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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 3 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 26 144 William Kemphill 20 M 1 OH Carpenter 27 144 64 65 Catherine Ross 66 F 1 5 PA 28 144 Elizabeth Ross 24 F PA 29 144 Isaiah Ross 22 M PA Farmer 1 1 1 30 144 64 65 Emley Bradsall 31 F 1 9 PA 1 31 144 Thomas M Cook 6 M IA 32 144 Elizabeth Cook 5 F IA 33 144 Jonathan Cook 3 M IA 34 144 Walter Birdsall 0 M IA 35 144 65 66 Jesse Dilliner 26 M 1 3 IN 35 144 Elizabeth Dilliner 21 F 1 3 IN 36 144 Nancy J Dilliner 3 F IA 1 146 67 68 William A Gunter 23 M 1 4 IN Farmer 1 1 1 2 146 Hannah J Gunter 19 F IN 3 146 Amanda E Gunter 3 F IA 4 146 Mary A Gunter 1 F IA 5 146 68 69 William C Akers 34 M 1 4 KY Farmer 1 1 1 6 146 Sarah S Akers 32 F NC 7 146 Manerva A Akers 8 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 8 146 Benjamin Akers 6 M MO 9 146 Dolphin Akers 2 M IA 10 146 Garret * Akers 1 M IA 11 146 69 70 Cr*sis F James 36 M 1 TN Farmer 1 1 12 146 Harriet James 33 F 1 TN 13 146 Oristes James 10 M TN 14 146 Rebecca James 6 F TN 15 146 Elizabeth James 6 F TN 16 146 Martha N James 2 F TN 17 146 70 71 Jacob Hadgins 33 M KY Farmer 1 1 18 146 Elizabeth Hadjins 30 F KY 19 146 Mary J Hadjins 14 F IA 20 146 Philip O Hadjins 10 M IA 21 146 William H Hadjins 7 M IA 22 146 John W Hadjins 5 M IA 23 146 Elizabeth A Hadjins 4 F IA 24 146 Martha M Hadjins 2 F IA 25 146 71 72 Christopher W Long 54 M VA 26 146 Jane Long 49 F KY Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 27 146 Christopher H Long 17 M IN 28 146 Martha M Long 14 F IN 29 146 Jesse S Long 12 M IN 30 146 Ann M Long 7 F IN 31 146 Henry Gandy 27 M IN 32 146 72 73 William Childers 60 M 1 8 VA 1 1 33 146 Nancy Childers 50 F 1 8 DE 34 146 William Tucker 8 M IA 35 146 Nancy E Childers 6 F IA 36 146 73 74 Noah Lucas 25 M 1 1 VA 37 146 Mary Lucas 20 F 1 1 DE 38 146 Joell Lucas 4 M VA 39 146 Charles Lucas 1 M IA 1 148 74 75 Hiram O Jarard 29 M 1 19 MI Farmer 1 1 2 148 Mary A Jarard 18 F 1 15 OH 3 148 Jemima Jarard 47 F 1 19 OH 4 148 William K Jarard 16 M IA Farmer 5 148 John D Jarard 12 M IA 6 148 * B Sanders 25 M 5 NY Surveyor 1 First initial could be C or E Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 7 148 76 78 Benjamin Akers 26 M 1 4 IN Farmer 1 1 1 8 148 Mary Jane Akers 25 F 1 4 IN 9 148 Elzan Akers 4 F IA 10 148 Sarah E Akers 3 F IA 11 148 Nancy Akers 2 F IA 12 148 William H Akers 0 M IA 13 148 77 79 Richard N Shy 32 M 1 4 KY Farmer 1 1 1 14 148 Sarah E Shy 21 F 1 4 OH 15 148 William N Shy 3 M IA 16 148 78 80 Jackson South 23 M 1 5 OH Farmer 1 1 1 17 148 Rebeca South 21 F 1 10 OH 18 148 James W South 1 M IA 19 148 79 81 Jacob Witter 41 M 1 6 IN Farmer 1 1 1 20 148 Rebecca Witter 34 F 1 6 IN 21 148 Finley W Witter 18 M IN 22 148 Matilda A Witter 15 F IN 23 148 Mary E Witter 13 F IN 24 148 William L Witter 11 M IN 25 148 Aaron C Witter 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 26 148 John P Witter 1 M IA 27 148 80 82 Joshua B Bellomy 31 M 1 7 OH Farmer 1 1 1 28 148 Ethalina Bellomy 29 F 1 7 OH 29 148 Nancy Bellomy 9 F OH 30 148 Benjamin Bellomy 7 M IA 31 148 Sarah Bellomy 5 F IA 32 148 Iowa Bellomy 1 F IA 33 148 Catherine Bellomy 3 F IA 34 148 81 83 Daniel Bedwell 26 M 1 20 IN Farmer 1 1 1 35 148 Nancy Jane Bedwell 26 F 1 21 IN 36 148 Malvina J Bedwell 4 F IA 37 148 Rachal Bedwell 2 F IA 38 148 Rebeca A Bedwell 0 F IA 1 150 82 84 Henry Guire 21 M 1 3 IN Plastere 1 1 1 2 150 Sarah Guire 21 F 1 3 IN 3 150 John W Guire 0 M IA 4 150 83 85 Andrew J Fitzgerle 21 M 1 4 OH Farmer 1 1 1 5 150 Ellen Fitzgerle 18 F 6 IN 6 150 Joel Gray 58 M 1 1 NC Farmer 1 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 7 150 Elizabeth Gray 48 F 1 1 NC 8 150 William S Gray 19 M WI Farmer 9 150 James H Gray 15 M IN Farmer 10 150 Thomas F Gray 13 M IL 11 150 Sarah J Gray 10 F IL 12 150 84 86 James Elliot 48 M 1 1 PA Farmer 1 1 13 150 Ann Elliot 42 F 1 1 PA 14 150 Fidelia Elliot 19 F PA 15 150 Adalade Elliot 16 F IL 16 150 Ellen Elliot 13 F IL 17 150 William Elliot 10 M IL 18 150 Hiram Elliot 8 M IL 19 150 Lewis Elliot 5 M IL 20 150 John Elliot 2 M IL 21 150 Rosanna Quigley 43 F 1 PA 22 150 85 87 George Shoudershet 45 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 23 150 Elizabeth Shoudershet 48 F 1 1 VA 24 150 Wesley Shoudershet 19 M OH 25 150 Eliza Jane Shoudershet 16 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 26 150 James Shoudershet 13 M OH 27 150 Gilerah Shoudershet 7 M OH 28 150 Margret Shoudershet 5 F OH 29 150 Isabella Shoudershet 0 F IA 30 150 86 88 Joseph Guire 45 M 1 3 NC Farmer 1 1 31 150 Sophia Guire 40 F 1 3 OH 32 150 Jacob Guire 17 M IN 33 150 Sarah Guire 11 F IN 34 150 Josiah Guire 1 M IA 35 150 87 89 David Guire 23 M 1 2 IN Farmer 1 1 1 36 150 Nancy A Guire 17 F 1 8 OH 37 150 Robert Guire 0 M IA 1 152 George Pace 0 M IA 2 152 105 112 Howel Chandler 38 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 1 3 152 Martha Chandler 41 F 1 0 VA 4 152 Wm * Chandler 15 M 0 OH Farmer 7 152 Charles Chandler 11 M 0 OH 6 152 Theoles Chandler 7 M 0 OH 7 152 Uphema Chandler 6 F 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 8 152 Perthena Chandler 5 F OH 9 152 Allis Ann Chandler 3 F OH 10 152 Martha Pace 69 F OH 11 152 106 113 David Cockeron 37 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 12 152 Louiza Cockeron 36 F 1 1 IN 13 152 Richard Cockeron 17 M 1 IN 14 152 John Cockeron 15 M 1 IN 15 152 Augustus Cockeron 13 M 1 IN 16 152 Wm T Cockeron 11 M 1 IN 17 152 James R Cockeron 7 M 1 IN 18 152 Louiza Cockeron 6 F 1 IN 19 152 Cassius C Cockeron 4 M 1 IN 20 152 Charles T Cockeron 3 M 1 IN 21 152 107 114 Wm Harris 37 M 1 6 OH Farmer 1 1 22 152 Manda Harris 32 F 1 6 IN 23 152 Mary Jane Harris 13 F 6 MO 24 152 Susannah Harris 8 F 6 IL 25 152 Uriah Harris 5 M 5 IA 26 152 John Harris 2 M 2 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 27 152 108 115 Cary Cherry 45 M 1 5 TN Farmer 1 28 152 Dulinda Cherry 47 F 1 5 TN 29 152 John Cherry 15 M 5 TN 30 152 Susannah Cherry 13 F 5 TN 31 152 Mary Cherry 7 F 5 TN 32 152 Filander Gates 22 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 33 152 Mary Jane Gates 21 F 1 5 OH 34 152 109 116 Peter Scot 34 M 1 8 Bavaria Farmer 1 1 35 152 Sarah Scot 37 F 1 8 OH 36 152 Esperiane J Scot 11 8 OH 37 152 Lamnel J Scot 8 M 8 OH 38 152 Mary Ann Scot 7 7 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 2 216 168 175 Aaron Prill 59 M 1 3 KY farmer 1 1 3 216 Margaret Prill 55 F 1 3 KY 4 216 David Prill 25 M 3 KY Laborer 1 1 5 216 Harrison Prill 16 M TN Laborer 6 216 168 176 Joseph Prill 33 M 1 0 TN Laborer 1 1 7 216 Elisabeth Prill 20 F 1 0 MO Birthplace could also be Mississippi 8 216 169 177 Thomas Russell 23 M 1 0 OH farmer 9 216 Catharine Russell 22 F 1 0 VA 10 216 Sarah Russell 1 F 0 MO 11 216 Manda Atha 11 F 0 IN 12 216 Catharine Michael 90 F 1 VA Last name is a little hard to read due to lightness 13 216 170 178 George M Reck 26 M 1 2 VA farmer 1 1 1 14 216 Lucinda Reck 20 F 1 2 KY 15 216 Martha O Reck 1 F 2 IA 16 216 171 179 Eli Fruman 43 M 1 1 VA farmer 1 1 1 17 216 Rhoda Fruman 36 F 1 1 MO 18 216 Wm Fruman 19 M 1 MO 19 216 Robert Fruman 13 M 1 MO 20 216 Nancy Fruman 12 F 1 IL Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 21 216 Margaret Fruman 2 F 1 IL 22 216 Nancy Wells 5 F 1 IL 23 216 Wilborn Morris 22 M Laborer 1 1 State of birth is blank on the census 24 216 172 180 Jeremiah Hatfield 39 M 1 5 TN farmer 1 1 1 25 216 Elisabeth Hatfield 33 F 1 5 NC 26 216 James Hatfield 15 M 5 KY farmer 27 216 Wm R Hatfield 12 M 5 KY 28 216 Nancy J Hatfield 10 F 5 KY 29 216 Elisabeth Hatfield 7 F 5 KY END Kermit L. 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