Occupations on the Census
- Bar Keeper
- one who tends or keeps a bar for alcoholic beverages
- Blacksmith
- one who works in iron with a forge to make products, such as tools, machine parts, and horseshoes. To make the iron malleable, he heats the iron in a forge and hammers it into shape on an anvil.
- Boat Builder
- one who builds boats
- Bore Setter
- one who makes vertical shafts for mines
- Brick Maker
- one who makes bricks
- Cabinet Maker
- one who builds furniture and cabinetry from wood
- Carder
- one who brushes with a card animal or vegetable fibers in order to clean, disentangle, and order them in preparation for spinning.
- Carpenter
- one who shapes and assemble structural woodwork esp. in the construction of buildings, tunnels, and mines
- Chair Maker
- one who assembles chairs
- Clerk
- Clothier
- one who deals in clothes, esp. one who sells clothes
- Collier
- coal miner
- Cowman
- one who raises cattle, generally on a ranch
- Esquire
- a landed country gentleman
- Farmer
- one who raises food crops for food and profit
- Filler
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- Founder
- one who casts metals
- Grocer
- shopkeeper who sells food
- Gunsmith
- one who makes or repairs small firearms
- Harness Maker
- Inn Keeper
- one who owns or operates an inn
- Iron Master
- one who manufactures or deals in iron
- Joiner
- one who finishes interior woodwork, doors, molding, stairs, etc.
- Keeper
- custodian or caretaker
- Laborer
- Lumberman
- one employed in the lumber business; one who buys and sells lumber
- Mason
- one who builds with stone or brick
- Merchant
- one who buys and sells products for profit; shopkeeper
- Miller
- one who owns or operates a mill
- Millwright
- one who maintains the inner workings of a mill
- Miner
- one who digs ore from a mine
- Moulder
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- Ore Burner
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- Ore Digger
- miner
- Physician
- medical practicioner
- Plasterer
- one who works with plaster, esp. one who applies plaster to a building
- Potter
- one who makes earthenware goods such as pots, dishes, and bowls
- Sawyer
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- School Teacher
- one who educates children in a school house
- Shoemaker
- one who makes and repairs footwear
- Stone Mason
- stonecutter; one who builds with stone
- Tailor
- one who makes, alters, and repairs clothes, esp. mens' suits, coats, etc.
- Tanner
- one who processes cow hides in the manufacture of leather
- Teamster
- one who drives a team of horses for a living
- Wagoner
- one who drives a wagon
- Wagon Maker
- one who makes wagons
- Watchmaker
- Weaver
- one who makes cloth by weaving
- Wood Chopper