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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 2 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 10 134 Stephen C Conery 21 M 1 11 IL 11 134 Elizabeth Conery 21 F 1 5 VA 12 134 Mary F Conery 19 F IL 13 134 Abreham Conery 14 M IL 14 134 Wm Conery 12 M IL 15 134 Luther Conery 4 M IA 16 134 32 33 Wm Rowel 61 M 1 8 VA 1 1 17 134 Hester Rowel 52 F 1 8 DE 18 134 Lucia Rowel 26 F OH 19 134 H C Rowel 16 M OH 20 134 Safford Rowel 29 M 1 OH 21 134 Merinda Rowel 20 F 1 OH 22 134 Julian Rowel 13 F OH 23 134 33 34 Wm E Price 33 M 1 1 OH Carpente 1 1 1 24 134 Lusety Price 25 F 1 1 OH 25 134 Wesley A Price 8 M IN 26 134 Elu M Price 6 M IN 27 134 Mary E Price 3 F IL 28 134 Francis M Price 1 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 29 134 Wm Crafford 23 M IN Carpente 1 1 31 134 34 35 R M Earl 33 M 1 0 NY Physician 32 134 Sary Earl 3 F 1 OH Age is listed as 3 and the married column is marked on census 33 134 Abert H Earl 7 M IN 34 134 S C Earl 2 F IN 35 134 T J Earl 0 M IA 36 134 35 36 * W French 23 M 1 8 IN Merchant 1 1 First initial may be O P or D 37 134 Mary A French 23 F 1 IN 38 134 Alvira French 1 F IA 1 136 37 38 Rebeeca Garren 48 1 21 IN 2 136 John A Garron 15 M IA 3 136 Nancy L Garron 13 F IA 4 136 James Riley Garren 9 M IA 5 136 Mary M Garren 4 F IA 6 136 38 39 William Gardner 29 M 1 0 KY farmer 1 1 1 7 136 Lydia A Gardner 23 F 1 0 OH 8 136 Mary E Gardner 5 F IN 9 136 Mahala J Gardner 3 F IN 10 136 Anna J Gardner 0 F IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 11 136 39 40 John S Wartenbee 27 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 12 136 Sarah W Wartenbee 28 F 1 1 NY 13 136 Julia S Wartenbee 4 F MI 14 136 Francis A Wartenbee 2 M OH 15 136 Edges O Wartenbee 0 M IA 16 136 James M Everet 19 M 16 OH 1 Land owner column is marked on census 17 136 40 41 John Sly 42 M 1 11 VA Teamster 1 1 18 136 Sarah P Sly 32 F 1 11 KY 19 136 Joanna Sly 15 F IN 20 136 Corneleous Sly 13 M IN 21 136 Mary E Sly 11 F IA 22 136 Jacob Sly 4 M IA 23 136 Uriah Sly 2 M IA 24 136 41 42 John T Shelton 40 M 1 20 KY Carpente 1 1 25 136 Jane Shelton 32 F 1 11 OH 26 136 Levi Shelton 15 M IA 27 136 William Shelton 13 M IA 28 136 Isaac Shelton 11 M IA 29 136 Matilda A Shelton 5 F IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 30 136 Mary A Shelton 1 F IA 31 136 41 42 Thomas Miller 42 M 1 4 SC farmer 1 1 Dwelling 41 is marked again, but to the right is a large 42 32 136 Mary A Miller 35 F 1 4 KY 33 136 Mary C Miller 16 F IN 34 136 Sary J Miller 15 F IN 35 136 John W Miller 13 M IN 36 136 Margret E Miller 10 F IN 37 136 Lidia E Miller 8 F IN 38 136 Pheba A Miller 6 F IN 39 136 James M Miller 4 M IN 1 138 42 43 Henry Portis 40 M 1 1 NC farmer 1 1 2 138 Saloma Portis 37 F 1 1 OH 3 138 Nancy Portis 17 F IN 4 138 David Portis 13 M IN 5 138 Michal Portis 7 F IN 6 138 Sophia J Portis 3 F IN 7 138 43 44 Mathew Houston 60 M 1 3 TN farmer 1 1 8 138 Jane Houston 58 F 1 3 TN 9 138 Robert L Houston 21 M TN 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 10 138 Jane M Houston 19 F TN 11 138 Lorenia C Houston 16 F TN 12 138 Sarah J McCrosky 15 F TN 13 138 44 45 Solomon Pennywell 43 M 1 0 DE farmer 1 1 1 14 138 Catherine Pennywell 42 F 1 0 VA 15 138 James Pennywell 20 M OH 16 138 Mary E Pennywell 18 F OH 17 138 Rebeca C Pennywell 15 F OH 18 138 Sary J Pennywell 13 F OH 19 138 Samuel C Pennywell 8 M OH 20 138 45 46 Calvin Board 50 M 1 5 KY farmer 1 1 21 138 Sarah Board 49 F 1 5 KY 22 138 Matilda C Board 20 F IL 23 138 Milton B Board 18 M IL 24 138 Susan A Board 14 F IL 25 138 Sarah C Board 11 F IL 26 138 Maria A Board 8 F IL 27 138 46 47 William H Tolman 31 M 1 0 OH farmer 1 1 28 138 Elizbeth Tolmon 32 F 1 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 29 138 Martha L Tolmon 10 F OH 30 138 47 48 Jane Gardner 60 F 1 2 KY 1 31 138 Henry S Gardner 36 M 2 KY farmer 1 1 1 32 138 John T Gardner 22 M KY 33 138 Edmond Gardner 19 M KY 34 138 Mary J Gardner 16 F KY 35 138 Andrew B Gardner 14 M KY 36 138 48 49 Curtis G Rowel 23 M 1 9 OH 1 1 1 27 138 Elizabeth A Rowel 17 F 1 12 OH 1 140 50 50 Samuel D Edminson 47 M 1 SC farmer 1 1 Dwelling is listed as 50 on the census instead of 49 2 140 Rachal Edminson 41 F 1 TN 3 140 Elizabeth Edminson 21 F TN 4 140 Mary A Edminson 20 F TN 5 140 Eliza Edminson 18 F IN 6 140 James H Edminson 16 M IN 7 140 Sarah A Edminson 14 F IN 8 140 Martha Edminson 11 F IN 9 140 Ellen B Edminson 6 F IL 10 140 Tebitha Edminson 5 F IL Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 11 140 Alice Edminson 1 F IL 12 140 51 52 Isaac Sprague M 1 OH farmer 1 1 No age given, Militia column was marked and crossed out 13 140 Pheba Sprague F 1 NY No aged given 14 140 52 53 Enox Sprague 31 M 1 OH farmer 15 140 Mary A Sprague 21 F 1 TN 16 140 William Sprague 9 M OH 17 140 Nathaniel Sprague 5 M OH 18 140 53 54 Henry Ellis 30 M 1 8 PA farmer 1 1 1 19 140 Henrietta Ellis 27 F 1 8 OH 20 140 Mitchel M Ellis 10 M OH 21 140 Hester E Ellis 6 F IA 22 140 William R Ellis 4 M IA 23 140 Sarah S Ellis 3 F IA 24 140 Jasper Ellis 1 M IA 25 140 Charles Clements 27 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1 26 140 Nelson B Clements 20 M 0 OH farmer 1 27 140 54 55 James Lewis 33 M 1 2 IN farmer 1 1 1 28 140 Barbary Lewis 32 F 1 2 OH 29 140 Josiah Lewis 7 M IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 30 140 Mary S Lewis 4 F IN 31 140 David Lewis 1 M IA 32 140 55 56 Claborn Jones 52 M 1 0 TN farmer 1 1 33 140 Mahala Jones 52 F 1 0 TN 34 140 Maria Jones 18 F TN 35 140 George Jones 13 M IN 36 140 Eliza Jones 11 F IN 37 140 Celea Jones 8 F IN 38 140 Si*a Jones 4 F IN 1 142 56 57 William Starr 29 M 1 4 IN farmer 1 1 1 2 142 Minerva Starr 24 F 1 4 IN 3 142 J S Starr 3 M IA 4 142 James W Starr 0 M IA 5 142 57 58 John Stanley 27 M 1 8 IN farmer 1 1 1 6 142 Lewiza Stanley 22 F 1 7 7 142 Joel H Stanley 4 M IA 8 142 Elizabeth J Stanley 2 F 9 142 58 59 Joel Stanley 55 M 1 8 VA Farmer 1 1 1 10 142 Bithena Stanley 47 F 1 8 Carolina North or South Carolina was not specified as the birthplace Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 11 142 Thomas M Stanley 24 M 8 IN Farforde 1 1 1 12 142 Joseph Stanley 21 M 8 IN Farmer 1 1 1 13 142 Elizabeth J Stanley 15 F MO 14 142 Permela E Stanley 12 F MO 15 142 Mary M Stanley 8 F IA 16 142 59 60 Medley T Shelton 44 M 1 18 KY farmer 1 1 1 17 142 Neoma Shelton 28 F 1 10 KY 18 142 William Shelton 9 M IA 19 142 Delyatha Shelton 8 F IA 20 142 Mary D Shelton 7 F IA 21 142 Sarah Shelton 6 F IA 22 142 Matilda Shelton 4 F IA 23 142 Medley M Shelton 2 M IA 24 142 Eliza Shelton 0 F IA 25 142 George Ramsey 18 M OH farmer 1 26 142 60 61 Lewis J Walker 39 1 14 OH Farmer 1 1 1 27 142 Mary J Walker 37 F 1 14 OH 28 142 Elizabeth A Walker 18 F IN 29 142 Rachal E Walker 16 F IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 30 142 Mary J Walker 14 F IN 31 142 Catherine Walker 12 F IA 32 142 Susanah Walker 7 F IA 33 142 Marha A Walker 4 F IA First name is as it appears on the census 34 142 Oliver T Walker 1 M IA 1 144 61 62 John T Tash 59 M 1 2 NC Carder 1 1 3 144 Lydia Tash 54 F IN 4 144 Andrew Tash 19 M MO Farmer 1 5 144 Harvy Akers 14 M MO 6 144 Hiram Tash 14 M IN 7 144 Riley Tash 11 M IN 8 144 Lydia A Akers 12 F MO 9 144 Malinda Tash 24 F KY 10 144 62 63 Emley Mckern 36 F 1 4 KY 1 11 144 Beda Mckern 17 M IL Farmer 12 144 Nancy O Mckern 15 F IL 13 144 Abram Mckern 14 M IL 14 144 Mary E Mckern 6 F MO 15 144 Lairie T Mckern 4 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 16 144 Henry M Mckern 2 M IA 17 144 63 64 Ambros S Long 30 M 1 VA Painter 18 144 Jane Long 26 F 1 KY 19 144 John Barcus 19 M 1 Germany Farmer 20 144 Samuel Einknona 33 M 1 OH Engineer 21 144 Martha J Kirkland 30 F 1 OH 22 144 Sarah E Kirkland 11 F OH 23 144 Eliza H Kirkland 9 F OH 24 144 Clary J Kerklin 6 F OH 25 144 Harrietta Kirkland 1 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 END Kermit L. 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