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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 Eden Township -- Part 2 of 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 39 306 Michel Rader 16 3 IN 40 306 David Rader 13 3 IN 1 308 36 36 Edwin Pitmon 21 M 1 4 KY F 1 1 1 2 308 Louisa Pitmon 20 F 1 3 VA 3 308 1 1 Anthna Vanderpool 45 M 1 12 TN 1 1 Should be dwelling 37. First name could be this enumerators version 4 308 Easter Vanderpool 46 F 1 12 KY 5 308 Lulitt Vanderpool 14 12 KY 6 308 Maryann Vanderpool 12 IA 7 308 Caroline Vanderpool 10 IA 8 308 John Vanderpool 7 IA 9 308 Oliver Vanderpool 1 IA 10 308 1 1 John * Stanley 39 1 11 KY F 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 38. Middle initial could be L, P, F or J 11 308 Nancy W Stanley 32 1 3 VA 12 308 Alford L Stanley 18 11 TN 13 308 Benjamin Stanley 16 11 TN 14 308 John A Stanley 14 11 AL 15 308 Jesse T Stanley 12 11 MO 16 308 Margaret G Stanley 10 IA 17 308 Aaron L Stanley 8 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 18 308 Sarah Stanley 4 IA 19 308 Clark Stanley 2 IA 20 308 Margaret Stanley 10 KY 21 308 Elisabeth Stanley 9 KY Age could also be a 5 22 308 1 Alford M Stanley 49 1 12 VA 1 1 Should be dwelling 39 23 308 Margarate Stanley 46 1 12 KY 24 308 Asither Stanley 18 12 TN First name is spelled as it appears in the census 25 308 Frances M Stanley 16 12 AL 26 308 Christopher Stanley 14 12 AL 27 308 Elumut Stanley 13 12 MO 28 308 Joseph D Stanley 10 MO 29 308 Louanna Stanley 9 IA 30 308 Ceala Stanley 8 IA 31 308 Alford Stanley 4 IA 32 308 1 1 Calvin Stanley 24 13 IN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 40 33 308 Emaline Stanley 20 5 IL 34 308 Hareat Stanley 1 IA 35 308 1 1 James Groves 29 1 OH 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 41 36 308 Marian Groves 30 1 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 37 308 Maryane Groves 6 OH 38 308 Sarian Groves 4 IA 39 308 Elisabeth Groves 1 IA 1 310 42 42 John T Hatfield 27 1 14 TN F 1 1 1 2 310 Susan Hatfield 30 1 15 TN 3 310 Aleey Hatfield 7 F IA 4 310 John M Hatfield 6 IA 5 310 Hirsam Hatfield 5 IA 6 310 1 1 Calvin Hatfield 23 1 14 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 43 7 310 Jane Hatfield 18 1 3 IL 8 310 1 1 N S Barns 19 1 5 IN 1 Should be dwelling 44 9 310 Narain Barns 17 1 13 IL 10 310 1 1 Wm Cambell 29 1 3 Scotland 1 1 Should be dwelling 45 11 310 Ann Cambell 29 1 3 Scotland 12 310 Charles Cambell 5 3 Scotland 13 310 Andrew Cambell 3 3 MO 14 310 Agnes Cambell 7 3 Scotland 15 310 Mary Cambell 50 1 3 Scotland Age was somewhat scribbled over but looks like 50 16 310 Margaret Cambell 15 3 Scotland Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 17 310 Peter Crookshanks 12 3 Scotland 18 310 1 1 John Scott 27 1 1 NY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 46 19 310 Hannah Scott 22 1 1 OH 20 310 Wm T Scott 1 1 OH 21 310 1 1 Wm Kurk 40 1 13 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 47 22 310 Rebca Kurk 41 1 13 TN First name is as it is spelled on the census 23 310 Josiah Kurcah 14 13 TN Surname is spelled differently than the parents 24 310 James M Kurk 12 13 MO 25 310 Wm Riley Kurk 11 MO 26 310 Willis Kurk 10 IA 27 310 Mary Kurk 9 IA 28 310 Pleasant Kurk 8 IA 29 310 Jimmina Kurk 4 IA 30 310 Jane Kurk 2 IA 31 310 1 1 J T W Kilgore 43 1 13 KY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 48 32 310 Hannah Kilgore 29 1 13 MO 33 310 1 1 John Beazley 51 1 5 OH 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 49 34 310 Mathilda Beazley 50 1 5 OH 35 310 Jane Lane 27 1 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 36 310 Mathilde Beazley 22 5 OH 37 310 Jacob Beazley 21 5 OH 1 1 1 38 310 Elexander Beazley 18 5 OH 39 310 Nancy * Beazley 15 5 OH Middle initial is an A or an H 40 310 Wm N Beazley 9 5 OH 41 310 James R P Beazley 5 IA 42 310 Peter B Lane 7 OH 1 312 Sarian Lane 6 OH 2 312 John Lane 2 OH 3 312 Wm F Lane 1 OH 4 312 50 50 Simeon Harmon 26 1 5 OH 1 1 1 Says he is married but no one else is listed in his household 5 312 1 1 R P Lilley 31 1 OH 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 51 6 312 Darotha Lilly 23 1 OH 7 312 Charles N Lilley 8 OH 8 312 Larnenso Lilly 6 OH 9 312 Louis C Lilly 2 OH 10 312 James W Lilley 1 OH 11 312 Jacob Harmon 78 PA 1 1 1 12 312 1 1 James W Gammon 36 1 8 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 52 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 13 312 Armildred Gammon 27 1 5 IN 14 312 Lewis L Gammon 2 IA 15 312 Lida Gammon 1 IA 16 312 1 1 Wm Combs 45 1 3 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 53 17 312 Mary Combs 35 1 3 TN 18 312 John W Combs 16 2 TN 19 312 James D Combs 15 2 TN 20 312 Washington Combs 13 2 MO 21 312 Jane K Combs 11 2 MO 22 312 Wm G Combs 7 2 KY 23 312 Granvill Combs 5 2 TN 24 312 Maryan Combs 3 2 MO 25 312 Eberly Combs 1 IA 26 312 G Mcdannal 57 1 3 KY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 54 even though the household isn't marked 27 312 Lucinda Mackdannel 47 1 3 Carolina Birthplace does not indicate North or South Carolina 28 312 Daniel Mackadannel 20 3 MO 29 312 Maryan Mackdann 17 3 MO Spelling of this surname varies through this family 30 312 Barnett Macdennol 14 3 MO 31 312 John B Mackdannal 12 3 MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 32 312 Lutisha Mackden 8 3 MO 33 312 Mary F Mackdenel 6 3 MO 34 312 1 1 Ashael Edaington 55 1 2 OH 1 1 Should be dwelling 55, First name was very hard to read due to scrib 35 312 Sarrah Edgington 47 1 2 KY 36 312 Wm P Edgington 9 2 OH 37 312 Nancy J Edgington 3 2 OH 38 312 1 1 A J Randolph 37 1 7 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 56 39 312 Lewan Randolph 35 1 7 TN 40 312 John T Randolph 7 7 TN 41 312 Mary D Randolph 6 IA 42 312 Margaret Randolph 5 IA There may be another name below this but not enough writing is on th 1 314 57 57 Daniel Made 49 1 10 TN F 1 1 2 314 Elisabeath Made 54 1 10 TN 3 314 Joseph Made 20 10 TN Carpenter 1 4 314 Easterann Made 17 10 MO 5 314 Thomas R Made 15 10 MO 6 314 George D Made 11 10 MO 7 314 Beca Made 22 10 TN 8 314 1 1 Thomas Mann 27 1 6 KY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 58 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 9 314 Roda Mann 26 1 10 TN 10 314 Narcesa Lowe Mann 4 IA 11 314 Sarah Mann 2 IA 12 314 1 1 George Mcmagbee 56 1 5 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 59 13 314 Martha Magbee 56 1 5 TN 14 314 Susan Magbee 20 5 TN 15 314 Georg Magbee 18 5 TN 16 314 Elisabeath Magbee 3 IA 17 314 John Magbee 23 5 TN 1 1 1 18 314 1 1 Israel Magbee 28 5 TN 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 60 19 314 Raciel Magbee 24 5 TN 20 314 George Magbee 3 IA 21 314 1 1 C Harmon 45 1 OH 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 61 22 314 Susan Harmon 30 1 OH 23 314 Amanda Harmon 16 OH 24 314 Selestine Harmon 13 OH 25 314 G D Harmon 10 OH 26 314 Anjaline Harmon 9 OH 27 314 Adaline Harmon 7 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 28 314 Hemon Harmon 6 OH 29 314 Clinton Harmon 4 OH 30 314 1 1 Elexander Hines 38 1 1 PA 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 62 31 314 Rebeca Hines 36 1 1 PA 32 314 Lean Hines 15 1 PA 33 314 George W Hines 8 1 PA 34 314 Mary E Hines 6 1 PA 35 314 Richard Hines 4 1 PA 36 314 Jasper N Hines 2 1 PA 37 314 1 1 B F Bird 33 1 PA 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 63 38 314 Margaret Bird 35 1 PA 39 314 Christian Bird 5 PA 40 314 Maryann Bird 2 IA 1 316 65 65 C C Newcommer 38 1 PA F 1 1 1 2 316 Matilda Newcommer 30 1 IN 3 316 Gach** Newcommer 10 IN 4 316 Elisath Newcommer 7 IN 5 316 Dalery Newcommer 2 IN 6 316 1 1 James Dunlavy 43 1 5 Europe 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 66; Birthplace was spelled Urop Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 7 316 Lucinda Dunlava 43 1 5 MD 8 316 George Dunlava 21 5 PA 1 1 He is marked as a naturalized voter 9 316 Rufus Dunlavy 16 5 PA 10 316 Wm Dunlavy 14 5 PA 11 316 John Dunlavy 12 5 PA 12 316 Catharine Dunlavy 7 5 OH 13 316 Christopher Dunlavy 5 IA 14 316 1 1 Stanley Hatfield 38 1 14 KY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 67, He is marked as a naturalized voter 15 316 Martha J Hatfield 27 1 9 KY 16 316 Nancy Y Hatfield 12 IA 17 316 Wm M Hatfield 4 IA 18 316 Reuben Hatfield 2 IA 19 316 1 1 Aaron K Stanley 39 1 4 TN 1 Should be dwelling 68, He is marked as a naturalized voter 20 316 Elisabeth Stanley 43 1 4 TN 21 316 Serena Stanley 19 4 TN 22 316 Margaret Stanley 11 4 MO 23 316 Nancy Stanley 9 4 MO 24 316 Letta J Stanley 7 4 MO 25 316 Aaron M Stanley 4 4 MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 26 316 Joanna Stanley 1 IA 27 316 1 1 Lomas Pitman 47 1 3 VA 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 69, He is marked as a naturalized voter 28 316 Margaret Pitman 43 1 3 KY 29 316 Jeramiah Pitman 17 3 IL 30 316 James H Pitman 12 3 IL 31 316 Margaret Pitman 10 3 IL 32 316 Arina J Pitman 8 3 IL 33 316 1 1 Wesley Pitman 23 1 1 KY Should be dwelling 70 34 316 Martha J Pitman 20 1 1 IN 35 316 Elisabeath Pitman 1 IA 36 316 1 1 John Evans 62 1 2 KY 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 71 37 316 Mary Evans 57 1 2 KY 38 316 Evan Evans 29 2 IN 1 1 39 316 Andrew J Evans 18 2 IN 1 318 72 72 David Smith 35 1 5 TN F 1 1 1 2 318 Elisabeth Smith 35 1 5 TN 3 318 Amanda Smith 15 5 TN 4 318 John G Smith 13 5 TN 5 318 Isaac T Smith 11 5 TN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 6 318 Loucinda Smith 8 5 TN 7 318 Andrew J Smith 6 5 TN 8 318 Wm P Smith 3 IA 9 318 1 1 Abraham Miller 45 1 9 PA 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 73 10 318 Surfrona Miller 37 1 9 VT 11 318 Wm H Miller 20 9 PA 12 318 Alba Miller 17 9 MO 13 318 Jane Miller 14 9 IL 14 318 Furnanda Miller 11 8 IL 15 318 Flurinda Miller 6 IA 16 318 George A Miller 3 IA 17 318 1 1 William Wise 34 1 4 KY 1 1 1 Should be dweling 74 18 318 Catharen Wise 34 1 4 KY 19 318 Curtis H Wise 10 4 IN 20 318 Malisa Wise 5 4 IN 21 318 Sarah L Wise 3 IA 22 318 1 1 Rubun Hatfield 73 1 15 VA 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 75 23 318 Mary Hatfield 68 1 15 VA 24 318 1 1 Clark Ferrel 33 1 4 OH 1 1 1 Should be dwelling 76 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 25 318 Sarah J Ferrel 32 1 4 OH 26 317 Harnas P Ferrel 11 4 OH 27 317 Wm S Ferrel 10 4 OH 28 317 Margaret L Ferrel 2 IA 29 317 1 1 Wm Willis 34 1 IL 1 1 1 Should be dweling 77 30 317 Delila Willis 32 1 IN 31 317 Elbert Willis 8 IL 32 317 Verona Willis 3 IL 33 317 Robert D Willis 1 IL 34 317 1 1 William Killy 36 1 16 NY 1 1 1 Should be dweling 78 35 317 Hannah Killey 35 1 14 PA 36 317 Mary G Killy 13 IA 37 317 Robert Killey 11 IA 38 317 George Killey 9 IA 39 317 Elisa J Killey 7 IA 40 317 Amila Killey 5 IA 41 317 Irene Killey 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 END Kermit L. Kittleson kermit-k@juno.com