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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ferne Hart Norris Jun 2002 ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Poweshiek County, Iowa Please visit the Poweshiek County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/poweshiek/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Surname Given Names Age Sex Born Occupation No/TOWNSHIP ADAMSON Sarah 65 F NC 41/45 JEF Ainsworth Charles R. 16 M NY 1/1 JEF AINSWORTH H.L. 32 M NH carpenter 1/1 JEF Ainsworth Maria 43 F VT 1/1 JEF Blake Ervin 19 M IN farmer 7/8 JEF Blake George 5 M IL 19/21 JEF BLAKE George 53 M VA farmer 7/8 JEF Blake Helen 1 F IA 7/8 JEF BLAKE Lewis L. 31 M In carpenter 19/21 JEF Blake Mahala 25 F ME 19/21 JEF Blake Martha 3 F IL 7/8 JEF Blake Mary E. 13 F IN 7/8 JEF Blake Mary 2 F IA 19/21 JEF Blake Matilda J. 12 F IN 7/8 JEF Blake Millard F. 5 M IL 7/8 JEF Blake Priscilla 7 F IL 19/21 JEF Blake Susan 38 F IN 7/8 JEF Blake Taylor 9 M IL 7/8 JEF Blake Virginia V? 15 F IN 7/8 JEF Blake Winfield S. 8 M IL 7/8 JEF BLANCHARD Hannah 43 F NY 40/44 JEF Blanchard John 19 M IL -- 40/44 JEF Blanchard Loretta 12 F IA 40/44 JEF Blanchard Philetta 15 F IL 40/44 JEF Blanchard Uriah 0 M IA 40/44 JEF Blanchard Zachariah 6 M IA 40/44 JEF Blinkinsop Edward 10 M OH 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop Elizabeth 17 F ENG 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop Isabella 15 M ENG 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop John R. 7 M MD 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop Margery 43 F ENG 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop Sarah A. 5 F MD 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop Thomas 19 M ENG farmer 11/12 JEF Blinkinsop William I. 3 M MD 11/12 JEF BLINKINSOP William 45 M ENG farmer 11/12 JEF CHAMBERLAIN Robert 16 M VA laborer 21/23 JEF Crawford Charles I. 1 M IA 27/20 JEF Crawford Eliza Ann 10 F IL 27/30 JEF Crawford George A. 12 M IL 27/30 JEF CRAWFORD James R. 35 M TN farmer 27/30 JEF Crawford Martha I. 6 F Il 27/30 JEF Crawford Rachel L. 5 F IL 27/30 JEF Crawford Rebecca 33 F OH 27/20 JEF Crawford William W. 8 M IL 27/30 JEF Davidson Almira S. 24 F OH 30/33 JEF DAVIDSON Andrew 30 M PA farmer 30/33 JEF Davidson John P. 6 M IA 30/33 JEF Davidson Mary Ann 0 F IA 30/33 JEF Davidson Samuel W. 4 M IA 30/33 JEF Davidson William H. 2 M IA 30/33 JEF Davis Emily 35 F IN teacher 16/17 JEF DAVIS John 42 M OH farmer 16/17 JEF DeVORE Alpheus 4 M OH 37/40 JEF Dixon George 12 M ENG 12/13 JEF Dixon Jane 36 F ENG 12/13 JEF Dixon John 2 M IA 12/13 JEF Dixon Richard B. 0 M IA 12/13 JEF Dixon Thomas 5 M ENG 12/13 JEF Dixon William 7 M ENG 12/13 JEF DIXON William 46 M ENG farmer 12/13 JEF Doughty Cordelia C. 23 F IN 14/15 JEF DOUGHTY Eli M. 58 M VA farmer 13/14 JEF DOUGHTY James H. 27 M VA farmer 3/4 JEF Doughty John F. - M IA 3/4 JEF DOUGHTY John W. 21 M IN farmer 14/15 JEF Doughty Josephine V.16 F IN 13/14 JEF Doughty Mary I 19 F IN 3/4 JEF Doughty Mary N. 56 F VA 13/14 JEF Doughty Monroe 0 M IA 14/15 JEF Duffield ?Celia? 21 F NY teacher 1/2 JEF DUFFIELD James R. 35 M PA farmer 1/2 JEF Duffield Kate Ina? -- F IA 1/2 JEF EDGAR Maria 26 F PA 25/28 JEF Ellis Adaline 33 F PA 33/36 JEF Ellis Daniel 13 M IN 33/36 JEF Ellis Josephine 0 F IA 33/36 JEF Ellis Mary S. 4 F IL 33/36 JEF Ellis Nancy I. 7 F IL 33/36 JEF Ellis Sarah 11 F IN 33/36 JEF ELLIS Sebary 37 M KY harnessmaker33/36 JEF GLAZE Adam 30 M OH farmer 42/46 JEF Glaze Emily 1 F IA 42/46 JEF Glaze Melissa 6? F IN 42/46 JEF Glaze Miranda A. 26 F NY 42/46 JEF Glaze Rachel 4 F IN 42/46 JEF GODFREY -- 41 M GERM weaver 13/14 JEF Goodwin Constant 10 M IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin David C. 11 M IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin Enoch L. 7 M IN 45/49 JEF GOODWIN Enoch L. 43 M IN farmer 45/49 JEF Goodwin John L. 6 M IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin Lurana 13 F IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin Mary A. 15 F IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin Rebecca 16 F IN 45/49 JEF Goodwin Samuel 17 M IN farmer 45/49 JEF Hallett Algernon 0 M IA 43/47 JEF Hallett Edmund 16 M OH 43/47 JEF Hallett Elmer W. 13 M OH 43/47 JEF Hallett Elzina 7 F IN 43/47 JEF Hallett Malvina 5 F IN 43/47 JEF Hallett Manda 18 F OH 43/47 JEF Hallett Maria 19 F NY 44/49 JEF Hallett Sarah C. 42 F NY 43/47 JEF Hallett Sarah 11 F OH 43/47 JEF Hallett Thaddeus S. 9 M OH 43/47 JEF Hallett Thomas Jr 15 M OH 43/47 JEF HALLETT Thomas 50 M NY farmer 43/47 JEF HALLETT William H. 23 M NY farmer 44/49 JEF Hodges Elizabeth A 22 F VA 10/11 JEF Hodges Mary Olivia 1 F IA 10/11 JEF HODGE Thomas I. 27 M IN farmer 10/11 JEF KENNEDY David A. 25 M VA farmer 8/9 JEF Kennedy Margaret E. 22 F IN 8/9 JEF Kennedy Mary E. 0 F IA 8/9 JEF Kinaman Elizabeth 18 F IL 47/51 JEF Kinaman Luella 0 F IA 47/51 JEF KINAMAN William 23 M IN farmer 47/51 JEF LUKEHART Conrad 35 M OH plasterer 29/32 JEF LUKEHART George 29 M OH carpenter 28/31 JEF Lukehart Jacob M. 5 M IL 28/31 JEF Lukehart James 9 M IL 29/32 JEF Lukehart Lanah S. 7 F IL 28/31 JEF Lukehart Lanah 24 F IN 28/31 JEF Lukehart Levi 1 M IA 29/32 JEF Lukehart Mary Ann 7 M IL 29/32 JEF Lukehart Mary M. 1 F IA 28/31 JEF Lukehart Peninah 31 F IL 29/32 JEF Lukehart Rebecca 11 F IL 29/32 JEF Lukehart Rebecca A. 8 F IL 28/31 JEF Lukehart Sarah E. 3 F IL 28/31 JEF Marvel Amanda 18 F IN 23/25 JEF MARVEL David I. 22 M KY farmer 23/25 JEF Marvel Sarah E. 0 F IA 23/25 JEF Mitchell Drucilla C. 5 F IA 39/43 JEF Mitchell Fernando 4 M IA 39/43 JEF Mitchell Joseph L. 0 M OH ? 39/43 JEF Mitchell Margaret 33 F OH 39/43 JEF Mitchell Rebecca E. 10 F OH 39/43 JEF MITCHELL Samuel C. 34 M OH farmer 39/43 JEF Moore Jonathan B. 1 M IN 41/45 JEF Moore Margaret A. 4 F IN 41/45 JEF Moore Samuel O. 9 M IN 41/45 JEF Moore Sarah I. 28 F IN 41/45 JEF Moore Thomas H. 6 M IN 41/45 JEF MOORE William 37 M OH farmer 41/45 JEF Morris George W. 7 M IL 18/20 JEF MORRIS Matilda 27 F TN weaver 18/20 JEF Morris Orsemus 5 M IA 18/20 JEF Morse Alvia 8 F IA 16/17 JEF MORSE Charles 10 M IA 16/17 JEF Morse Elmia 9 F IA 16/17 JEF O'Neal James 1 M OH 39/42 JEF O'Neal James 26 M IRE 39/42 JEF O'Neal Mary Ann 24 F IRE 38/42 JEF O'NEAL Thomas 24 M IRE farmer 38/42 JEF OSBORN Rovilla 12 F PA 13/14 JEF Parks ?L . . iA? 5 F IA 17/18 JEF Parks Catharine 25 F NY 15/16 JEF Parks Decatur 5 M IA 15/16 JEF Parks Flamel? 1 F IA 15/16 JEF Parks George C. 3 M IA 17/18 JEF Parks Lafayette L. 8 M IA 15/16 JEF PARKS Lewis 32 M IN farmer 15/16 JEF Parks Marion G. 7 M IA 15/16 JEF Parks Mary 32 F IN 17/18 JEF PARKS Norman 37 M IN farmer 17/18 JEF Parks Perry 9 M IA 15/16 JEF Parks Warren 3 M IA 15/16 JEF Philips Catharine 9 F CAN 46/50 JEF Philips Jacob N? 0 M IA 46/50 JEF Philips John A. 7 M IL 46/50 JEF Philips Mary A. 30 F CAN 46/50 JEF PHILIPS Peter 47 M CAN farmer 46/50 JEF Philips Sebastian E.12 M CAN 46/50 JEF Pierce Elizabeth 11 F IN 36/39 JEF Pierce James A. 13 M IN 36/39 JEF Pierce John F. 2 M IL 36/39 JEF PIERCE Leon? 40 M NC farmer 36/39 JEF Pierce Sarah E. 40 F NC 36/39 JEF Pierce Tighman 7 M IN 36/39 JEF Ricker Elizabeth 47 F TN 18/19 JEF Ricker John E. 16 M IN farmer 18/19 JEF RICKER Peter 47 M TN farmer 18/19 JEF Ricker Philip 18 M IN farmer 18/19 JEF Ricker Susan P. 13 F IN 18/19 JEF Ruggles George W. 4 M IN 23/26 JEF RUGGLES James L. 27 M KY farmer 23/26 JEF Ruggles Levi 0 M IN 23/26 JEF Ruggles Nancy A. 26 F IN 23/26 JEF RYCON? James 29 M IRE farmer 25/28 JEF Rycon? Jane 21 F PA 25/28 JEF Rycon? John A. 0 F IA 25/28 JEF RYCON? John 23 M IRE blacksmith 25/28 JEF Rycon? Mary I. 3 F OH 25/28 JEF Shirkey Eli P. 1 M IA 31/34 JEF SHIRKEY Franklin 31 M VA farmer 31/34 JEF Shirkey Mary A. 25 F VA 31/34 JEF Squires Agnes 6 F IL 20/22 JEF Squires Cornelia 2 F IL 20/22 JEF Squires Delia L. 14 F VT 20/22 JEF Squires Franklin 4 M IL 20/22 JEF Squires Horace 8 M IL 20/22 JEF Squires John 1 M IL 20/22 JEF SQUIRES Sumner L. 43 M VT farmer 20/22 JEF Squires Susan 10 F IL 20/22 JEF Squires Tarigade?? 35 F VT 20/22 JEF SUMNER Abner 41 M KY farmer 2/3 JEF Sumner Alonzo 14 M IL 4/5 JEF Sumner Amy 0 F IA 4/5 JEF Sumner Barbra F. 2 F IA 2/3 JEF Sumner Bashua E. 6 M IL 2/3 JEF Sumner David W. 17 M KY farmer 2/3 JEF Sumner Elias H. 13 M KY 2/3 JEF Sumner Elisha M. 13 M KY 2/3 JEF Sumner Elizabeth I.16 F KY 2/3 JEF Sumner Elizabeth 59 F PA 2/3 JEF Sumner Frances M. 7 F KY 2/3 JEF Sumner Gazetta 5 F IL 4/5 JEF SUMNER James 42 M KY farmer 4/5 JEF Sumner Jesse A. 2 M IA 4/5 JEF Sumner Jesse I. 17 M KY farmer 2/3 JEF Sumner John 12 M IL 4/5 JEF Sumner Judah Jay 4 M IL 2/3 JEF Sumner Lydia A. 9 F KY 2/3 JEF Sumner Nancy A. 8 F IL 4/5 JEF Sumner Nancy 38 F NC 2/3 JEF Sumner Sarah 36 F OH 4/5 JEF Sumner Wayne 15 M Il farmer 4/5 JEF VANDEGRAFF Van B . . n 19 M IN laborer 6/7 JEF WICKHAM Alpheus 44 M PA farmer 37/40 JEF Wickham Christiana 27 F OH 37/40 JEF WICKHAM Elias 37 M OH laborer 37/41 JEF Wickham Hannah E. 7 F OH 37/41 JEF Wickham Isaac D. 10 M OH 37/41 JEF WICKHAM Lurana R.E. 43 F PA 35/38 JEF Wickham Philinda 30 F OH 35/38 JEF Wickham Silas M. 20 M OH farmer 35/38 JEF Wickham Solomon P. 5 M OH 37/41 JEF WILKIN Ezekiel 23 M OH farmer 5/6 JEF Wilkin Jane 17 F IL 5/6 JEF Wilson Absilla 19 F IN 32/35 JEF Wilson Andrew 8 M CAN 34/37 JEF WILSON Andrew 50 M CAN farmer 34/37 JEF Wilson Candace 5 F CAN 9/10 JEF Wilson Candace 14 F CAN 34/37 JEF Wilson Candace 45 F NH 34/37 JEF Wilson Caroline 6 F CAN 9/10 JEF Wilson Catharine 13 F CAN 34/37 JEF Wilson Chris I. 17 M CAN 34/37 JEF Wilson Elizabeth 6 F CAN 34/37 JEF WILSON Henry 21 M CAN farmer 32/35 JEF Wilson Jane 20 F CAN 34/37 JEF Wilson John 22 M CAN farmer 34/37 JEF Wilson Joseph - M IA 9/10 JEF Wilson Lavina 10 F CAN 34/37 JEF Wilson Louisa 3 F CAN 9/10 JEF Wilson Nancy 24 F CAN 9/10 JEF Wilson Walter 4 M CAN 34/37 JEF WILSON William R. 33 M CAN farmer 9/10 JEF Winslow Christopher B.15 M IN 6/7 JEF WINSLOW David 52 M NC farmer 6/7 JEF Winslow Nancy 52 F NC 6/7 JEF End of Jefferson Township NOTES: On the 1856 census for Powesheik County, IA, Jefferson Township, USGENWEB Archives Project, is an entry that reads, "Tarigade" Squires, 35, F VT. Correction: The name should be Parizade (wife of Sumner L. Squiers/Squires). (You may know that the family spells the name "Squiers".) Parizade is my g-g-grandmother. She is buried in the Brooklyn IOOF Cemetery. Sara Jane Harwood