1856 State Census of Iowa, Adair County, Summerset Township Transcribed by Polly Eckles for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/ Copyright (c) 2004 by Polly Eckles ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. (http://iagenweb.org/census/) Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== The transcriber has given permission to IAGenWeb to store and utilize the file permanently for free access on IAGenWeb state and county web sites. http://iagenweb.org. A copy may also be stored at the USGenWeb Iowa Archives. February 2004 ========================================================================== Formatted by IAGenWeb Census Project Coordinator, Stephen David Williams All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Census Year: 1856 Microfilm Number: HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290 State: Iowa County: Adair Township: Summerset Town: Enumerator: Abraham Rutt Enumeration Date: [no date given] Transcriber's Notes: No line numbers appear on the original census. Line numbers have been assigned by the transcriber to indicate the enumeration order. ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1856 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Adair DIVISION: Summerset Township ENUMERATOR: Abraham Rutt ENUM DATE: [no date given] MICROFILM: HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NBR NBR YRS NATIVE NATUR DEAF/ OWNER TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN DLS FAM FIRST-NAME/MI LAST-NAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER REMARKS 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 77 1 1 1 Azarah Root 68 M . X . 2 Massachusetts Farmer X . . . . . . . X . 77 2 1 1 Myra Root 61 F . X . 2 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 77 3 1 1 Homer Root 27 M . . . 2 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . . . 77 4 1 1 Ellen Root 17 F . . . 2 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 77 5 1 1 Almira Root 14 F . . . 2 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6 1 1 John Frant 16 M . . . 2 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 77 7 1 1 Hiram Rutt 24 M . . . 1 PA Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 77 8 1 1 Abram Lee 21 M . . . . England Farmer . . X X . . . . X . 77 9 1 1 Noah Beans 20 M . . . . Ohio Painter . . . X . . . . X . 77 10 1 1 Samuel A Drake 21 M . . . 2 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 77 11 2 2 John Cears 35 M . X . 5 PA Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 77 12 2 2 Phebe Cears 28 F . X . 5 VA . . . . . . . . . . . 77 13 2 2 Fredrick H Cears 9 M . . . 5 VA . . . . . . . . . . . 77 14 2 2 Annetta Cears 7 F . . . 5 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 77 15 2 2 John H Cears 3 M . . . 3 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 16 2 2 Mary Tucker 35 F . . . 5 VA . . . . . . . . . . . 77 17 2 2 Henry Cleaveland 28 M . . . 1 Conn Cooper X . . X . . . . . . 77 18 2 2 John Watson 15 M . . . . Maryland . . . . X . . . . . . 77 19 3 3 Alfred Jones 54 M . X . 10 Georgia Farmer X . . . . . . . X . 77 20 3 3 Nancy Jones 51 F . X . 10 VA . . . . . . . . . . . 77 21 3 3 Alfred Jones 16 M . . . 10 Ohio Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 77 22 3 3 Benjamin Jones 14 M . . . 10 Ohio Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 77 23 3 3 Joshua Jones 12 M . . . 10 Arkansas Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 77 24 3 3 Stephen Jones 10 M . . . 10 Iowa Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 77 25 3 3 Polly Jones 7 F . . . 7 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 26 3 3 Sinthey Jones 5 F . . . 5 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 27 4 4 Minotor Jones 27 M . . . 10 KY Farmer X . . X . . . . . . marriage not listed 77 28 4 4 Karlee Jones 18 F . . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . marriage not listed 77 29 4 4 Nancy Jones 1 F . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 30 5 5 James P Kinney 27 M . X . 4 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 77 31 5 5 Margaret Kinney 22 F . X . 4 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 77 32 5 5 Catharine Kinney 3 F . . . 3 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 33 5 5 George W Kinney 1 M . . . 1 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 77 34 5 5 Alfred Kinney 35 M . . . 3 VA Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 77 35 5 5 James Kinney 12 M . . . 4 Ohio Farmer . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1856 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Adair DIVISION: Summerset Township ENUMERATOR: Abraham Rutt ENUM DATE: [no date given] MICROFILM: HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NBR NBR YRS NATIVE NATUR DEAF/ OWNER TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN DLS FAM FIRST-NAME/MI LAST-NAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER REMARKS 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 78 1 6 6 John Evans 23 M . X . 8 PA Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 2 6 6 Mary Evans 18 F . X . 6 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 3 6 6 John McCanley 24 M . . . 6 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 4 7 7 James S Ewing 28 M . X . 1 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 5 7 7 Margaret Ewing 24 F . X . 1 Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6 7 7 Sarah M Ewing 1 F . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 7 8 9 Thomas M Ewing 25 M . X . 1 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . fam # error begins 78 8 8 9 Elizabeth Ewing 18 F . X . 1 Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 78 9 8 9 Herbert Ewing 1 M . . . 1 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 10 8 9 Robert E Ewing 14 M . . . . Ohio Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 78 11 9 10 Milton Chapman 39 M . X . 9 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 12 9 10 Elizabeth Chapman 36 F . X . 9 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . 78 13 9 10 Mary E Chapman 15 F . . . 9 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 14 9 10 David Chapman 10 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 15 9 10 Eliza Chapman 7 F . . . 7 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 16 9 10 Sarah E Chapman 4 F . . . 4 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 17 9 10 Jane Chapman 1 F . . . 1 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 18 9 11 Joshua E Chapman 28 M . X . 7 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 19 9 11 Martha Chapman 22 F . X . 10 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . 78 20 9 11 Emeline Chapman 2 F . . . 2 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 21 9 11 Henry C Chapman 1 M . . . 1 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 78 22 10 12 Thomas McClure 38 M . X . . KY Farmer X . . X . . . . X . fam has no yrs residence 78 23 10 12 Mary McClure 36 F . X . . KY . . . . . . . . . . . 78 24 10 12 Nancy Jane McClure 16 F . . . . Indiana Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 78 25 10 12 Samuel M McClure 13 M . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 26 10 12 Martha McClure 11 M . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 27 10 12 Burgess McClure 9 M . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 28 10 12 Ataline McClure 7 F . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 29 10 12 Caroline McClure 5 F . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 30 10 12 Elizabeth McClure 3 F . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 78 31 10 12 David Lanks 17 M . . . . Indiana Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 78 32 12 13 Charles M Adams 27 M . X . 1 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 78 33 12 13 Selia Adams 24 F . X . 1 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 34 12 13 Waldo Adams 5 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 35 12 13 Edger W Adams 2 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 78 36 12 13 Ernest Adams . M . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1856 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Adair DIVISION: Summerset Township ENUMERATOR: Abraham Rutt ENUM DATE: [no date given] MICROFILM: HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NBR NBR YRS NATIVE NATUR DEAF/ OWNER TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN DLS FAM FIRST-NAME/MI LAST-NAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER REMARKS 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 79 1 13 14 Samuel M Valentine 26 M . X . 2 Ohio Surveyer X . . X . . . . X . 79 2 13 14 Martha Valentine 20 F . X . 2 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 3 13 14 Adelbent Valentine . M . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 79 4 14 15 John Lookheart 29 M . X . 2 PA Farmer X . . X . . . . . . 79 5 14 15 Eliza Lookheart 30 F . X . 2 Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 79 6 14 15 Lindley Lookheart 7 M . . . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 79 7 14 15 Ursilda Lookheart 5 F . . . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 79 8 14 15 Mellisa Lookheart 3 F . . . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 79 9 15 17 James C Gibbs 33 M . X . 1 N.Y. Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 79 10 15 17 Phebe L Gibbs 28 F . X . . N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . 79 11 15 17 Josephine Gibbs 8 F . . . . N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . 79 12 15 17 Alansin Gibbs 5 M . . . . N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . 79 13 15 17 Justes A Gibbs 1 M . . . . N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . 79 14 15 17 Goretin N Bennet 24 M . . . 1 N.Y. Farmer X . . X . . . . . . 79 15 15 17 Ozias Gibbs 78 M . X . . Conn Farmer X . . . . . . . . . 79 16 15 17 Sarah Gibbs 77 F . X . . Conn . . . . . . . . . . . 79 17 16 18 B.N. Viers 65 M . . . 1 PA Tanner X . . . . . . . . . 79 18 16 18 James P Viers 30 M . . . . Ohio Farmer . . . . . . . . . . 79 19 17 20 Theodore Smith 33 M . X . . Conn Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 79 20 17 20 Sarah W Smith 28 F . X . . N. Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 79 21 17 20 Theodore V Smith 3 M . . . . N. Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 79 22 17 20 Augusta Smith . F . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 79 23 17 21 James Walker 36 M . X . . N.Y. Farmer X . . X . . . . X . fam has no yrs residence 79 24 17 21 Catharine Walker 27 F . X . . N. Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 79 25 17 21 Mary Jane Walker 4 F . . . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 79 26 17 21 Herbert E Walker 3 M . . . . Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 79 27 17 21 John N Walker . M . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 79 28 17 21 Martha Campbell 28 F . . . . N. Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 79 29 18 22 John W Martin 58 M . X . . MD Farmer X . . . . . . . . . fam has no yrs residence 79 30 18 22 Amanda Martin 33 F . X . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 31 18 22 Bovia Martin 19 M . . . . Ohio Farmer . . . X . . . . . . 79 32 18 22 Mathille Martin 7 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 33 18 22 Miner Martin 6 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 34 18 22 Maranda Martin 6 F . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 35 18 22 Marilda Martin 2 F . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 79 36 18 22 Franklin Stone 52 M . . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1856 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Adair DIVISION: Summerset Township ENUMERATOR: Abraham Rutt ENUM DATE: [no date given] MICROFILM: HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NBR NBR YRS NATIVE NATUR DEAF/ OWNER TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN DLS FAM FIRST-NAME/MI LAST-NAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER REMARKS 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ==================================================================================================================================================================================== 80 1 19 23 Jacob Eby 24 M . X . 3 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 80 2 19 23 Patheney Eby 22 F . X . 3 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 80 3 19 23 Joseph Eby 3 M . . . 3 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 80 4 19 23 Eliza Eby 1 F . . . 1 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 80 5 19 23 William Lot 23 M . . . . Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . . . 80 6 19 23 Thomas Eby 19 M . . . 3 Ohio Farmer . . . X . . . . . . 80 7 20 24 John Hillen 50 M . X . 3 PA Cooper X . . . . . . . . . 80 8 20 24 Sarah Hillen 38 F . X . 3 PA . . . . . . . . . . . 80 9 20 24 Margaret Hillen 10 F . . . 3 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 10 20 24 James Hillen 9 M . . . 3 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 11 20 24 Mark Hillen 7 M . . . 3 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 12 20 24 Mary Hillen 5 F . . . 3 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 13 20 24 Levi Hillen 3 M . . . 2 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 14 20 24 Richard Hillen 1 M . . . 1 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 80 15 20 24 Hyram Schoonover 25 M . X . 1 Ohio Farmer X . . X . . . . . . 80 16 20 24 Susan Schoonover 17 F . X . 3 Ill . . . . . . . . . . . 80 17 21 25 Stephen Crist 30 M . X . 2 Indiana Farmer X . . X . . . . X . 80 18 21 25 Francis M Powers 25 M . . . . Indiana Farmer X . . X . . . . X .