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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 Decatur Township -- Part 1 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 1 124 1 1 John M Dumm 10 M MO No adults appear in this household 2 124 James M Dumm 4 M MO 3 124 Wm W Dumm 1 M IA 4 124 2 2 Henry Bennington 39 M 1 12 OH Farmer 1 5 124 Sally Bennington 35 F 1 12 OH 6 124 Margret Bennington 16 F OH 7 124 Rachal Bennington 14 F OH 8 124 Peter Bennington 10 M IA 9 124 Julia Bennington 7 F IA 10 124 Emley Bennington 5 F IA 11 124 Jefferson Bennington 1/2 M IA 12 124 3 3 B H Covington 49 M 1 4 VA Merchant 1 13 124 Sarah Covington 40 F 1 4 OH 14 124 4 4 D**anda Covington 18 F IL 15 124 Smith Covington 11 M IL 16 124 Sarah Covington 9 F IL 17 124 Dodge Covington 4 M IL 18 124 Samuel Covington 2 M IA 19 124 4 4 Wm Bradley 45 M 1 8 SC Farmer 1 1 Dwelling 4 is marked here again Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 124 Nancy Bradley 43 F 1 8 KY 21 124 Eveline Bradley 17 F IL 22 124 Henry Bradley 14 M IL 23 124 Nancy S Bradley 11 F IL 24 124 Thena Bradley 9 F IL 25 124 George Bradley 5 M IA 26 124 Alford Bradley 3 M IA 27 124 4 4 J * Day 24 M 1 3 TN Farmer 1 1 Dwelling 4 is marked here again; Middle initial could be O or C 28 124 E A Day 25 F 1 2 TN 29 124 J H Day 6 M TN 30 124 M A Day 4 F TN 31 124 Catherine Humphres 19 F TN 32 124 5 5 Frances Lake 38 F 1 4 VA Merchant 33 124 David Lake 21 M 4 OH Merchant 34 124 Mary E Lake 13 F OH 35 124 Joseph Lake 9 M OH 36 124 Siras Lake 5 M OH 37 124 Albert Lake 4 M OH 1 126 6 6 Samuel Leland 42 M 1 4 PA Millrigh 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 2 126 Barbery Leland 34 F 1 4 PA 3 126 Hiram Leland 13 M MI 4 126 George Leland 11 M WI 5 126 Henry Leland 9 M WI 6 126 Stephen Leland 6 M WI 7 126 Mary J Leland 4 F WI 8 126 7 7 Wm T Robbins 40 M 1 10 OH Farmer 1 1 9 126 Martha Robbins 34 F 1 10 IN 10 126 Hanah E Robbins 13 F IN 11 126 Perry Robbins 11 M IN 12 126 Liewservy E Robbins 6 F IA 13 126 Frances Robbins 4 F IA 14 126 8 8 John Brutt 24 M 1 4 Germany Cebenet 15 126 Dinela Brutt 22 F 1 4 Germany 16 126 9 9 Thomas Downing 46 M 1 4 DE 17 126 Margret Downing 42 F 1 4 DE 18 126 John Downing 19 M OH 19 126 Mary E Downing 19 F OH 20 126 Marthey Downing 12 F OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 21 126 Abreham W Downing 9 M OH 22 126 Wm T Downing 6 M OH 23 126 Harvy W Downing 2 M IA 24 126 George E Downing M IA 25 126 10 10 George Cox 46 M 1 5 KY Farmer 1 1 26 126 Susannah Cox 39 F 1 5 KY 27 126 Mary J Cox 18 F IN 28 126 Balin Cox 7 M MO 29 126 Mary M Cox 7 F IA 30 126 James Dillard 33 M 1 3 NC 31 126 Valery Dillard 25 F 1 3 IN 33 126 Angeline Dillard 10 F MO 34 126 Catherine Dillard 8 F IA 35 126 Andrew J Dillard 7 M MO 36 126 Jonathan Dillard 5 M MO 37 126 Noah Dillard 3 M IA 38 126 11 11 Catherine Dumm 33 F 1 1 IN 39 126 Hariet E Dumm 7 F MO 40 126 Iva Ann Dumm 13 F MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 1 128 12 12 Isaac Gift 35 M 1 3 PA Carpente 1 1 2 128 Eveline Gift 30 F 1 3 OH 3 128 Albert Gift 8 M WI 4 128 Allen Gift 6 M WI 5 128 Julius Gift 4 M WI 6 128 Robert Gift 2 M IA 7 128 13 13 Edward Truman 48 M 1 10 KY Farmer 1 8 128 Perlina Truman 10 KY 9 128 Walter Truman KY 1 1 10 128 Sarah Truman KY 11 128 John Truman KY 12 128 Edward Truman KY 13 128 Virginia Truman KY 14 128 Henry Truman KY 15 128 Elizabeth Truman IA 16 128 Juliah Truman IA 17 128 Mary Truman IA 18 128 Hester Truman IA 19 128 William Burch 26 M TN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 128 14 14 Thomas Black 47 M 1 12 PA Farmer 1 21 128 Sarah Black 46 F 1 12 PA 22 128 Joseph Black 20 M PA 23 128 Henry Black 15 M IL 24 128 Charles Black 12 M IA 25 128 Sarah Black 1 F IA 26 128 Harvy Fergurson 22 M TN 1 1 27 128 15 15 N P Thompson 40 M 1 16 IN Farmer 1 1 28 128 Levina Thompson 40 F 10 VA 29 128 Malissa Thompson 17 F IL 30 128 Mary A Thompson 15 F IL 31 128 Neomy Thompson 13 F 32 128 Jane Thompson 11 F 33 128 K P Thompson 9 M 34 128 Harriet E Thompson 7 F 35 128 John B Thompson 2 M 1 130 16 16 Hugh Cameron 60 M 1 1 Scotland farmer 1 2 130 Jane Cameron 53 F 1 1 PA 3 130 17 17 James H Ownby 44 M 1 4 VA Blacksmi 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 4 130 Alener Ownby 40 F 1 4 VA 5 130 Charles Ownby 16 M VA 6 130 Ann E Ownby 14 F VA 7 130 William H Ownby 12 M VA 8 130 James E Ownby 10 M VA 9 130 Susa Berry 56 F 1 MS 10 130 Isaac Clark 25 M 3 IN 1 1 11 130 Conrad Bare 23 M 6 OH 12 130 Robert Haywood 17 M 2 MO 13 130 18 18 John W Hall 39 M 1 11 RI Merchant 1 1 14 130 Eliza Hall 33 F 1 11 OH 15 130 Sarah A Hall 13 F IL 16 130 Wm S Hall 9 M IA 17 130 Mary Hall 9 F IA 18 130 Jane Hall 4 F IA 19 130 19 19 James W Gill 41 M 1 8 VA farmer 1 20 130 Elizabeth E Gill 24 F 1 8 IL 21 130 Noah B Gill 20 M KY 22 130 Wm H Gill 13 M OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 23 130 Sary E Gill 11 F OH 24 130 John A Gill 10 M IN 25 130 Joseph E Gill 8 M IA 26 130 Lafecatt Gill 5 M IA 27 130 Mary A Gill 3 F IA 28 130 20 20 James L Garrett 39 M 1 1 KY Minister 29 130 Salley Garrett 33 F 1 1 KY 30 130 David Garrett 11 M IN 31 130 21 21 Jonathan Alley 75 M 1 9 VA farmer 1 32 130 Emely Alley 30 F 1 9 TN 33 130 Marion Alley 10 M IA 34 130 Haryy Alley 9 M IA First name is as it appears on the census 35 130 Washington Alley 5 M IA 36 130 22 22 S H Cummins 24 M 1 11 IN Merchant 1 1 37 130 T A Cummins 20 F 1 4 IL 38 130 John H Cummins 0 M IA 1 132 23 23 Abner Harbour 41 M 1 9 OH Carpente 1 2 132 Charity Harbour 29 F 1 9 KY 3 132 Franklin P Harbour 3 M IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 4 132 John Collinwood 28 M NY Carpente 1 1 5 132 24 24 C B Laughhead 33 M 1 2 PA Carpente 1 1 6 132 Elizabeth Laughhd 25 F 1 2 OH 7 132 James A Lauhead 2 M OH 8 132 Mary M Lauhead 0 F IA 9 132 25 25 Jas M Hacker 30 M 1 1 OH Carpente 1 1 10 132 Mary J Hacker 24 F 1 1 IN 11 132 Jas O Hacker 3 M IN 12 132 Geo W Hacker 1 M IN 13 132 Wm S Hacker 22 M IN Carpenter 14 132 26 26 Josiah * McCleland 32 M 1 3 KY Physicia 1 1 15 132 Amanda M McClelland 26 F 1 3 TN 16 132 27 27 Wilson L Warford 55 M 1 5 KY farmer 1 1 17 132 Nancy Warford 53 F 1 5 KY 18 132 Merritt W Warford 21 M 5 IN farmer 1 1 1 19 132 Delilah Warford 31 F 5 IN 20 132 Emeline Warford 17 F IN 21 132 Albert * Warford 10 M IN 22 132 28 28 Robert French 30 M 1 3 KY 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 23 132 Eliza J French 22 F 1 3 IN 24 132 Mandy J French 1 F IA 25 132 John B French 0 M IA 26 132 Leodicea Desven 63 F 1 3 TN 27 132 Abalil Smith 24 F 1 1 KY 28 132 Wm * Smith 6 M IL 29 132 R B Smith 1 M IL 30 132 29 29 R B Hauley 29 M 1 3 VA farmer 1 1 Widowed field is marked on census 31 132 C J Hauley 24 F 1 3 NY Widowed field is marked on census 32 132 L S Hauley 6 M IL 33 132 J E Hauley 4 F IL 34 132 S E Hauley 2 F IA 35 132 G Hauley 0 F IA 1 134 30 30 William Fortune 26 M 1 2 IN farmer 1 2 134 Barbara Fortune 34 F 1 2 KY 3 134 Catherine Shumaker 13 F IN 4 134 Elizabeth Shumaker 11 F IN 5 134 Sary Shumaker 4 F IN 6 134 John W Fortune 2 M IL Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 7 134 George W Fortune 0 M IA 8 134 31 31 L C Conery 46 M 1 11 OH Shision 1 9 134 Helon Conery 47 F 1 11 VA END Kermit L. 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