Elkhart Township enumeration, 1897
District 10
| Parent or Guardian | Name of child | Sex | Age |
| Charles & Annie Nichols | Earnest C. | M | 20 |
| Ethel M. | F | 14 | |
| George W. | M | 12 | |
| Benjamin & Julia Routsong | Tilla | F | 18 |
| Oscar | M | 15 | |
| John Routsong | Mabel | F | 13 |
| R. L. Eddy | Frank | M | 15 |
| Ethel | F | 13 | |
| Mattie | F | 9 | |
| Philo | M | 9 | |
| Hite Eddy | Fern | M | 7 |
| William Donat | Jesse | M | 16 |
| Myron | M | 13 | |
| William & Lydia Jones | Louis | M | 13 |
| Maud | F | 10 |