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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 Richland 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 86 1 1 Alexander Brammer 41 M 1 1 VA farmer 1 1 1 2 86 Elizabeth Brammer 38 F 1 IN 3 86 Melisa Brammer 18 F 1 IN 4 86 Angeline Brammer 16 F 1 IN 5 86 Marquess D Lafye Brammer 13 M 1 IN Appears to be a Brammer. although the last name was not given. 6 86 Martisa Brammer 11 F 1 IN 7 86 James Brammer 8 M 1 IN 8 86 Isabela Brammer 2 F 1 IN 9 86 2 2 James McConell 42 M 1 1 IN farmer 1 1 1 10 86 Melindia McConell 28 F 1 1 KY 11 86 William McConell 10 M 1 IN 12 86 Elizabeth McConell 9 F 1 IN 13 86 Sarah McConell 7 F 1 IN 14 86 Joseph McConell 5 M 1 IN 15 86 Frank * McConell 3 M 1 IN Middle initial is a P or B 16 86 George McConell 1 M 1 IN 17 86 3 3 James Millstead 35 M 1 0 IN farmer 1 1 1 18 86 Elizabeth Millstead 40 F 1 0 KY 19 86 James * Jones 20 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 20 86 Elizabeth Jones 15 F 0 IN 21 86 4 4 Ebel O Beach 49 M 1 7 VT farmer 1 1 22 86 Rachel Beach 50 F 1 7 VT 23 86 Simeon Beach 18 M 7 OH farmer 1 24 86 Charles Beach 16 M 7 OH farmer 25 86 Ann E Beach 14 F 7 OH 26 86 Joseph Beach 12 M 7 OH 27 86 Susana Beach 11 F 7 OH 28 86 Ebel Beach 9 M 7 OH Lorenzo Beach 5 M 5 IA 29 86 5 5 John D Young 26 M 1 4 KY farmer 1 1 1 30 86 Katharine Young 19 F 1 4 TN 31 86 William * Young 1 M 1 IA 32 86 William K Young 24 M 4 IN 33 86 6 6 Joseph Sutten 44 M 1 2 OH 1 1 1 No occupation listed 34 86 Jane Sutten 36 F 1 2 PA 35 86 Meriah J Sutten 15 F 2 OH 36 86 William H Sutten 13 M 2 OH 37 86 George W Sutten 12 M 2 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 1 88 Louis Sutten 8 M 2 OH 2 88 Lizy E Sutten 5 F 2 OH 3 88 Rebecka E Sutten 3 F 2 OH 4 88 Hanah Sutten 0 F 0 IA 5 88 7 7 Dunkin Camorn 41 M 1 4 IN farmer 1 1 1 Last name appears to be misspelled 6 88 Malilda Cameron 35 F 1 4 KY First name is as it appears on the census 7 88 Emaline Cameron 7 F 4 IN 8 88 8 8 Francis M Brammer 22 M 1 2 IN farmer 1 1 1 9 88 Nancy Brammer 20 F 1 2 IN 10 88 Cleirisa Brammer 2 F 2 IN 11 88 Albert Brammer 0 M 0 IA 12 88 9 9 Jacob W Young 33 M 1 1 KY farmer 1 1 1 13 88 Mary J Young 32 F 1 1 OH 14 88 Maria Young 11 F 1 OH 15 88 Cinareta Young 4 F 1 IL 16 88 James W Young 2 M 1 IL 17 88 Sher** W Peters 19 M 1 KY farmer 1 18 88 10 10 John L Young 64 M 1 4 KY farmer 1 1 19 88 Judy Young 53 F 1 4 KY Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 20 88 Harison H Young 22 M 4 IN farmer 1 1 21 88 Lizanan Young 13 F 4 IN 22 88 Andrew J Young 10 M 4 IN 23 88 Thomas Boles 28 M 1 VA farmer 1 1 24 88 11 11 Joseph Brown 32 M 1 4 IN farmer 1 1 1 25 88 Huldah Brown 28 F 1 4 KY 1 26 88 Maryann Brown 4 F 4 IN 27 88 Sary J Brown 3 F 3 IA 28 88 Rachel Brown 2 F 2 IA 29 88 Emily Brown 6 F 4 IN 30 88 Susan Brown 7 F 4 IN 31 88 William Scharrenbro 17 M 2 Germany 32 88 12 12 Hiram Hukill 57 M 1 1 VA farmer 1 1 33 88 Elizann Hukill 37 F 1 1 OH 34 88 Margaret Hukill 17 F 1 OH 35 88 Ohio E Hukill 13 M 1 OH 36 88 Martha K Hukill 12 F 1 OH 37 88 John H Hukill 10 M 1 OH 38 88 Francis M Hukill 8 M 1 OH Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 2 90 Naomi Hukill 5 F 1 OH 3 90 Clairanne Hukill 2 F 1 IL 4 90 13 13 Silvester Carrell 26 M 1 1 IN 1 1 1 5 90 Druzila Carrell 31 F 1 1 IN 6 90 James Carrell 0 M 0 IA 7 90 14 14 William Millstead 25 M 1 0 IN 1 1 8 90 Cindiriler Millstead 38 F 1 0 KY 9 90 Maricak J Millstead 4 F 0 IN 10 90 Joseph Millstead 3 M 0 IN 11 90 William Carrell 38 M 9 KY 1 12 90 15 15 John Bohall 20 M 1 0 KY 1 1 13 90 Elizabeth J Bohall 28 F 1 0 IN 14 90 Sarahann Millstead 8 F 0 IN 15 90 James Millstead 6 M 0 IN 16 90 Thomas Millstead 4 M 0 IN 17 90 16 16 Peter Beers 52 M 1 15 PA farmer 1 1 18 90 Mary J Beers 18 F 15 IN 19 90 William P Beers 14 M 14 IA 20 90 Dewitt C Beers 12 M 12 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 21 90 Virgina Beers 10 F 10 IA First name is as it appears on the census 22 90 17 17 Noah Green 35 M 1 12 KY farmer 1 1 1 23 90 Permely Green 35 F 1 12 IN 24 90 William R Green 12 M 12 IL 25 90 John W Green 10 M 10 IA 26 90 Pery Green 4 M 4 IA 27 90 Emly Green 1 F 1 IA First name is as it appears on the census 29 90 18 18 Stephen Swisher 41 M 1 2 VA farmer 1 1 30 90 Evaline Swisher 40 F 1 2 VA 31 90 Jane K Swisher 15 M 2 OH Sex appears as "m" on the census 32 90 John Swisher 12 M 2 OH 33 90 Jacob Swisher 10 M 2 OH 34 90 Elizabeth Swisher 8 F 2 OH 35 90 Hariett Swisher 6 F 2 OH 36 90 William G Swisher 4 M 2 OH 37 90 Joseph H Swisher 0 M 0 IA 38 90 19 19 Thomas Boyd 52 M 1 2 PA farmer 1 1 39 90 Anna Boyd 55 F 1 2 PA 1 92 James Boyd 26 M 2 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 92 John Boyd 24 M 2 OH farmer 1 1 1 3 92 Alin Boyd 22 M 2 OH farmer 1 1 1 4 92 Mary Boyd 19 F 2 OH 5 92 Henry Boyd 12 M 2 OH 6 92 20 20 Wagner Lehman 59 M 1 2 PA farmer 1 1 7 92 Katharine Lehman 48 F 1 2 MD 8 92 George W Lehman 12 M 2 OH 9 92 James K Lehman 10 M 2 OH 10 92 Daniel Lehman 8 M 2 OH 11 92 Wagner Lehman 6 M 2 OH 12 92 Francis M Lehman 4 M 2 OH 13 92 21 21 Noah Warnstaff 23 M 1 0 OH farmer 1 1 1 14 92 Mariah Warnstaff 24 F 1 0 NY 15 92 22 22 Alfred Palmer 57 M 1 0 NY 16 92 Deborah Palmer 54 F 1 0 NY 17 92 Sary M Palmer 22 F 0 NY 18 92 Mary Palmer 17 F 0 OH 19 92 Albert Palmer 10 M 0 OH 20 92 23 23 Thomas Ramsey 56 M 1 6 VA 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 21 92 Annah Ramsey 49 F 1 6 TN 22 92 Franklin Ramsey 20 M 6 TN farmer 1 1 23 92 Henderson Ramsey 17 M 6 TN farmer 24 92 Cowen Ramsey 15 M 6 TN 25 92 Rachel Ramsey 11 F 6 TN 26 92 William Ramsey 3 M 3 IA 27 92 24 24 Samuel Gwilliams 27 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1 28 92 Elizabeth Gwilliams 33 F 1 1 OH 29 92 Parker Gwilliams 5 M 1 OH 30 92 Matildy Gwilliams 4 F 1 OH 31 92 Ellm** Gwilliams 2 M 1 OH 32 92 Phebe Gwilliams 1 F 1 IA 33 92 25 25 Henry H Fletcher 36 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1 34 92 Mary Fletcher 29 F 1 1 OH 35 92 Matilda Fletcher 2 F 1 OH 36 92 26 26 Anderson Edwards 23 M 1 5 TN farmer 1 1 1 37 92 Armina Edwards 25 F 1 5 TN 38 92 Lousinda Edwards 4 F 4 IA 39 92 Mary A Edwards 2 F 2 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 40 92 Nervesta Edwards 0 F 0 IA 1 94 27 27 Liddy Comstock 56 1 0 NC 2 94 Edward O Comstock 29 M 0 KY farmer 1 1 3 94 Nancy Comstock 26 F 0 KY 4 94 George Comstock 23 M 0 IN Doctor 1 1 5 94 Manurva Comstock 21 F 0 IN 6 94 Aliza Comstock 17 F 0 IN 7 94 Sary C Comstock 11 F 0 IN 8 94 Nancy Oen 84 F 0 VA 9 94 28 28 Ladislaus Madarass 45 M 1 5 Hungary farmer 1 1 10 94 29 29 Joseph Millstead 56 M 1 0 KY farmer 1 1 11 94 Merica Millstead 33 F 1 0 KY 12 94 Lidann Millstead 27 F 0 IN 13 94 Sary Millstead 18 F 0 IN 14 94 Joseph J Millstead 14 M 0 IN 15 94 Lizabeth Millstead 12 F 0 IN 16 94 John Millstead 10 M 0 IN 17 94 Manday Millstead 8 F 0 IN 18 94 Lebort Jones 18 M 0 IN 1 Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 19 94 30 30 William Wheeles 37 M 1 6 TN farmer 1 1 1 20 94 Rachel Wheeles 25 F 1 6 TN 21 94 Mary E Wheeles 6 F 6 IA 22 94 Rubin Wheeles 4 M 4 IA 23 94 Francis Wheeles 2 M 2 IA 24 94 Nervesta Wheeles 15 F 5 TN 25 94 John Wheeles 13 M 5 TN 26 94 Maryan Wheeles 4 F 4 IA 27 94 31 31 Achelis Burchett 30 M 1 0 TN farmer 1 1 1 28 94 Leah Burchett 32 F 1 0 TN 29 94 Abraham Burchett 9 M 0 TN 30 94 Rachel J Burchett 7 F 0 IN 31 94 Frankling Burchett 4 M 0 IN 32 94 Martha Burchett 1 F 0 IN 33 94 32 32 Adward Williams 37 M 1 2 OH farmer 34 94 Susana Williams 35 F 1 2 OH 35 94 Susana L Williams 12 F 2 OH 36 94 Henry Williams 9 M 2 MO 37 94 Edward Williams 7 M 2 MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 38 94 John Williams 3 M 2 MO 39 94 Thomas Williams 1 M 1 IA 40 94 Lizabeth Williams 1 F 1 IA END Kermit L. 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