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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 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 7 404 Elizabeth A Powel 13 F 3 MO 8 404 Josephine E Powel 12 F 3 MO 9 404 Mahulda J Powel 10 F 3 MO 10 404 Eliza E Powel No age, sex, years in state or place of birth listed for her 11 404 Francis M Powel 8 M 3 MO 12 404 Lydia A Powel 5 F 3 MO 13 404 Eliza E Powel 3 F 3 MO This is the second Eliza E listed in this family 14 404 James N Powel 2 M 2 IA 15 404 Almira Powel 1 F 1 IA 16 404 Hosea Purdun 21 M 4 OH Farmer 1 1 18 404 33 36 David Purdun 63 M 1 5 NJ Farmer 1 1 19 404 Hannah Purdun 58 F 1 5 PA Dom Her age could also be 55 20 404 Amanda Purdun 16 F 5 OH None 21 404 34 37 Willis Utterback 27 M 1 3 IN Farmer 1 1 1 22 404 Mary J Utterback 17 F 1 10 IN Dom 23 404 Brison Utterback 0 M 0 IA 24 404 Peter P Patton 20 M 3 MO None 25 404 35 38 Thomas Saard 64 M 1 0 KY Farmer 1 26 404 Permelia Saard 57 F 1 0 VA Dom Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 27 404 James Saard 22 M 0 KY Farming 1 1 28 404 36 39 John Read 30 M 1 5 NY Farmer 1 1 1 29 404 Elizabeth Read 26 F 1 5 KY Dom 30 404 Thomas Reed 7 M 5 IL 31 404 David Reed 6 M 5 IL 32 404 Jerre Reed 5 M 5 IA 33 404 Martha Reed 1 F 1 IA 34 404 John Reed 0 M 0 IA 35 404 37 40 Adenson Cornett 28 M 1 1 KY Farming 1 1 1 36 404 Martha A Cornett 20 F 1 1 IN Dom 37 404 Nathaniel Cornett 4 M 1 IN 38 404 Moses Cornett 1 M 1 IA 1 406 38 41 Wyllis Dickerson 5 M 16 CT Farmer 1 1 His age is listed as 5 on the census 2 406 39 42 John Henderson 42 M 1 1 KY Farmer 1 1 1 3 406 Delila Henderson 47 F 1 1 KY Dom 4 406 Giney Henderson 16 F 1 IN None 5 406 Tira Henderson 14 M 1 IN 6 406 Elizabeth Henderson 12 F 1 IN 7 406 James K Henderson 10 M 1 IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 8 406 Aaron Henderson 8 M 1 IN 9 406 40 43 Jeremiah Henderson 19 M 1 1 IN Farming 1 1 10 406 Margaret Henderson 19 F 1 1 IN Dom 11 406 John Henderson 1 M 1 IA 12 406 41 44 Moses Henderson 21 M 1 0 IN Farmer 1 1 13 406 Winney Henderson 16 F 1 0 IN Dom 14 406 Jeremiah Henderson 0 M 0 IA 15 406 42 45 James Dunlavy 43 M 1 12 Ireland Farmer 1 1 1 16 406 Lucinda Dunlavy 42 F 1 12 DE Dom 17 406 Rufus P Dunlavy 16 M 12 PA None 18 406 Wm H Dunlavy 14 M 12 PA 19 406 John B Dunlavy 12 M 12 OH 20 406 Catharine Dunlavy 10 F 10 IA 21 406 Christopher S Dunlavy 5 M 5 IA 22 406 43 46 C C Newcaner 37 M 1 0 PA Farming 1 1 1 23 406 Matilda T Newcaner 28 F 1 0 IN Dom 24 406 Zeedri* T Newcaner 9 M 0 IN Last letter of first name is probably an L or and H 25 406 Elizabeth Newcaner 7 F 0 IN 26 406 Dillard Newcaner 2 M 0 IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 27 406 Rebecca Hartman 17 F 0 IN Laborer 28 406 44 47 Merideth Still 50 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 29 406 Elizabeth Still 41 F 1 6 KY Tailoress 30 406 Jesse Still 16 M 6 MO None 31 406 Samuel Still 15 M 6 MO None 32 406 Nancy J Still 14 F 6 MO 33 406 Christopher Still 11 M 6 MO 34 406 James W Still 7 M 7 MO 35 406 Marion B Still 6 M 6 IA 36 406 Amilla Still 5 F 5 IA 37 406 Josiah M Still 2 M 2 IA 38 406 Alexander Still 0 M 0 IA 1 408 45 48 Alexander Hines 38 M 1 1 PA Farmer 1 1 1 2 408 Rebecca Hines 35 F 1 1 PA Dom 3 408 Sarah Hines 18 F 1 PA None 4 408 G W Hines 10 M 1 PA 5 408 Thomas J Hines 8 M 1 PA 6 408 Cary E Hines 6 F 1 PA 7 408 Richard Hines 4 M 1 PA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 8 408 Jasper N Hines 2 M 1 PA 9 408 46 49 Benjamin F Bard 33 M 1 4 OH Moulder 1 1 1 10 408 Margaret Bard 25 F 1 4 PA Dom 11 408 Chritena Bard 5 F 4 PA First name is spelled as it appears on the census 12 408 Mary A Bard 2 F 2 IA 13 408 Amelia Bard 0 F 0 IA 14 408 Christina Mccormack 48 F 1 4 PA None 15 408 47 50 Abraham Miller 47 M 1 9 NJ Farmer 1 1 16 408 Safrona Miller 37 F 1 9 VT Dom 17 408 Wm H Miller 20 M 9 PA None 1 18 408 Abia Miller 17 M 9 MO None First name is spelled as it appears on the census 19 408 Safrona J Miller 15 F 9 IL None 20 408 Fernando Miller 12 M 9 IL 21 408 Clarinda A Miller 5 F 5 IA 22 408 George A Miller 2 M 2 IA 23 408 48 51 George Stakes 23 M 1 2 OH Shoemake 1 24 408 Elizabeth Stakes 20 F 1 12 PA Dom 25 408 49 52 Henry Fields 44 M 1 15 NY Shoemake 1 1 26 408 Mary Fields 28 F 1 9 VA Domestic Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 27 408 Lydia Fields 11 F 11 IA 28 408 Tartina Fields 0 F 0 IA 29 408 50 53 George Morey 54 M 1 4 NY Farmer 1 1 30 408 Sylvia Morey 49 F 1 3 NY Dom 31 408 Mellen Morey 17 F 3 IL 32 408 Eunice Morey 11 F 3 IL 33 408 54 David Morey 25 M 1 4 IN Farmer 34 408 Deborah Morey 15 F 1 1 CT Dom 1 1 1 Voter, militia and Land owner columns are checked in her row 35 408 51 55 Henry Truman 37 M 1 2 NY Carpente 1 1 Age could be 39 or 34 too 36 408 Martha A Truman 23 F 1 2 IL Dom 37 408 George A Truman 5 M 2 IL 38 408 Wm A Truman 3 M 2 MO 1 410 52 56 Moses Terpin 42 M 1 3 KY Farmer 1 1 1 2 410 Frankey Terpin 38 F 1 3 KY Dom 3 410 Elijah Terpin 20 M 3 IN Fidler 1 4 410 Jane Terpin 18 F 3 IN None 5 410 Elizabeth Terpin 16 F 3 IN None 6 410 James Terpin 14 M 3 IN 7 410 William Terpin 12 M 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 8 410 Harriet Terpin 9 F 3 IN 9 410 Jesse Terpin 6 M 3 IN 10 410 Uretta Terpin 2 F 2 IA 11 410 53 57 Alfred H Moffet 31 M 1 3 OH Farmer 1 1 1 12 410 Lydia A Moffet 29 F 1 3 NY Dom 13 410 Aseneth Moffet 8 F 3 IL 14 410 Areen Moffet 6 F 3 IL 15 410 Wm Z Moffet 5 M 3 IL 16 410 Mary E Moffet 3 F 3 IA 17 410 Soprona Moffet 1 F 1 IA 18 410 Henry C Snook 11 M 0 IL 1 Owner of land column is checked for him 19 410 54 58 Amassa Bonney 49 M 1 1 NY None 1 1 20 410 Adaline Bonney 47 F 1 1 NY Dom 21 410 Charles Bonney 23 M 1 NY None 1 Both idiotic and pauper were checked for him 22 410 Marion Work 12 F 1 IL Orphan 23 410 59 Ebinezer Robertson 41 M 1 1 NY Printer 1 1 1 24 410 Angeline Robertson 43 F 1 1 NY None 25 410 Grace Robertson 7 F 1 PA 26 410 55 60 James J Atkins 37 M 1 1 OH Farmer 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 27 410 Susanna Atkins 39 F 1 1 VA Dom 28 410 Sarah E Atkins 15 F 1 IL None 29 410 Anna Atkins 11 F 1 IL 30 410 Lewis Atkins 9 M 1 IL 31 410 Hanas Atkins 7 M 1 IL 32 410 Josephus Atkins 5 M 1 IL 33 410 Josephine Atkins 5 F 1 IL Twins 34 410 56 61 Austin Cowles 64 M 1 2 VT Farmer 1 1 35 410 Irena Cowles 48 F 1 2 MA Hatter 36 410 Henry Cowles 14 M 2 IL 37 410 Martha M Cowles 11 F 2 IL 1 412 62 Francis S Vandel 44 M 1 0 VA Farmer 1 1 2 412 Sarah M Vandel 39 F 1 0 OH Dom 3 412 Charles W Vandel 16 M 0 IL None 4 412 Joseph B Vandel 14 M 0 IL 5 412 Elizabeth J Vandel 12 F 0 IL 7 412 Abram W Vandel 9 M 0 IL 8 412 Angeline Vandel 7 F 0 IL 9 412 Eliza A Vandel 4 F 0 IL Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 10 412 Polly G Vandel 0 F 0 IL 11 412 57 63 Wm Wright 56 M 1 1 NY Farmer 1 12 412 Magdalena Wright 55 F 1 1 NY Dom 13 412 Jane Wright 24 F 1 NY None 14 412 Adeniram Wright 16 F 1 NY None 15 412 Jane Wright 18 F 1 NY Farmer There were 2 Jane Wrights listed in this household 16 412 58 64 Michael Wooley 56 M 1 1 NC Farmer 1 1 17 412 Martha Wooley 49 F 1 1 NC Dom 18 412 Wm Woolley 12 M 1 TN Surname was spelled differently than parents 19 412 Christopher Wooley 9 M 1 TN 20 412 Michael Jr Wooley 7 M 1 MO 21 412 59 65 Greenleaf Morrel 24 M 1 0 OH Farming 1 1 22 412 Susan Morell 20 F 1 0 IL Dom Her surname is spelled differently from the head of household 23 412 Mary E Morell 3 F 0 IL 24 412 60 66 Robert T Hamilton 49 M 1 4 TN Farmer 1 1 25 412 Elizabeth Hamilton 48 F 1 4 TN Dom 26 412 Jacob P Hamilton 18 M 4 TN Laborer 1 27 412 Mary M Hamilton 15 F 4 MO None 28 412 Susanna Hamilton 13 F 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 29 412 Alexander Hamilton 13 M 4 MO 30 412 Lavina Hamilton 7 F 4 MO 31 412 Stephen Hamilton 6 M 4 MO 32 412 61 67 John Snodgrass 53 M 1 1 VA Farmer 1 1 33 412 Sally Snodgrass 46 F 1 1 VA Dom 34 412 Robert Snodgrass 20 M 1 OH Blacksmith 1 35 412 Nancy Snodgrass 18 F 1 OH None 36 412 William Snodgrass 15 M 1 OH None 37 412 Clarinda Snodgrass 12 F 1 IL 38 412 Martha Snodgrass 7 F 1 IL 39 412 John Jr Snodgrass 2 M 1 IL 1 414 62 68 Wm Grindstaff 45 M 1 6 KY Farmer 1 1 2 414 Polly Grindstaff 37 F 1 6 KY Dom 3 414 Oskar Grindstaff 16 M 6 MO None 4 414 Susan Grindstaff 15 F 6 MO None 5 414 Mary Grindstaff 13 F 6 MO 6 414 Nancy C Grindstaff 10 M 6 MO 7 414 John Grindstaff 8 M 6 MO 8 414 Thomas Grindstaff 6 M 6 MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 9 414 Sally Grindstaff 4 F 4 IA 10 414 William Grindstaff 1 M 1 IA 11 414 63 69 Colman Seymore 38 M 1 1 TN Farmer 1 1 1 12 414 Louisa Seymore 38 F 1 1 TN Dom 13 414 Josiah Seymore 20 M 1 TN Laborer 1 14 414 Avesta A Seymore 18 F 1 TN None 15 414 Wm A Seymore 16 M 1 TN None 16 414 James B Seymore 13 M 1 MO 17 414 John A Seymore 11 M 1 MO 18 414 Williard P Seymore 9 M 1 MO END Kermit L. Kittleson kermit-k@juno.com