DECENNIAL CENSUS AND STATISTICAL ROLL FOR 1895, MEDFORD TWP., RENO CO., KS
A. F. Cross, 54 yrs. old, male, white, born in MD, where from to KS - WV,
farming, trade or profession being learned by each person, male or female, under
21 years of age - 6, attended school within the year - 1.
M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Cross, 48 years old, female, white, born in MD
A. F. Cross
160 acres in farm, 160 acres under cultivation, 25 acres under fence, 135 acres
not under fence, 160 total number of acres, 325 rods of wire fence, $2500 value
of farm, including improvements, $75 value of farming implements and machinery,
30 acres sown in fall of 1894 in winter wheat, 60 acres sown or planted in
Spring of 1895, 15 acres of oats, 1 acre of sweet potatoes, 1 acre for forage or
seed, 10 acres of broom corn, 35 bushels of corn on hand March 1, 1895, 1 acre
of alfalfa grass in cultivation, $45 value of poultry and eggs sold during the
yr ending March 1, 1895, 2 swine, 250 lbs. butter made in family, 4 horses on
hand March 1, 1895, 2 milch cows, number of trees in bearing: 35 apple, 2 pear,
35 peach, 20 plum, 75 cherry, number of trees not in bearing: 25 apple, 25
peach, 1 dog,
Submitted by
Thomas Austin Morgan September 23, 2004.