1854 State Census of Iowa, Henry County Transcribed by Polly Eckles Copyright (c) 2003 by Polly Eckles Proofread by Formatted by Stephen David Williams April 2003 ========================================================================= USGENWEB provides genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the transcriber, or the legal representative of the transcriber, and contact the IAGenWeb Census Project Coordinator (http:/iagenweb.org/census/) with proof of this consent. The transcriber has granted permission to the IAGenWeb Project to utilize and store these pages, and the data herein, permanently for free access on USGenWeb Project pages, including IAGenWeb state or county pages. http://iagenweb.org ========================================================================= All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================= Census Year: 1854 Microfilm Number: H.Q.# 221-5 State: Iowa County: Henry Township: Center Town: Mt. Pleasant (Mount Pleasant) Enumerator: H.Riggs, Assessor Enumeration Date: Transcriber's Notes: No page or line numbers appear on the original census. Page and line numbers have been assigned by the transcriber to indicate the enumeration order. ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 16 1 Burnett Hiram 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 16 2 Rodgers Hughes 2 3 . . 2 2 . 5 16 3 Vinery Wm. L 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 16 4 Grantham John P 7 9 . . 3 4 . 16 16 5 Wingate J.L. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 16 6 Farr Leonard 10 3 . . 8 10 1 13 16 7 Craig Alex. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 8 Rockhole E. 7 3 . . 3 3 . 10 16 9 Thomas O.A. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 10 Albert W.S. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 11 Trine Edwin 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 16 12 Irwin John 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 16 13 McFarland S. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 16 14 Canfield B.W. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 16 15 Wickersham A.R. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 16 16 Fluke W.W. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 17 Fluke Lewis 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 16 18 Farriss T.E.V. 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 16 19 Ward Wm. 16 5 . . 12 13 2 21 16 20 Clark C.S. 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 16 21 Bird Wellington 4 4 . . 3 3 . 8 16 22 Bird P.M. 5 1 . . 2 4 . 6 16 23 Forbes Collin 5 2 . . 2 1 . 7 16 24 Davis J.H. 3 4 . . 1 1 . 7 16 25 Pollock Sarah . 2 . . . . . 2 16 26 Wilber H.R. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 27 Meheffey James 1 1 . . . 1 1 2 16 28 Shriver John 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 16 29 Brown Jas. H 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 16 30 Leedham W.D. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 16 31 Lathrop Russel 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 16 32 Heart Jas. B 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 17 1 Malcom J.S. 7 1 . . 2 2 . 8 17 2 Weber J.H. 3 5 . . 1 1 . 8 17 3 Mosley Joseph 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 17 4 Miller Oliver 1 2 . . 1 . . 3 17 5 Foreman Alex. 1 5 . . 1 1 . 6 17 6 Guyer Benj. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 17 7 Campbell John 2 3 . . 1 . . 5 17 8 Hoover Alex. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 17 9 Bowen Isaac 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 17 10 McMillan H.H. 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 17 11 Jericho Peter 3 1 . . . 2 4 4 17 12 Farmer James 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 17 13 Drennon Geo. 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 17 14 Higgins J.O. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 2 17 15 Mathews Wm. P 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 17 16 Scott Wm. 1 . . . 1 . . 1 17 17 Randolph J.H. 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 17 18 Reed Robert 5 2 . . 1 2 . 7 17 19 Stout David 5 5 . . 3 2 . 10 17 20 Saunders H.C. 3 4 . . 1 2 . 7 17 21 Mason R.C. 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 17 22 Higgins J.A. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 17 23 Strawway Isaac 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 17 24 Mathews Tho. 2 3 . . 1 . . 5 17 25 Cole J.W. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 17 26 Nelson Tho. 5 4 . . 1 1 . 9 17 27 Hannah J.L. 2 1 . . 2 . . 3 17 28 Stout H.G. 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 17 29 Benny H.J. 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 17 30 Lines Wm. 6 5 . . 5 4 . 11 17 31 Timberlake Wm. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 18 1 Jennings David 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 18 2 Marsh Othniel 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 18 3 Morgan J.R. 3 3 . . 1 . . 6 18 4 Dickey Sam'l 5 2 . . 2 1 . 7 18 5 Snyder C.M. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 18 6 Snyder W.D. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 18 7 Gilmore J.L. 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 18 8 Cooper Ezekiel 1 2 . . 1 . . 3 18 9 Newlon T.F. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 18 10 Newlon H.F. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 18 11 Brazelton W.P. 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 18 12 Craig James 3 4 . . 1 1 . 7 18 13 Vantress M.A. 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 18 14 Violet Eunice 8 5 . . 6 6 . 13 18 15 Harlan James 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 18 16 Carson Elizabeth 1 2 . . . . . 3 18 17 Payne Linna . 4 . . . . . 4 18 18 Clark Sylvester 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 18 19 Johnson J.P. 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 18 20 Spry E.A. 2 2 . . 2 2 . 4 18 21 Tucker Lampton 5 4 . . 1 . . 9 18 22 Fackler Abraham 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 18 23 Meredeth Sarah 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 18 24 Buck Tho. 3 1 . . 1 1 . 4 18 25 Hobson Geo. 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 18 26 Pixley B.F. 5 3 . . 1 1 . 8 18 27 Shane John 1 3 . . . . . 4 18 28 Koontz J.H. 3 1 . . 2 2 . 4 18 29 Patterson Drucilla 2 2 . . . 1 . 4 18 30 Goss Mary . 3 . . . . . 3 18 31 Thompson Leonard 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 19 1 Eshelman John 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 19 2 Parker J.W. 2 3 . . 1 2 . 5 19 3 Thompson Joseph 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 19 4 Craft David 3 4 . . 1 . . 7 19 5 Saunders W.A. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 19 6 Ginn Thomas 4 5 . . 2 2 . 9 19 7 Pepper John 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 19 8 Pepper A.R. 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 19 9 Snyder H.M. 8 4 . . 3 3 . 12 19 10 Jones W.C. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 19 11 Lynch James B 4 2 . . 1 1 . 6 19 12 Avery C.S. 3 4 . . 1 1 . 7 19 13 Johnson Hiram 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 19 14 Fisher H.C. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 19 15 Alsup J.C. 3 4 . . 1 1 . 7 19 16 Palmer Harris 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 19 17 Moore Geo. 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 19 18 Moore D.L. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 19 19 McFarland James 5 4 . . 2 4 . 9 19 20 Ogg E.B. 6 5 . . 1 2 . 11 19 21 Cooper Geo. 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 19 22 Whitmore J.K. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 19 23 Kauffman B.C. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 19 24 Clymer John 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 19 25 Lash J.B. 3 2 . . 2 1 . 5 19 26 Davis J.H. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 19 27 Spry J.W. 1 3 . . 1 . . 4 19 28 Virden Ross 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 19 29 Spry E.C. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 19 30 Hamlin Daniel 1 2 . . 1 . . 3 19 31 Tyner John 1 2 . . 1 . . 3 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 20 1 Housal C.C. 2 1 . . 1 2 . 3 20 2 Leedham H.K. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 20 3 Tiffany P.C. 15 5 . 1 8 13 . 20 20 4 Bowman John 6 2 . . 2 2 . 8 20 5 Malling Jeremiah 4 3 . . 2 1 . 7 20 6 Courtney John 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 20 7 Myers Andrew 5 4 . . 1 1 . 9 20 8 Price Oliver 2 2 . . 2 2 . 4 20 9 Brazelton Sam'l 2 4 . . 1 . . 6 20 10 Shaw J.B. 2 5 . . 1 . . 7 20 11 Taylor Robert 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 20 12 Cole Solomon 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 20 13 Shivey Ann 4 4 . . 2 1 . 8 20 14 Higgins Emily 1 2 . . . 1 . 3 20 15 Corbin Clarisa 1 3 . . 1 . . 4 20 16 Lucrode Francis B 1 2 . . . 1 . 3 20 17 Williford W.H. 3 1 . . 2 3 . 4 20 18 Flickinger Levi 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 20 19 Traxler Jacob 5 4 . . 3 2 . 9 20 20 Robinson Braxton 4 4 . . 2 1 . 8 20 21 Baker J.E. 2 2 . . . . . 4 20 22 Kelley Elizabeth 2 2 . . . . . 4 20 23 Brummit G.W. 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 20 24 Edwards M.L. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 20 25 Cole Eliza 2 6 . . 1 2 . 8 20 26 Payne Artimetia 2 3 . . . 1 . 5 20 27 Jester Jesse 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 20 28 Lathrop N. 4 4 . . 1 1 . 8 20 29 Smith Peter 1 6 . . 1 1 . 7 20 30 Worthington David 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 20 31 Brewer Elizabeth 1 3 . . . . . 4 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 21 1 Lash Tho. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 21 2 Smith Jesse M 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 21 3 Bartruff J.S. 6 3 . . 1 1 . 9 21 4 Shaw M.C. 5 2 . . 1 . . 7 21 5 Housman Jacob 2 3 . . . . . 5 21 6 Carter Wm. 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 21 7 Holt Isaac T 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 21 8 Bass Joel B 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 21 9 Parmer L.G. 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 21 10 Coburn R.T. 2 4 . . 1 . . 6 21 11 Fry S.W. 5 3 . . 2 3 . 8 21 12 Carson P.G. 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 21 13 Bechtoled Louis 3 2 . . . 1 4 5 21 14 Rudd Henry 1 3 . . 1 1 . 4 21 15 Cozier Darius 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 21 16 Young T.H. 2 3 . . 1 . . 5 21 17 Pollock John 4 3 . . 1 . . 7 21 18 Swan Henry 1 2 . . 1 . . 3 21 19 Allen Reuben 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 21 20 Smith E.P. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 21 21 Boswell Wiley 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 21 22 Taft T.V. 3 3 . . 1 . 1 6 21 23 Avery Geo. W 2 3 . . 2 2 . 5 21 24 McCoy Sam'l 2 1 . . 1 . . 3 21 25 Broadwell Cynthia . 3 . . . . . 3 21 26 Miller Arthur 2 2 . . 2 1 . 4 21 27 Dodge Wm. S 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 21 28 Cook Chloe 6 2 . . 2 3 . 8 21 29 Evans Daniel 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 21 30 Gray E.W. 2 3 . . 2 2 . 5 21 31 Savage Henry 6 3 . . 2 1 . 9 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 22 1 McMillan Mary 2 2 . . 1 2 . 4 22 2 Howe S.L. 11 6 . . 3 6 . 17 22 3 McCormick A.G.M. 7 5 . . 2 7 . 12 22 4 Ballard A.S. 3 3 . . 2 2 . 6 22 5 Walker Geo. 1 3 . . 1 . . 4 22 6 Corbin Schuyler 2 1 . . 1 . . 3 22 7 Riggs Harpin 4 4 . . 1 . . 8 22 8 Ray Harvy 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 22 9 Lash James G 7 4 . . 2 2 . 11 22 10 Spry B.W. 2 5 . . 1 1 . 7 22 11 Brown Wm. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 22 12 Wall Bloomfield 3 5 . . 1 1 . 8 22 13 Blue Gilbert 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 22 14 Frick D.Z. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 22 15 Douglass Jacob 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 22 16 Carson Hugh 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 22 17 Stewart I.I. 5 4 . . 2 2 . 9 22 18 Nash Chaney 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 22 19 Straun A.C. 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 22 20 Saunders Prestly 3 4 . . 1 . . 7 22 21 Lee Alexander 8 4 . . 3 3 . 12 22 22 Van Vost Nicholos 3 5 . . 2 2 . 8 22 23 Bartlett John 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 22 24 McDowell C.N. 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 22 25 Caulk Madison 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 22 26 Davis E.W. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 22 27 Sater Tho. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 22 28 Galloway G.G. 4 4 . . 1 2 . 8 22 29 Porter A.B. 3 5 . . 1 . . 8 22 30 Davis Wm. M 4 5 . . 1 . . 9 ================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Henry DIVISION: Mt. Pleasant, Center Twp ENUMERATOR: H. Riggs MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 23 1 Avery W.S. 3 4 . . 1 1 . 7 23 2 Allen Wm. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 23 3 Lusk Wm. B 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 23 4 Lavenberg Joseph 4 5 . . 1 1 . 9 23 5 Ramey P.C. 3 3 . . 1 . . 6 23 6 Bently Geo. W 3 3 . . 1 . . 6 23 7 Earley S.J. 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 23 8 Beeson Lewis 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 23 9 McDowell Joseph 6 4 . . 2 2 . 10 23 10 Rodgers Joseph 2 4 . . 1 . . 6 23 11 Housal Peter 1 5 . . 1 . . 6 23 12 Hill E.S. 3 2 . . 3 2 . 5 23 13 Morgan D.C. 2 4 . . 1 . . 6 23 14 Packard J.B. 3 1 . . 1 . . 4 23 15 Brooks J.T. 3 2 . . 1 1 . 5 23 16 Israel W.G. 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 23 17 Bird John M. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 23 18 Mathews D.P. 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 23 19 Whitlock Geo. C. 5 2 . . 1 . . 7 23 20 White J.B. 11 1 . . 6 8 . 12 23 21 Dawson James 5 4 . . 1 3 . 9 23 22 Herrick B.A. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 23 23 Fairfield A.A. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 23 24 Jenkins B.B. 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 23 25 Rinson B.F. 9 2 . . 5 6 . 11 23 26 Parks H.N. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 23 27 Flora Geo. W 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 23 28 Panebaker S.W. 1 . . . 1 1 . 1