"United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-3SJ : accessed 20 June 2015), Joseph Leighton in household of Handy Leighton, Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 103, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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