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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 Longcreek 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 58 2 2 Andrew Thompson 45 M 1 2 VA Farmer 1 1 Thjis enumerator left a lot of field blank and did not use ditto mar 2 58 Comfort Thompson 31 F 3 58 John M Thompson 17 M 4 58 Nancy M Thompson 15 F 5 58 Sarah R Thompson 13 F 6 58 Caroline Thompson 10 F 7 58 Rachel Thompson 6 F 8 58 Morgan Thompson 5 M 9 58 Eliza Thompson 4 F 10 58 Martha S Thompson 2 F 11 58 10 10 John Murrey 26 M 1 1 NY Farmer 1 1 12 58 America Murrey 22 F 13 58 Charles M Murrey 4 M 14 58 Mary M Murrey 1 F 15 58 Mary P Thompson 21 F 16 58 Joseph N Thompson 19 M 17 58 11 11 Silas W Thompson 37 M 1 2 IL Farmer 1 1 18 58 Rebeca Thompson 33 F 19 58 Catharine A. Thompson 11 F Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 58 William H Thompson 9 M 21 58 Semantha C Thompson 4 F 22 58 Mary J Thompson 1 F 23 58 12 12 James B Burnes 37 M 1 1 IL Farmer 1 1 24 58 Nancy Burnes 35 F 25 58 John S Burnes 12 M 26 58 Malisa Burnes 8 F 27 58 Harriett A Burnes 5 F 28 58 Joseph Burnes 2 M 29 58 Caroline Burnes 1 F 30 58 13 13 William Devore 23 M 1 1 VA Farmer 1 1 31 58 Malona Devore 22 F 32 58 Eliza Devore 1 F 33 58 14 14 James Record 33 M 1 4 OH Farmer 1 1 34 58 Eliza Record 33 F 35 58 Lewis Record 12 M 36 58 Lardrom Record 7 M 37 58 Charles M Record 3 M 38 58 Juliann Record 1 F Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 39 58 15 15 Thomas King 52 M 1 1 TN Farmer 1 1 This family was written at the bottom of the page margin 40 58 Margaree King 49 F 41 58 Jefferson King 18 M 42 58 Abner King 15 43 58 Lorinda King 13 F 44 58 Boswell King 9 M 45 58 Rosa King M 1 60 22 22 William Warner 30 M 1 1 NY Farmer 1 1 1 2 60 Loving Warner 40 F 3 60 Hubart Warner 2 M 4 60 Osker G Kyler 19 M 5 60 23 23 James Whitecar 35 M 1 4 OH Farmer 1 1 1 6 60 Hester Whitecar 29 F 7 60 Samuel W Whitecar 8 M 8 60 Josiah M Whitecar 6 M 9 60 James H Whitecar 4 M 10 60 George W Whitecar 1 M Must have been born in Iowa but it doesn't say 11 60 23 23 Milton Stapp 26 M 1 1 IN F 1 1 This family is also listed as Dw 23 Fam 23 12 60 Elizabeth Stapp 21 F Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 13 60 Mary S Stapp 1 F 14 60 24 24 Robert McKee 58 M 1 VA Tenn 1 1 1 Occupation says Tenn 15 60 Nancy McKee 58 F 16 60 Clark McKee 15 M 17 60 Emaline McKee 11 F 18 60 25 25 Henry H Whitecar 58 M 1 2 NJ Farmer 1 1 1 19 60 Mary Whitecar 55 F 20 60 Orlando Whitecar 24 M 2 OH Farmer 1 1 21 60 Mary Whitecar 19 F 22 60 26 26 George W Whitecar 33 M 23 60 Ctharine Whitecar 23 F First name not spelled correctly in census 24 60 Mary M Whitecar 9 F 25 60 27 27 Simon Aldrige 65 M 1 0 NY Farmer 1 1 1 26 60 Polly Aldrige 40 F 27 60 John Aldrige 17 M 28 60 James Aldrige 11 M 29 60 Ptu Aldrige 9 M Name looks like Ptu in the census 30 60 Mary J Aldrige 14 F 31 60 Hiram Kenney 21 M 1 0 OH Farmer 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 32 60 Sarah Kenney 18 F 33 60 Pheba Kenney 6 F 34 60 28 28 Lamb Taylor 53 M 1 3 NC Farmer 1 1 1 35 60 Margarett Taylor 45 F 36 60 James C Taylor 26 M 1 3 NC Farmer 1 1 37 60 Marth G Taylor 22 F Note says book bound wrong?? 38 60 Thomas G Taylor 14 M Note says see page 76 for rest of family 1 62 Samuel Hendeshot 40 M 1 1 OH Carpente 1 1 1 2 62 36 36 William Whitecar 26 M 1 1 OH Carpente 1 1 1 3 62 Chtharine J Whitecar 21 F Enumerator doesn't seem to be able to spell Catharine 4 62 37 37 John Thomas 37 M 1 1 PA Farmer 1 1 1 5 62 Bohseba Thomas 39 F 6 62 Syvester Thomas 9 M 7 62 Mary Thomas 8 F 8 62 Sarah J Thomas 5 F 9 62 Malinda Thomas 3 F 10 62 George Thomas 1 M 11 62 Jacob Hickman 26 M 2 KY Crpntr 1 1 1 12 62 Sylvester Davis 20 M 7 OH Farmer Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 13 62 Zackariah Kennett 23 M 5 VA 1 1 14 62 Marth Soushbugh 20 F 15 62 38 38 John B Sanders 33 M 1 IN Farming 1 1 16 62 Margarett Sanders 33 F 17 62 Nancy M Sanders 9 F 18 62 Joseph R Sanders 5 M 19 62 James M Sanders 2 M 20 62 39 39 David Fouts 26 M 1 2 IN Blacksm. 1 1 1 21 62 Nancy Fouts 23 F 22 62 David Fouts 2 M 23 62 40 40 Spencer Waters 28 M 1 1 PA Cabinet 1 1 1 24 62 Elizabeth Waters 24 M Sex is listed as M 25 62 Georg * Waters 3 M 26 62 John R Waters 1 M 27 62 Mary Rahler 22 F 28 62 41 41 S B Taylor 24 M 1 1 NC Farmer 1 1 1 29 62 Elizabth Taylor 24 F This is how the first name was in the census 30 62 P M Taylor 5 M 31 62 M A J Taylor 1 F Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 32 62 Franklin Taylor 25 M 1 2 NC Merchant 1 1 33 62 42 42 William Waldren 57 M 1 2 VA Farmer 1 1 1 34 62 Amelia Waldren 47 F 35 62 John Waldren 20 M 36 62 Thomas J Waldren 12 M 37 62 Ellen Waldren 10 F 38 62 Mary J Waldren 8 F 39 62 Joel A Waldren 2 M 1 64 49 49 Dortner S Fortner 29 M 1 4 KY farmer 1 1 1 2 64 Cornelia Fortner 21 F 3 64 Mary S Fortner 4 F 64 John H Fortner 2 M 5 64 Michael L Fortner 1 M 6 64 50 50 Jonathan Smith 39 M 1 5 OH farmer 1 1 1 7 64 Melvina Smith 37 F 8 64 Andrew J Smith 14 M 9 64 Nancy Smith 11 F 10 64 Virgil Smith 8 M 11 64 George W Smith 5 M Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 12 64 Franklin Smith 1 M 13 64 Mary J Hamilton 17 F 14 64 51 51 Josep Hollingshea 26 M 1 2 OH farmer 1 1 1 Josep is how it is in the census 15 64 Margarett M Hollingshea 32 F 16 64 Emilly * Hollingshea 2 F 17 64 Sarah Hollingshea 1 F 18 64 52 52 William West 38 M 1 2 OH farmer 1 1 1 19 64 Elizabeth West 33 F 20 64 Charles West 8 M 21 64 Hamilton West 7 M 22 64 Ann West 5 F 23 64 Allen West 4 M 24 64 Daniel West 2 M 25 64 John West 1 M 26 64 Caroline Robinson 16 F 27 64 53 53 Jacob Haney 42 M 1 2 Switzerl farmer 1 1 1 28 64 Susana Haney 30 F 29 64 Sarah Haney 12 F 30 64 William Haney 10 M Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 31 64 John Haney 9 M 32 64 Levi Haney 7 M 33 64 Allis Haney 3 F 34 64 Franklin Haney 1 M 35 64 54 54 Francis Ross 42 M 1 6 PA farmer 1 1 1 36 64 Margarett Ross 43 F 37 64 Thomas Ross 17 M 38 64 Jacob Ross 15 M 1 66 62 62 Stephen Strong 41 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1 2 66 Emily Strong 33 F 3 66 Linnus Strong 19 M 4 66 John Strong 15 M 5 66 Solamon Strong 13 M 6 66 Sally Strong 11 F 7 66 Annis Strong 8 F 8 66 Rheuben Strong 5 M 9 66 63 63 Enis Martin 47 M 1 1 KY farmer 1 1 1 10 66 Nancy Martin 45 F 11 66 William Martin 20 M Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 12 66 John Martin 18 M 13 66 Silas Martin 16 M 14 66 Smul Martin 12 M 15 66 Mary E Martin 8 F 16 66 Fancis M Martin 3 F Name/sex are as is on the census 17 66 64 64 James Craft 25 M 1 2 IN farmer 1 1 1 18 66 Nancy Craft 20 F 19 66 65 65 Anderson Craft 56 M 1 3 NC farmer 1 1 1 20 66 Catharine Craft 55 F 21 66 Henry Craft 20 M 22 66 Jane Craft 17 F 23 66 John Craft 16 M 24 66 George W Craft 14 M 25 66 66 66 John Hendricks 26 M 1 3 PA farmer 1 1 1 26 66 Sarah A Hendricks 20 F 27 66 Malin Hendricks 1 F 28 66 67 67 Josep Sheely 45 M 1 3 Germany farmer 1 1 1 Name is as is on the census 29 66 Catharine Sheely 43 F 30 66 Silas Sheely 19 M Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 31 66 Adnah Sheely 17 * 32 66 Elizabth Sheely 14 F Name is as is on the census END Kermit L. 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