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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 Woodland 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 1 268 1 1 A J Evans 32 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 1 2 268 Susan Evans 31 F 1 6 TN 3 268 Margeret A Evans 7 F 6 TN 4 268 Sarah E Evans 5 F 5 IA 5 268 Gideon S W Evans 3 M 3 IA 6 268 Nancy J V Evans 0 F 0 IA 7 268 2 2 James M Biggs 30 M 1 1 TN Farmer 1 1 1 8 268 Martha E Biggs 25 F 1 1 KY 9 268 John F Biggs 5 M 1 IL 10 268 Rosanah J Biggs 3 F 1 IL 11 268 Elizabeth E Biggs 0 F 0 IA 12 268 Locinda Judd 17 F 1 IN 13 268 3 3 J H Clark 44 M 6 NC Farmer 1 1 1 14 268 Rebecca S Clark 65 F 6 NC 15 268 Margaret Clark 51 F 6 NC 16 268 4 4 James B Wainscott 27 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 1 17 268 Rodaeth A Wainscott 25 F 1 6 MO 18 268 Alexander L Wainscott 6 F 6 IA 19 268 Louiza E Wainscott 4 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 20 268 Mary Ann Wainscott 3 F 3 IA 21 268 Sarah C Wainscott 1 F 1 IA 22 268 5 5 William J Darr 31 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 1 23 268 Catharine Darr 31 F 1 6 TN 24 268 Elen E C Darr 5 F 5 IA 25 268 John H Darr 1 M 1 IA 26 268 6 6 Aaron Webster 28 M 1 2 MI Farmer 1 1 1 27 268 Octeve Webster 28 F 1 2 IN 28 268 Mary M Webster 3 F 2 IN 29 268 Sary L Webster 1 F 1 IA 30 268 7 7 Samuel Griffin 50 M 1 1 TN Farmer 1 1 31 268 Moriah Griffin 48 F 1 1 KY 32 268 Margaret Griffin 19 F 1 KY 33 268 John Griffin 15 M 1 KY 34 268 Elizabeth Griffin 13 F 1 KY 35 268 Christopher Griffin 11 M 1 KY 36 268 Mary M Griffin 9 F 1 KY 37 268 Samuel Griffin 5 M 1 KY 38 268 8 8 James Wright 29 M 1 13 IN 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 39 268 Francis Wright 17 F 1 4 IN 40 268 Michel Wright 15 M 1 IL 1 270 9 9 William Wrigh 50 M 1 13 TN Farmer 1 1 Surname is as it appears in the census 2 270 Sarah Wrigh 51 F 1 13 TN Age was smeared-it could also be 57 or 59 3 270 Cyrius Wrigh 23 M 13 IN none 1 1 4 270 Joshua Wrigh 14 M 13 IN Farmer 1 Land ownership column is marked for him on the census 5 270 10 10 Thompson Stanbery 56 M 1 17 TN Carpente 1 1 6 270 Sarah Stanbery 31 F 1 7 KY 7 270 Mary Stanbery 17 F 17 MI 8 270 William H H Stanbery 14 M 14 IA 9 270 Henry Clay Stanbery 12 M 12 IA 10 270 Hariett Stanbery 9 F 9 IA 11 270 John P Stanbery 2 M 2 IA 12 270 Solomon Stanbery 0 M 0 IA 13 270 Lidia M Nun 8 F 7 IN 14 270 Francis A Nunn 6 F 6 IA 15 270 Banner Nun 4 M 4 IA 16 270 11 11 John Barriett 30 M 1 0 Ireland Farmer 1 1 1 17 270 Elen Barriett 25 F 1 0 Ireland Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 18 270 Henry Barriett 4 M 0 IN 19 270 John Barriett 3 M 0 IN 20 270 William Barriett 1 M 0 IN 21 270 John Barriett 70 M 0 Ireland none 1 22 270 Patrick Grogan 25 M 0 Ireland Farmer 1 1 1 23 270 12 12 Christopher Wainscott 53 M 1 14 NC Farmer 1 1 24 270 Hannah Wainscott 50 F 1 14 KY 25 270 Wilson H Wainscott 21 M 14 MO none 1 1 26 270 Maranda Wainscott 20 F 14 MO 27 270 Mary J Wainscott 18 F 14 MO 28 270 Samuel J Wainscott 16 M 12 IA The age and years in state are as they appear on the census 29 270 Sarah A Wainscott 14 F 10 IA The age and years in state are as they appear on the census 30 270 Benton B Wainscott 12 M 8 IA The age and years in state are as they appear on the census 31 270 Charles F Wainscott 9 M 7 MO 32 270 Phebe E Wainscott 6 F 6 IA 33 270 13 13 James Hammond 43 M 1 7 VA Farmer 1 1 1 34 270 Rebecca C Hammond 25 F 1 6 TN 35 270 William A Hammond 16 M 7 IL 36 270 Nancy Hammond 13 F 7 MO Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 37 270 Sarah E Hammond 11 F 7 MO 38 270 Scintha A Hammond 9 F 7 MO 39 270 James H Hammond 6 M 6 IA 40 270 Eliza C Hammond 1 F 1 IA 1 272 14 14 Nathaniel Shields 45 M 1 5 TN Farmer 1 1 2 272 Rebecca Shields 58 F 1 5 TN 3 272 Ann Evans 85 F 1 5 VA 4 272 Ann Evans 60 F 5 TN 5 272 15 15 Henry E Newlin 37 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 1 6 272 Sarah Newlin 30 F 1 6 IN 7 272 Jesse B Newlin 12 M 6 MO 8 272 John Newlin 10 M 6 MO 9 272 Margaret J Newlin 8 F 6 MO 10 272 Permelia A Newlin 6 F 6 IA 11 272 Cyntha Newlin 4 F 4 IA 12 272 James F Newlin 2 M 2 IA 13 272 16 16 Solomon Lentz 23 M 1 1 VA Farmer 1 1 1 14 272 Mary A Lentz 20 F 1 2 OH 15 272 Elizabeth A Lentz 20 F 1 VA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 16 272 17 17 Earhard Lentz 58 M 1 1 Germany Weever 1 17 272 Amanda Lentz 41 F 1 1 VA 18 272 Fredricka Lentz 13 F 1 OH 19 272 Anna M Lentz 7 F 1 OH 20 272 Daniel E Lentz 4 M 1 OH 21 272 18 18 Andrew Adair 42 M 1 3 IN Farmer 1 1 1 22 272 Robert V Adair 21 M 3 IN Farmer 1 1 23 272 Johnothan Adair 18 M 3 IN 1 24 272 Mary Adair 15 F 3 IN 25 272 Margaret Adair 10 F 3 IN 26 272 James Adair 7 M 3 IN 27 272 Harison Adair 3 M 3 IA 28 272 Mary Hawkings 38 F 1 3 IN 29 272 19 19 Enoch L Hutchinson 30 M 1 0 OH Farmer 1 1 1 30 272 Catherine Hutchinson 28 F 1 0 OH 31 272 Eliza J Hutchinson 8 F 0 IN 32 272 William L Hutchinson 6 M 0 IN 33 272 Elizabeth C Hutchinson 3 F 0 OH 34 272 Johnothan S Hutchinson 1 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 35 272 20 20 George C Juett 29 M 1 4 OH Farmer 1 1 1 36 272 Lidia C Juett 22 F 1 12 KY 37 272 Elizabeth A Juett 2 F 2 IA 38 272 Midred J Juett 0 F 0 IA 1 276 21 21 Robert E Hutchinson 39 M 1 1 KY Farmer 1 1 1 Page 274 was blank 2 276 Rebecca Hutchinson 37 F 1 1 OH 3 276 Milton C Hutchinson 15 M 1 OH 4 276 Mary E Hutchinson 13 F 1 OH 5 276 Hannah M Hutchinson 11 F 1 IN 6 276 Jesse L Hutchinson 9 M 1 IN 7 276 Robert C Hutchinson 7 M 1 IN 8 276 Sarah J Hutchinson 5 F 1 IN 9 276 William S Hutchinson 3 M 1 IL 10 276 Rebecca A Hutchinson 1 F 1 IA 11 276 22 22 Jacob Jordan 44 M 1 1 OH Farmer 1 1 1 12 276 Lidia Jordan 40 F 1 1 IN 13 276 Izabel Jordan 18 F 1 IN 14 276 Sarah Jordan 17 F 1 IN 15 276 Almira Jordan 16 F 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 16 276 John Jordan 14 F 1 IN Sex of F is marked for this person on the census 17 276 Mary Jordan 12 F 1 IN 18 276 Jacob Jordan 11 M 1 IN 19 276 Rebecca Jordan 9 F 1 IN 20 276 Lidia Jordan 6 F 1 IN 21 276 Abreham Jordan 3 M 1 IN 22 276 Martha Jordan 1 F 1 IA 23 276 23 23 William Smith 27 M 1 1 PA Carpente 1 1 1 24 276 Sarah A Smith 17 F 1 1 IN 25 276 John J Smith 0 M 0 IA 26 276 24 24 Solomon Mendele 30 M 1 2 PA Farmer 1 1 1 27 276 Nancy Mendele 24 F 1 1 IN 28 276 Rachel Mendele 0 F 0 IA 29 276 25 25 John Jennings 42 M 1 1 England Farmer 1 1 1 30 276 Samantha Jennings 36 F 1 1 OH 31 276 Levi Jennings 19 M 1 IN 32 276 Charlott Jennings 13 F 1 IN 33 276 Alven Jennings 11 M 1 IN 34 276 George C Jennings 9 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 35 276 Caroline Jennings 7 F 1 IN 36 276 John H Jennings 3 M 1 IN 37 276 Ira Jennings 1 M 1 IA 1 278 26 26 Robert C Evans 41 M 1 5 TN Farmer 1 1 1 2 278 Elizabeth Evans 39 F 1 5 TN 3 278 Joseph H Evans 16 M 5 IN 4 278 Martha J Evans 15 F 5 IN 5 278 Rebecca M Evans 15 F 5 IN 6 278 James H S Evans 11 M 5 IN 7 278 Andrew T Evans 9 M 5 IN 8 278 George S Evans 7 M 5 IN 9 278 Elizabeth C Evans 5 F 5 IN 10 278 Louiza J Evans 2 F 2 IA 11 278 27 27 James E Logan 25 M 1 12 KY Farmer 1 1 1 12 278 Mildred A Logan 21 F 1 3 IN 13 278 Mary E Logan 2 F 2 IA 14 278 Manda J Logan 0 F 0 IA 15 278 28 28 Jasper Jennings 25 M 1 0 IN Farmer 1 1 1 16 278 Rachel Jennings 24 F 1 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 17 278 Windfield Jennings 3 M 0 IN 18 278 Henry Jennings 2 M 0 IN 19 278 29 29 Joshua Jennings 23 M 1 1 IN Farmer 1 1 1 20 278 Elizabeth Jennings 23 F 1 1 IN 21 278 Oliver Jennings 0 M 0 IA 22 278 30 30 Charles S Bellows 27 M 1 2 IL Farmer 1 1 1 23 278 Emeline Bellows 24 F 1 2 PA 24 278 Nancy E Bellows 3 F 2 IL 25 278 Lousy A Bellows 1 F 1 IA First name is as it appears on the census 26 278 31 31 William H Evans 34 M 1 6 TN Farmer 1 1 1 27 278 Nancy Evans 35 F 1 6 TN 28 278 William A Evans 9 M 6 TN 29 278 James R Evans 6 M 6 TN 30 278 Mary E W Evans 4 F 4 IA 31 278 Catharine S Evans 1 F 1 IA 32 278 32 32 David Juett 55 M 1 5 KY Farmer 1 1 33 278 Nancy A Juett 35 F 1 5 OH 34 278 Nancy C Juett 10 F 5 OH 35 278 Matilda Juett 9 F 5 OH 36 278 Caroline Juett 7 F 5 OH 37 278 Martha Juett 4 F 4 IA 38 278 Henraetta Juett 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 END Kermit L. 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