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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 Garden Grove 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 38 14 Ellen E Lillard 18 F 1 0 IL 1 16 40 41 Charles Maytom 51 M 1 0 England Farmer 1 2 16 Charlotte Maytom 48 F 1 0 England 3 16 Charles Maytom 15 M 0 England Farmer 4 16 John Maytom 10 M 0 England 5 16 Jane Maytom 5 F 0 England 6 16 41 42 Henry Sparling 54 M 1 5 PA Farmer 1 1 7 16 Ann Sparling 50 F 1 5 OH 8 16 Emily C. Sparling 22 F 5 OH 9 16 Henry Sparling 17 M 5 OH Farmer 10 16 Silas S. Sparling 14 M 5 OH 11 16 Barbara A Sparling 11 F 5 OH 12 16 42 43 William C Newman 31 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 1 13 16 Jermina Newman 21 F 1 0 VA 14 16 43 44 Charles Newman 31 M 1 0 VA 1 1 15 16 Mary J Newman 19 F 1 0 VA 16 16 43 45 A. J. Mcartney 36 M 1 2 PA Farmer 1 1 1 17 16 Sarah Mcartney 17 F 1 1 IN 18 16 Florinda Mcartney 27 F 2 PA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 19 16 Emily J. Brock 9 F 2 OH 20 16 44 46 George Winters 25 M 1 8 OH Farmer 1 1 1 21 16 Margaret Winters 19 F 1 5 OH 22 16 Sarah J. Winters 1 F 1 IA 23 16 45 47 John Bumgarnier 31 M 1 5 OH Farmer 1 1 1 24 16 Mary Bumgarnier 27 F 1 5 TN 25 16 William Bumgarnier 1 M 1 IA 26 16 Rebcca Bumgarnier 0 F 0 IA 27 16 46 48 R. M. McBroome 32 M 1 5 OH Farmer 1 1 1 28 16 Susan McBroome 21 F 1 7 OH 29 16 James G. McBroome 5 M 5 IA 30 16 Clara McBroome 1 F 1 IA 31 16 47 49 William Gibson 31 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 32 16 Lean Gibson 32 F 1 1 OH 33 16 Harlan P. Gibson 6 M 1 OH 34 16 Samuel Gibson 57 M 1 1 PA Farmer 1 35 16 48 50 Andrew Pettis 31 M 1 1 IN Farmer 1 1 1 36 16 Sarah Pettis 25 F 1 1 OH 37 16 Francis Pettis 7 M 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 38 16 Jane M Pettis 4 F 1 IL 39 16 Charles H Pettis 0 M 0 IA 1 18 49 51 Samuel Metiere 29 M 1 2 OH Farmer 1 1 1 2 18 Julia Metiere 27 F 1 2 IL 3 18 Wm C. Metiere 5 M 2 IL 4 18 John L. Metiere 3 M 2 IL 5 18 Laura J Metiere 1 F 1 IA 6 18 50 52 Thomas B. Norris 47 M 1 8 NH Farmer 1 1 7 18 Abigail S. Norris 45 F 1 8 NH Tailoress 8 18 Milton B. Norris 20 M 8 OH Farmer 1 9 18 Mercy Ann Norris 16 F 8 OH 10 18 Adaline Norris 14 F 8 OH 11 18 Andrew J Norris 10 M 8 OH 12 18 Julia Norris 6 F 6 IA 13 18 Mary E. Norris 1 F 1 IA 14 18 51 53 Josiah Jr Morgan 23 M 1 0 OH Farmer 1 1 15 18 Julia C Morgan 28 F 1 0 OH 16 18 Ann Lovina Morgan 0 F 0 IA 17 18 52 54 Jared Worden 47 M 1 0 NY 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 18 18 Maria Worden 40 F 1 0 NY 19 18 Joseph Worden 22 M 0 NY Farmer 20 18 Silos Worden 19 M 0 NY 21 18 Emiline Worden 17 F 0 NY 22 18 Phebe J Worden 15 F 0 NY 23 18 Houston Worden 13 M 0 NY 24 18 Edwin Worden 11 M 0 NY 25 18 Amanda Worden 9 F 0 NY 26 18 Charles Worden 7 M 0 NY 27 18 Mary Worden 4 F 0 NY 28 18 Cornelius Worden 1 M 0 NY 29 18 52 55 David Morgan 62 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 30 18 Mary Morgan 62 F 1 0 KY 31 18 53 56 Allen Pryor 32 M 1 2 VA Farmer 1 1 1 32 18 Amelia Pryor 33 F 1 2 VA 33 18 Martha J. Pryor 6 F 2 OH 34 18 Windfield Scott Pryor 5 M 2 OH 35 18 Augustus M Pryor 2 M 2 IA 36 18 Walter L. Pryor 0 M 0 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 37 18 Elisabeth Burkitt 17 F 2 IN 38 18 A Mankins 20 M 1 OH Farmer 1 1 20 54 57 Josiah Morgan 54 M 1 7 VA Farmer 1 1 2 20 Susannah Morgan 43 F 1 7 VA 3 20 Wordford Morgan 18 M 7 IL Farmer 4 20 Nancy Morgan 16 F 7 IL 5 20 Philene Morgan 14 F 7 IL 6 20 Zadok S. Morgan 10 M 7 IL 7 20 Josiah Morgan 6 M 6 IA 8 20 Melvina J. Morgan 3 F 3 IA 9 20 55 58 Daniel Winters 50 M 1 8 VA Farmer 1 1 10 20 Rebecca Winters 53 F 1 8 VA 11 20 Josiah Winters 19 M 8 OH 12 20 Mathilda Winters 17 F 8 OH 13 20 Jane Winters 15 F 8 OH 14 20 Isaac Winters 13 M 8 OH 15 20 Minerva Winters 4 F 4 IA 16 20 56 59 Edward L Barnes 29 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 17 20 Celina A Barnes 27 F 1 0 VA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 18 20 Irina E. Barnes 8 F 0 VA 19 20 James W. Barnes 3 M 0 VA 20 20 Hannah M. J. Barnes 1 F 0 IL 21 20 J. D. Shinn 19 M 0 VA Farmer 1 22 20 57 69 David Barnes 25 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 23 20 Francis Barnes 22 F 1 0 VA 24 20 Flora A. Barnes 1 F 0 VA 25 20 58 61 George Quier 50 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 26 20 Lydia Quier 46 F 1 1 OH 27 20 Mary Hutton 56 F 1 SC 1 28 20 58 62 David Reck 27 M 1 1 OH Carpente 1 1 1 29 20 Lodoiska Reck 24 F 1 1 OH 30 20 Thurston Reck 1 M 1 IA 31 20 59 63 John Vale 27 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 32 20 Marth M. Vale 26 F 1 1 OH 33 20 (No Name) Vale 0 M 0 IA The words No Name were written 34 20 60 64 John Marshall 40 M 1 3 England Millr 1 1 1 35 20 Sylvia Marshall 30 F 1 3 NY 36 20 Mary Marshall 16 F 3 IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 37 20 Cyrus Marshall 14 M 3 IN 38 20 Diana Marshall 12 F 3 IN 39 20 Lucy Marshall 0 F 0 IA 1 22 Addison Harris 20 M 0 IN Engineer 1 2 22 Madison Harris 20 M 0 IN Engineer 1 3 22 61 65 John Johnson 60 M 1 5 TN Farmer 1 4 22 Margaret Johnson 51 F 1 5 TN 5 22 John Jr Johnson 22 M 5 IN Farmer 1 6 22 Mary M Johnson 20 F 5 IN 7 22 Albert Johnson 18 M 5 IN 8 22 Nancy L. Johnson 15 F 5 IN 9 22 Chester Johnson 12 M 5 IN 10 22 62 66 Sam. C Bemus 45 M 1 2 NH Farmer 1 1 11 22 Mirena Bemus 38 F 1 7 KY 12 22 Caroline Bemus 18 F 2 PA 13 22 Hiram Bemus 12 M 2 PA 14 22 Hosea R. Bemus 9 M 2 PA 15 22 Margaret J. Bemus 6 F 2 PA 16 22 John Casey 16 M 7 IL Farmer Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 17 22 Martha J. Casey 18 F 7 IL 18 22 Elexine Casey 4 F 4 IA 19 22 Benjamin Hardin 23 M 7 KY Farmer 1 1 20 22 63 67 Samuel Huffman 54 M 1 0 VA Shoemake 1 21 22 Nancy J. Huffman 52 F 1 0 VA 22 22 David Huffman 21 M 0 VA Farmer 1 1 23 22 Daniel Huffman 19 M 0 VA Farmer 1 24 22 John Huffman 16 M 0 VA Farmer 25 22 James H. Huffman 14 M 0 VA 26 22 64 68 Alvin Middaugh 34 M 1 1 NY Laborer 1 27 22 Mary J. Middaugh 28 F 1 1 MI 28 22 Lorenzo Middaugh 6 M 1 MI 29 22 Lorinda Middaugh 6 F 1 MI 30 22 Aaron Middaugh 5 M 1 MI 31 22 Lewis Middaugh 2 M 1 MI 32 22 Allen Middaugh 0 M 0 IA 33 22 65 69 H. C. Ellsworth 33 M 1 1 NY Blacksmi 1 1 1 34 22 Cynthia Ellsworth 23 F 1 1 MA Dressmaker 35 22 Alfred L. Ellsworth 2 M 1 MI Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 36 22 66 70 John C. Doze 71 M 1 8 France Farmer 1 1 37 22 Mary B. Doze 68 F 1 8 France 38 22 Peter Jensen 28 M 1 Denmark Carpenter 1 1 39 22 Daniel Clark 24 M 1 0 CT Carpente 1 1 1 24 69 71 Hugh Brown 45 M 1 1 NY Farmer 1 1 2 24 Harriet Brown 46 F 1 1 OH 3 24 Franci Brown 21 F 1 OH 4 24 Thomas Brown 17 M 1 OH Farmer 5 24 John Brown 15 M 1 OH Farmer 6 24 Melissa Brown 14 F 1 OH 7 24 William Brown 12 M 1 OH 8 24 George W. Brown 6 M 1 OH 9 24 Walter P. Brown 3 M 1 OH 10 24 Benjamin Wagoner 19 M 0 OH 11 24 68 72 James Widner 30 M 1 10 OH Physicia 1 1 Dwelling is written as 68 12 24 Elisabeth Widner 25 F 1 2 OH 13 24 69 73 John S. Brown 31 M 1 7 OH Hotel Ke 1 1 14 24 Sarah E Brown 22 F 1 2 KY 15 24 S Carlus M. Brown 3 M 3 KY Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 16 24 (No Name) Brown 0 F 0 IA No Name is written on record 17 24 Maria (No Name) 12 F 2 OH No Name is written on record 18 24 69 74 James Culver 28 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 19 24 Letitia Culver 22 F 1 1 NY 20 24 Francis Culver 3 M 1 OH 21 24 70 75 Job Tatlow 37 M 1 0 OH Farmer 1 1 22 24 Mary Tatlow 36 F 1 0 OH 23 24 Samuel H. Tatlow 12 M 0 OH 24 24 Mary Tatlow 9 F 0 IL 25 24 John W. Tatlow 8 M 0 IL 26 24 Job Tatlow 4 M 0 IL 27 24 Jane Tatlow 4 F 0 IL 28 24 Andrew J. Tatlow 0 M 0 IL 29 24 William Steele 13 M 0 IL 30 24 70 76 Thomas Smith 27 M 1 0 MI Farmer 1 1 31 24 Dahlia Smith 23 F 1 0 MI 32 24 [ ] Smith 1 F 0 MI First name is blank 33 24 Henry Crippen 24 M 0 NY Farmer 1 1 34 24 Charles Johnson 15 M 2 NY 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