1890 Special Census of
Civil War Veterans and Widows
The 1890 federal census is the eleventh census of the United States.
It was authorized by Congress on March 1, 1889 (25 Stat. 760), and was begun on June 1, 1890. The enumeration was
to be completed within thirty days, or two weeks for communities with populations of 10,000 or more.
The 1890 Federal Census of the United States was so badly damaged in
a fire that occurred in the Commerce Department Building in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 1921 that more than
99% of the original population schedules were disposed of without being microfilmed.
The entire 1890 Federal Census of North Dakota was completely destroyed in this fire, and
the only surviving
schedule of the 1890 Federal Census of South Dakota was a fragment of Jefferson Township, Union County, South Dakota,
enumerating only one single family, the James M. and Permelia Lafferre family.
| Fortunately, all of a special schedule of veterans who served in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States during
the Civil War and the widows of these veterans residing in North Dakota and South Dakota in 1890 did survive the
fire. |
The 1890 special census contains this information:
 name
of surviving veteran, or if veteran is deceased, the names of both the widow(er) and the deceased spouse
house
number
family
number
rank
company
name
of regiment or vessel
date
of enlistment
date
of discharge
length
of service in years, months, and days
post
office address
disability
incurred
remarks
What counties are included in the
1890 Special Census of
Civil War Veterans and Widows?
 North
Dakota 
Reliabilty Rating
Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau,
Bowman, Buford, Burleigh
Cass, Cavalier,
Church
Dickey, Dunn
Eddy, Emmons
Flannery, Foster
Garfield, Grand
Forks, Griggs
Hettinger
Kidder
La Moure, Logan
McHenry,
McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountraille
Nelson
Oliver
Pembina, Pierce
Ramsey, Ransom,
Renville, Richland, Rolette
Sargent,
Sheridan, Stark, Steele, Stevens, Stutsman
Towner, Traill
Wallace, Walsh,
Ward, Wells, Williams
Standing Rock Indian
Reservation
 South Dakota 
Reliabilty Rating
Armstrong, Aurora
Beadle,
Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Butte
Campbell,
Charles Mix, Choteau, Clark, Clay, Codington, Custer
Davison, Day, Delano,
Deuel, Douglas
Edmunds, Ewing
Fall River, Faulk
Grant, Gregory
Hamlin,
Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde
Jackson, Jerauld
Kingsbury
Lake, Lawrence,
Lincoln, Lyman
Marshall,
Martin, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody
Nowlin
Pennington, Potter,
Pratt, Presho
Roberts
Sanborn,
Scobey, Spink, Stanley, Sterling, Sully
Todd, Turner
Union
Walworth, Washington
Yankton
Ziebach
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