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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 Plesant Grove Township Part 01 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 ====== ====== ====== ===== =========================== ======= === === === === ===== =============== ================ === === === === === === === === ======= =============================================== NONE 738 1 1 DAVID BRIDGES 86 M X 10 PA CARPENTER MISSING FRANCES ANN BRIDGES 48 F X 10 IN NONE 738 2 2 GEORGE A. LEONARD 40 M X 9 FRANCE BLACKSMITH X MISSING NANCY LEONARD 37 F X 9 FRANCE JOHN F. LEONARD 12 M 9 IL MOSES A.LEONARD 10 M 9 IL MARGARETT LEONARD 6 F IA LAFAYETTE LEONARD 1 M IA T. A. LEONARD 4 M IA RICHARD *ILAND 26 M 0 IRELAND X X MARY HUTTON 37 F X 9 IN NONE 738 3 3 G. F. SMITH 21 M X 8 IN FARMER X X MISSING SARAH E. SMITH 20 F X 15 IN JOHN MILLER 66 M X 17 PA NONE 738 4 4 L. *. SHELLEDY 34 M X 15 IN X X MISSING SARAH SHELLEDY 27 F X 18 KY G. W. SHELLEDY 9 M IA WILLIAM SHELLEDY 7 M IA TAYLOR SHELLEDY 5 M IA SARAH SHELLEDY 3 F IA JAMES C. SHELLEDY 1 M IA INFANT 0 M IA NONE 738 5 5 JAMES O. ROBINSON 42 M X 7 SC PHYSICIAN X MISSING ISABEL ROBINSON 30 F X 7 IRELAND M. *, ROBINSON 8 M OH *. F. ROBINSON 7 M IA * EITHER "J" OR "I" NONE 738 6 6 JAMES STAPLETON 37 M X 7 IN CARPENTER X X MISSING SARAH J. STAPLETON 27 F X 8 OH J. *. STAPLETON 11 M 8 IN JOHN W. STAPLETON 9 M 8 IN N. A. STAPLETON 5 F IA R. E. STAPLETON 4 F IA A. A. STAPLETON 2 M IA M. F. STAPLETON 1 M IA NONE 740 7 7 JOHN ZION 38 M X 17 KY WAGON MAKER X X MISSING ELIZABETH ZION 39 F X 17 KY G. W. ZION 15 M IA FINETTY ZION 13 F IA SARAH GANAWAY 69 F X VA NONE 740 8 8 JOHN GANAWAY 41 M X 17 KY X X MISSING NANCY GANAWAY 34 F X 17 VA ROBERT GANAWAY 17 M IA SARAH J. GANAWAY 14 F IA W. B. GANAWAY 12 M IA S****ND GANAWAY 10 F IA NONE 740 9 9 H. BECK 30 M X 1 GERMANY TAILOR X X MISSING ELIZABETH BECK 29 F X 1 GERMANY GEORGE BECK 5 M VA LOUISA BECK 2 F VA CHARLES BECK 1 M IA GEATROUWT BECK 79 F X GERMANY NONE 740 10 10 J. C. ZION 68 M X 17 VA WAGON MAKER X MISSING FINETTY ZION 46 F X 17 VA ISAAC ZION 18 M 17 IL NONE ELIZABETH ZION 14 F IA AMANDA J. ZION 8 F IA NONE 740 11 11 CHARNAL PENDERGRAFT 78 M X 13 NC FARMER X MISSING REBECCA PENDERGRAFT 68 F X 13 NC NANCY PENDERGRAFT 33 F 13 NC NONE 740 12 12 LOYED HAYES 39 M X 2 IN FARMER X MISSING NANCY HAYES 38 F X 2 NC M. A. HAYES 16 M 2 IN W. A. HAYES 15 M 2 IN *. S. HAYES 14 F 2 IN L. A. HAYES 12 F 2 IN M. E. HAYES 10 F 2 IN S. *. HAYES 7 F 2 IN *. M. HAYES 4 F 2 IN * EITHER "J" OR "I" TWINS 1 M IA NONE 742 13 13 HENRY BELL 28 M X 2 TN MINISTER X MISSING RACHAEL R. BELL 28 F X 2 M* FINIS BELL 2 M IA NONE 742 14 ISAAC BU*D 33 M X 0 PA MISSING MARGRETT BU*D 32 F X 0 PA JAMES M. BU*D 8 M 0 PA M. E. BU*D 6 F 0 PA JACOB BU*D 4 M 0 PA JOHN BU*D 2 M 0 PA NONE 742 14 15 SAMUEL RICEDORFF 48 M X 0 PA FARMER X MISSING LYDIA RICEDORFF 46 F X 0 PA MARY RICEDORFF 23 F 0 PA CATHARINE RICEDORFF 19 F 0 PA GEORGE W. RICEDORFF 14 M 0 PA SAMUEL RICEDORFF 11 M 0 PA EZRA RICEDORFF 9 M 0 PA LYDIA A. RICEDORFF 5 F 0 PA JEREMIAH RICEDORFF 3 M 0 PA NONE 742 15 16 J. D. SMITH 25 M X 7 IN FARMER X X MISSING EDITHA B. SMITH 29 F X 7 IN NONE 742 16 17 D. L. JR. PORTTOCK 31 M X 19 IN FARMER X X MISSING E. J. PORTTOCK 26 F X 19 IN ***DEN PORTTOCK 4 M IA LYDIA PORTTOCK 1 F IA ELYORA PORTTOCK 14 F IA ELIZABETH C**NE 63 F X 0 VA NONE 742 17 18 SAMUEL L*TMAN 48 M X 5 PA FARMER X MISSING MARY E. L*TMAN 54 F X 5 PA LOUISA L*TMAN F 5 PA F. J. L*TMAN 19 M 5 PA FARMER B. F. L*TMAN 18 M 5 PA FARMER LUCINDA L*TMAN 16 F 5 PA JANE L*TMAN 14 F 5 PA MARY E. L*TMAN 11 F 5 PA NONE 742 18 19 ADAM JOHNS 24 M GERMANY SHOEMAKER X MISSING LOUISA JOHNS 24 F IN INFANT F IA NONE 744 19 20 JAMES BRIDGES 68 M X 18 PA NONE X MISSING SAMANTHA BRIDGES 45 F X 14 IN VINEY NEWHOUSE 16 F 14 IN JOHN NEWHOUSE 15 M 14 IN SIDNEY NEWHOUSE 12 F IA MARY *. NEWHOUSE 11 F IA NONE 744 20 21 SARAH A. BRIDGES 31 F X 19 IN MISSING ARTHER BRIDGES 12 M IA ELIZABETH BRIDGES 10 F IA MARVIN BRIDGES 8 M IA NAPOLEAN BRIDGES 6 M IA NONE 744 21 22 ARIAS JACKSON 53 M X 13 SC MERCHANT X MISSING DAREXA JACKSON 38 F X 13 PA JERUSHA JACKSON 17 F 13 IN ALCESTEN JACKSON 15 F 13 IN SAMUEL JACKSON 12 M IA ALBION PARSONS ESQ. 24 M 5 ME MERCHANT X NONE 744 22 23 DAVID L. SEN. PORLLOCK 52 M X 16 VA FARMER X MISSING SARAH PORLLOCK 47 F X 16 IN SARAH PORLLOCK 15 F IA NONE 744 23 24 SQUIRE T. *. HOUSTON 30 M X 20 KY FARMER X MISSING S. *. *. HOUSTON 29 F X 14 NC J. W. HOUSTON 8 M IA C. B. HOUSTON 6 M IA N. *. HOUSTON 4 M IA N. R. HOUSTON 3 F IA A. *. HOUSTON 1 M IA NONE 744 24 25 ABRAHAM ********** 22 M X 14 IN FARMER X MISSING *. *. TUCKER 21 F X 18 IL STUART **** 0 M IA NONE 744 25 26 SAMUEL TIBBETS 52 M X 3 ME FARMER X MISSING LUCRETIA TIBBETS 30 F X 3 IN MARY TIBBETS 20 F 3 IN JAMES M. TIBBETS 16 M 3 IN LOUISA TIBBETS 4 F 3 IN SAMUEL TIBBETS 1 M IA NONE 746 26 27 ISAAC REDFERN 35 M X 14 NC FARMER X X MISSING ELMIRA REDFERN 27 F X 17 IL OLOVER REDFERN 6 M IA JANE REDFERN 4 F IA IRA REDFERN 2 M IA LEE REDFERN 1 M IA NONE 746 27 28 JAMES CALWELL 37 M X 4 OH FARMER X X MISSING RACHE A. CALWELL 26 F X 16 IN M. J. CALWELL 1 M IA NONE 746 28 29 T. A. MCKINNON 22 M X 3 IN FARMER X X MISSING S. J. MCKINNON 20 F X 3 IN NONE 746 29 30 *. N. SMITH 23 M X 9 IN FARMER X X MISSING NANCY *. SMITH 16 F X IA NONE 746 30 31 JOHN OHIRMON 37 M X 4 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING ELIZA *. OHIRMON 31 F X 4 GERMANY BIRTHA OHIRMON 10 F GERMANY WILLIAM OHIRMON 7 M GERMANY LEWIS OHIRMON 3 M IA ROBERT OHIRMON 1 M IA FREDRIC 23 M GERMANY CABINET MAKER X X NONE 746 31 32 ABRAHAM SMITH 48 M X 20 OH FARMER X MISSING NANCY SMITH 53 F X 20 KY MARY J. SMITH 24 F IL JOHN SMITH 18 M IA ABRAHAM SMITH 16 M IA CAMERON SMITH 14 M IA NONE 746 32 33 JACOB PETSINGER 45 M X 2 GERMANY LABORER X MISSING ELIZABETH PETSINGER 33 F X 2 GERMANY DOROTHY PETSINGER 11 F 2 GERMANY HENRY PETSINGER 9 M 2 GERMANY GEORGE PETSINGER 5 M 2 GERMANY LOUISA PETSINGER 3 F 2 GERMANY AMANDA PETSINGER 1 F IA NONE 748 33 34 HARMAN RETHEMYER 53 M X 2 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING CHRISTINA RETHEMYER 48 F X 2 GERMANY HENRY RETHEMYER 20 M 2 GERMANY FARMER JOHN RETHEMYER 18 M 2 GERMANY LOUISA RETHEMYER 16 F 2 GERMANY CAROLINE RETHEMYER 9 F 2 GERMANY HARMON RETHEMYER 6 M 2 GERMANY ERNEST RETHEMYER 5 F 2 GERMANY CHRISTINA RETHEMYER 4 F 2 GERMANY MAGDA***AN RETHEMYER 1 F IA NONE 748 34 35 JAMES STUCKER 49 M X 6 KY FARMER X MISSING LANY STUCKER 45 F X 6 VA LAYFAYETTE STUCKER 23 M 6 IN LABORER X MISSING MARVIN STUCKER 21 M 6 IN LABORER X *. C. STUCKER 18 F 6 IN JAMES *. STUCKER 17 M 6 IN GEORGE W. STUCKER 16 M 6 IN ELIZA J. STUCKER 15 F 6 IN NONE 748 35 36 A* WASSON 27 M X 21 OH FARMER X X MISSING AMANDA WASSON 19 F X 3 GERMANY J. L. WASSON 12 M IA JOSEPH WASSON 8 M IA ELIZABETH WASSON 73 F X PA NONE 748 36 37 MASON TUCKER 52 M X 14 KY FARMER X MISSING LOUANN TUCKER 47 F X 14 KY REBECCA TUCKER 26 F 14 IN SQUIRE R. TUCKER 24 M 14 IN LABORER X X STUART *. TUCKER 21 M 14 IN X X MARGARETT TUCKER 17 F 14 IN J. W. TUCKER 15 M 14 IN M. E. TUCKER 12 F IA ARILDA TUCKER 6 F IA NONE 750 37 38 JOSEPH SMITH M X 19 KY FARMER X MISSING ADALADE SMITH 25 F X 13 IN DAVID SMITH 15 M 13 IA LABORER WM SMITH 13 M IA JAMES SMITH 11 M IA JOSEPHINE SMITH 6 F IA SYLVESTER SMITH 2 M IA DASEXIA SMITH 0 F IA NONE 750 38 39 WM BERCHE*ER 40 M X 14 GERMANY FARMER X X MISSING ELIZABETH BERCHE*ER 38 F X 14 GERMANY MARY BERCHE*ER 8 F IA CAROLINE BERCHE*ER 6 F IA MATILDA BERCHE*ER 4 F IA SUSANA BERCHE*ER 2 F IA ELIZA BERCHE*ER 0 F IA NONE 750 39 40 SAMUEL BEDWELL 48 M X 12 DE FARMER X MISSING MARY BEDWELL 41 F X 12 DE SUSAN BEDWELL 19 F 12 DE HENRY BEDWELL 15 M 12 IN FARMER MORIAH BEDWELL 12 F IN JOHN BEDWELL 10 M IA HULBERT BEDWELL 7 M IA ELLEN BEDWELL 1 F IA JOSHUA WILKERSON 44 M X 14 DE FARMER X NONE 750 40 41 *EDRICK WELNUSHOUSE 37 M X 1 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING SOPHIA WELNUSHOUSE 38 F X 1 GERMANY SOPHIA WELNUSHOUSE 4 F 1 GERMANY NONE 750 41 42 ANDREW STRAIN 36 M X 0 PA FARMER X X MISSING ANN STRAIN 36 F X 0 OH EFFA J. STRAIN 13 F 0 OH ANNIS STRAIN 11 F 0 OH ANDREW STRAIN 8 M 0 OH BISTA A. STRAIN 7 F 0 OH SUREPTA STRAIN 5 F 0 OH THOMAS STRAIN 4 M 0 OH PRISCILLA STRAIN 1 F 0 OH NONE 752 42 43 JOHN D. JONES 40 M X 10 VA FARMER X MISSING MARY JONES 37 F X 10 VA M. J. JONES 14 F 10 VA MARY *. JONES 13 F 10 VA LUCY C. JONES 5 F IA MATILDA JONES 3 F IA RASMUS DOWNER 11 M IA SAMUEL BOWER 55 M X 1 PA STONE MASON X NONE 752 43 44 GEORGE RIFFLE 55 M X 7 PA FARMER X MISSING ANNA RIFFLE 46 F X 7 OH JOHN RIFFLE 24 M 7 OH MINER X X GEORGE W. RIFFLE 21 M 7 OH FARMER ISABEL RIFFLE 18 F 7 OH CATHARINE RIFFLE 13 F 7 OH WM H. RIFFLE 10 M 7 OH THOMAS RIFFLE 8 M 7 IL NONE 752 44 45 W. F. GARRETT 28 M X 19 KY FARMER X X MISSING ELIZABETH A. GARRETT 20 F X 14 DE NONE 752 45 46 ELIZABETH GARRETT 48 F X 19 VA MISSING JOHN GARRETT 26 M 19 KY LABORER X X THOMAS GARRETT 23 M 19 KY LABORER X X ELIZABETH GARRETT 20 F 19 IL LYDIA A. GARRETT 18 F IA NANCY GARRETT 16 F IA ELLEN GARRETT 13 F IA EMILY GARRETT 11 F IA NONE 752 46 47 GEORGE BROWN 35 M X 5 OH CARPENTER X X MISSING MARY *. BROWN 21 F X 19 GERMANY MARGARETT BROWN 1 F IA NONE 752 47 48 BENJAMIN WASSON 31 M X 21 OH FARMER X X MISSING MARY H. WASSON 26 F X 18 IN EMEZETTA WASSON 8 F IA J. A. WASSON 6 M IA M. M. WASSON 4 F IA BENJ. WASSON 1 M IA NONE 752 48 49 JOHN HARTMAN 62 M X 8 VA FARMER X MISSING MATILDA HARTMAN 42 F X 21 PA NONE 754 49 50 JOHN M. TUCKER 28 M X 14 IN FARMER X X MISSING JANE TUCKER 21 F X 18 IL MARY O. TUCKER 0 F IA NONE 754 50 51 JOHN LUSK 72 M X 13 KY FARMER X MISSING CATHERINE LUSK 43 F X 13 VA W. B. E. LUSK 16 M IN FARMER H. M. LUSK 14 M IN A. *. LUSK 12 M IA SARAH E. LUSK 10 F IA NONE 754 51 52 DAVID BROWN 39 M X OH FARMER X MISSING ELIZABETH *. BROWN 31 F X 20 TN MARANDA BROWN 10 F IA LORINDA BROWN 8 F IA WM. O. BROWN 6 M IA GEORGE *. BROWN 4 M IA DAVID H. BROWN 2 M IA INFANT BROWN 0 M IA NONE 754 52 53 HIRAM FLEENOR 38 M X 20 VA FARMER X X MISSING DICY E. FLEENOR 22 F X 16 IL H. T. FLEENOR 9 M IA W. H. FLEENOR 6 M IA REBECCA J. FLEENOR 2 F IA ISAAC N. FLEENOR 0 M IA NONE 754 52 53 O. M. NEWHOUSE 25 M X 6 IN FARMER X MISSING LYDIA E. NEWHOUSE 23 F X 15 IN WM. T. NEWHOUSE 2 M IA INFANT NEWHOUSE 0 M IA NONE 754 53 54 A. J. SMITH 36 M X 13 VA FARMER X X MISSING JANE SMITH 24 F X 16 NJ FRCIS M. SMITH 8 M IA FREDRIC SMITH 6 M IA J. E. SMITH 4 F IA A*BERRY SMITH 2 M IA G. W. COLLIS 17 M 6 VA LABORER NONE 756 54 55 JOHN GUSIE 38 M X 13 GERMANY FARMER X X MISSING MARGARETT GUSIE 36 F X 13 GERMANY HENRY GUSIE 12 M IA WM GUSIE 10 M IA JOHN GUSIE 8 M IA GEORGE GUSIE 6 M IA LEWIS GUSIE 4 M IA LOUISA GUSIE 2 F IA TWIN THEODORE GUSIE 2 M IA TWIN NONE 756 55 56 CONRAD BECK 47 M X 18 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING SOPHIA BECK 37 F X 15 GERMANY MARY BECK 13 F IA SARAH BECK 12 F IA WILLIAM BECK 10 M IA CAROLINE BECK 6 F IA HENRY BECK 3 M IA CATHARINE BECK 0 F IA JOHN BELKERSTOCK 23 M 0 GERMANY LABORER X NONE 756 56 57 CHRISTIAN FRANKS 29 M 2 GERMANY LABORER X MISSING CATHARINE FRANKS 25 F 2 GERMANY CHARLES FRANKS 2 M NJ ROSANNA FRANKS 0 F IA NONE 756 57 58 JAMES M. CAMPBELL 42 M X 0 OH FARMER X X MISSING ELIZABETH CAMPBELL 42 F X 0 OH JAMES CAMPBELL 16 M 0 IN LABORER MORIAH CAMPBELL 14 F 0 IN SARAH ANN CAMPBELL 12 F 0 OH NANCY E. CAMPBELL 11 F 0 OH JA*** CAMPBELL 10 M 0 OH JACOB CAMPBELL 8 M 0 OH WILLIAM R. CAMPBELL 5 M 0 OH ELIZA J. CAMPBELL 1 F 0 OH NONE 756 58 59 ANTONY PETRINGER 33 M 0 GERMANY CARPENTER X MISSING AMANDA PETRINGER 28 F 0 GERMANY HENRY PETRINGER 8 M 0 GERMANY ANTONIA PETRINGER 3 F 0 NJ JULIUS GREKOW 26 M 0 GERMANY CARPENTER X AUGUSTA GREKOW 16 F 0 GERMANY NONE 758 59 60 ROBERT MORGAN 38 M X 9 OH FARMER X X MISSING MARINDA MORGAN 38 F X 9 NJ HARRIETT MORGAN 18 F 9 IL BARBARY MORGAN 12 F 9 IL NANCY MORGAN 11 F 9 IL JONAS MORGAN 7 M IA WM H. MORGAN 5 M IA JESSE D. MORGAN 1 M IA JAMES LAHGHERY 45 M X IA LABORER X NONE 758 60 61 PETER SHURTS 53 M X 10 NJ FARMER X MISSING SARY SHURTS 50 F X 10 VA MATILDA SHURTS 19 F 10 OH MARTHA SHURTS 15 F 10 OH SAMUEL SHURTS 13 M 10 OH TWIN CAROLINE SHURTS 13 F 10 OH TWIN HARREY SHURTS 9 M IA NONE 758 61 62 AUGUSTUS HULLY 51 M X 3 GERMANY FARMER X MISSING LOUISA HULLY 47 F X 3 GERMANY CHARLES A. HULLY 17 M 3 IN FARMER HENRY HULLY 15 M 3 IN PERMELIA HULLY 13 F 3 MO MATILDA HULLY 10 F 3 MO WILLIAM HULLY 5 M 3 MO NONE 758 62 63 JOEL FLENOR 44 M X 19 VA FARMER X X MISSING LANY FLENOR 42 F X 19 VA NONE 758 63 64 PERRY FLEENOR 32 M X 18 IN FARMER X X MISSING SARAH FLEENOR 26 F X 7 IN HESTER *. FLEENOR 15 F IA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 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