SWINE (1860)
The following information relates to swine herd size in the Reeseville community according to the 1860 agricultural census schedules for the Towns of Lowell, Portland and Elba and the Village of Reeseville.
| No. of swine | No. of households with this size of swine herd |
| 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4 | 25 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 |
| 20 | 1 |
Households with the largest swine herds in 1860 were:
Households with 5 swine: R.T. Chatfield, G.S. Livermore, William Franz, J. Runkel, Peter Young, Herman Brandes, Christian Steinacker, Noah Bump
Households with 6 swine: Patrick O'Gara, Adam Reese, J.M. Cooper, Philip Spriestersbach, George Kuntz, William Dauffenbach, Michael Wekerling, Martin Nagler
Households with 7 swine: J.H. Moore, J.M. Gerred, M.K. Davis, Christian Kuntz, George Soldner, John Michael Kohn, Henry Wolter, G.M. Knarr, J.W. Goebel
Households with 8 swine: Jacob Stam, John Kohn, Christopher Steigman, A.C. Fisher
Households with 9 swine: John Connolly, Jeremiah O'Leary, W.C. Penticost, Christian Kohn, Adolf Giese
Household with 10 swine: George Plumb
Household with 11 swine: Charles Russell
Household with 12 swine: Betsy Fisher
Household with 15 swine: Henry Yerges
Household with 20 swine: Peter Reinhard sr.