in the right knee in the battle of Chickamauga (Tennessee), and was with the army of General Robert E. Lee when it surrendered at Appatomattox (Virginia) on April 9, 1865. He died on December 25, 1928, in Coolsprings, Crenshaw county, on December 25, 1928, having been blind for some years previously. Rowe, page 48.]

Eliza McGough, age 21, keeping house, born in Alabama. [B. Elizabeth Beaseley (aka Elizabeth J. Beasley) whom James Jefferson McGough married on December 2, 1866, in Lowndes county, Alabama. She died in Crenshaw county on October 7, 1933. Rowe, page 48. The 1900 census of Crenshaw county (2nd district) lists Louiza Beasley (grandmother), age 71, born in November, 1828, in Alabama, mother of 1 child, 1 living, in the home of her grandson, Jimmie McGough, age 32, born in September, 1867, in Alabama, married 10 years, farming.]

James McGough, age 2, born in Alabama. [James Alexander McGough, born on September 11, 1867, married Mary E. Bell in 1890, and died in the winter of 1945 in Crenshaw county.]

John McGough, age 4 months, born in Alabama. [John Thomas McGough, born on January 21, 1870, married Lona Posey on September 21, 1894, and died on August 7, 1955, in Swifton, Arkansas. An article in the November 4, 1954, issue of the Tuckerman (Arkansas) Record reported on the 60th wedding anniversary of J.T. McGough and Lona V. Bryant., who married in Alpine, Alabama on Sept. 12, 1894.]

(1870) Mary McGough, age 34, keeping house, with real estate worth $400 and personal property worth $300, born in Alabama (roll 12, page 73a) [Mary Pollard McGough was the widow of John R. McGough, the oldest child of James and Sarah McGough. John was born in 1827 in Georgia, married Mary A. Pollard, who was born on October 1, 1835. John served in the Civil War in Company D, 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, and apparently died shortly after the end of the war. He is buried in Salem Church of Christ Cemetery, Honoraville, Crenshaw county, Alabama. Mary died on March 15, 1905, and is buried in Similly Cemetery, Honoraville. Rowe, page 46. The family is listed in the 1860 census of Alabama in Butler county, 6th Precinct, Friendship P.O.]

William McGough, age 18, farming, born in Alabama

James McGough, age 14, born in Alabama

Sarah McGough, age 12, born in Alabama, attended school within the past year

Elisabeth McGough, age 12, born in Alabama, attended school within the past year

Jeremiah McGough, age 10, born in Alabama, attended school within the past year

John McGough, age 5, born in Alabama.

AL - Russell County

Glennville

(1870) John McGough, age 57, farmer, with real estate worth $65,000 and personal property worth $30,000, born in Georgia. (roll 38, page 201a) [This John McGough was the oldest child of Robert L. McGough and Sandal Cabaniss, born on September 15, 1812, in Jones county, Georgia. He accumulated considerable wealth before he married Mary Elizabeth Dawson on July 27, 1852, in Columbus, Georgia. He sold his business and moved to Eufaula, Alabama, at the beginning of the Civil War. John McGough is listed in the 1850 and 1880 censuses of Columbus (Muscogee county), Georgia. He died on December 13, 1888, and is buried in the old church yard at Glennville, Alabama, with his wife and most of his children. Rowe, pages 12–14. Before 1868, John McGough had owned a plantation in Barbour county, Alabama, where he held 84 slaves. See the entry from the 1860 slave schdule under Barbour conty, Alabama, in my page on the 1860 census. Russell county, where he lived in 1870, was immediately north of Barbour county. See Barbour County, Alabama—Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Schedules and Surname Matches for African Americans on 1870 Census, transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001, and my page: African-American McGoughs in the 1870 Census.

[Here is a description of the McGough plantation in Barbour county from Backtracking in Barbour County : a narrative of the last Alabama frontier, by Anne Kendrick Walker, page 326 (The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1941, 448 pages, in Chapter XXIII, "At Old Batseville Town":

"Picking up historic plantations in the Deep South by wealthy Yankees was once an easy matter. It was new money to a poor but proud land. George F. Baker invaded the Glennville section when he became owner of the great domain of the McGoughs, whose pillared house preserved the romatic legend of wealth and ease and fine living. But not many of the storied mansions of Barbour county have changed hands."]

Mary E. McGough, age 38, keeps house, born in Georgia [May Elizabeth Dawson.born on December 19, 1854, in Columbus, Georgia; attended college in Staunton, Virginia.]

Anne B. McGough, age 15, born in Georgia, attended school within the past year [Annie Blair McGough was born on December 19, 1854, in Columbus, Georgia, and attended college in Staunton, Virginia. She married William Clarence Hart on May 8, 1873, in a large wedding, with 12 groomsmen and bridesmaids. Anna Blair McGough Hart died in Montgomery, Alabama, on Decmber 7, 1893. Rowe, page 15. They had one child, Annie Will Hart, who was born in Glennville, who married William Gaston Lewis, a civil engineer, in Eufaula, Alabama, on January 6, 1911. See The Battle Book : a genealogy of the Battle family in America, by Herbert Bremerton Battle, page 312 (Paragon Press, Montgomery, Alabama, 1930, 780 pages).]

Robert McGough, age 13, born in Georgia, attended school within the past year [Robert Carson McGough, died in Columbus, Georgia, on March 27, 1880, at the age of 22 without having married. Rowe, page 15].

William D. McGough, age 11, born in Georgia, attended school within the past year [Rowe, at pages 14 and 16, lists him as Thomas Dawson McGough, born July 1, 1859, in Columbus, Georgia; married Annie Will Perry on December 14, 1889, in Glennville, Alabama; and died in 1842.]

George L. McGough, age 8, born in Georgia, attended school within the past year [George Lafayette McGough, twin brother of Hugh Blair McGough, was born on September 8, 1861, in Columbus, Georgia, and died on on August 24, 1933, in Pittsview, Alabama.]

Hugh B. McGough, age 8, born in Georgia, attended school within the past year [Hugh Blair McGough, twin brother of George Lafayette McGough, was born on September 8, 1861, in Columbus, Georgia, and died on on February 6, 1894, in Eufaula, Alabama.]

John D. McGough, age 5, born in Alabama [Rowe, at page 14, lists him as John Lee Welch McGough, born on January 21, 1864, and died on October 18, 1909, in Glennville, Alabama.]

Mary E. McGough, age 4, born in Alabama [Mary Elizabeth McGough, born in Barbour county, Alabama, on August 16, 1866; married William Marks Bray on November 20, 1890, in Glennville, Alabama; died on September 11, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas. Rowe, page 14]

Susan B. McGough, age 1, born in Alabama [Susie Sandal McGough, born in Glennville, Alabama, on July 20, 1869; married Leonide A. Baarcke on November 20, 1890, in Glennville, Alabama; died on September 22, 1930, in Montgomery, Alabama.]

[John and Mary McGough had one more child after the 1870 census, Henry Dawson McGough, who was born in Glennville, Alabama, on December 19, 1873. He married Caroline C. Jackson on August 15, 1919, and died on February 3, 1946. He is referred to as "Dawson McGough" in History of Barbour County, Alabama, page 146 (Eufaula, Alabama c1939, 570 pages). Rowe, page 18.]

Uchee P.O.

(1870) William McGoo, age 55, harness maker, born in Virginia, could neither read nor write. (roll 38, page 42b)

Ann McGoo, age 35, keeps house, born in Georgia, could neither read nor write.

AL - Walker County

Eldridge P.O.

(1870) John McGough, age 31, farmer, real estate worth $250, personal property worth $250, born in Alabama. (roll 44, page 21b) This must be John McGough, the third son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix, who was born on February 9, 1839, in Coosa county, Alabama. John McGough served in the Confederate Army, died on August 1, 1919, and is buried next to his first wife, Rebecca (identified as Ruth in the census). For much more, see A Glimpse of the Past: Descendants of Robert McGough (b. 1725 in Northern Ireland) by Carolyn McGough Rowe (1988).]

Ruth McGough, age 32, housekeeping, born in South Carolina. [This must be the Rebecca Ann Conn, born in South Carolina on July 11, 1836, identified by Carolyn McGough Rowe at page 90 of her book. She and John were married in November, 1865, just after the Civil War ended. She died on January 13, 1916, and is buried in the Old Union Cemetery near Eldridge, Alabama.]

(1870) Mary McGough, age 2, born in Alabama; and Mandy McGough, age 1, born in Alabama, were living with the family of John Kelly, age 66, farmer, born in Georgia. (roll 44, page 18a). [These are probably the first two daughters of John and Ruth (Rebecca Ann) McGough, listed by Rowe at page 91 of her book as: Martha Ella McGough, also known as Mary Ella McGough, born April 8, 1869, and Amanda J. McGough, born on October 6, 1870 (?). Amanda Jane McGough was married to Jessie Franklin Davis on January 8, 1891, in John McGough's residence in Walker county.]

(1870) Thomas McGough, age 28, minister, born in Alabama, blind. (roll 44, page 71). [Fifth son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix whose family history is described in more detail with their listing in the 1860 census of Lowndes County, Alabama, Hayneville P.O. Thomas [Thomas McGough was born on January 29, 1842. He joined the Union Army, the 6th Illinois Calvary, Company E. He contracted smallpox in the Army, which led to his becoming blind. He married Sarah J. Ellison. They had twelve children. He died April 17, 1898, in Walker county, Alabama, and is buried in Smith Cemetery, Prospect, Walker county. Rowe, page 94. He and his family are listed in the 1860 census of Alabama, under Walker county, Kansas P.O.]

Sarah McGough, age 23, housekeeping, born in Georgia. [Born on September 14, 1847, died on January 22, 1934, and is buried beside her husband.]

Salina, age 4, born in Alabama. [Susannah C. McGough, born July 12, 1866, married James F. Blackwell on February 21, 1884, in Walker county, died June 18, 1948, buried in Old Flatwoods Cemetery. Rowe, page 94]

Ruthy, age 1, born in Alabama. [Ruthy Welthy Ann McGough, born in 1868, married Lucious Comer, then married B. R. C. Harper on August 12, 1913, died in 1944 in Walker county, Alabama, buried in Old Flatwoods Cemetery. Rowe, page 94]

York P.0.

(1870) James McGough, farmer, age 34, farmer, born in Alabama, living next to William McGough, below, age 58, his father. (roll 44, page 86b) [James Anderson McGough, Sr., was the oldest son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix. He was born on December 21, 1835 in Bibb county, Alabama. He married Nancy M. (Ann) Downey in 1857 or 1858, probably in Walker county, Alabama. James was a blacksmith and a farmer, moved his family to Montgomery county, Alabama, around 1883, died there in 1888, and is buried in Peak Cemetery, West Garland county, Arkansas. Rowe, page 85.]

Nancy McGough, age 33, housekeeping, born in Alabama

William McGough, age 12, "works on farm," born in Alabama

Mary McGough, age 10, born in Alabama

Francis McGough (female), age 7, born in Alabama

Sherman McGough, age 4, born in Alabama

Sarah, age 3, born in Alabama [Rowe, page 85, lists her as Catherine Sarah McGough, born in 1867 in Alabama, and says that she burned to death in Arkansas while in her teens.

John, age 1, born in Alabama

(1870) Richard McGough, age 23, farmer, $300 worth of real estate, born in Alabama, living next to his brother, James McGough, and his father, William McGough. [Richard Lafayette McGough, born on April 14, 1849, the seventh son of William B. McGough and Welthy Ann Nix. His first wife, Catherine, died on April 3, 1873, and he married his second wife, Susan Amanda O'Mary, on January 22, 1874. Rowe, page 100.]

Catherine, 18, housekeeping, born in Alabama [Mary Catherine Love McGough, according to Rowe, page 88.]

(1870) William McGough, age 58, farmer, with real estate worth $1000, personal property worth $800, born in Kentucky. [William B. McGough was the oldest child of John McGough and Elizabeth "Polly" Brooks who were married in Christian county, Kentucky, on June 22, 1810. See my page: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda Carson McGough. William was born on August 3, 1812, while they lived in Kentucky. The family moved to Dallas county, Alabama, in 1819; and into Bibb county, Alabama, before March 2, 1832. William McGough married Welthy Ann Nix in Bibb county on January 10, 1835. Some time before 1840, William moved with his parents to Coosa county, Alabama. William sold at least some of his land in Coosa county on October 2, 1839, and probably moved to sometime after the census of 1840. He owned a saw mill and a grist mill at the time of the Civil War. William died on March 1, 1888, and is buried in Old Flatwoods Cemetery, Walker county, next to his first wife Welthy Ann (Annie). Rowe, pages 80–82. There is much more about this family in my page on the 1860 census of Alabama under Walker county, Kansas P.O.]

Annie McGough, age 52, housekeeping, born in Alabama [Welthy Ann Nix, born July 12, 1818, died on August 9, 1878, buried in Old Flatwoods Cemetery, Walker county. Rowe, pages 80–82]

Petri McGough, age 19, works on farm, born in Alabama [Peter McGough, born on January 14, 1851, according to Rowe, page 88 ]

Aaron McGough, age 17, works on farm, born in Alabama [Andrew Jackson McGough, born on April 4, 1853, according to Rowe, page 88 ]

Reuben, age 15, works on farm, born in Alabama

Neuton, age 12, works on farm, born in Alabama [Rowe spells the name Newton.}

Manuel, age 11, works on farm, born in Alabama

Arkansas

AR - Craighead County

Maumelle Township (Jonesboro P.O.) [See 1870 census of Maumell township]

(1870) John McGough, age 39, farmer, born in Alabama. (roll 51, page 155b) [Also known as Jayhugh or Jehu McGough; see McGough Family Of Craighead County Arkansas, which may assign this John McGough to the wrong parents.. (If you Google the phrase "John Hugh" Jehu Alabama, you will discover that Jehu was sometimes used in Alabama as a nickname of John Hugh.) Gehue McGoff (McGough), was a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army. The company was formed during the early summer of 1862 at Jonesboro, Craighead county, Arkansas. He enlisted on July 10, 1862 at Jonesboro—surrendered May 11, 1865—and was paroled May 25, 1865 at Wittsburg. He was described (I assume at the time of parole) as follows: age 35, blue eyes, black hair, fair complexion, height 5' 8", born in Alabama. This was probably this same John McGough. See: JayHugh McGough born in AL, in AR by 1861. John McGough may have been the son of James Madison McGough and Polly Rasberry. See the entry for James McGough under subdivision 23, Choctaw county, Mississippi, on my page: McGoughs and McGues in the 1850 Census of the United States.]

Rebecca V. McGough*, age 28, keeping house, born in Alabama [Rebecca G. Oden, daughter of Silas Mercer Oden, who was born in 1815 in Tennessee and died in 1866, and Mary A. Tucker, whom he married on March 9, 1841 in Lauderdale county, Alabama.]

Martha McGough, age 14, born in Arkansas

Thomas C. McGough, age 12, work on farm, born in Arkansas

Mary G. McGough, age 9, born in Arkansas. [Listed as Mary McGaugh, age 20, in the 1880 census of this same place.]

William McGough, age 7, born in Arkansas* [Listed as William McGaugh, age 18, in the 1880 census of this same place. ]

John M. McGough, age 4, born in Arkansas. [Listed as John McGaugh, age 15, in the 1880 census of this same place.]

Robert N. McGough, age 5 months, born in Arkansas in February, 1870.* [Listed as Robert McGaugh, age 10, in the 1880 census of this same place. Robert McGough married Alice V. McGough, who died in Lake City, Arkansas, at age 86, and left several children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Other information is that Robert Newton McGough (1870–1955) Lake City, Arkansas, married Mary Cathern Downs (1870–1916), Lake City, Arkansas, See: McGough Family Of Craighead County Arkansas.]

[*Rebecca Oden McGough died before 1880. The Marriage Records of Craighead County, Arkansas, show that John McGough, age 40, married Miss Tenna Cook, age 25, on August 25, 1880.]

[*The List of Electors Having Paid Poll Tax in 1897 in Craighead county, Arkansas, included R. N. McGough, as well as J. M. McGough and William McGough.]

AR - Union County

Johnson Township (Hillsboro P.O.)

(1870) Alfred McGough, age 46, farmer, with real estate worth $500 and personal property worth $400, born in Alabama. (roll 65, page 569b) [Alfred William McGough was the sixth child and third son of James McGough and Sarah Hollowell. (Rowe, pages 147, 155). He was born on October 28, 1828, in Summerfield, Dallas county, Alabama. His family moved to Arkansas in about 1844. He married Elzira (sometimes written as Eliza) Harrel Doty on November 19, 1854, in Union county, Arkansas. Union County Marriage Records—Grooms lists a marriage of Alfred W. McGough and Elisa Doby in 1854. Arkansas Marriages, 1820–1949 on Ancestry.com lists the marriage of Alfred W. McGaugh and Eliza Doty on November 17, 1854, in Union county. . Alfred died in Hillsboro, Arkansas, on July 26, 1884, and is buried in Springhill Cemetery in Oakland, Louisiana. His wife, Eliza, died on November 24, 1901, and is buried in Union county, Arkansas. Rowe, page 158. Listed in the 1860 census under Union county, Wilmington township; and in the 1850 census of Wilmigton township living with his mother, Sarah MaGuse (sic).]

Eliza McGough, age 39, keeping house, born in Tennessee [Elzira Harrel Doty McGough, born May 20, 1834, in Raleigh, Shelby county, North Carolina, died on November 24, 1901. Elzira is buried in Union county, Arkansas. Elzira'sd mother, Elizabeth Doty, age 63, born in North Carolina, was living next door in the home of William G. Pendleton, age 49, farmer, and his wife, Dru J.(or I.) Pendleton, age 42, born in Tennessee. Elizabeth was Elzira's mother, Elizabeth Chatwin Harrel Doty, who was born in Jones, North Carolina, in 1805, who married John Chatwin Doty on March 17, 1824, and who died at age 86 in Hillsborough, Arkansas, on May 1, 1891. Her husband had died in Raleigh, Tennessee, at the age of 39, on June 4, 1839. Dru J. Pendleton was Elzira McGough's sister. See the 1880 census of this same place.]

Bodie McGough (male), age 15, born in Arkansas, attended school within the year. [William Boden McGough, born September 20, 1854; died October 17, 1873, of yellow fever at the age of 19, in Hopefield, Tennessee.]

Sarah McGough, age 13, born in Arkansas, attended school within the year. [Sarah Elizabeth McGough, born August 30, 1857, in Crittenden county, Arkansas; married John Bunyan Hudson on January 10, 1878, in Crittenden county, and was the mother of three children. Rowe, page 155.].

Sallie McGough, age 11, born in Arkansas, attended school within the year. [Mary Ann McGough, born May 19, 1859, in Crittenden county, Arkansas; married John Milton Murphy on December 10, 1879, in Crittenden county, Arkansas, had three children; died on March 5, 1884 in Oakland (Union pairsh), Louisiana (which is just south of the Arkansas/Louisiana line). Rowe, page 155]

Luidy McGough (female), age 9, born in Arkansas. [Frances Alinia McGough, born May 31, 1861, in Crittenden county, Arkansas; listed as F. A. McGough in the 1880 census; married James Moose Murphy on November 9, 1881, in Crittenden county, Arkansas; buried at Springhill Baptist Church in Oakland (Union parish), Louisiana. Rowe, page 155]

Anne McGough, age 4, born in Arkansas. [Annie Wylie McGough, born December 6, 1866; listed as W. A. McGough in the 1880 census.]

(1870) Henry McGough (possibly a mulatto), age 26, farm laborer, born in Arkansas (roll 65, page 555a)

Lucy McGough (a black woman), age 20, keeping house, born in Arkansas

Luidy McGough (female), age 9, born in Arkansas

Anne McGough, age 4, born in Arkansas

Wilmington Township

(1870) George W. McGough, age 40, farmer, born in Alabama (living next to his brother, James Irvin McGough) (roll 65, page 603b) [George Washington McGough was born on November 25, 1829, in Dallas county, Alabama. He was the seventh child and fourth son of James McGough and Sarah Hollowell. (Rowe, page 147). He married Amanda Thompson in Arkansas on January 6, 1859. Amanda died on March 22, 1874, and is buried at Rhodes Chapel UMC Cemetery in Union county. On October 20, 1881, George remarried -- the widow Annie Amason -- and had seven more children. George died on January 18, 1903, and is buried beside both his first wife, Amanda, and his second wife, Annie, who died on February 16, 1901. Rowe, page 156.]

Amanda McGough, age 34, keeping house, born in Mississippi

Harriet E. McGough, age 10, born in Arkansas

Florence McGough, age 9, born in Arkansas

William McGough, age 7, born in Arkansas

(1870) James I. McGough, age 49, farmer, born in Alabama (living next to his brother, George Washington McGough) [James Irwin McGough was the fourth child of James McGough and Sarah Hollowell. He was born on July 21, 1822, in Dallas county, Alabama. (Rowe, page 147). He was about 22 years old when his family moved from Alabama to Union county, Arkansas. On May 20, 1845, he married Margaret Jane Thompson in Union county. He died on October 5, 1889, in Union county and is buried there in the Rhodes Chapel UMC Cemetery, Lawson, Arkansas. Margaret died in Union county at the age of 92 on July 20, 1922. Rowe, page 148.]

Margaret McGough, age 40, keeping house, born in Kentucky

Isaac W. McGough, age 18, born in Arkansas [Rowe lists him as Jay Winfield McGough, born on May 24, 1852, in Union county, Arkansas.]

Robert E. McGough, age 15, born in Arkansas

Eliza McGough,. age 13, born in Arkansas [Here is a posting of November 26, 2004, on McGough genforum, by Carol Smith entitled McGough/ Overman: "Ella Amanda McGough (born 28 Feb 1857 in Union, AR) married John Overman. Ella was the daughter of James Irvin McGough (born 21 July 1822 in Dallas Co, AL) and Margaret Jane Thompson (born about 1829 in KY). I am curious about this John Overman. Does anyone have any info on him?" Liz Budzowski responded that James Irvin and Margaret Jane Thompson McGough were her great-great-grandparents, and that John Overman (listed as Overmans) is found in the 1900 census of Ouachita county, Arkansas, Carroll township, age 47, born in July, 1852, married 10 years, born in Arkansas to a father born in North Carolina and mother born in Tennessee; with his wife, Ellen A. Overmans, age 41, born in February, 1859, in Arkansas, to a father born in Alabama and mother born in Kentucky, mother of 5 children, all living, and all at home (roll 70, page 266). In the 19120 census of the same place, the husband is listed as John R. Overman, age 57, and the wife as Amanda E. Overman, and the wife as Amanda E. Overman, age 51 (roll 59, book 3, page 70a)]

Francis N. McGough (male), age 10, born in Arkansas [Rowe says this is a female, Frances Ann McGough, born July 28, 1859, in Union county. She is probably right, since Frances married Thomas Martin Bates, Jr., on January 2, 1880, and thereafter gave birth to several children.]

Thomas J. McGough, age 9, born in Arkansas

Lavinia McGough, age 6, born in Arkansas [Rowe lists her as Emma Louvenia McGough, born on March 31, 1865, in Union county.]

Mary McGough, age 4, born in Arkansas [Rowe lists her as Millie Alabama McGough, born on May 12, 1867, in Union county.]

Velara McGough, age 1 [Rowe lists her as Margaret Valeria McGough, born on January 12, 1869, in Union county.]

[Living in the home were Caroline McGough, a black domestic servant, born in Arkansas, and apparently her daughter, age 3 months, born in March, 1870.]

(1870) Miles H. McGough, age 32, farmer, with real estate worth $350 and personal property worth $600, born in Alabama, who could neither read nor write (roll 65, page 602a) [Rowe, at page 147, lists Miles H. McGough, born in 1836 in Alabama, who married Sarah, as the sixth son, and tenthth child, of James McGough and Sarah "Sally" Hollowell. He would, therefore, be a brother of George Washington McGough and James Irwin McGough, who were living in the same township, and Alfred McGough, living in Johnson township.]

Sarah A. McGough, age 41. keeping house, born in Alabama.

Nelson McGough (black), age 15, domestic servant, born in Arkansas, who could neither read nor write.

Wallace McGough (mulatto), age 12, domestic servant, born in Arkansas, who could neither read nor write.

(1868) James M. McGough married Allabamma C. Hill in Union county, Arkansas, on Januiary 2, 1868. Arkansas Marriages, 1820–1949 on Ancestry.com.

California

CA - Los Angeles County

Los Nietos Township

(1870) James H. McGough, age 57, farmer, with real estate worth $2000 and personal property worth $600, born in Missouri (roll 73, page 583b).

Mary A. McGough, age 44, keeping house, born in Missouri

William G. McGough, age 14, born in Missouri

Wesley P. McGough, age 11, born in Missouri

Nancy McGough, age 7, born in California

Susan McGough, age 3, born in California

William D. McGough, age 25, laborer, born in Missouri

Los Angeles Township

(1870) Robert K. McGue, age 48, farmer, with real estate worth $200 and personal property worth $200, born in New York. (possibly Robert R. McGough) (roll 73, page 491b).

CA - San Francisco County

San Francisco, 1st Ward

(1870) James McGeough, age 46, stonecutter, with real estate worth $8000 and personal property worth $1000, born in Ireland. [Foreign-Born Voters of California—1872 lists: McGeough, James......43 in 1868......born in Ireland......37339.] [Spelled McGough in the 1860 census of the same place.]

Ellen McGeough, age 33, keeping house, born in Ireland.

Mary McGeough, age 13, born in California. Attended school within year.

Rose McGeough, age 10, born in California. Attended school within year.

Arthur McGeough, age 8, born in California. Attended school within year.

Thomas McGeough, age 6, born in California. Attended school within year.

James McGeough, age 4, born in California.

CA - Sierra County

Gibson Township

(1870) Thomas McGough, age 40, miner, with real estate worth $1400 and personal property worth $150, born in Ireland (M-593, roll 89, page 542a, line 23) [Foreign-Born Voters of California—1872 lists: McGough, Thomas......34 in 1866......born in England......37490] [In the 1880 census, this family is in Anderson, Mendocino county, California.]

Mary McGough, age 27, keeping house, born in Ireland

Mary Ann McGough, age 3, born in California

Kate R.. McGough, age 1, born in California

Rosa M. McGough, age 1 month, born in California in December, 1869.

CA - Solano County

Vallejo Township

(1870) J. McGough, age 36, a laborer, born in Ireland, living in a boarding house. (roll 90, page 214a) [Foreign-Born Voters of California—1872 lists: McGough, John......28 in 1868......born in Ireland......37488]

[Foreign-Born Voters of California—1872 also lists: McGough, Owen......29 in 1871......born in Ireland......37489.]

[McGough, Frank... died in 1892 ... age 58 ...1892D-4214; McGough, Nicholas... died in 1888 ... age 54 ...1888D-3414; San Francisco Call Newspaper — Vital Records for 1869–1897.]

Colorado

CO - Weld County

Julesburg P.O.

(1870) Joseph McGough, age 23, a soldier (living with a group of soldiers) born in Pennsylvania. (roll 95, page 521a)

Connecticut

CT - Fairfield County

Bridgeport

(1870) Hugh McGough, age 16, "works in L. M. Mfg.," born in Ireland. Living with Dennis Carroll, age 30, laborer,, born in Ireland, and four other Carrolls, all of whom were born in Ireland. . James Carroll, age 30, and Francis Carroll, age 20, both worked in L. M. Mfg. (This might be I. M. Mfg.) (roll 96, page 273b)

Danbury

(1870) Jane McGue, age 55, (no occupation), born in Ireland, can neither read nor write. (roll 97, page 360b)

Isabella McGue, age 60, (no occupation), born in Ireland, can neither read nor write.

CT - Hartford County

Hartford, 2nd Ward

(1870) Ann Mague, age 30, servant, born in Ireland, in the household of Joseph H. Woodruff, age 38, born in Connecticut, a wealthy tobacco dealer. (roll 100, page 442a)

Hartford, 5th District

(1870) Betsey McGue, age 46, domestic, born in Westmeath, Ireland, who can neither read nor write. Living in a hotel. (roll 101, page 673a)

Michael McGue, age 16, works in carriage shop, born in Connecticut, can neither read nor write.

New Britain

(1870) Michael Mague, age 40, iron molder, born in Ireland, could not write, US citizen (M-593, roll 103, page 161, line 22).

Mary Mague, age 38, keeping house, born in Ireland, could not write.

Peter Mague, age 12, at home, born in Connecticut, attended school within the year.

Margaret Mague, age 9, at home, born in Connecticut, attended school within the year.

John Mague, age 7, at home, born in Connecticut, attended school within the year.

Allice (sic) Mague, age 3, at home, born in Connecticut.

CT - Litchfield County

Winchester

(1870) Patrick McGough, age 42, works on railroad, born in Ireland. (Living with several other Irish railroad workers in a house operated by Peter Donnelly, age 37, a railroad contractor, who was born in Ireland.) (roll 106, page 591a)

CT -New Haven County

New Haven, Ward 1

(1870) Lissie Mague (indexed by Anestry.com as Lizzie), age 6, born in Connecticut, father and mother foreign born, in an orphan asylum (M-593, roll 109, page 105, line 33)..

CT - Windham County

Plainfield

(1870) Frank Mague, age 20, working farm, born in Rhode Island, on the farm of Mary A. Colvin, age 62, born in Rhode Island. (roll 116, page 479b)

Georgia

GA - Butts County

Indian Springs P.O.

(1870) James McGough, age 34, farmer, with $1000 worth of real estate and $700 worth of personal property, born in Georgia. (roll 138, page 523b) Living next to his brother, John Thomas McGough, and one farm removed from his father, William Thomas McGough. Rowe, pages 32. James Robert McGough was born in Butts county on September 16, 1836. The 1864 Census for Butts County GA for Reorganizing of the Georgia Militia. listed James R. McGough, age 26 years and 4 months, farmer. He served in the Civil War in Company I, 14th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. The 1870 census lists his wife as Hariett. Carolyn McGough Rowe, however, at pages 32 and 33, says that James married Elizabeth J. Bankston in Butts county on December 18, 1869, and lists 7 children of this marriage, none of whom match those listed in the census. The James Robert McGough described by Rowe died in Butts county on December 4, 1913, and is buried in the County Line Church cemetery. Carol E. Scott repeats the data and says, on the McGough Family page, "James Robert McGough (pictured at left) and his wife Elizabeth Bankston had five girls, Emma Estelle, Minnie May, Birdie Ola, Margaret Louisa, and Martha Jane and two boys, William Thomas and Joseph Gordon." ???]

[Elizabeth J. Bankston was the daughter of William R. Bankston. Don Bankston has purchased a biography of William J. Bankston in which he says: "After selling his home and leaving the position of Clerk of Suprior court in 1876, medical problems and his declining health forced him to move into the home of his his daughter, Elizabeth Bankston McGough at Jenkinsburg, Georgia (1880 Census).* He continued to live in the household of Elizabeth and James Robert McGough until his death December 10, 1891. No Obituary has been found. His burial place is unknown, but most likely he is buried beside his first wife, Mahala Collins Bankston in one of the unmarked graves in the Jackson Georgia City Cemetery." In the 1880 census of Butts copunty, Georgia, Buttrill District (615 Militia District) , ]

Harriett McGough, age 35, keeping house, born in Georgia

Laura McGough, age 8, born in Georgia

Sam McGough, age 6, born in Georgia

Laura McGough, age 5, white, born in Georgia. [In the 1880 census of Butts county, Buttrill District (615th Militia District), Lora McGough, black, age 13 (possibly 15), sister-in-law, is listed as living (near James R. McGough*) in the home of George Thomas, age 30, black, "works unknown, " who could neither read nor write, born in Georgia to parents, born in Georgia; and Alice Thomas, mulatto, age 25, wife, who could neither read nor write, born in Georgia to parents, born in Georgia. (roll 136, page 367b).]

Charley McGough, age 6 months, born in Georgia in January, 1870.

[Harriett, the two Lauras, Sam and Charley, are all listed as white. They may have been black. In the 1880 census of Butts county (District 615), Charlie McGough, age 12, black, is listed as living with and a nephew of William Mooreland, age 50, black, a farmer.]

*Here is the 1880 census listing in the Buttrill District (615th Militia District) of Butts county, Georgia:

(1880) James R. McGough,age 42, farmer, born in Georgia to parents born in Georgia. (roll 136, page 367b).

Elizabeth J. McGough, age 35, wife, keeps house, born in Georgia to parents born in Georgia.

Emma E. McGough, age 12, daughter, at home, born in Georgia.

William T. McGough, age 10, son at home, born in Georgia.

Minnie W. McGough, age 8, daughter, at home, born in Georgia.

Buelia A. McGough, age 4, daughter, at home, born in Georgia.

Margaret L. McGough, age 2, daughter, at home, born in Georgia.

William R. Bankston, age 67, father-in-law, at home, born in Georgia to parents born in Georgia.

(1870) John T. McGough, age 35, farmer, with $1000 worth of real estate and $500 worth of personal property, born in Georgia. (roll 138, page 523b) Living next to Thomas McGough. [John Thomas McGough was born on December 23, 1832, was the son of Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure, served in the Civil War, maried Sarah Evans in 1871, died in Butts county on May 12, 1872, and is buried in the County Line Baptist Church. See: The McGough Family page by Carole E. Scott. In his will, executed in 1873, David Evans of Butts county made a $500 bequest to "my son Jessie E Evans, my daughter Martha L Carter, my son James A Evans and William H Evans, and my daughter Sarah J McGough.]

Lou McDaniel (black female), age 18, farm labor, born in Georgia, who could neither read nor write

Ann Eliza McDaniel (black), age 13, farm labor, born in Georgia, who could neither read nor write

Amy McDaniel (black), age 9, born in Georgia

Sue McDaniel (black), age 6, born in Georgia

Allau McDaniel (black), age 4, born in Georgia

James McDaniel (black), age 2, born in Georgia

(1870) Thomas McGough, age 75, farmer, with $1200 worth of real estate and $700 worth of personal property, born in North Carolina (?). (roll 138, page 523a) [William Thomas McGough was the seventh child, and fourth son, of John McGough and Elizabeth Carson McGough. He was born on April 7, 1795, in Greene county, Georgia. He married Nancy McClure on February 14, 1804, in Butts county, and they lived in Butts county until he died on January 23, 1876. Nancy died on January 28, 1876. They are both buried at the County Line Church Cemetery. Rowe, page 31. He was the brother of the Robert McGough, age 85, listed below in the 1870 census in Monroe county, Forsythe, Georgia, and one of six siblings listed in the 1870 census. They are all listed under James McGough, Crenshaw county, Alabama. See: The McGough Family page by Carol E. Scott, Clan McGough by Edward McGough, and my page: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda Carson McGough. For a copy of the 1821 deed to to the Butts County property purchased by Thomas McGough, go to: McGough Family Documents. The property was in Henry County at that time because Butts County had not yet been created. A copy of Thomas McGough's will of September 26, 1873, is on the same page, where he leaves his estate to his wife Nancy and his son, James R. McGough, is named executor.]

Nancy McGough, age 65, keeping house, born in North Carolina

Margaret McGough, age 38, "At Home," born in Georgia [Margaret Jane McGough was born on January 8, 1831, in Butts county, was married three times, and died on January 7, 1887. She is buried with her parents at the County Line Church Cemetery. Rowe, page 32.]

GA - Chattahoochee County

Cussetta District

(1870) Tally McGough, age 35, farmer and laborer, with real property worth $700 and personal property worth $300, born in Georgia. (roll 142, page 28a) [The only known son of James Carson McGough, born on July 10, 1833, in Bibb county, Georgia, married Elizabeth Daniel on May 20, 1856, in Jones county, Georgia. Tally married a second time after the death of Elizabeth, who died either on July 19, 1898, or December 19, 1889. He died in 1909 in Dooley county, Georgia, and is buried there beside Elizabeth in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Vienna, Georgia. Rowe, page 228.]

Elizabeth McGough, age 30, keeping house, born in Georgia

John A. McGough, age 13, farm laborer, born in Georgia. [Alonzo McGough, age 3, is listed in the 18670 census.]

James E. McGough, age 9, born in Georgia

Mary E. McGough, age 4, born in Georgia

GA - Greene County

Penfield

(1870) Martha Nelson, age 78, keeping house, with real estate worth $500 and personal property worth $200, born in South Carolina. (roll 153, page 355a) [This is Martha McGough, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough and one of six siblings listed in the 1870 census. They are listed under James McGough, Crenshaw county, Alabama.She was born on December 14, 1793, married Perry Nelson on November 7, 1821, in Green county, Georgia, and died in Green county on November 4, 1870. Her husband, Perry Nelson, died on July 10, 1870, almost the date of the census compilation. He was born on December 154, 1793. A black named Perry Nelson, age 77, a farmer with personal property of $200, was living nearby Martha Nelson. (roll 153, page 349a) ]

Martha Nelson, age 41, white, born in Georgia.

GA - Henry County

Bear Creek P.O.

(1870) Benjamin McGough, age 22, farm hand, with personal property worth $300, born in Georgia. (roll 157, page 430b) [Benjamin Louis (or Lewis) McGough was the seventh child and fifth son of William Thomas McGough and Nancy McClure. He as born on January 3, 1849, in Butts county, Georgia. On September 20, 1867, in Putnam county, Georgia, he married Sarah Jane Lewis Moore, the widow of James A. Moore. In 1913, Benjamin was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia. He retired in 1921, and died in Atlanta, Georgia on March 20, 1923. Sarah had died on July 1, 1917. They are both buried in Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Georgia. Rowe, pages 36–37. See The McGough Family pages by Carole E. Scott and The Butts County Boys' War by Carole E. Scott. His confederate memorial stone the Southern Cross of Honor and reads: "B. L. McGough -- PVT CO G 3 GEORGIA STATE TROOPS -- JAN 3 1849 MAR 20 1923." His gravestone contains the same name and dates. Both markers are at the Fayetteville City Cemetery in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia (on Highway 54.) Many members of his family are buried there.

Sarah McGough, age 24, keeping house, born in Georgia. [Sarah J. Moore, who was born on September 22, 1846 (her gravestone at the Fayetteville City Cemetery in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia and an Ancestry.com Family Treee says February 8, 1845). She died on July 1, 1917, in Fayettevill. (A Sarah McGough who died on November 16, 1902, is buried with the Thaxton family at Fellowship Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Butts county, Georgia. A Yelverton Thaxton, Jr., from Butts county served with Benjamin McGough in the Civil War.)]

Cynthia Moore, age 7, born in Georgia [Rowe, page 37, says Allie M. Moore, born February 20, 1863, was a step daughter of Benjamin Louis McGough.]

James Moore, age 5, born in Georgia

Osea (?) Moore (female), age 7 months, born in Georgia [Rowe, page 37, says Ossie Jane Moore was born on December 6, 1869. Apparently, she assumed the surname of her step-father, Bemjamin McGpough. "Alice Olivia Kirkland's (who married Ernest Malcolm McDonald in Atlanta in 1911) parents were Lewis Wesley Kirland (1861–1924) and Ossie Jane McGough (1869–1931). They married in 1888 and had 7 children." Posting on RootsWeb by Patricia Carr McDonald. Lewis W. Kirland, age 37, farmer, born in Georgisa, and his wife of 11 years, Ossie J. Kirland, age 31, born in December, 1869, in Georgia, mother of 5 cfhildren, 4 of whom were living, are found in the 1900 census of Fayette county (496th precinct), Georgia (page 239).]

Anna Wilkerson, age 13, domestic servant, born in Georgia

GA - Monroe County

Forsythe Township

(1870) Robert McGough, age 55, retired farmer, born in Georgia (roll 166, page 241b). [This may be the Robert, McGough, age 40, listed in the 1860 census of Colaparchee, Monroe county, as living on the farm of Ellen Howard.]

(1870) Robert McGough, age 85, retired farmer, with real estate worth $6000 and personal property worth $1600, born in Georgia (roll 166, page 301a) [Robert L. McGough, born March 28, 1785 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Second child and first son of John and Elizabeth Carson McGough. He married Sandal Cabanis on October 10, 1811, in Jones county, Georgia. He died on March 10, 1881, in Monroe county, Georgia, and is buried in Ramah (Parah) Church Cemetery. Rowe, pages 10 and 11. Sandal died on August 20, 1885, in Monroe county, Georgia. Robert and Margaret are two of six siblings listed in the 1870 census, and who are listed under James McGough in Crenshaw county, Alabama. See: The McGough Family page by Carol E. Scott, Clan McGough by Edward McGough, and my page: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Robert and Sarah Matilda Carson McGough.]

Landis McGough, age 77, keeping house, born in Georgia [Sandel Cabanis McGough]

Margaret McGough, age 83, born in Georgia [Robert's younger sister, Margaret (Peggy) McGough, who was born on April 11, 1787, in Abbeville, South Carolina, who never married, and who died in Monroe county, Georgia, in 1880, and is buried there in the Ramah (or Paron) Church Cemetery. Rowe, page 10.]

Math McGough, age 54, farmer, born in Georgia [Probably Robert and Sandal's son Matthew Organ McGough, born in 1814 in Jones county, Georgia, who never married. Rowe, page 12.]

Martha M. McGough, age 48, born in Georgia. [Possibly the daughter of Robert and Sandal who was born on April 5, 1821, in Jones county, Georgia, but Rowe says that this daughter, Martha Elizabeth McGough, who was married to Ezekiel Hollis, died in Davison, Georgia, on May 2, 1858.

Johnstons District

(1870) R. C. McGough, age 39, farmer, born in Georgia. (roll 166, page 119a). [For a biography, see Memoirs of Georgia—Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. (1896). See also the Biography of R.C. McGough. Robert Carson McGough was a grandson of John McGough from county Down, moved to Seattle from Forsyth, Georgia, in 1903 or 1904, and died in Seattle in 1908 at the age of 77. On his move to Seattle, Robert Carson McGough was accompanied by two of his daughters, Maud McGough and Nellie McGough. In Seattle, they joined Robert's son, Thomas Hollis McGough, the brother of Maud and Nellie, who had had moved to Seattle in 1889. Another son, Robert Carson McGough Jr. and another daughter, May McGough Cato (widow of Frank Lee Cato, M.D., a physician), later joined the family in Seattle. Members of this McGough family occupied the same home in Seattle for over forty-seven years. See my page A Scots-Irish John McGough—A Seattle Connection—Emigration of Presbyterian McGoughs in 1773. In the 1860 census of Montroe county, Forsyther district, R. C. McGough is listed as a lawyer. He and Margaret had been married within the year and were living with the family of George A. Cabaniss, who was also a lawyer.]

Margaret McGough, age 29, keeping house, born in Georgia. [Maggie Hollis, married on June 10, 1860; died April 9, 1871.]

Thomas McGough, age 9, born in Georgia

Maud McGough (female), age 7, born in Georgia

Nellie McGough, age 5, born in Georgia

Robert McGough, age 3, born in Georgia

May McGough, age 10 months, born in Georgia [Married Frank Lee Cato of Leslie, Geogia, a physician; a graduate of Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, and Jefferson Medical Colege, Philadelphia. They had one child: Frank Lee Cato II, M.D., a physician, who graduaated from Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans. The Battle Book : a genealogy of the Battle family in America, by Herbert Bremerton Battle, page 312 (Paragon Press, Montgomery, Alabama, 1930, 780 pages).]

GA - Twiggs County

Gordon P.O.

(1870) J. C. McGough, age 68, farmer, with real estate worth $400 and personal property worth $175, born in South Carolina. (mistakenly indexed by Genealogy.com as H. McGough). (roll 178, page 464a) [James C. McGough was the second (or third) son of William and Nancy (Carson?) McGough. He was born in 1801 in South Carolina. He married his second wife, Mary Hollingsworth McGough, in Bibb county, Georgia, on September 15, 1852. James' left foot was crushed during his military service in the Mexican-American War, and he received a disability discharge from the Army on July 15, 1848. He died on May 7, 1892. His obituary was in the Macon Telegraph (Bibb county, Georgia), which says he was buried at Cross Keys, a community near Macon. Rowe, pages 198 and 226. He is listed in the 1860 census in Twiggs county, Marion P.O.]

Mary McGough, age 45, housekeeper, born in Georgia, could not write

Amanda McGough, age 14, farm laborer, born in Georgia, could neither read nor write

Nancy McGough, age 13, farm laborer, born in Georgia, could neither read nor write

Sarah J. McGough, age 11, born in Georgia

Mary J. McGough, age 8, born in Georgia

Francis McGough (female), age 7, born in Georgia

Illinois

IL - Champaign County

Kerr Township

[The 1865 census of Kerr township, Champagne county, Illinois, lists Theo. McGoff, and his wife, both over 30 and not over 40, and no children.. Illinois State Census Collection, 1825–1865, on Ancestry.com. Roll ILSC_2173, line 15.]

IL - Cook County

[Obituary: "McGough, Mrs. Margaret, at resid., 37 Hope st., Nov. 26, 1878, born in Dublin, Ireland. Funeral from St. Patrick's Church to Calvary (Chicago Daily News)." Chicago Irish Families, 1875–1925, on Ancestry.com.]

Chicago, Ward 1

(1870) Jennie McGoff, age 16, born in New York, domestic servant in the home of Joel C. Walter (M-593, roll 198, page 3, (line 22).

Chicago, Ward 2

(1870) Mary McGoff, age 60, born in Ireland, "at home," living in the home of John Corrigan, age 28, born in Ireland, hostler, and his wife, Ann Corrigan, age 30, born in Ireland. (The Corrigan's 4 children, all 7 and under, were born in Illinois.) (M-593, roll 198; page 252, line 35). [Obituary: "McGough, Mary, April 15, 1883, mother of Mrs. John Corrigan, aged 81 yrs., native of Kuladee, Co. Mayo. Funeral from resid., rear of 374 Wabash ave. to St. Mary's Church to Calvary (Chicago Daily News)." Chicago Irish Families, 1875–1925, on Ancestry.com.]

Thom McGoff, age 21, born in Ireland, hostler.

Chicago, Ward 10

(1870) John W. Macgeagh (or Macgeugh), age 27, real estate $1000, born in Ireland, banker (M-593, roll 205, page 442, line 35) [Indexed by Ancestry.com as John W. MacGough].

[The 1865 state census of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, lists a Chris McGue, age over 30 and not over 40, in a family of 7. With him was his wife, also over 30 and not over 40, and 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls, all age 10 or under. Illinois State Census Collection, 1825–1865, on Ancestry.com. Roll ILSC_2172, line 25]

IL - DeKalb County

Cortland Township

(1870) Andrew McGough, age 65, laborer, with real estate worth $100, born in Ireland (roll 215, page 369a) [This may be Andrew McGough who arrived, with his son James, in New York from Dublin aboard the Coronet on November 20, 1851. The ship's manifest lists Andrew as age 36. Both Andrew and his son James are described as farm laborers. See my page John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, under Kane county. His son, James McGough and his family were listed in Dekalb county (Pampas township) in the 1860 census. His father Andrew was residing with him. Andrew McGough of Sycamore, DeKalb county, Illinois, died at the DeKalb County Poor Farm on October 16, 1881. I did not find any listing for him in the 1880 census.]

(1870) Vernan McGough, age 29, stock broker, with $500 worth of real estate and $1000 worth of personal property, born in England (roll 215, page 367a)

Sarah Jane McGough, age 23, keeping house, born in Illinois

Paw Paw, Town of

(1870) John McGue, age 58, farmer, born in New York (roll 215, page 487b)

Agnes McGue, age 81, keeping house, born in New York

Jennie Pierce, age 21, farm laborer, born in Illinois

IL - Hancock County

Wythe Township (Warsaw P. O.)

(1870) Elisha McGue, age 43, farmer, with real estate worth $10,000 and personal property worth $1250, born in Illinois (roll 227, page 424a)

Theresa McGue, age 40, keeping house, born in Kentucky,

Samuel McGue, age 5, born in Illinois

Frank McGue, age 3, born in Illinois

Andrew McGue, age 3 months, born in Illinois in February, 1870

Martha Brown, age 19, born in Illinois

Samuel McGue, age 30, farm laborer, born in Illinois

IL - Jo Daviess County

Elizabeth, Town of

(1870) John McGough, age 32, farmer, with real estate worth $3400, born in Ireland (roll 234, page 102b) [This family is listed in the 1880 and 1900 censuses of Newcastle township, Dixon county, Nebraska.]

Margaret McGough, age 30, keeps house, born in Illinois to foreign born parents [John McGough married Margaret Hammill on April 27, 1862, according to the Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Records Book B 1855–1865. See my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.]

John J. McGough, age 5, born in Illinois

Margaret McGough, age 4, born in Illinois

Galena, City of

(1870) Phillip McGoff, age 35, single, grocery, born in Ireland, living in a boarding house (M-593, roll 234, page 149, line 21). [Probably the third son of Peter and Elizabeth McGough. See my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.]

Rush Township

(1870) John McGue, age 32, farmer, with real estate worth $2500 and personal property worth $800, born in Ireland (roll 234, page 274b)

Mary McGue, age 26, keeping house, born in Ireland, who could neither read nor write

Stockton Township (Pitcher Ville P. O.)

(1870) Peter McGough, age 9, born in Illinois to foreign born parents, living on the farm of Patrick Hagan, age 34, born in Ireland, and his wife Elizabeth, age 23, born in Canada.

IL - Kane County

Rutland Township

(1870) Hugh McGough, age 40, farmer, with real estate worth $1500 and personal property worth $400, born in Ireland, who could neither read nor write (roll 237, page 438b) [Kane County Marriages lists the marriage of Hugh McGough and Bridget Riley on October 17, 1863. The 1865 state census of the township of Rutland, Kane county, Illinois, lists Hugh McGoff, age 40 and under 50, in a family of 2, with a wife, age 20 and under 30, and no children. (Illinois Illinois State Census Collection, 1825–1865, on Ancestry.com. Roll ILSC_2179 , line 3). ]

Bridget McGough, age 27, keeping house, born in Ireland, who could neither read nor write

Mary A. McGough, age 4, born in Illinois

Bridget McGough, age 3, born in Illinois

Hugh McGough, age 1, born in Illinois

Julia Riley, age 60, at home, born in Ireland

Virgil Township

(1870) James McGough, age 40, blacksmith, with real estate worth $1100 and personal property worth $100, born in England (roll 237, page 487b). [(1880 mortality index for Virgil township, Kane county) James McGough, age 46, born in Ireland, married, a blacksmith, died in May, 1880 of congestion of the lungs. He had been a resident of the county for 28 years. The attnding physician was James Thompson (roll T1133_62, line 8).]

Bridget McGough, age 28, keeping house, born in Ireland

Margaret McGough, age 3, born in Illinois

Mary McGough, age 1, born in Illinois

IL - LaSalle County

Groveland Township (Winona P. O)

(1870) Sam'l McGow (or McGou), age 30, farmer, with real estate worth $4200 and personal property worth $400, born in Ohio (M-593, roll 243, page 235b, line 38) (Indexed by Genealogy.com as Saml McGow. Some researchers have read the script in the census record as McGou, but the final letter matches the "w" in Andrew on a following page.) [Samuel Thomas McGough was born on August 18, 1837, in Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, to Patrick McGough and Ellen Durbin. See my page: McGoughs Who Moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He is listed as Samuel McGough in the 1880 census of Bennington, Marshall county, Illinois. He died on February 13, 1919, and is buried with his wife and children in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

Margret McGow, 33, keeping house, born in Ohio. [Margarette Patten married Samuel Thomas McGough on October 24, 1858, in El Paso, Woodford county, Illinois. Margaret Patten was born on December, 18, 1836; died on March 21, 1915; and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

Patk McGow, 10, at school, born in Illinois. [Patrick H. McGough was born in 1860, died in 1921, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

Clara McGow, 8, at school, born in Illinois. [Clara McGough was born in 1862, died on May 4, 1937, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

John McGow, 7, at school, born in Illinois*. [John F. McGough was born on February 3, 1864, died on March 15, 1948, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

Leo McGow, 4, born in Illinois. [Leo J. McGough was born on May 8, 1866, died on January 14, 1893, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

Ellen McGow, 2, born in Illinois. [Ellen McGough was born on January 19, 1868, died on October 31, 1911, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois (see below).]

[This is Samuel Thomas McGough, born to Patrick McGough and Ellen Durbin: on August 18, 1837, in Mt Vernon, Knox county, Ohio; married Margarette Patten on October 24, 1858, in El Paso, Woodford County, Illinois; died on February 13, 1917, in Pennington township, Marshall county, Illinois; burial: St Patrick's Cemetery, Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois. Patrick McGough, Samuel's father, was a son of Thomas and Sarah McGough, and a grandson of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. See: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Miles and Elizabeth Spencer McGough. "Samuel T. McGough was a descendant of Miles McGough, who came to America in 1640. He was one of the colony under Lord Calvert, and landed at Baltimore. Samuel, born in Ohio, married Margarette Patten. In 1857 he came to Illinois, later acquiring land south of Rutland, residing there the remainder of his life, and his son John spent his lifetime there. John's son, Jerome, and his daughter-in-law Ethel, reside on their farms south of Rutland." Historical Sketches of Early Rutland, Illinois (donated by Jim Flynn) taken from the Rutland Record Centennial Edition (1955).]

Osage Township (Winona P. O.)

(1870) John McGuegh (indexed by Genealogy.com as McGrugh), age 67, farmer, with $1600 in real estate and $400 in personal property, born in Maryland

Hannah McGuegh, 65, keeping house, born in Ireland. [Hannorah (Hannah) Grace McGough]

[This is John McGough, who was born on February 23, 1803, in Harford County, Maryland; married Hannah (or Hannorah) Grace (who was born in Ireland about 1806) on September 14, 1825, in Perry county, Ohio; died on July 27, 1892, in Rutland, LaSalle county, Illinois; married Hannah Grace (who was born in Ireland in about 1806) on September 14, 1825, in Perry county, Ohio; and is buried in Riley Cemetery, Rutland, LaSalle county, Illinois. He was the son of Thomas (and Sarah) McGough, who was the son of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. See McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Miles and Elizabeth Spencer McGough. John's brother, Henry McGough, is listed in the 1860 census of Moulton township, Auglaize county, Ohio. In the 1830 census, John McGough is listed in Reading township, Perry county, Ohio; and in the 1840 census, in Jackson township, Perry county, Illinois.]

IL - Logan County

Prairie Creek Township (San Jose P. O.)

[(1870) mortality schedule. John McGough, age 1 month, born in Illinois, died in November, 1869, from "brain" injury or disease. Family number 144 (T-1133, roll 59, page 837, line8).]

(1870) Andy McGough, age 40, farmer, with real estate worth $6000, and personal property worth $500, born in Ireland.(roll 248, page 240b) [Andrew J. McGough, born in county Louth, Ireland. For more on this family, see my page John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois under Logan and Tazewell counties. See also the information immediately below under the city of Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois.]

Catharine McGough, age 30, housekeeper, born in Ireland. [Catherine Clarke, born in county Meath, Ireland.]

Hubert McGough, age 8, born in Illinois [Married Mary Hickey in Logan county on on December 30, 1891; died in 1914; see below.]

Edwin A. McGough, age 6, born in Illinois [Edward A. McGough married Barbara Ames in Logan county on February 27, 1889.]

Andrew McGough, age 4, born in Illinois

Eugene McGough, age 2, born in Illinois. [The 1900 census of the city of Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, shows the family of Eugene McGough, age 32, born in Illinois in September, 1867, whose parents were bothn born in Ireland, married 3 years; and a "painter (houses)." With him were his wife, Bertha, age 21, born in Illinois to German parents in April, 1879; and their daughter, Catherine, age 1, born in Illinois in January, 1899. Eugene A. McGough married Bertha M. Will in Logan county on September 10, 1897. For more, see my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois under Tazewell county.]

John Casey, age 35, "works on farm," born in Ireland

William Bradway, age 13, "works on farm," born in Illinois

[Here is part of an article from a 1953 editon of the Lincoln Courier of Wednesday, August 26, 1953. The article was sent me by Bill Detmers, LCGHS Genealogist and Co-President of the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society, located at 114 N. Chicago Street, Lincoln, IL 62656.

"McGough Family History Traced to Early Lincoln

"Catherine and Ella McGough, two prominent teachers, who have served this community in the educational field as teachers, and who have participated in the civic and religious affairs of this community for several decades, trace their ancestry to the early settlers of this community. ...

"About this time [1857] their paternal grandparents came to this country, with the influx of Irish immigrants. Andrew J. McGough, born in County Louth, in 1831, and Miss Catherine Clarke born in County Meath in 1832, were two of the immigrants, who soon met after arriving in Boston, Massachusetts.

"By 1860 they had married and became early settlers in Prairie Creek Township. It was a wild waste of low swampy land. They lived to raise six boys. The land was changed into a rich productive farm. Mr. McGough was a public spirited citizen and hailed with delight the rapid development of this far famed prairie. He lived to see a land increase from $15 to $150 an acre, and to see a swampy prairie changed into one of the most beautiful and productive portions of Central Illinois. . . .

"Within a distance of a few miles [from] where these pioneers settled it is no wonder that Mary Hickey born 1860 and Hubert McGough, born 1861 met and were married in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Lincoln. To this union were born two daughter, Catherine and Ella. They bought a farm three miles southwest of town, and had the opportunity of watchin Postville develop into Lincoln, and their daughters have watched the growth of Lincoln every week. From childhood in horse and buggy days it was a weekly trip to Mass every Sunday, over what is now U. S. City 66, on Fifth Street. In 1909, the McGough family moved to Lincoln in the present home of 217 Fourth Street. In 1914, Hubert McGough who spent his youth on the banks of Prairie Creek was called to his eternal home. His human life-span was only fifty-two years, but his life was gentle and serene. In his heart, he carried those he loved and in health his hand was never weary and his step never failing in ministering and caring for those who were in any way dependent upon him. In 1935, after a life of service to God and her family his wife Mary departed this life."]

IL - McLean County

Cropsey Township (Potosi P. O.)

(1870) Thomas McGough, age 48, farmer, born in Ohio (roll 259, page 312a) [In the 1860 census of Magnolia township in Putnam county, Ohio, Thomas McGough's age is said to be 33. In the 1880 census, this family is in Drummer township, Ford county, Illinois, where Thomas' age is given as 47 (?)]

Mary McGough, age 45, born in Pennsylvania [age 33 in the 1860 census]

Thomas McGough, age 17, "on farm," born in Ohio [age 6 in the 1860 census] [He was born on December 25, 1853, in Falls township, Muskingum county, Ohio (Falls City, near Zamesville, Ohio), to Thomas McGough and his first wife, Suzanne Whitmore; and died on May 30, 1948, in Perkins, Payne county Ohio. On February 14, 1882, he married Elizabeth Ransom, native of England, who was living with her parents in Melvin, Ford county, Illinois.

"Thomas and Lizzie, as she was called, had one son, Henry, while living in Ford County, and soon left Illinois to join relatives who had moved to Kansas. They lived in McCunde, Carawfolrd county, Kansas, during the years when Henry was growing up. A newspaper clipping from the Gibson City, Illlinois, newspaper, the Enterprise, mentions that T. J. McGough of McCune, Kansas, returned to Gibson for a winter visit to friends and relatives. In 1899 Elizabeth died at the age of 35. It was said that she was a devoted and conscientous wife, a kind neighbor, and openhanded in all charities. Her son, Henry, was 16 years old."See: See: The Ancestors and Descendants of Tom McGough and Nellie Gilbertson by Margie Drumm Harrison and Lisa Drumm Myers (US/CAN 929.273 M177h in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City), and my page: McGoughs Who Moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Cambria County, Pennsylvania.]

Mary A. McGough, age 6, born in Illinois. Marry Ann McGough was born on March 7, 1864, in Henry, Marshall county, Illinois. to Thomas McGough and his second wife, Mary Jane Watts.

William Majors, age 19, farm hand, born in Ohio

Philip McGough, 2, born in Illinois. [This is probably the Philip McGough listed with a family in the 1900 census of Perkins township, Payne county, Oklahoma.]

Thomas McGough was born on September 13, 1827, in Perry county, Ohio, and died on January 13, 1913, in Perkins, Payne county, Oklahoma. He married Suzanne Whitmore on April 30, 1848, in Perry county, Ohio; and after she died about 1855, he married Mary Jane Watts on July 5, 1857, in Henry, Marshall county, Illinois. Thomas McGough was the son of John McGough (and Hannorah Grace), who was the son of Thomas (and Sarah) McGough, who was the son of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. See McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Miles and Elizabeth Spencer McGough.

IL - Putnam County

Magnolia Township

In the 1860 census of Magnolia township in Putnam county, Illinois, was Thomas McGough, 33, day laborer, with personal property worth $25, born in Ohio; his wife, Mary, 33, born in Pennsylvania; and 2 children, both born in Ohio: Catharine N., 11; Thomas, 6. In 1870, this family was in Cropsey township of McLean county, above, where his ancestry is traced.

IL - Tazewell County

Delavan

[On December 12, 1968, Andrew McGough of Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, ran an advertisement in the Boston Pilot seeking information about two brothers from the townland of Killanny, parish of Killanny, barony of Farney, county of Monaghan, Ireland: Edward McGough and Patrick McGough. Edward and Patrick had arrived in the United States in May of 1859, and had both been employed by Thomas Hoye in Boston, Massachusetts. The message was: "Good News Awaits."

[The Andrew McGough who placed this ad was the Andy McGough who is listed under Prairie Creek township, Logan county, Illinois, above. Prairie Creek township was about 7 miles southeast of Delavan, and just south of the boundary between Tazewell county, to the north, and Logan county, to the south. "Andrew and Catherine Clark McGough, immigrants from Ireland, first settled in Boston, Mass., where they met and were married. In the year of 1860 they became early settlers in Prairie Creek Township (Logan Co.) on a farm west [actuallly, south by southeast] of Delavan, which at that time was a wild waste of low swampy land, selling for $15 an acre." See my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, under Tazewell county.]

IL - Woodford County

Minonk

(not found in census) (1870) Norman McGough, age 28, is placed in Minonk, Woodford county, by O'Neill Ancestry on RootsWeb. He was born on July 6, 1841, in Knox county, Ohio, to Patrick McGough and Ellen Durbin. He maried Mary Elizabeth Avery. Two daughters were born in Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois: Ella McGough on May 5, 1866, and Lottie B. McGough on May 18, 1870. Norman McGough died in Minonk, Woodford county, Illinois on March 12, 1880. He is listed in the 1860 census of Bennington, Marshall county, Illinois, as age 18, living with his father, Patrick McGowes (sic). Marshall county is immediately north of Woodford county, and Minonk is only about 1 mile south of the county line. Norman's widow, Mary McGough, age 29, born in Michigan, is listed with her two daughters in the 1880 census of Minonk.]

For a table of McGoughs buried St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Minonk (page 15), go to my page: John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and look under the heading: McGoughs in LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam, and Woodford Counties, Illinois.

Indiana

IN - Huntington County

Rock Creek Township

(1870) William Mague, Jr., age 45, farmer, real estate $3200, personal property $700, born in Virginia. (roll 325, page 171b)

Louisa Mague, keeping house, born in Ohio.

Henry Mague, age 15, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year.

James Mague, age 6, born in Indiana.

IN - Lawrence County

Flynn Township

(1870) William R. O. McGue, age 34, carpenter, with personal property worth $300, born in North Carolina. (roll 335, page 374a)

Sarah J. McGue, age 31, keeping house, born in Indiana

Oscar McGue, age 7, born in Indiana

Ulysses McGue, age 3, born in Indiana

Looking back: This may be the William McGue listed in the 1860 census of Indiana, Cass county, Logansport (roll 247, page 531), as age 22, living in a large workingman's hotel, and working as a railroad brakeman, birth place unknown.

IN - Tippecanoe County

City of Lafayette, 4th Ward

(1870) James McGue, age 68, laborer, with personal property worth $600, born in Ireland, could neither read nor write. (roll 362, page 142b)

Mary McGough, age 23, "at Home," born in Ireland, who could read but not write English.

Angeline, age 16, keeping house,born in Indiana to parents of foreign birth

Wabash Township (Chauncey P.O.)

(1870) William H. McGough, age 27, laborer, with $200 worth of personal property, born in Ohio. (roll 362, page 378b) [This family is listed in the 1880 census of Dublin township, Mercer county, Ohio. William H. McGough is the son of Henry McGough, who was born in Pennsylvania, and his wife Margaret who was born in Ohio about 1813. The 1860 census of Ohio, Auglaize county, Moulton township (roll 931, page 678), shows William H. McGough, age 18, living with his parents on a farm. Henry is listed as a farmer, age 55, born in Pennsylvania. William H. was the oldest of the 7 children listed, all of whom were born in Ohio. ]

Jane McGough, age 27, keeping house, born in Ohio

Charles McGough, age 4, born in Ohio

Marietta McGough, age 3, born in Ohio

Margaret McGough, age 1, born in Ohio

William McGough, 1 month old, born in Indiana in July, 1870.

Iowa

IA - Allamakee County

Fairview Township

(1870) Pat Donahue, age 50, farmer, real estate $2500, personal property $375, born in Ireland, could not read or write, US citizen (M-593, roll 374, page 282 (or 140), line 6).

Bridget Donahue, age 40, keeping house, born in Canada (should be Ireland), could not read or write. [Bridget McGough, daughter of Benerard McGough and Catharine Kernaghan.]

Michael Donahue, age 17, at home, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Mary Donahue, age 16, at home, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

Patrick Donahue, age 14, at home, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

Catharin Donahue, age 13, at home, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

John Donahue, age 10, at home, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

Bridget Donahue, age 7, at home, born in Iowa.

Francis Donahue, age 5, at home, born in Iowa.

William Donahue, age 2, at home, born in Iowa.

Paint Creek Township

(1870) Francis McGeough, age 46, farmer, real estate $800, personal property $475, born in Ireland (M-593, roll 374, page 282a, line 19). [I could not find Francis McGough in the 1860 census, but here is a listing from the 1856 Alamakee, Iowa, State Census (in the same household in Waterville, which is in Paint Creek township: Francis McGough, age 28, born in Ireland; Bridget McGough, age 20, born in Canada; Mary McGough, less than 1 year old, born in Canada. This must be Bernard McGough's brother, Francis, his wife Bridget Murphy, and their daughter Mary, although Francis's age does not precisely match other information. See my page: Bernard McGough and Catherine Kernaghan of Lindsay, Ontario, and Allamakee County, Iowa. See also the information on my page on the 1860 census under Paint Creek township.]

Bridget McGeough, age 34, keeping house, born in Canada. [Bridget Murphy]

Mary McGeough, age 14, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Michael McGeough, age 12, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

Charles McGeough, age 11, born in Iowa., attended school within the year

John McGeough, age 9, born in Iowa, attended school within the year.

Julia McGeough, age 7, born in Iowa.

Margaret McGeough, age 5, born in Iowa.

Catharine McGeough, age 3, born in Iowa. [In the 1900 census of Jefferson township, Allamakee county, Catharine will be found as Catharine McGuire, wife of Timothy McGuire.]

Francis McGeough, age 6 months, born in Iowa (born in December, 1869).

(1870) Mary McGeough, age 4, born in Iowa, living with Ann Downey, age 60, farming, who was born in Ireland. A farm laborer on Ann Downey's farm was her son, John Downey, age 22, born in Ireland, and several of his children. (roll 374, page 282a) [Mary McGough is the daughter of John McGough and Margaret Downing, In the 1880 census of Paint Creek township, Mary A. McGough is shown as living with her uncle, John B. Downing, age 34, a farmer, born in Ireland, next door to Bernard's brother, Francis McGeough (above). In the same household is Mary's grandmother, Ann Downing, age 70, born in Ireland. Mary is the oldest child of John McGough and Margaret Downing Living next door to Francis and Bridget McGeough in 1870 was their niece, Mary McGough, age 4, born in Iowa, both of whose parents were foreign born. Mary McGough was living in the home of her maternal grandmother, Ann Downey, age 60, a farmer born in Ireland. Also in the home of Ann Downey were five of her children, all born in Ireland: James, 24; John, 22; Charles, 20; Dawson, 16; and Ann, 18. According to Phyllis Devereux, John McGough, the second child and oldest son of Francis' brother, Bernard, married Margaret Downey (whom Devereux calls Downing). John and Margaret's daughter and older child, Mary McGough, was born on May 4, 1866. Mary's mother probably died in child birth or shortly thereafter.]

IA - Jefferson County

Butler Township

(1870) Henry McGoff, age 39, farmer, born in Ireland, real estate $3600, personal property $834, US citizen (M-593, roll 379; page 685, line 1).

Ellen C. McGoff, age 27, born in Massachusetts, keeping house.

Joseph H. McGoff, age 7, born in Massachusetts, attended school.

Mary A. McGoff, age 4, born in Iowa.

George F. McGoff, age 2, born in Iowa.

James D. McGoff, age 11 months, born in July, 1869, in Iowa.

James H. Leonard, age 12, born in Massachusetts, attended school.

[Henry's mother is listed as Ann McGough (or McGoff) in the 1880 census of Springfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts. See the notes on this same family in the 1880 census of this same place. "The current McGoff name appears to have changed around the time of the U. S. Census of 1880. That census listed the name as McGough/McGoff. Interestingly, the previous census' do not list the McGough version.The McGough/McGoff clan has been traced from an unknown origin in Ireland to Massachussetts, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado. James McGoff/McGough and Ann McGoff (Davis) were the first from Ireland between 1800 and 1860. Ellen c. Hines (gggrandmother) was born in Worcester, MA around 1830. Her parents, George and Ellen, appear to have left her with a family in Springfield, MA between 1830 and 1840. Both were from an unknown origin in Ireland." From: McGough/McGoff/Hyde Family Tree on Genealogy.com.]

IA - Davis County

Bloomfield Township

(1870) James McGough, age 18, works on farm, born in Ohio. Living with Ephram Nelson, age 60, farmer, born in Kentucky, and the Nelson family. (roll 386, page 21a)

IA - Hamilton County

Webster Township

(1870) Andrew McGonagle, age 45, farmer, born in Ireland (roll 394, page 316) [Indexed by Ancestry.com as McGough.] [Wife Margaret, age 43, born in Ireland, and five children.]

IA - Iowa County

Hartford Township

(1870) Patrick McGue, age 52, farmer with real estate worth $2400, personal property worth $850, born in Ireland, who could neither read nor write. (roll 396, page 225a)

Catharine McGue, age 35, keeping house, born in Ireland.

Allen McGue, age 13, born in Iowa.

Elizabeth McGue, age 10, born in Iowa.

Mary McGue, age 7, born in Iowa.

Sarah McGue, age 4, born in Iowa.

John McGue, age 2, born in Iowa.

Phebe McGue, age 1, born in Iowa.

IA - Linn County

Otter Creek Township

(1870) John McGoff, age 33, farmer, real estate $2500, personal property $800, born in Ireland (roll 405, page 430).

James McGoff, age 14, farmer, born in Canada, attended school within the year.

"McGoff

The History of Linn County, Iowa...Chicago: Western Hist. Co., 1878

McGoff, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Center Point; born in South [probably Louth] Co., Ireland; came to this country in 1855, and to this county in 1869. He enlisted in the 74th Ill. V.I. Co. G., in August, 1862; was wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge, and sent to hospital and being rendered unfit for services from the effects of wounds, was mustered out of the United States service May 18, 1864. Married Mrs. Phebe Abbott in 1871; she was born in Monmouth Co., N.Y., in 1828. Mrs. McGoff had six children by her first husband, Richard Abbott, who died in the army Feb. 1, 1863—John born April 2, 1851; William P., August 12, 1852; Joseph M., Oct. 20, 1854; Henry, May 11, 1858; George, April 6, 1860; Henrietta, July 7, 1863. Mr. McGoff is a Catholic; Mrs. McGoff is a member of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat, and owns 117 acres, worth $25 per acre."

IA - Wapello County

Center Township

(1870) Torrence McGue, age 53, farmer, with real estate worth $700 and personal property worth $573, born in Ireland. (roll 422, page 57a) [For more complete information on this family, see Terrence McGeough under Cass township, Wapello county in the 1860 census.]

Bridget McGue, age 50, keeping house, born in Ireland.

John McGue, age 15, born in Michigan.

Joseph McGue, age 10, born in Iowa.

Matthew McGue, age 6, born in Iowa.

Kansas

KS - Anderson County

Monroe Township

(1870) James McGue, age: 59, farmer, with real estate worth $1700 and personal property worth $700, born in New York. (roll 428, page 107b) [In the 1860 census of the same township.]

Jane McGue, age 53, keeping house, born in New York. [Age is shown as 46 in the 1860 census.]

John McGue, age 23, farmer, born in Michigan

William K. McGue, age 20, farmer, born in Michigan.

Agnes McGue, age 7, born in Kansas.

KS - Dickinson County

Grant Township (P.O. Abilene)

(1870) Edward McGue, age 41, speculator, with personal property worth $1000, born in Louisiana. (roll 432, page 2a)

KS - Nemaha County

Richmond Township (Seneca P.O.)

(1870) Christian McGough, age 24, railroad laborer, with real estate worth $1200, born in Canada. Living in the home of William Carr, age 30, railroad laborer, born in Ireland. (roll 440, page 54a)

KS - Neosho County

Ladore Township

(1870) Phillip McGoe, age 30, farmer, real estate $2000, personal property $800, born in Ohio, mother of foreign birth. [The son of John McGough, born in Maryland, and Hannah McGough, born in Ireland. The family is listed in the 1850 census of Springfield township, Muskingum county, Ohio. Philip McGough and Sarah Bowman are on the Kansas Pioneers List, which shows the year of settlement in Kansas as 1868. The family is listed as McGough in the 1870 census of this same township. They are listed as McGough in this same township in the 1900 census.*]

Sarah McGoe, age 29, keeping house, born in Ohio.

Henry McGoe, age 15, at home, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Elnora McGoe, age 14, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Margaret McGoe, age 12, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

John McGoe, age 10, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Hugh McGoe, age 8, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Phillip McGoe, age 6, born in Illinois, attended school within the year.

Loretta McGoe, age 2, born in Illinois.*

[*This listing was called to my attention by an April 26, 2006, email from Joe Johnston:

"Hello Hugh: I've spent several hours with your web pages and thank you profusely for all the work you've done gathering and posting all that material. My descent from Miles McGough of Harford County, MD, is:

Miles

Thomas

John

Phillip

Lauretta (Lottie) m. James Bennett Johnston

Henry William Johnston

Joseph Henry Johnston

"These McGough and Johnston lines met up in Neosho County, Kansas, a few years after the Civil War. A Catholic mission to the Osage Indians, had been established there, at a place called Osage Mission, now St. Paul, in 1847. After the Civil War, the government moved the Osages to Oklahoma, opening their former reservation in Kansas to white settlement.

"My great, great grandfather, Absalom Johnston, married Elizabeth Thomas, a Catholic descendant of people from the original Maryland colony, St. Mary's County, and converted to Catholicism, in Kentucky. I imagine that the desire for new land near a Catholic church is what impelled both families to move to Neosho County, Kansas. I can't think of any other reason!

"I have some information about some descendants of Phillip McGough that I can send you in a Word document, if you would like to have it. You seem to have become a major depository of McGough information.

"Incidentally, I noticed that you don't have Phil's 1870 census information. That, no doubt, is because the enumerator listed him as 'McGoe', which is how we pronounce it, and you list only McGoughs and McGues.

"Again, thank you for sharing.

"Kind regards,

"Joe Johnston

"Dodge City, Kansas"

Kentucky

KY - Caldwell County

Farmersville District

***Looking back: The 1850 census lists in Caldwell county, 1st district, John S. McGough, age 43, farmer, holding real estate worth $500, born in Livingston city, Kentucky; his wife, Dicey F., age 27, born in Caldwell county; and son, John B. McGough*, age 3, born in Caldwell county. (roll 194, page 305b) (Indexed by Genealogy.com as "McGongle, John G.") The IGI says that this is John Stevenson McGough, born in Pennsylvania on February 15, 1807, who married Dicey Terrissa Harper in Caldwell county, Kentucky, on November 20, 1844 (and his second wife, Loretta B. Avery on April 22, 1860). The IGI says that the parents of John Stevenson McGough were John M. McGough and Elizabeth Stevenson; that John M. McGough was born in Pennsylvania on October 20, 1763; married Elizabeth Stevenson on November 23, 1797 (probably in Livingston county, Kentucky); and died on November 19, 1816. Elizabeth Stevenson was born in Livingston county, Kentucky, on April 4, 1774, and died on February 14, 1841.

The 1860 census of the Farmersville district of Caldwell county lists J. S. McGough, age 53, a farmer, born in Kentucky, with his wife Loretta, age 40, born in Tennessee, and three children, all born in Kentucky: John, age 13; George, age 8; and William, age 3. Adeline Avery, age 38, a domestic born in Tennessee, was living in the same household, probably his sister-in-law. Loretta was apparently John Stevenson McGough's second wife. The IGI says that John S. McGough married Loretta B. Avery in Caldwell county on April 22, 1860, and that this is the John Stevenson McGough, born in Pennsylvania on February 15, 1807; and that Loretta B. Avery was born in Tennessee. His first wife, Dicey Harper McGough, probably died shortly after the birth of her son William McGough in 1857.

Back to the 1870 census:

*(1870) John B. McGough, age 23, farm laborer, born in Kentucky, living with the family of L. C. Brown, farmer. (roll 451, page 422a). [Son of John Stevenson McGough and Dicey Harper McGough.]

John B. McGough married Sarah Daniels in Caldwell county on January 16, 1865. Kentucky, 1851-1900 Marriage Index on Genealogy.com.

Fredonia District

(1870) W. H. McGough, age 13, farm laborer, born in Kentucky, living on the farm of James Harper, age 68, born in South Carolina, and his wife Maureen Harper, age 53, born in Kentucky. (roll 451, page 442b). [William H. McGough was the son of John Stevenson McGough and his first wife, Dicey Harper McGough. James and Maureen Harper were probably his grandparents on his mother's side. William was the brother of John B, McGough in the Farmersville district of Caldwell county. Both John B. McGough and his brother, William H. McGough, had moved from the home of their father and step mother Loretta between 1860 and 1870.]

Williams Mill District (Princeton P.O. )

(1870) Sally McGough, age 28, keeping house, born in Kentucky, could neither read nor write (M-593, roll 451, page 544b, line 8).

John W. McGough, age 5, born in Kentucky

Flint McGough, age 3, born in Kentucky

Ella McGough, 1 month old, born in Kentucky in April, 1870.

Looking back: The 1860 census listed, in the Princeton district, T. M. McGough, age 55, a farmer born in Kentucky, holding real estate worth $2000 and personal property worth $1400, with his wife, Ann [Annie Johnson], age 50, and 5 children, all born in Kentucky: John, age 20, farm laborer; Susan, age 18, seamstress; Washington, age 16, farm laborer; Margaret, age 13: Maria, age 10.

The 1850 census listed, in District No. 1, Thomas M. McGough, age 44, Justice of the Peace, owning real estate worth $600, born in South Carolina, with his wife, Annie, age 40, born in Christian county, Kentucky, and 9 children, who are listed, along with birth date and marriage information, in my page on the 1860 census.: Kentucky, on November 5, 1861.

[Kentucky 1851-1900 Marriage Index on Genealogy.com lists a marriage of Elizabeth J. McGough and William R. Layfield in Caldwell county on March 5, 1868. The 1870 census of the Williams Mill District of Caldwell county lists William R. Layfield, age 43, farmer, born in Tennessee; his wife, Elizabeth, age 28, born in Kentucky, and two children (by a previous marriage of Elizabeth Hale (or Haile) to John W. McGough), Thomas and Joseph Layfield, ages 7 and 4, both born in Kentucky. The boys are more correctly listed as T. H. McGough and J. W. McGough, living with their step-father, W. R. Layfiel (sic), in the 1880 census of Williams Mill, Caldwell county, Kentucky.]

KY - Campbell County

Newport City

(1870) James McGue, age 30, stone cutter, with real estate worth $1000 and personal property worth $100, born in Ireland. (roll 453, page 365a)

Nora McGue, age 30, keeping house, born in Ireland

John McGue, age 4, born in Kentucky

James McGue, age 1, born in Kentucky

Louisiana

LA - Union Parish

[See: 1870 Federal Census Union Parish, Louisiana (Ward 1: File 4 of 6). The black McGough families in 1870 Union parish census returns are listed on that page, and not here.]

Farmerville P.O.

See African-American McGoughs in the 1870 Census of Louisiana.

(1870) Elizabeth McGough, age 43, widow, house keeper, with real estate worth $600 and personal property worth $200. born in Louisiana. (M-593, roll 534, page 20a, line 30). [Elizabeth Baker Bufford (widow of John Bufford by whom she had 4 children), widow of William Sydney McGough (her second husband), who died on February 24, 1866, in Farmerville, Union parish, Louisiana. William Sydney McGough was the third child and second, son of Robert McGough and Nancy Mary P. Johnson, who was born on June 4, 1826, in Perry county, Alabama. Rowe, page 174. He was an older brother of Josephus McGough, listed immediately below.]

Saphrona E. McGough, age 17, born in Louisiana. [Rowe says her name as Saphronia.]

Joseph B. McGough, age 15, farm labor, born in Louisiana

Fanny J. McGough, age 14, born in Louisiana. [Frances Jane McGough, who married J. H. Osburn, died in Union parish on August 20, 1925, and who is buried in Taylor Cemetery. Rowe, page 174. Identified as A. J. McGough, age 3, a male, in the 1860 census.]

Nancy McGough, age 11, born in Louisiana. [Old Marriages Recorded in Conveyance Records—Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, lists the marriage of Nancy S. McGough and J. A. Ward on December 4, 18