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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 Hamilton 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 1 370 1 1 William Loveing 50 M 1 1 NC Farmer 1 1 2 370 Elizabeth Loveing 40 F 1 1 NC Domestic 3 370 2 2 Isaac Mancleare 28 M 1 0 KY Farmer 1 1 1 4 370 Katharine B Mancleare 30 F 1 0 KY Schoolteacher 5 370 3 3 Wm A Evans 28 M 1 3 IN Farmer 1 1 6 370 Sarah A Evans 23 F 1 7 IN Dom 7 370 James P Evans 0 M 0 IA 8 370 4 Katharine Burns 23 F 1 2 OH Domestic 1 9 370 Amanda Burns 3 F 2 MO 10 370 4 5 Thomas Denton 64 M 1 0 TN Farmer 1 1 11 370 Statira Denton 40 F 1 0 NY Tailoress 12 370 Polly Denton 20 F 0 IN Schoolteacher 13 370 Fanna Denton 18 F 0 IN None 14 370 Mary A Denton 17 F 0 IN None 15 370 Surrepta Denton 16 F 0 IN None 16 370 Joseph W Denton 13 M 0 MO 17 370 Joshua Clark 17 M 0 OH Laborer 18 370 Isella O Clark 14 F 0 IN 19 370 Orlando Clark 11 M 0 IN Invalid The word "Invalid" was written across the militia etc columns Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 370 Irena A Clark 9 F 0 IN 21 370 5 6 Wm Ely 49 M 1 14 VA Merchant 1 22 370 Rebecca Ely 44 F 1 18 DE Dom 23 370 Mary E Ely 12 F 12 IA 24 370 James Ely 9 M 9 IA 25 370 Sarah K Ely 5 F 5 IA 26 370 John Ely 1 M 1 IA 27 370 6 7 Burnan C Whiten 68 M 1 0 ME Waggonma 1 28 370 Nancy Whiten 45 F 1 0 OH Dom 29 370 Suanne Whiten 17 F 0 IL None 30 370 Osker Whiten 16 M 0 IL The age was hard to read, it could also be 11 31 370 7 8 James W Alfrey 24 M 1 22 MO Merchant 1 1 1 32 370 Mary Alfrey 18 F 1 3 IL Domestic 33 370 8 9 N B Bishop 29 M 1 1 IN Carpente 1 1 1 Land Owner col. very faint. May have attempted to erase it 34 370 Mary E Bishop 25 F 1 1 IN Dom 35 370 Milton Bishop 5 M 1 IN 36 370 Melvina Bishop 3 F 1 MO 37 370 Loretta Bishop 1 F 1 MO 1 372 9 10 Noah Percel 29 M 1 2 IL Merchant 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 2 372 Martha E Percell 29 F 1 2 IL Domestic Surname was spelled differently than the head of household 3 372 Mary E Percell 7 F 2 IL 4 372 10 11 N R Boon 30 M 1 4 OH Blacksmi 1 1 1 5 372 Marilla Boon 22 F 1 4 OH Dom 6 372 Lewis Cass Boon 3 M 3 MO 7 372 Emma Boon 1 F 1 IA 8 372 12 Stephen * Thurman 25 M 1 1 IL None 1 1 1 Middle initial is an M or an H 9 372 Margaret I Thurman 22 F 1 1 OH Dom 10 372 Levi L Thurman 1 M 1 IL 11 372 11 13 G M Hinkle 55 M 1 4 KY Farmer 1 1 12 372 Mary Hinkle 47 F 1 4 PA Dom 13 372 Elizabeth Hartman 20 F 4 PA None 14 372 Wm Hartman 14 M 4 PA 15 372 J Thomas Hinkle 12 M 4 IA 16 372 Micale L Hinkle 10 M 4 IL 17 372 Samuel J Hinkle 8 M 4 IL 18 372 Charles Hinkle 4 M 4 IA 19 372 12 14 Peter Hamilton 20 M 1 9 TN Farmer 1 1 1 20 372 Nancy Hamilton 19 F 1 2 TN Domestic Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 21 372 William Hamilton 1 M 1 IA 22 372 13 15 David Macy 27 M 1 0 NC Phisicia 1 1 1 23 372 Sarah E Macy 23 F 1 0 IN Domestic 24 372 Elbert C Macy 10 M 0 MO 25 372 Naoma Macy 9 F 0 MO 26 372 Syntha S Macy 6 F 0 MO 27 372 George Lee 24 M 1 0 IN Blacksmi 1 1 28 372 16 Elijah Glendening 24 M 1 1 IN Phisicia 1 1 29 372 Lucinda Glendening 24 F 1 0 MO Dom 30 372 14 17 Simeon M Willson 32 M 1 1 KY Merchant 1 1 1 31 372 Mary Willson 30 F 1 1 OH Domestic 32 372 Nancy E Willson 10 F 1 IL 33 372 Joseph W Willson 5 M 1 IL 34 372 15 18 Theophilius Strong 33 M 1 6 OH Carpente 1 1 1 35 372 Anna M Strong 23 F 1 11 IL Domestic 36 372 Stephen W Strong 2 M 2 IA 37 372 Marth E Strong 0 F 0 IA First name is spelled as it appears on the census 1 398 16 19 Aaron Terpin 44 M 1 12 KY Farmer 1 1 1 From this point Hamilton and Buda twps were in mixed order 2 398 Lucinda Terpin 40 F 1 12 OH Dom Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 3 398 Franklin Terpin 21 M 12 IN Laborer 1 1 4 398 Brisirs Terpin 19 M 12 IN None 1 First name was hard to read 5 398 Sarah M Terpin F 12 IN No age was written for her 6 398 Anains Terpin 18 F 12 IN None First name was very hard to read but appeared to be Anains 7 398 Rachael Terpin 12 F 12 IA 8 398 Lucinda Terpin 9 F 9 IA 9 398 Moses Terpin 6 F 6 IA 10 398 Martin Terpin 3 M 3 IA 11 398 Edward Terpin 0 M 0 IA 12 398 17 20 Wm Snook 48 M 1 3 OH Farmer 1 1 13 398 Rosena Snook 44 F 1 3 PA Dom 14 398 John Snook 17 M 3 IL None 15 398 David Snook 13 M 3 IL 16 398 Almira Snook 11 F 3 IL 17 398 William W Snook 9 M 3 IL 18 398 Rosena Snook 4 F 3 IL 19 398 W. S. Warnock 24 M 1 OH Lawyer 1 1 20 398 18 21 John D Mills 45 M 1 2 NY Blacksmi 1 1 21 398 Matilda Mills 46 F 1 2 NY Dom 1 Owner of land is marked for her Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 22 398 Charles Mills 20 M 2 NY None 23 398 Lewis Mills 15 M 2 IL None 24 398 Henry Mills 13 M 2 IL 25 398 Mary A Mills 12 F 2 IL 26 398 Clarissa Hinkle 17 F 1 2 IL None Married is checked for her 27 398 19 22 Ira Stewart 32 M 1 20 TN Carpente 1 1 1 28 398 Delila Stewart 21 F 1 3 OH Dom 29 398 Wm S Stewart 1 M 1 IA 30 398 Pleasant W Crawford 35 M 1 2 IN Farmer 1 1 1 31 398 Eliza J Crawford 34 F 1 2 KY Dom 32 398 Polly J Crawford 14 F 2 IN 33 398 Wm D Crawford 13 M 2 IN 34 398 John W Crawford 11 M 2 MO 35 398 James F Crawford 8 M 2 MO 36 398 Jasper N Crawford 7 M 2 MO 37 398 Martha A Crawford 5 F 2 MO 38 398 Simpson T Crawford 3 M 2 MO 39 398 Sarah A Crawford 0 F 0 IA 1 400 20 23 Willson Stone 33 M 1 1 IN Farming 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 2 400 Eliza Stone 29 F 1 1 IN Dom 3 400 Emeline Stone 6 F 1 IN 4 400 Adaline Stone 1 F 1 IN 5 400 Infant Stone 0 F 0 IA 6 400 Nancy Stone 56 F 1 NY None 7 400 21 24 William Stone 39 M 1 0 PA Farmer 1 1 1 8 400 Nancy M Stone 34 F 1 0 IN Dom 9 400 John M Stone 14 M 0 IL 10 400 Sarra E Stone 11 F 0 IN 11 400 Lorenzo D Stone 9 M 0 IN 12 400 Jacob H Stone 7 M 0 IN 13 400 Hiram L Stone 5 M 0 IN 14 400 Melissa J Stone 3 F 0 IN 15 400 Lucinda Stone 0 F 0 IA 16 400 22 25 G P Walker 46 M 1 7 NY Attorney 1 1 Married has a 1 and widowed has an X 17 400 23 26 Susanna Hamilton 55 F 1 9 TN Farming 1 Married has a 1 and widowed has an X 18 400 Avesta A Hamilton 20 F 9 TN None 19 400 Samuel Hamilton 18 M 9 TN None 1 20 400 Alison Hamilton 16 M 9 TN None Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 21 400 Francis Hamilton 10 M 9 MO 22 400 Martha Willis 78 F 0 TN Laborer Her occupation is listed as laborer on the census. 23 400 24 27 Wm Ecton 38 M 1 9 KY Farmer 1 1 1 24 400 Josephine Ecton 32 F 1 9 MO Weaver 25 400 Elizabeth Ecton 16 F 9 MO None 26 400 Francis Ecton 12 F 9 MO 27 400 Thomas Ecton 9 M 9 MO 28 400 James H Ecton 7 M 7 IA 29 400 Polly A Ecton 3 F 3 IA 30 400 Sarah A Ecton 1 F 1 IA 31 400 25 28 Elias Haney 38 M 1 5 PA Farmer 1 1 1 32 400 Rebecca Haney 28 F 1 5 MO Dom 33 400 Wm F Haney 10 M 5 MO 34 400 Andrew J Haney 7 M 5 MO 35 400 Elvira Haney 5 F 5 IA 36 400 Margaret A Haney 1 F 1 IA 37 400 Charles H Haney 0 M 0 IA 1 402 26 29 Allen Scott 45 M 1 16 KY Farmer 1 1 2 402 Rachel Scott 35 F 1 16 IN Dom Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 3 402 Brison Scott 19 M 16 IL None 1 4 402 John R Scott 17 M 16 MO None 5 402 Susan Scott 14 F 14 IA 6 402 Allen Jr Scott 9 M 9 IA 7 402 Mary Scott 7 F 7 IA 8 402 Francis Scott 5 M 5 IA In the sex field, f was written first and overwritten with M 9 402 Bennett Scott 3 M 3 IA 10 402 Calvin S Scott 0 M 0 IA 11 402 George W McDaniel 37 M 3 VA Farmer 12 402 Bennett Banton 34 M 10 VA Laborer 1 1 13 402 Andrew J Scott 21 M 14 IN None 14 402 27 30 Allred Cummings 33 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 15 402 Bersheba Cummings 29 F 1 0 IN None 16 402 Sarah E Cumings 6 F 0 IN Her surname is spelled differently than the parents 17 402 Thomas E Cumings 3 M 0 IN 18 402 Wm G Cumings 1 M 0 IN 19 402 28 31 Permelia Collier 46 F 1 13 KY Dom 20 402 Elizabeth Collier 18 F 13 IN None 21 402 Emeline Collier 13 F 13 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 22 402 Sarah Collier 6 F 6 IA 23 402 29 32 Jacob Simmerman 56 M 1 1 MD Farmer 1 1 24 402 Katharine Simmerman 40 F 1 1 VA Dom 25 402 Samuel Simmerman 20 M 1 OH The pauper field is checked for him 26 402 John Simmerman 19 M 1 OH None 1 27 402 George Simmerman 13 M 1 OH 28 402 Jacob Simmerman 6 M 1 OH 29 402 Eliza Simmerman 2 F 1 IN 30 402 30 33 Orrin Brown 48 M 1 0 Canada Farmer 1 1 31 402 Mary A Brown 40 F 1 0 CT Dom 32 402 Berrel Brown 11 M 0 WI 33 402 Caroline Brown 10 F 0 WI 34 402 Bird Brown 8 M 0 WI 35 402 31 34 Wm Berrel 28 M 1 13 IN Farmer 1 1 36 402 Burthan A Berrel 19 F 1 6 IN 37 402 Allen Berrel 4 M 4 IA 38 402 George W Berrel 1 M 1 IA 1 404 32 35 James Powel 49 M 1 3 NC Farmer 1 1 2 404 Mira A Powel 41 F 1 3 NC Weaver Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 3 404 Sarah J Powel 20 F 3 MO Weaver 4 404 Mary M Powel 19 F 3 MO Weaver 5 404 Nancy * Powel 17 F 3 MO Carder There is a blot over the middle initial-only the top loop is visible 6 404 Desmany Powel 15 M 3 MO None END Kermit L. Kittleson kermit-k@juno.com