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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sonja Reid Oct 1999 ____________________________________________________________________________ Des Moines County, Iowa, 1856 Census Benton Township Part 03 Page w Page p Dwell Fam# Name Age Sex Col Mar Wid Years Where Born Occupation NVV NLV ALI MIL DND BLI INS IDI LandOwn Comments ====== ====== ====== ===== =========================== ======= === === === === ===== =============== ================ === === === === === === === === ======= =============================================== ELIZABETH FOSTER 0 F 0 IA NONE 1034 133 135 MILTON GREEN 36 M X 0 ** LABORER X X MISSING MARY GREEN 23 F X 0 ** WILLIAM GREEN 4 M 0 ** AMERICUS GREEN 0 F 0 ** NONE 1034 134 136 JOHN FOSTER 36 M X 14 ** FARMER X X MISSING MARGARETT FOSTER 30 F X 14 ** SARAH FOSTER 13 F 13 IA EUNICE FOSTER 10 F 10 IA RICHARD BOWNS 16 M 2 GERMANY LABORER NONE 1034 135 137 A. W. GORDON 40 M X 20 PA FARMER X X MISSING LOIZA GORDON 32 F X 17 ** MARY GORDON 14 F 14 IA JAMES GORDON 12 M 12 IA RUTH GORDON 9 F 9 IA CYNTHA GORDON 6 F 6 IA FREDERICK GORDON 4 M 4 IA ALMONT GORDON 0 M 0 IA WM WART GORDON 23 M 0 ENG LABORER X X LOIZA WILLIAMS 21 F 9 VA NONE 1034 136 138 CHARLES BUCKHOLZ 43 M X 5 GERMANY LABORER X MISSING ANGELLINE BUCKHOLZ 31 F X 5 GERMANY CHARLES BUCKHOLZ 17 M 5 GERMANY HENRY BUCKHOLZ 5 M 5 MO MATILDA BUCKHOLZ 3 F 3 IA CARLINE BUCKHOLZ 1 F 1 IA NONE 1034 137 139 GEO. ALBRIGHT 46 M X 14 PA FARMER X MISSING MARGARETT ALBRIGHT 32 F X 14 PA CHARLES ALBRIGHT 15 M 14 IA LABORER MARY ALBRIGHT 13 F 13 IA ARTHUR ALBRIGHT 10 M 10 IA HAMER ALBRIGHT 6 M 6 IA ELIZABETH ALBRIGHT 4 F 4 IA WESTLEY ALBRIGHT 2 M 2 IA NONE 1034 138 140 CADWADWALIDA 27 M X 2 KY CARPENTER X X MISSING ALBINA 19 F X 2 VA ELIZABETH 18 F 0 OH NONE 1036 139 141 THOMAS BODEN 47 M X 11 VA LABORER X X MISSING MARIAH BODEN 35 F X 11 VA SIMEON BODEN 17 M 11 OH ELIZABETH BODEN 14 F 11 OH HANSON BODEN 10 M 10 IA OLIVE BODEN 7 F 7 IA NONE 1036 140 142 PHEDEMA BUDGET 45 F X 7 OH MISSING LAURYANN BUDGET 13 F 7 IA JOHNATHAN BUDGET 8 M 7 KY MARY BUDGET 7 F 7 IA SUSAN BUDGET 2 F 2 IA NONE 1036 143 JAMES DUVALL 22 M 3 ** LABORER X X MISSING ESTHERANN DUVALL 16 F 7 OH JOSEPHENE DUVALL 1 F 1 IA DANIEL NUE 21 M 11 ** X *. M. DUKE 33 M X 22 KY SAWYER X X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" JOHN PATTERSON 31 M 0 OH LABORER X X WILLIAM BURCHETT 18 M 14 OH LABORER X X JOHN NUE 19 M 11 ** LABORER CHARLES LANCHAT 22 M 2 GERMANY LABORER X X G. W. NUE 17 M 11 ** LABORER CHRISTOPHER 53 M 2 GERMANY LABORER GEORGE SPARLING 24 M 0 IRELAND LABORER X X GEORGE SEATON 19 M 0 PA LABORER X NONE 1036 141 144 FRANCISS BALY 31 M X 20 VA LABORER X X MISSING ELIZA JANE BALY 31 F X 14 OH JOHN BALY 3 M 3 IA PATHENA BALY 1 F 1 IA NONE 1036 142 145 NELSON BUNDY 40 M X 17 NY LABORER X X MISSING HANNAH BUNDY 33 F X 13 OH ALVILLDA BUNDY 11 F 11 IA ELIZANN BUNDY 9 F 9 IA BUHANA BUNDY 6 M 6 IA JOHN BUNDY 4 M 4 IA NORMAN BUNDY 4 M 4 IA NONE 1038 143 146 THEOPALT CLINE 52 M X 1 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING BARBARY CLINE 31 F X 1 GERMANY JOHN CLINE 19 M 1 GERMANY LABORER X THEOPALT CLINE 16 M 1 GERMANY HENRY CLINE 14 M 1 GERMANY JACOB CLINE 12 M 1 GERMANY CATHERINE CLINE 9 F 1 GERMANY CHARLES CLINE 7 M 1 GERMANY DANIEL CLINE 2 M 1 GERMANY HENRY CLINE 41 M 2 GERMANY LABORER NONE 1038 144 147 PETER BAZEL 49 M X 1 VA FARMER X MISSING ANN BAZEL 47 F X 1 VA MARGARET BAZEL 25 F 1 VA JAMES BAZEL 22 M 1 VA LABORER X X WILLIAM BAZEL 21 M 1 VA LABORER X X THOMAS BAZEL 18 M 1 VA LABORER X GEORGE BAZEL 16 M 1 VA LABORER HENRY BAZEL 13 M 1 VA THEODORE BAZEL 11 M 1 VA MARY BAZEL 5 F 1 VA NONE 1038 145 148 ELIZA A. PAUL 55 F X 6 IRELAND MISSING JAMES F. PAUL 33 M 6 OH TRADER X X DAVID PAUL 23 M 6 OH X X THOMAS PAUL 21 M 6 OH X X MARY JANE PAUL 19 F 6 OH NONE 1038 146 149 CALVARY CHAPMAN 30 M X 0 VA TRADER X X MISSING MARY JANE CHAPMAN 25 F X 0 VA JOSEPHENE CHAPMAN 6 F 0 VA NANCY JANE CHAPMAN 4 F 0 OH SARAH CHAPMAN 2 F 0 OH WILLIAM E. CHAPMAN 1 M 0 OH SUSAN PAIN 18 F 0 VA NONE 1038 147 150 MALLEY GERARD M 13 VA LABORER X X MISSING JULIA GERARD F 13 VA ALBERT GERARD M 13 VA LOUIS GERARD M VA AUGUSTUS GERARD M VA NONE 1040 148 151 HUGH PAUL 34 M X 6 VA FARMER X X MISSING MARGERY PAUL 32 F X 6 OH ELIZANN PAUL 7 F 6 OH JAMES PAUL 6 M 6 OH HUGH PAUL 1 M 1 IA NONE 1040 149 152 *. LONG PAUL 46 M X 1 MD FARMER X MISSING MACURY PAUL 41 F X 1 OH M. C. LONG PAUL 20 M 1 OH LABORER X MATTDUX PAUL 18 M 1 OH LABORER X W. FLETCHER PAUL 16 M 1 OH LABORER FRANCIS PAUL 13 M 1 OH JOSEPH PAUL 10 M 1 OH MARTHA PAUL 8 F 1 OH RICHARD PAUL 2 M 1 OH PERRY GARARD 21 M 0 OH MARGARET COPE 28 F 2 IRELAND NONE 1040 150 153 JOHN H. LONG 33 M X 1 OH FARMER X X MISSING ELENOR LONG 23 F X 1 OH KENDALL LONG 0 M 0 IA W. B. FOSTER 20 M 0 OH LABORER X NONE 1040 151 154 *. W. ORR 43 M X 0 OH FARMER X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" JANE ORR 36 F X 0 ENG JOHN MUSGROVE 44 M 0 ENG LABORER X ANN 31 F 0 ENG THOMAS OGDON 22 M 0 OH LABORER X X WILLIAM MILLER 19 M 0 OH LABORER X ENOS BOEN 19 M 0 OH LABORER X EFFESTIFEE BOEN 14 F 0 OH SARAH BOEN 9 F 0 OH JAMES BOLEN 7 M 0 OH ANN R. 4 F 0 OH NONE 1040 152 155 THOMAS ANDERSON 42 M X 0 MD FARMER X X MISSING ANN ANDERSON 35 F X 0 MD JOHN ANDERSON 16 M 0 OH LABORER SARAH ANDERSON 14 F 0 OH GEORGE ANDERSON 11 M 0 OH MARGARET ANDERSON 9 F 0 OH ELIZAJANE ANDERSON 5 F 0 OH WILLIAM ANDERSON 2 M 0 OH NONE 1042 153 156 ANDERSON KIRKPATRICK 31 M X 1 PA LABORER X X MISSING MARY KIRKPATRICK 24 F X 1 PA GEORGE KIRKPATRICK 1 M 1 IA NONE 1042 154 157 SARAH *EMPHYES 47 F X 16 MD MISSING SARAHANN *EMPHYES 17 F 16 OH MARY *EMPHYES 14 F 14 IA JOHN *EMPHYES 11 M 11 IA ELIZABETH *EMPHYES 9 F 9 IA NONE 1042 155 158 ALBERT PARKER 24 M X 20 OH FARMER X X MISSING REBECCA PARKER 22 F X 20 IL ANGUS PARKER 0 M 0 IA MARY GILLERLAND 57 F X 20 KY NANCY GILLERLAND 34 F 20 IL NONE 1042 156 159 *. P. PARKER 37 M X 20 OH FARMER X X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" JOANN PARKER 33 F X 15 IL WILLIAM PARKER 13 M 13 IA JOHN THOMAS PARKER 10 M 10 IA MARY NUE PARKER 13 M 13 IA JULIA PARKER 10 F 10 IA MALINDA PARKER 4 F 4 IA NONE 1042 157 160 WILLIAM PARKER 62 M X 20 KY FARMER X MISSING NANCY PARKER 57 F X 20 OH MAHALA PITT 36 F X 20 OH WILLIAM PITT 10 M 10 IA ABBERT PITT 8 M 8 IA MARGARET PITT 4 F 4 IA NONE 1042 158 161 SAMUEL FRASIER 44 M X 1 VA WAGONMAKER X X MISSING SARAH FRASIER 51 F X 1 VA NONE 1042 162 WILLIAM MCCONIGA 26 M X 0 VA FARMER X X MISSING HANNAH MCCONIGA 28 F X 0 OH SAMUEL MCCONIGA 3 M 0 OH SARAH MCCONIGA 2 F 0 OH JOHN MCCONIGA 1 M 0 OH NONE 1042 159 163 JOHN STEUK 54 M X 0 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING MARY STEUK 55 F X 0 GERMANY FREDERICK STEUK 21 M 0 GERMANY LABORER X AUGUST STEUK 18 M 0 GERMANY LABORER X MARY STEUK 15 F 0 GERMANY NONE 1044 160 164 JACOBS HORBUS 64 M X 3 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING ANTEY HORBUS 62 F X 3 GERMANY GOORGE HORBUS 27 M 3 GERMANY LABORER X X FREDERICK HORBUS 22 M 3 GERMANY LABORER X X NONE 1044 161 165 ANGUIS NEW 27 M X 5 IL LABORER X X MISSING EDISHA NEW 27 F X 20 OH JOSIAH NEW 3 M 3 IA NONE 1044 162 166 CHARLES MERTZ 29 M 16 GERMANY LABORER X X MISSING NONE 1044 163 167 NANCY SALLADY 60 F X 19 SC MISSING MILTON SALLADY 20 M 19 ** LABORER X NONE 1044 168 JONATHAN CRITCHFIELD 30 M X 19 OH LABORER X X MISSING PATHENA CRITCHFIELD 25 F X 19 ** NANCY CRITCHFIELD 5 F 5 IA BENJAMIN CRITCHFIELD 3 M 3 IA EMILY CRITCHFIELD 1 F 1 IA RACHEL CAUTBURTH 5 F 5 IA MICHAEL BURNS 27 M 5 IRELAND LABORER X X NONE 1044 164 169 RICHARD TEA 52 M X 6 IRELAND LABORER X MISSING ELIZA TEA 42 F X 6 IRELAND MARY TEA 15 F 6 IRELAND MARGARET TEA 12 F 6 IRELAND LAWRENCE TEA 10 M 6 IRELAND JOHN TEA 8 M 6 IRELAND SARAH TEA 6 F 6 IRELAND JOHN WELCH 29 M 7 IRELAND LIME BURNER X X NONE 1044 165 170 M. HOWE 39 M X 10 NY FARMER X X MISSING AMRIS HOWE 34 F X 10 ** PERLINA HOWE 17 F 10 ** MARTHA HOWE 14 F 10 ** JOHN HOWE 12 M 10 ** AMERICUS HOWE 10 M 10 IA JESSIE HOWE 8 M 8 IA CHARLES HOWE 6 M 6 IA FRANCIS HOWE 4 F 4 IA LAIZA HOWE 1 F 1 IA NONE 1044 166 171 ALLEN ROBERTSON 25 M X 1 ** CARPENTER X X MISSING MARY ROBERTSON 18 F X 1 OH CHARLES ROBERTSON 0 M 0 OH NONE 1046 167 172 HENRY HAUGHT 29 M X 18 OH FARMER X X MISSING SARAH ANN HAUGHT 27 F X 19 ** GEORGE HAUGHT 6 M 6 ** LAURA HAUGHT 3 F 3 ** DANIEL HAUGHT 2 M 2 ** MARGARETT HAUGHT 0 F 0 ** CLARISSA HAIGHT 19 F 18 ** NONE 1046 168 173 MONROE GOLDSBERRY 31 M X 6 OH FARMER X X MISSING MARTHANN GOLDSBERRY 29 F X 6 OH AMANDA GOLDSBERRY 7 F 7 OH JAMES GOLDSBERRY 1 M 1 IA NONE 1046 169 174 FRANKLIN BRADLEY 25 M X 13 OH FARMER X X MISSING NANCY JANE BRADLEY 23 F X 18 OH HENRY BRADLEY 2 M 2 IA NONE 1046 170 175 DAVID CRUTCHFIELD 26 M X 10 ** MERCHANT X X MISSING SUSAN CRUTCHFIELD 22 F X 8 OH LARINDA CRUTCHFIELD 5 F 5 IA HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD 3 F 3 IA MARY CRUTCHFIELD 0 F 0 IA JOSEPH KIMER 11 M 6 OH JOHN W. CRITCHFIELD 24 M 19 ** LABORER X X JEFFERSON GREGORY 24 M 5 ** LABORER X X NONE 1046 171 176 AARON HAIGHT 50 M X 18 NY CARPENTER X MISSING LOVILLA HAIGHT 40 F X 12 NY DELIA HAIGHT 8 F 8 IA ZELDA HAIGHT 5 F 5 IA NONE 1046 172 177 *. R. SALLADAY 22 M X 20 ** BLACKSMITH X X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" SARAH ANN SALLADAY 17 F X 1 OH NONE 1046 178 ALLEN BARNS 48 M X 1 OH BLACKSMITH X MISSING MARGARET BARNS 41 F X 1 OH JACOB BARNS 14 M 1 OH AMANDA JANE BARNS 12 F 1 OH SENITH BARNS 9 F 1 OH JOSEPH BARNS 1 M 1 ** MARTHA BARNS 5 F 1 OH NONE 1048 173 179 *. *ETTIL***** 22 M X 12 ** COOPPER X X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" SARAH *ETTIL***** 18 F X 1 OH NONE 1048 174 180 ANDREW RAY 31 M X 7 VA SAWYER X X MISSING SARAH ANN RAY 24 F X 13 PA JANETTY RAY 0 F 0 IA SAMUEL CRAUSMER 13 M 13 IA NONE 1048 175 181 SILOMA HAMMOND 54 F X 0 PA MISSING EDWARD HAMMOND 21 M 0 ** LABORER X X ISABELLE HAMMOND 17 F 0 ** MICHAEL REESE 38 M 0 PA CARPENTER X X NONE 1048 176 182 JOHN *. BROWN 46 M 6 NY CARPENTER X MISSING * EITHER "J" OR "I" RACHEL BROWN 43 F 6 NY JAMES BROWN 13 M 6 WI ROSETTA BROWN 3 F 3 IA NONE 1048 177 183 GEORGE TRABY 38 M X 12 OH COOPPER X X MISSING SARAH TRABY 32 F 12 OH AMIMA TRABY 12 F 12 OH MARTHA TRABY 7 F 7 IA CLARISSA TRABY 5 F 5 IA GEORGE TRABY 1 M 1 IA NONE 1048 178 184 GEORGE FLUM 35 M X 15 GERMANY FARMER X X MISSING CATHERINE FLUM 21 F X 19 GERMANY JOHN FLUM 11 M 11 IA GEORGE FLUM 7 M 7 IA CHARLES FLUM 3 M 3 IA CATHERINE FLUM 1 F 1 IA CATHERINE ** 14 F 3 GERMANY MATHIAS *E** 35 M 2 GERMANY NONE 1048 179 185 JOHN SWANK 48 M X 1 ** HORTICULTURE X MISSING EMILY SWANK 43 F X 1 KY WILLIAM SWANK 20 M 1 ** LABORER X NONE 1048 180 186 SUSANNA SATER 56 F X 13 GERMANY MISSING CHARLES SATER 26 M 13 OH LABORER X X JOHN SATER 21 M 13 OH LABORER X X EDGER TRABY 4 M 4 ** NONE 1050 181 187 B. LAMAN 32 M X 3 GERMANY MASON X X MISSING FRANCIS LAMAN 28 F X 3 GERMANY AUGUSTINA LAMAN 6 F 3 GERMANY WILLIAM LAMAN 2 M 2 IA JOSEPH LAMB 45 M X 3 GERMANY LABORER X CARLINE LAMB 56 F X 3 GERMANY NONE 1050 182 188 GEORGE MERTZ 30 M X 0 GERMANY SHOEMAKER X MISSING CATHERINE MERTZ 29 F X 0 GERMANY WILL**** MERTZ 9 F 0 PA HARRETT MERTZ 7 F 0 PA CHARLES MERTZ 5 M 0 PA PETER MERTZ 2 M 0 PA NONE 1050 183 189 ALBERT SIMMONS 46 M X 0 NY LABORER X MISSING MARY ANN SIMMONS 41 F X 0 CANADA JAMES SIMMONS 8 M 0 ** RACHEL SIMMONS 5 F 0 WI NONE 1050 184 190 WILLIAM ROGERS 33 M X 10 ENG COOPPER X X MISSING ELIZABETH ROGERS 26 F X 13 ** BENJAMIN ROGERS 8 M 8 IA JOBURTHEN ROGERS 6 M 6 IA HENRY ROGERS 4 M 4 IA ELIZA ROGERS 1 F 1 IA NONE 1050 185 191 BENJAMIN ROGERS 63 M X 10 ENG COOPPER X MISSING ELIZABETH ROGERS 72 F X 13 NJ NONE 1050 186 192 GEORGE ROGERS 22 M X 10 ENG FARMER X X MISSING MIRANDA ROGERS 18 F X 14 ** NONE 1050 187 193 DANIEL MCCALISTER 33 M X 0 IL LABORER X X MISSING LIVIRA MCCALISTER 32 F X 0 IL GEORGE MCCALISTER 11 M 0 IL JAMES MCCALISTER 9 M 0 IL FRANCIS MCCALISTER 7 M 0 IL DAVID MCCALISTER 5 M 0 IL WILLIAM MCCALISTER 2 M 0 IL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. 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