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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Pam Shelton-Anderson July 1999 ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Decatur, Iowa Please visit the Decatur County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/decatur/ ____________________________________________________________________________ 1856 Iowa Census for Decatur County Transcribed by Pam Shelton-Anderson July 1999 Centre Township -- Part 5 KEY Dw ... Dwelling Number Fam... Family Number Sx ... sex Ma ... Married Di ... Divorced YIS... Years living in State of Iowa NLV... Naturalized Voter NVV... Native Voter Ali... Alien Mil... Military D/D... Deaf/Dumb Idi... Idiotic LO ... Land Owner Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 13 200 Edith Sears 56 F 1 16 VA 14 200 Susannah Sears 29 F 16 KY Pedagouge 15 200 A J Sears 28 M 16 KY farmer 16 200 Daniel Sears 22 M 16 IL farmer 17 200 Sarah A Sears 17 F 16 IL 18 200 Adelia F Sears 15 F 15 IA 19 200 Angeline Sears 12 F 12 IA 20 200 Allen Atha 18 M 1 IN farmer 21 200 Murry Mason 12 M 8 Canada 22 200 142 148 George Houk 25 M 1 0 OH farmer 1 1 23 200 Sarah C Houk 21 F 1 0 MD 24 200 Lucinda Houk 2 F 0 OH 25 200 Christena Houk 1 F 0 OH 26 200 143 149 Jane Coney 35 F 1 12 IN 1 27 200 Joseph Coney 18 M 12 IN farmer 1 1 28 200 Hariet Coney 16 F 12 IL 29 200 Thomas Coney 14 M 12 IL 30 200 Bedford Coney 12 M 12 IA 31 200 Marion Coney 10 M 10 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 32 200 Henry Coney 8 M 8 IA 33 200 Crocket Coney 7 M 7 IA 34 200 Eliza Coney 4 F 4 IA 35 200 Cosbey Coney 2 M 2 IA 1 202 144 150 L W Angel 29 M 1 1 NC farmer 1 1 1 2 202 Anny C Angel 23 F 1 1 NC 3 202 Daniel C Angel 4 M 1 NC 4 202 Niholem * Angel 2 M 1 NC Middle initial is either an N or H 5 202 145 151 Hiram Stanley 36 M 1 13 KY farmer 1 1 1 6 202 Hannah Stanley 29 F 1 13 VA 7 202 Ebben Stanley 12 M 12 IA 8 202 Emila Stanley 10 F 10 IA 9 202 Squire Stanley 8 M 8 IA 10 202 Abraham Stanley 3 M 3 IA 11 202 Isaac Stanley 1 M 1 IA 12 202 146 152 Wm McIlvain 28 M 1 5 IN farmer 1 1 1 13 202 Loama McIlvain 24 F 1 5 IN 14 202 Jasper McIlvain 5 M 5 IA 15 202 George McIlvain 3 M 3 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 16 202 Columbus McIlvain 1 M 1 IA 17 202 147 153 Cynthia Rirt 47 F 1 5 OH 18 202 Mary Rirt 17 F 5 IN 19 202 148 154 Uriah Bobbet 38 M 1 6 VA Blacksmi 1 1 1 20 202 Elisabeth M Bobbet 34 F 1 6 VA 21 202 Creed Bobbet 12 M 6 KY 22 202 John P Bobbet 10 M 6 KY 23 202 Minerva A Bobbet 8 F 6 KY 24 202 Theodore Bobbet 5 M 5 IA 25 202 Wm H Bobbet 2 M 2 IA 26 202 Daughter Bobbet IA 27 202 149 155 Lenord Walton 40 M 2 PA farmer 28 202 Elisabeth Walton 41 F 2 OH 29 202 Sarah J Walton 16 2 OH 30 202 Joseph Walton 14 2 OH 31 202 Idea L Walton 13 2 OH First name is how it appears in the census, no sex given 32 202 Margaret E Walton 8 2 IN 33 202 Henryette Walton 5 2 IN 34 202 Lucinda Walton 5 2 IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 35 202 Archibald Walton 3 2 IN 1 204 150 156 Mosses Umstead 43 M 1 5 Canada farmer 1 1 1 First name is as it appears on the census 2 204 Arvilla Umstead 43 F 1 5 NY 3 204 Warren Umstead 20 M 5 MI farmer 1 4 204 Uriah Umstead 11 M 5 MI 5 204 Wm Pain 22 M 0 OH laborer 6 204 151 157 Evan Watkins 33 M 1 5 Wales farmer 1 1 1 7 204 Mary Watkins 32 F 1 5 Wales 8 204 Wm Watkins 7 M 5 MS Birthplace is written as Missip in census 9 204 152 158 David Ceherman 37 M 1 1 KY farmer 1 1 1 Surname is how it appears in the census 10 204 Mary L Ceherman 37 F 1 1 KY 11 204 Martha E Ceherman 14 F 1 IN 12 204 Sarah Ceherman 13 F 1 IN 13 204 Henry J Ceherman 10 M 1 IN 14 204 Daniel B Ceherman 8 M 1 IN 15 204 Mary E Ceherman 7 F 1 IN 16 204 Thena A Ceherman 5 F 1 IN 17 204 Matilda Ceherman 1 F 1 IA 18 204 153 159 Hugh C Gammon 24 M 1 5 IN farmer 1 1 1 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 19 204 Avaline Gammon 20 F 1 5 IN 20 204 Wm H Gammon 1 M 1 IA 21 204 Levi Gammon 0 M 0 IA 22 204 154 160 John Runckles 43 M 1 2 OH farmer 23 204 Hannah Runckles 39 F 1 2 OH 24 204 Angeline Runckles 18 F 2 OH 25 204 Elisabeth Runckles 16 F 2 OH 26 204 Rebecca J Runckles 14 F 2 OH 27 204 Hannah Runckles 12 F 2 OH 28 204 Mary C Runckles 10 F 2 OH 29 204 Isibal Runckles 8 F 2 OH 30 204 Lewis P Runckles 6 M 2 OH 31 204 John W Runckles 4 M 2 OH 32 204 Martha E Runckles 2 F 2 OH 33 204 155 161 Charles Wason 30 M 1 4 OH farmer Surname is as it appears on the census 34 204 Nancy A Wason 29 F 1 4 IN 35 204 James Wason 11 M 4 MO 36 204 Wm Wason 3 M 3 IA 37 204 Samuel Wason 1 M 1 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 1 206 156 162 Benjamin Hall 21 M 1 5 IN farmer 1 1 1 2 206 Martha A Hall 17 F 1 3 OH 3 206 Warren Hall 45 M 1 5 KY farmer 1 4 206 Wm N Hall 19 M 5 IN farmer 1 5 206 James M Hall 16 M 5 IN farmer 6 206 John W Hall 14 M 5 IN 7 206 Samuel L Hall 12 M 5 IN 8 206 Theodore A Hall 6 M 5 IN 9 206 Mary J Hall 5 F 5 IN 10 206 Sarah M Hall 2 F 2 IA 11 206 157 163 Abraham Trembly 45 M 1 1 PA farmer 1 Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 12 206 Nancy Trembly 26 F 1 1 OH 13 206 Hariet A Trembly 10 F 1 OH 14 206 Jemimah Trembly 6 F 1 OH 15 206 Emaline Trembly 5 F 1 OH 16 206 Sylvester Trembly 2 M 1 OH 17 206 Matilda Trembly 1 F IA 18 206 158 164 Wm Gammon 29 M 1 6 TN farmer 1 1 Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 19 206 Caroline Gammon 25 F 1 6 IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 206 Lavina Gammon 3 F 3 IA 21 206 Elisabeth E Gammon 1 F 1 IA 22 206 165 Dozier B Gammon 65 M 1 6 TN farmer 1 Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 23 206 Lavina Gammon 64 F 1 6 NC 24 206 Henry Laney 31 M 1 3 PA farmer 1 1 Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 25 206 Emma Laney 30 F 1 3 England 26 206 John A Laney 7 M 3 OH 27 206 Ulisses J Laney 6 M 3 OH First name is as it appears on the census 28 206 Malvina Laney 4 F 3 OH 29 206 George Laney 1 M 1 IA 30 206 159 166 Henry Jenkens 55 M 1 5 KY farmer Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 31 206 Rachel Jenkens 53 F 1 5 KY 32 206 Elisabeth Jenkens 18 F 5 IN 33 206 Wm H Jenkens 15 M 5 IN farmer 34 206 160 167 Franklin Akers 26 M 1 2 KY farmer 1 1 Land ownership column is obscured by page fold 35 206 Phebe D Akers 29 F 1 2 VA 36 206 James J Akers 4 M 2 KY 37 206 Solomon P Akers 2 M 2 IN 38 206 John W Akers 1 M 1 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 1 208 161 168 J H Cosburn 34 M 1 3 VA farmer 1 1 1 First part of surname has been written over and is a little hard to 2 208 Elisabeth Cosburn 29 F 1 3 VA 3 208 Archibald W Cosburn 9 M 3 VA 4 208 Wm S Cosburn 7 M 3 KY 5 208 Solomon F Cosburn 5 M 3 KY 6 208 Mary C Cosburn 3 F 3 IN 7 208 162 169 John Frazer 41 M 1 1 NC farmer 1 1 1 8 208 Susannah Frazer 31 F 1 1 NC 9 208 Martha A Frazer 12 F 1 NC 10 208 Elisabeth J Frazer 7 F 1 NC 11 208 Arvena Frazer 5 F 1 NC 12 208 James A Frazer 2 M 1 IL 13 208 Thomas Nixon 25 M 0 NC farmer 1 1 1 14 208 163 170 Daureus Frazer 49 F 1 1 NC 1 Land ownership column is marked for her 15 208 John Frazer 18 M 1 NC farmer 1 16 208 Joshua Frazer 15 M 1 NC farmer 17 208 164 171 Zimri Frazier 24 M 1 1 IN farmer 18 208 Sarah Frazier 24 F 1 1 IN 19 208 165 172 Joseph Beever 44 M 1 0 PA farmer 1 1 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 208 Christena Beever 44 F 1 0 OH 21 208 James Beever 18 M 0 OH farmer 1 22 208 Henry Beever 17 M 0 OH farmer 23 208 John Wm Beever 15 M 0 OH farmer 24 208 Mary A Beever 13 F 0 OH 25 208 Maria Beever 12 F 0 OH 26 208 Sarah Beever 10 F 0 OH 27 208 Hamer Beever 9 M 0 OH 28 208 Minerva J Beever 7 F 0 OH 29 208 Joseph A Beever 6 M 0 OH 30 208 Emila Beever 4 F 0 OH 31 208 Layton Beever 1 M 0 OH 32 208 166 173 D W Stimm 33 M 1 11 VA farmer 1 1 1 33 208 Athenns M Stimm 27 F 1 7 OH 34 208 Clark L Stimm 2 M 2 IA 35 208 Mary L Stimm 1 F 1 IA 36 208 Creles L Stimm 0 M IA First name is how it appears on the census 1 210 167 174 George W Gasset 35 M 1 10 NH farmer 1 1 1 2 210 Mary Gasset 33 F 1 10 MA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 3 210 Lodem E Gasset 7 M 7 IA 4 210 Addy A Gasset 5 F 5 IA 5 210 Elman Gasset 2 F 2 IA 6 210 Lonora Gasset 1 F 1 IA 7 210 168 175 Samuel Phipps 47 M OH farmer 1 1 8 210 Elisabeth Phipps 43 F 1 0 OH 9 210 John Phipps 18 M 0 OH farmer 1 10 210 Wm Phipps 15 M 0 OH farmer 11 210 Lucinda Phipps 12 F 0 OH 12 210 Elisabeth Phipps 9 F 0 OH 13 210 Martha J Phipps 7 F 0 OH 14 210 176 Alexander Anderson 24 M 1 0 OH farmer 1 1 1 15 210 Maria Anderson 20 F 1 0 OH 16 210 Thomas Rolers 25 M 0 VA Carpenter 17 210 169 177 Lorenzo H Sales 36 M 1 10 NY Physicia 1 1 1 18 210 Mary A Sales 29 F 1 10 OH 19 210 Nancy A Sales 10 F 10 IA 20 210 Lewis C Sales 6 M 6 IA 21 210 Frank H Sales 3 M 3 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 22 210 170 178 Abner M Burns 40 M 1 6 IN Wagonmak 1 1 1 23 210 Elisabeth A Burns 36 F 1 6 IN 24 210 Robber * Burns 16 M 6 IN farmer First name is as it appears on the census. Middle initial is H or S 25 210 Henry B Burns 13 M 6 IN 26 210 Isaac T Burns 8 M 6 IN 27 210 James C Burns 6 M 6 IA 28 210 Margaret B Burns 1 F 1 IA 29 210 171 179 Catharine Groves 44 F 1 1 VA 30 210 Edward Groves 17 M 1 PA laborer 31 210 Elisabeth Groves 15 F 1 VA 32 210 Thomas Groves 12 M 1 OH 33 210 Mary C Groves 10 F 1 OH 34 210 Owen Groves 6 M 1 OH 35 210 172 180 W J Porter 36 M 1 0 OH Pedagogu 1 1 1 36 210 Electa Porter 31 F 1 0 OH 37 210 Wm Porter 10 M 0 OH 38 210 Mary Porter 4 0 OH 39 210 Washington E Porter 2 0 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS Kermit L. Kittleson kermit-k@juno.com