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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 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 19 414 Nancy E Seymore 5 F 1 MO 20 414 Caloway Seymore 3 M 1 MO 21 414 Mary R Seymore 0 F 1 IA 22 414 64 70 John E Hedrick 49 M 1 2 TN Farmer 1 1 23 414 Ruth Hedrick 45 F 1 2 TN Dom 24 414 John D Hedrick 23 M 1 IL Farmer 1 1 1 Years in state was marked as 1 for him 25 414 Thomas B Hedrick 19 M 1 IL Laborer 1 Years in state was marked as 1 for him 26 414 Calvin Hedrick 18 M 2 IL None 1 27 414 George W Hedrick 15 M 2 IL None 28 414 Margaret Hedrick 10 F 2 IL 29 414 Salina Hedrick 7 F 2 IL 30 414 William Hedrick 5 M 2 IL 31 414 Melissa Hedrick 2 F 2 IA 32 414 65 71 Elijah H Crawford 54 M 1 1 KY Farmer 1 1 33 414 Sarah B Crawford 45 F 1 1 KY Dom 34 414 Mary A Crawford 15 F 1 IN None 35 414 Thomas Crawford 13 M 1 IN 36 414 Thomas B S Thralekill 8 M 1 IA 37 414 Syrus A Crawford 3 M 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 1 416 66 72 James Gammill 43 M 1 5 PA Mason 1 1 1 2 416 Anna Gammill 35 F 1 5 OH Dom 3 416 John Gammill 14 M 5 OH 4 416 James Jr Gammill 12 M 5 OH 5 416 Elizabeth Gammill 10 F 5 OH 6 416 William Gammill 8 M 5 OH 7 416 Ira Gammill 6 F 5 OH Sex is marked as female for this person 8 416 Samuel F Gammill 4 M 4 IA 9 416 Mathew S Gammill 0 M 0 IA 10 416 67 73 Elizabeth Swaim 34 F 1 0 PA Farming 11 416 John M Swaim 5 M 0 IN 12 416 Christopher C Swaim 4 M 0 IN 13 416 Moses Swaim 0 M 0 IN 14 416 Benjamin F Swaim 0 M 0 IN 15 416 74 Elizabeth Newman 64 F 1 0 PA None 16 416 Jacob Newman 33 M 0 PA None 1 1 17 416 Joseph Newman 26 M 0 IN None 1 1 18 416 Isaac Newman 23 M 0 IN None 19 416 68 75 Wesley Cowls 26 M 1 1 NY Blacksmi 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 20 416 Elizabeth Cowls 25 F 1 1 NY Dom 21 416 Coridon Cowls 6 M 1 IA 22 416 Orrin Cowles 4 M 1 IL 23 416 Ahubia Cowles 0 F 0 IA First name is spelled as it appears on the census 24 416 76 Orrin Mckown 28 M 1 1 NY Waggon m 1 1 25 416 Laureign Mckown 22 F 1 1 Canada Dom 26 416 69 77 Elizabeth Laney 55 F 1 2 PA Dom 1 Owner of land is marked for her 27 416 Joseph Laney 35 M 2 OH Carder 28 416 George Laney 20 M 2 OH Laborer 1 29 416 Edward Laney 16 M 2 OH Laborer 1 Owner of land is marked in his row 30 416 70 78 Justin Dunham 51 M 1 7 PA Carpente 1 31 416 Mary Dunham 34 F 1 7 PA Dom 32 416 Eunice Dunham 21 F 7 PA None 33 416 James Dunham 10 M 7 PA 34 416 Clark Dunham 8 M 8 IA 35 416 Robert Dunham 0 M 0 IA 36 416 71 79 Hiram M Still 24 M 1 7 MO Laborer 1 1 37 416 Gemima Still 20 F 1 7 PA Dom 38 416 John H Still 1 M 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 1 418 73 80 Robert Booth 46 M 1 2 NY Farmer 1 1 2 418 Phebe Booth 46 F 1 2 NY Dom 3 418 John Booth 18 M 2 IL Laborer 1 4 418 Almeda Booth 15 F 2 IL None 5 418 Robert Jr Booth 13 M 2 IL 6 418 Olive Booth 11 F 2 IL 7 418 Horace Booth 9 M 2 IL 8 418 Lavina Booth 7 F 2 IL 9 418 73 81 Andrew Keysucker 24 M 1 3 PA Carpente 1 1 10 418 Rhoda J Keysucker 16 F 1 3 PA Dom 11 418 74 82 Wm S Carpenter 37 M 1 0 OH Farmer 1 1 12 418 Nancy Carpenter 35 F 1 0 NC Domestic 13 418 Jacob Hiette 12 M 0 IN 14 418 Mary S Armstrong 9 F 0 IN 15 418 75 83 Charles Carter 48 M 1 17 VA Farmer 1 1 16 418 Elizabeth J Carter 40 F 1 17 VA Dom 17 418 John B Carter 20 M 17 OH None 1 18 418 Sarah A Carter 16 F 16 IA 19 418 Margaret Carter 14 F 14 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 418 George Carter 11 M 11 IA 21 418 Alvira Carter 9 F 9 IA 22 418 Caroline Carter 7 F 7 IA 23 418 Franklin Carter 3 M 3 IA 24 418 Robert Carter 0 M 0 IA 25 418 76 84 Peter Whitright 71 M 1 1 PA Farmer 1 1 26 418 Deborah Whitright 55 F 1 1 PA Domestic 27 418 Amos Whitright 22 M 1 OH Carpente 1 1 1 28 418 George Whitright 17 M 1 OH None 29 418 Lydia Whitright 15 F 1 OH None 30 418 Franklin Whitright 11 M 1 OH 31 418 77 85 Joseph A Bales 31 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 32 418 Nancy A Bales 26 F 1 1 OH Dom 33 418 John W Bales 8 M 1 IN 34 418 Wm S Bales 7 M 1 IN 35 418 Phebe J Bales 5 F 1 IN 36 418 Martha E Bales 3 F 1 IN 37 418 Curtis J Bales 1 M 1 IA 1 420 78 86 Jackson Smith 26 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 2 420 Juliett Smith 20 F 1 1 OH Dom 3 420 George Smith 5 M 1 OH 4 420 79 87 Isaac M Blakesley 25 M 1 8 IN Farmer 1 1 1 5 420 Abigail Blakesley 24 F 1 10 OH Dom 6 420 Cartland H Blakesley 4 M 4 IA 7 420 John M Blakesley 2 M 2 IA 8 420 80 88 James M Dale 35 M 1 0 IN Farmer 1 1 1 9 420 Wm J Dale 7 M 0 IN 10 420 Albert C Dale 6 M 0 IN 11 420 Mary E Dale 4 F 0 IN 12 420 John A Dale 3 M 0 IN 13 420 Samuel Dale 2 M 0 IN 14 420 James Dale 0 M 0 IN 15 420 81 89 Moses W Swaim 35 M 1 0 NC Farmer 1 1 16 420 Lavina Swaim 26 F 1 0 NC Dom 17 420 Nancy D Swaim 7 M 0 NC 18 420 Wm M Swaim 5 M 0 IN 19 420 Charlotte Swaim 3 F 0 IN 20 420 82 90 Samuel Mcdowel 43 M 1 6 KY 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 21 420 Perlina Mcdowel 33 F 1 6 KY Domestic 22 420 Sarah J Mcdowel 12 F 6 IN 23 420 John Mcdowel 9 M 6 IN 24 420 George Mcdowel 6 M 6 IA 25 420 Mary E Mcdowel 4 F 4 IA 26 420 Samuel Mcdowel 0 M 0 IA 27 420 83 91 Rufus Gleason 26 M 1 2 OH Farmer 1 1 1 28 420 Mary Gleason 25 F 1 2 KY Dom 29 420 Hulda J Gleason 4 F 2 OH 30 420 Permelia Gleason 2 F 2 OH 31 420 84 92 Abner H Ballard 37 M 1 13 OH Farmer 1 1 32 420 Mary A Ballard 24 F 1 4 PA Dom 33 420 Rachael Ballard 15 F 13 WI None 34 420 John H Ballard 13 M 13 WI 35 420 Byram Ballard 9 M 9 IA Deaf and dumb 1 36 420 Emma Ballard 2 F 2 IA 37 420 Wm Ballard 0 M 0 IA 38 420 Thomas Ballard 15 M 11 MO None 1 422 85 93 Wm D Willson 25 M 1 10 IN 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 2 422 Sarah M Willson 29 F 1 4 VA Dom 3 422 George B Kelly 10 M 4 IL 4 422 Kirk E Kelly 8 M 4 IL 5 422 86 94 John May 47 M 1 1 VA Blacksmi 1 6 422 Clarissa May 39 F 1 1 VA Dom 7 422 George W May 17 M 1 VA Laborer 8 422 John E May 15 M 1 VA None 9 422 James S May 13 M 1 VA 10 422 Mary S May 10 F 1 IN 11 422 Newtun H May 8 M 1 IN 12 422 Alfred B May 6 M 1 IN 13 422 Lucy M May 4 F 1 IN 14 422 87 95 Wm Alden 32 M 1 0 NY Pedler 1 1 15 422 Leah Alden 29 F 1 0 PA Dom 16 422 Sarah S Alden 7 F 0 PA 17 422 Alma M Alden 6 M 0 PA 18 422 Jabin R Alden 3 M 0 PA 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